Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and DR Congo

Fertility rate in Comoros vs DR Congo chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 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 Comoros 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
	Comoros	DR Congo
1960	6.79	6.11
1961	6.85	6.12
1962	6.9	6.14
1963	6.92	6.16
1964	6.94	6.19
1965	6.97	6.21
1966	7	6.24
1967	7.02	6.27
1968	7.05	6.29
1969	7.07	6.3
1970	7.1	6.33
1971	7.12	6.34
1972	7.14	6.37
1973	7.17	6.39
1974	7.16	6.4
1975	7.16	6.42
1976	7.16	6.44
1977	7.15	6.45
1978	7.16	6.46
1979	7.16	6.48
1980	7.15	6.5
1981	7.14	6.52
1982	7.13	6.54
1983	7.11	6.56
1984	7.07	6.59
1985	7.02	6.61
1986	6.95	6.63
1987	6.87	6.65
1988	6.76	6.66
1989	6.65	6.65
1990	6.51	6.65
1991	6.35	6.65
1992	6.19	6.64
1993	6.02	6.64
1994	5.86	6.64
1995	5.73	6.68
1996	5.63	6.67
1997	5.51	6.69
1998	5.39	6.7
1999	5.28	6.69
2000	5.23	6.7
2001	5.2	6.66
2002	5.16	6.61
2003	5.12	6.55
2004	5.07	6.53
2005	5.01	6.53
2006	4.93	6.55
2007	4.86	6.56
2008	4.81	6.58
2009	4.78	6.59
2010	4.76	6.59
2011	4.72	6.58
2012	4.65	6.56
2013	4.57	6.53
2014	4.49	6.48
2015	4.42	6.44
2016	4.35	6.39
2017	4.28	6.35
2018	4.21	6.3
2019	4.14	6.25
2020	4.07	6.21
2021	4	6.16
2022	3.94	6.11
2023	3.88	6.05
2024	3.82	5.98
2025	3.76	5.9
2026	3.71	5.8
2027	3.65	5.71
2028	3.6	5.62
2029	3.55	5.52
2030	3.5	5.42
2031	3.44	5.32
2032	3.4	5.2
2033	3.36	5.09
2034	3.31	4.99
2035	3.27	4.87
2036	3.23	4.77
2037	3.19	4.64
2038	3.15	4.55
2039	3.11	4.47
2040	3.07	4.38
2041	3.04	4.3
2042	3	4.21
2043	2.97	4.14
2044	2.93	4.06
2045	2.9	3.99
2046	2.87	3.92
2047	2.84	3.85
2048	2.81	3.78
2049	2.78	3.72
2050	2.76	3.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	DR Congo
1960	41.6%	42.9%
1961	42%	42.8%
1962	42.5%	42.7%
1963	43.1%	42.7%
1964	43.7%	42.7%
1965	44.1%	42.8%
1966	44.5%	42.9%
1967	44.9%	43%
1968	45.3%	43.2%
1969	45.6%	43.3%
1970	45.8%	43.4%
1971	45.9%	43.6%
1972	46%	43.8%
1973	46.2%	44%
1974	46.3%	44.2%
1975	46.4%	44.3%
1976	46.6%	44.5%
1977	46.7%	44.6%
1978	46.8%	44.5%
1979	46.9%	44.3%
1980	46.9%	44.2%
1981	46.9%	44.3%
1982	46.9%	44.3%
1983	46.9%	44.2%
1984	46.8%	44.1%
1985	46.9%	44.1%
1986	46.9%	44.1%
1987	46.9%	44.2%
1988	46.9%	44.3%
1989	47%	44.3%
1990	47%	44.4%
1991	46.9%	44.4%
1992	47.1%	44.5%
1993	47.5%	44.5%
1994	47.7%	44.1%
1995	47.9%	44%
1996	47.9%	44.7%
1997	47.9%	45.4%
1998	47.7%	45.6%
1999	47.4%	45.6%
2000	47%	45.7%
2001	46.7%	45.7%
2002	46.6%	45.7%
2003	46.3%	45.8%
2004	45.7%	45.9%
2005	45%	45.9%
2006	44.3%	45.9%
2007	43.6%	46%
2008	42.9%	46%
2009	42.2%	46.1%
2010	41.6%	46.1%
2011	41%	46%
2012	40.5%	46%
2013	40.2%	46%
2014	40%	46%
2015	39.8%	46%
2016	39.6%	45.9%
2017	39.3%	45.8%
2018	38.9%	45.9%
2019	38.6%	46%
2020	38.3%	46.1%
2021	38%	46.1%
2022	37.7%	46.1%
2023	37.4%	46.1%
2024	37.1%	46%
2025	36.9%	45.9%
2026	36.6%	45.8%
2027	36.3%	45.7%
2028	36%	45.5%
2029	35.7%	45.3%
2030	35.3%	45%
2031	35%	44.8%
2032	34.7%	44.5%
2033	34.4%	44.2%
2034	34%	43.8%
2035	33.7%	43.4%
2036	33.4%	43%
2037	33.1%	42.6%
2038	32.8%	42.2%
2039	32.5%	41.7%
2040	32.2%	41.3%
2041	32%	40.9%
2042	31.7%	40.4%
2043	31.5%	40%
2044	31.2%	39.6%
2045	31%	39.2%
2046	30.8%	38.8%
2047	30.6%	38.4%
2048	30.3%	38%
2049	30.1%	37.7%
2050	29.9%	37.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 46% in the DR Congo in 2024, compared to 47% and 44.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and the DR Congo compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs DR Congo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	DR Congo
1960	4,886	363,517
1961	5,027	368,207
1962	5,157	383,406
1963	5,249	398,972
1964	5,359	406,334
1965	5,465	429,002
1966	5,601	463,397
1967	5,741	479,552
1968	5,960	497,682
1969	6,189	514,800
1970	6,456	533,300
1971	6,722	549,343
1972	7,019	564,495
1973	7,328	578,280
1974	7,654	593,539
1975	7,752	608,655
1976	8,371	624,147
1977	8,750	638,242
1978	9,189	646,411
1979	9,637	691,773
1980	10,095	724,111
1981	10,569	748,371
1982	11,002	774,823
1983	11,367	807,122
1984	11,830	844,956
1985	12,202	885,670
1986	12,566	925,334
1987	12,869	959,875
1988	13,144	995,278
1989	13,374	1,027,238
1990	13,610	1,063,508
1991	13,783	1,114,033
1992	13,867	1,152,781
1993	13,667	1,209,242
1994	13,465	1,259,539
1995	13,403	1,395,440
1996	13,390	1,380,490
1997	13,254	1,392,037
1998	13,099	1,375,130
1999	13,161	1,450,318
2000	13,270	1,549,518
2001	13,598	1,594,999
2002	13,760	1,631,597
2003	14,031	1,679,188
2004	14,349	1,731,022
2005	14,810	1,800,300
2006	15,124	1,889,398
2007	15,393	1,963,738
2008	15,804	2,044,210
2009	16,315	2,126,912
2010	16,849	2,212,255
2011	17,313	2,310,679
2012	17,565	2,405,462
2013	17,776	2,489,378
2014	17,876	2,580,251
2015	17,961	2,665,016
2016	17,913	2,753,687
2017	17,798	2,883,245
2018	17,883	2,993,184
2019	17,936	3,075,538
2020	17,906	3,156,152
2021	17,645	3,227,992
2022	18,154	3,347,664
2023	18,247	3,467,787

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs DR Congo

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 427 deaths in the DR Congo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	DR Congo
1985	850	934
1986	825	902
1987	811	863
1988	791	824
1989	768	791
1990	737	755
1991	704	735
1992	675	709
1993	642	683
1994	602	656
1995	571	644
1996	545	661
1997	520	617
1998	515	605
1999	486	601
2000	476	585
2001	440	588
2002	428	601
2003	400	605
2004	385	607
2005	373	613
2006	360	619
2007	352	631
2008	334	620
2009	320	608
2010	305	601
2011	291	589
2012	274	578
2013	260	567
2014	247	558
2015	237	545
2016	225	526
2017	219	519
2018	209	508
2019	202	493
2020	198	489
2021	215	507
2022	186	456
2023	179	427

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	DR Congo
1969	-	25.1%
1970	23.2%	24.7%
1971	22.5%	24.3%
1972	22%	24%
1973	21.4%	23.7%
1974	20.8%	23.4%
1975	20.3%	23%
1976	19.7%	22.6%
1977	19.1%	22.3%
1978	18.6%	21.9%
1979	18%	21.5%
1980	17.4%	21.2%
1981	16.8%	20.9%
1982	16.2%	20.6%
1983	15.7%	20.3%
1984	15.1%	20%
1985	14.6%	19.7%
1986	14%	19.5%
1987	13.5%	19.2%
1988	13%	19%
1989	12.6%	18.8%
1990	12.1%	18.5%
1991	11.6%	18.3%
1992	11.1%	18.1%
1993	10.7%	17.9%
1994	10.2%	17.7%
1995	9.78%	17.5%
1996	9.37%	17.3%
1997	9%	17%
1998	8.63%	16.7%
1999	8.28%	16.3%
2000	7.96%	15.9%
2001	7.65%	15.5%
2002	7.36%	15%
2003	7.07%	14.6%
2004	6.8%	14.1%
2005	6.55%	13.6%
2006	6.31%	13.1%
2007	6.08%	12.7%
2008	5.88%	12.2%
2009	5.69%	11.8%
2010	5.51%	11.4%
2011	5.36%	11%
2012	5.21%	10.6%
2013	5.08%	10.3%
2014	4.97%	9.9%
2015	4.87%	9.56%
2016	4.76%	9.23%
2017	4.66%	8.93%
2018	4.56%	8.63%
2019	4.46%	8.35%
2020	4.35%	8.07%
2021	4.24%	7.81%
2022	4.11%	7.57%
2023	3.98%	7.32%