Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Congo

Fertility rate in Australia vs Congo chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.16 in the Congo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs the 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
	Australia	Congo
1960	3.45	6.09
1961	3.54	6.09
1962	3.44	6.1
1963	3.33	6.15
1964	3.15	6.18
1965	2.98	6.23
1966	2.88	6.27
1967	2.85	6.29
1968	2.89	6.33
1969	2.89	6.35
1970	2.86	6.38
1971	2.96	6.42
1972	2.74	6.44
1973	2.49	6.42
1974	2.4	6.39
1975	2.15	6.36
1976	2.06	6.32
1977	2.01	6.27
1978	1.95	6.21
1979	1.91	6.14
1980	1.89	6.07
1981	1.94	5.98
1982	1.93	5.85
1983	1.92	5.76
1984	1.84	5.66
1985	1.92	5.59
1986	1.87	5.51
1987	1.85	5.46
1988	1.83	5.39
1989	1.84	5.33
1990	1.9	5.27
1991	1.85	5.22
1992	1.89	5.18
1993	1.86	5.13
1994	1.84	5.1
1995	1.82	5.07
1996	1.8	5.03
1997	1.78	5
1998	1.76	4.91
1999	1.76	4.81
2000	1.76	4.72
2001	1.74	4.67
2002	1.76	4.7
2003	1.75	4.7
2004	1.77	4.69
2005	1.81	4.67
2006	1.91	4.65
2007	1.96	4.65
2008	1.98	4.73
2009	1.97	4.81
2010	1.93	4.85
2011	1.93	4.83
2012	1.92	4.79
2013	1.86	4.73
2014	1.83	4.67
2015	1.81	4.61
2016	1.75	4.55
2017	1.74	4.5
2018	1.74	4.44
2019	1.66	4.38
2020	1.58	4.33
2021	1.7	4.28
2022	1.63	4.22
2023	1.5	4.16
2024	1.5	4.11
2025	1.5	4.05
2026	1.5	3.99
2027	1.5	3.93
2028	1.51	3.88
2029	1.5	3.83
2030	1.51	3.78
2031	1.5	3.73
2032	1.5	3.68
2033	1.5	3.64
2034	1.5	3.59
2035	1.5	3.54
2036	1.5	3.5
2037	1.5	3.46
2038	1.5	3.42
2039	1.5	3.38
2040	1.5	3.35
2041	1.5	3.31
2042	1.5	3.27
2043	1.5	3.24
2044	1.5	3.2
2045	1.5	3.16
2046	1.5	3.13
2047	1.5	3.09
2048	1.5	3.06
2049	1.5	3.03
2050	1.5	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Congo
1960	30.2%	42.7%
1961	30.2%	43%
1962	30.1%	43.3%
1963	29.9%	43.5%
1964	29.8%	43.7%
1965	29.6%	43.9%
1966	29.5%	44%
1967	29.3%	44.2%
1968	29.1%	44.3%
1969	28.9%	44.5%
1970	28.8%	44.7%
1971	28.7%	44.8%
1972	28.5%	45%
1973	28.2%	45.2%
1974	27.9%	45.4%
1975	27.5%	45.5%
1976	27%	45.7%
1977	26.5%	45.8%
1978	26.1%	45.8%
1979	25.6%	45.8%
1980	25.3%	45.7%
1981	25%	45.6%
1982	24.7%	45.4%
1983	24.4%	45.2%
1984	24%	45%
1985	23.6%	44.9%
1986	23.1%	44.7%
1987	22.7%	44.6%
1988	22.4%	44.5%
1989	22.2%	44.3%
1990	22%	44.2%
1991	21.9%	44%
1992	21.8%	43.8%
1993	21.7%	43.6%
1994	21.7%	43.4%
1995	21.5%	43.3%
1996	21.4%	43.2%
1997	21.2%	43.3%
1998	21.1%	43.3%
1999	20.9%	43.1%
2000	20.8%	42.5%
2001	20.6%	41.9%
2002	20.4%	41.9%
2003	20.2%	41.7%
2004	20%	41.4%
2005	19.8%	41.1%
2006	19.6%	40.9%
2007	19.4%	40.7%
2008	19.3%	40.7%
2009	19.2%	40.5%
2010	19.1%	40.4%
2011	19%	40.6%
2012	18.9%	41%
2013	18.9%	41.3%
2014	18.9%	41.7%
2015	18.9%	41.9%
2016	18.9%	42.1%
2017	18.8%	42.1%
2018	18.8%	42.1%
2019	18.7%	41.9%
2020	18.6%	41.8%
2021	18.4%	41.5%
2022	18.2%	41.3%
2023	18%	40.9%
2024	17.8%	40.4%
2025	17.7%	39.9%
2026	17.5%	39.4%
2027	17.4%	38.9%
2028	17.2%	38.4%
2029	17%	38%
2030	16.9%	37.6%
2031	16.7%	37.3%
2032	16.6%	37%
2033	16.5%	36.8%
2034	16.4%	36.6%
2035	16.3%	36.4%
2036	16.2%	36.2%
2037	16.1%	36%
2038	16%	35.8%
2039	15.9%	35.6%
2040	15.9%	35.5%
2041	15.8%	35.3%
2042	15.8%	35.1%
2043	15.7%	34.9%
2044	15.7%	34.7%
2045	15.7%	34.4%
2046	15.7%	34.2%
2047	15.7%	33.9%
2048	15.7%	33.6%
2049	15.7%	33.4%
2050	15.7%	33.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 40.4% in the Congo in 2024, compared to 22% and 44.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and the Congo compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Congo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +2.59% in the 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
	Australia	Congo
1960	141,816	27,094
1961	150,955	28,220
1962	143,943	29,342
1963	140,161	30,832
1964	128,420	32,270
1965	122,990	33,865
1966	126,996	35,452
1967	126,249	36,866
1968	132,099	38,786
1969	143,477	40,532
1970	145,081	42,374
1971	165,593	44,431
1972	155,488	46,427
1973	136,476	48,017
1974	128,996	49,563
1975	123,648	51,155
1976	115,070	52,148
1977	117,793	53,179
1978	116,299	53,885
1979	116,112	54,723
1980	117,536	55,550
1981	125,356	56,603
1982	126,030	57,036
1983	130,844	58,120
1984	123,077	59,028
1985	143,674	60,359
1986	123,342	61,669
1987	128,484	63,183
1988	127,298	64,629
1989	127,789	65,944
1990	143,347	67,241
1991	138,273	68,534
1992	139,829	69,973
1993	137,551	71,119
1994	131,761	72,857
1995	131,436	74,189
1996	125,751	75,628
1997	121,592	66,149
1998	120,949	72,450
1999	118,517	76,204
2000	119,882	78,491
2001	117,575	84,876
2002	116,971	88,497
2003	118,325	91,326
2004	115,610	96,577
2005	129,132	101,344
2006	132,931	106,876
2007	154,124	112,459
2008	155,119	120,711
2009	160,518	126,904
2010	158,628	136,908
2011	156,380	140,371
2012	161,408	142,464
2013	159,584	142,080
2014	154,940	141,674
2015	150,041	141,539
2016	152,403	141,358
2017	150,015	141,973
2018	157,269	142,704
2019	136,808	139,513
2020	133,376	143,492
2021	138,701	144,241
2022	111,862	147,076
2023	103,945	150,486

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Congo

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 241 deaths in the Congo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Congo
1985	9	546
1986	8	535
1987	9	519
1988	9	510
1989	9	506
1990	9	505
1991	9	514
1992	9	531
1993	9	541
1994	9	551
1995	9	551
1996	8	545
1997	8	650
1998	7	597
1999	7	554
2000	7	509
2001	6	489
2002	6	464
2003	5	436
2004	5	400
2005	5	385
2006	5	394
2007	5	370
2008	5	395
2009	5	414
2010	5	382
2011	6	378
2012	6	374
2013	6	320
2014	6	302
2015	6	284
2016	6	263
2017	6	262
2018	5	259
2019	5	245
2020	5	247
2021	4	301
2022	4	241
2023	2	241

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 4.05% in the 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
	Australia	Congo
1960	2.49%	19.4%
1961	2.43%	18.6%
1962	2.37%	18%
1963	2.32%	17.3%
1964	2.27%	16.7%
1965	2.24%	16.1%
1966	2.21%	15.6%
1967	2.2%	15.1%
1968	2.19%	14.6%
1969	2.18%	14.2%
1970	2.15%	13.7%
1971	2.1%	13.4%
1972	2.03%	13%
1973	1.94%	12.6%
1974	1.84%	12.4%
1975	1.73%	12.1%
1976	1.62%	11.8%
1977	1.52%	11.5%
1978	1.44%	11.2%
1979	1.36%	11%
1980	1.3%	10.7%
1981	1.26%	10.5%
1982	1.22%	10.2%
1983	1.19%	9.95%
1984	1.16%	9.68%
1985	1.13%	9.44%
1986	1.1%	9.25%
1987	1.06%	9.11%
1988	1.02%	9.04%
1989	0.97%	9.05%
1990	0.92%	9.15%
1991	0.87%	9.31%
1992	0.82%	9.54%
1993	0.77%	9.84%
1994	0.73%	10.2%
1995	0.7%	10.5%
1996	0.68%	10.9%
1997	0.66%	11.2%
1998	0.64%	11.4%
1999	0.63%	11.5%
2000	0.62%	11.4%
2001	0.61%	11.1%
2002	0.6%	10.6%
2003	0.59%	10%
2004	0.58%	9.35%
2005	0.57%	8.66%
2006	0.56%	8.02%
2007	0.54%	7.43%
2008	0.52%	6.95%
2009	0.5%	6.55%
2010	0.48%	6.25%
2011	0.45%	6.02%
2012	0.43%	5.82%
2013	0.41%	5.64%
2014	0.4%	5.45%
2015	0.39%	5.27%
2016	0.38%	5.09%
2017	0.38%	4.93%
2018	0.38%	4.77%
2019	0.38%	5.24%
2020	0.38%	4.47%
2021	0.37%	4.33%
2022	0.37%	4.19%
2023	0.37%	4.05%