Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and DR Congo

Fertility rate in Algeria vs DR Congo chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 6.05 in the DR Congo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs the DR Congo population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	DR Congo
1960	7.5	6.11
1961	7.56	6.12
1962	7.61	6.14
1963	7.65	6.16
1964	7.67	6.19
1965	7.71	6.21
1966	7.71	6.24
1967	7.71	6.27
1968	7.71	6.29
1969	7.71	6.3
1970	7.7	6.33
1971	7.67	6.34
1972	7.63	6.37
1973	7.59	6.39
1974	7.55	6.4
1975	7.49	6.42
1976	7.41	6.44
1977	7.31	6.45
1978	7.21	6.46
1979	7.12	6.48
1980	6.99	6.5
1981	6.85	6.52
1982	6.68	6.54
1983	6.5	6.56
1984	6.28	6.59
1985	6.04	6.61
1986	5.65	6.63
1987	5.3	6.65
1988	5.02	6.66
1989	4.76	6.65
1990	4.51	6.65
1991	4.37	6.65
1992	4.27	6.64
1993	4.08	6.64
1994	3.91	6.64
1995	3.49	6.68
1996	3.14	6.67
1997	2.89	6.69
1998	2.69	6.7
1999	2.62	6.69
2000	2.59	6.7
2001	2.52	6.66
2002	2.43	6.61
2003	2.45	6.55
2004	2.5	6.53
2005	2.56	6.53
2006	2.63	6.55
2007	2.7	6.56
2008	2.79	6.58
2009	2.83	6.59
2010	2.88	6.59
2011	2.9	6.58
2012	3	6.56
2013	3	6.53
2014	3.08	6.48
2015	3.09	6.44
2016	3.09	6.39
2017	3.09	6.35
2018	3.02	6.3
2019	3	6.25
2020	2.94	6.21
2021	2.87	6.16
2022	2.82	6.11
2023	2.77	6.05
2024	2.72	5.98
2025	2.67	5.9
2026	2.62	5.8
2027	2.58	5.71
2028	2.53	5.62
2029	2.49	5.52
2030	2.45	5.42
2031	2.41	5.32
2032	2.38	5.2
2033	2.34	5.09
2034	2.32	4.99
2035	2.29	4.87
2036	2.26	4.77
2037	2.23	4.64
2038	2.21	4.55
2039	2.18	4.47
2040	2.16	4.38
2041	2.14	4.3
2042	2.12	4.21
2043	2.1	4.14
2044	2.08	4.06
2045	2.07	3.99
2046	2.05	3.92
2047	2.04	3.85
2048	2.03	3.78
2049	2.01	3.72
2050	2	3.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	DR Congo
1960	45.5%	42.9%
1961	45.9%	42.8%
1962	46.2%	42.7%
1963	46.6%	42.7%
1964	46.9%	42.7%
1965	47%	42.8%
1966	47.1%	42.9%
1967	47.2%	43%
1968	47.1%	43.2%
1969	47%	43.3%
1970	47%	43.4%
1971	46.9%	43.6%
1972	46.8%	43.8%
1973	46.7%	44%
1974	46.6%	44.2%
1975	46.7%	44.3%
1976	47.2%	44.5%
1977	47.3%	44.6%
1978	47%	44.5%
1979	46.8%	44.3%
1980	46.5%	44.2%
1981	46.1%	44.3%
1982	45.8%	44.3%
1983	45.4%	44.2%
1984	45%	44.1%
1985	44.6%	44.1%
1986	44.2%	44.1%
1987	43.7%	44.2%
1988	43.1%	44.3%
1989	42.6%	44.3%
1990	42%	44.4%
1991	41.4%	44.4%
1992	41%	44.5%
1993	40.5%	44.5%
1994	39.9%	44.1%
1995	39.1%	44%
1996	38.2%	44.7%
1997	37.2%	45.4%
1998	36.1%	45.6%
1999	34.9%	45.6%
2000	33.7%	45.7%
2001	32.6%	45.7%
2002	31.5%	45.7%
2003	30.6%	45.8%
2004	29.7%	45.9%
2005	29%	45.9%
2006	28.4%	45.9%
2007	28%	46%
2008	27.7%	46%
2009	27.5%	46.1%
2010	27.5%	46.1%
2011	27.5%	46%
2012	27.7%	46%
2013	28.1%	46%
2014	28.6%	46%
2015	29%	46%
2016	29.5%	45.9%
2017	29.9%	45.8%
2018	30.3%	45.9%
2019	30.6%	46%
2020	30.8%	46.1%
2021	30.9%	46.1%
2022	30.8%	46.1%
2023	30.6%	46.1%
2024	30.3%	46%
2025	29.9%	45.9%
2026	29.4%	45.8%
2027	28.9%	45.7%
2028	28.2%	45.5%
2029	27.5%	45.3%
2030	26.8%	45%
2031	26%	44.8%
2032	25.2%	44.5%
2033	24.5%	44.2%
2034	23.8%	43.8%
2035	23.2%	43.4%
2036	22.6%	43%
2037	22.2%	42.6%
2038	21.8%	42.2%
2039	21.5%	41.7%
2040	21.2%	41.3%
2041	21%	40.9%
2042	20.9%	40.4%
2043	20.8%	40%
2044	20.8%	39.6%
2045	20.8%	39.2%
2046	20.9%	38.8%
2047	20.9%	38.4%
2048	20.9%	38%
2049	21%	37.7%
2050	21%	37.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 46% in the DR Congo in 2024, compared to 42% and 44.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and the DR Congo compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs DR Congo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +3.29% in the DR Congo. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Algeria	DR Congo
1960	290,582	363,517
1961	296,467	368,207
1962	283,903	383,406
1963	315,645	398,972
1964	312,729	406,334
1965	311,190	429,002
1966	309,628	463,397
1967	316,289	479,552
1968	324,560	497,682
1969	334,541	514,800
1970	346,564	533,300
1971	356,069	549,343
1972	368,179	564,495
1973	382,736	578,280
1974	399,509	593,539
1975	417,803	608,655
1976	440,192	624,147
1977	465,405	638,242
1978	491,876	646,411
1979	523,875	691,773
1980	559,983	724,111
1981	595,150	748,371
1982	620,415	774,823
1983	641,167	807,122
1984	656,475	844,956
1985	672,185	885,670
1986	661,644	925,334
1987	645,309	959,875
1988	637,215	995,278
1989	628,542	1,027,238
1990	612,369	1,063,508
1991	616,850	1,114,033
1992	627,289	1,152,781
1993	611,306	1,209,242
1994	594,445	1,259,539
1995	533,104	1,395,440
1996	483,632	1,380,490
1997	450,138	1,392,037
1998	425,928	1,375,130
1999	434,198	1,450,318
2000	447,025	1,549,518
2001	450,637	1,594,999
2002	451,369	1,631,597
2003	474,272	1,679,188
2004	508,773	1,731,022
2005	543,158	1,800,300
2006	580,812	1,889,398
2007	620,196	1,963,738
2008	662,044	2,044,210
2009	691,496	2,126,912
2010	719,350	2,212,255
2011	741,832	2,310,679
2012	790,645	2,405,462
2013	802,203	2,489,378
2014	839,654	2,580,251
2015	847,054	2,665,016
2016	849,368	2,753,687
2017	848,585	2,883,245
2018	824,428	2,993,184
2019	809,522	3,075,538
2020	724,140	3,156,152
2021	735,514	3,227,992
2022	722,591	3,347,664
2023	691,724	3,467,787

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs DR Congo

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 427 deaths in the DR Congo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	DR Congo
1985	292	934
1986	265	902
1987	243	863
1988	227	824
1989	215	791
1990	202	755
1991	198	735
1992	193	709
1993	195	683
1994	196	656
1995	187	644
1996	173	661
1997	155	617
1998	143	605
1999	132	601
2000	123	585
2001	113	588
2002	102	601
2003	101	605
2004	91	607
2005	87	613
2006	84	619
2007	83	631
2008	83	620
2009	83	608
2010	82	601
2011	81	589
2012	81	578
2013	81	567
2014	80	558
2015	79	545
2016	79	526
2017	77	519
2018	75	508
2019	73	493
2020	97	489
2021	79	507
2022	64	456
2023	62	427

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 7.32% in the DR Congo. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Algeria	DR Congo
1960	24%	-
1961	24%	-
1962	24.1%	-
1963	24.2%	-
1964	24.3%	-
1965	24.5%	-
1966	24.6%	-
1967	24.6%	-
1968	24.6%	-
1969	24.4%	25.1%
1970	24.1%	24.7%
1971	23.7%	24.3%
1972	23.1%	24%
1973	22.4%	23.7%
1974	21.7%	23.4%
1975	20.9%	23%
1976	20%	22.6%
1977	19%	22.3%
1978	18%	21.9%
1979	16.9%	21.5%
1980	15.6%	21.2%
1981	14%	20.9%
1982	12.3%	20.6%
1983	10.5%	20.3%
1984	8.91%	20%
1985	7.61%	19.7%
1986	6.63%	19.5%
1987	5.96%	19.2%
1988	5.55%	19%
1989	5.3%	18.8%
1990	5.17%	18.5%
1991	5.09%	18.3%
1992	5.04%	18.1%
1993	4.98%	17.9%
1994	4.9%	17.7%
1995	4.81%	17.5%
1996	4.7%	17.3%
1997	4.58%	17%
1998	4.45%	16.7%
1999	4.31%	16.3%
2000	4.16%	15.9%
2001	4.01%	15.5%
2002	3.85%	15%
2003	3.7%	14.6%
2004	3.54%	14.1%
2005	3.4%	13.6%
2006	3.26%	13.1%
2007	3.13%	12.7%
2008	3.01%	12.2%
2009	2.9%	11.8%
2010	2.81%	11.4%
2011	2.73%	11%
2012	2.66%	10.6%
2013	2.6%	10.3%
2014	2.54%	9.9%
2015	2.49%	9.56%
2016	2.45%	9.23%
2017	2.4%	8.93%
2018	2.37%	8.63%
2019	2.33%	8.35%
2020	2.29%	8.07%
2021	2.26%	7.81%
2022	2.23%	7.57%
2023	2.2%	7.32%