Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Egypt

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Egypt chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the DR Congo was 6.05 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.75 in Egypt in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Egypt
1960	6.11	6.79
1961	6.12	6.76
1962	6.14	6.71
1963	6.16	6.65
1964	6.19	6.54
1965	6.21	6.39
1966	6.24	6.31
1967	6.27	6.25
1968	6.29	6.19
1969	6.3	6.12
1970	6.33	6.06
1971	6.34	5.99
1972	6.37	5.93
1973	6.39	5.84
1974	6.4	5.78
1975	6.42	5.75
1976	6.44	5.73
1977	6.45	5.68
1978	6.46	5.63
1979	6.48	5.57
1980	6.5	5.49
1981	6.52	5.37
1982	6.54	5.33
1983	6.56	5.31
1984	6.59	5.21
1985	6.61	5.12
1986	6.63	5
1987	6.65	4.91
1988	6.66	4.83
1989	6.65	4.68
1990	6.65	4.51
1991	6.65	4.32
1992	6.64	4.15
1993	6.64	3.99
1994	6.64	3.87
1995	6.68	3.76
1996	6.67	3.7
1997	6.69	3.68
1998	6.7	3.68
1999	6.69	3.6
2000	6.7	3.51
2001	6.66	3.46
2002	6.61	3.41
2003	6.55	3.35
2004	6.53	3.28
2005	6.53	3.25
2006	6.55	3.22
2007	6.56	3.24
2008	6.58	3.24
2009	6.59	3.26
2010	6.59	3.3
2011	6.58	3.31
2012	6.56	3.4
2013	6.53	3.49
2014	6.48	3.49
2015	6.44	3.5
2016	6.39	3.35
2017	6.35	3.31
2018	6.3	3.02
2019	6.25	2.87
2020	6.21	2.85
2021	6.16	2.75
2022	6.11	2.75
2023	6.05	2.75
2024	5.98	2.74
2025	5.9	2.71
2026	5.8	2.68
2027	5.71	2.66
2028	5.62	2.63
2029	5.52	2.61
2030	5.42	2.59
2031	5.32	2.57
2032	5.2	2.54
2033	5.09	2.52
2034	4.99	2.5
2035	4.87	2.48
2036	4.77	2.46
2037	4.64	2.44
2038	4.55	2.42
2039	4.47	2.4
2040	4.38	2.39
2041	4.3	2.37
2042	4.21	2.35
2043	4.14	2.33
2044	4.06	2.31
2045	3.99	2.29
2046	3.92	2.27
2047	3.85	2.26
2048	3.78	2.24
2049	3.72	2.23
2050	3.66	2.21

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Egypt
1960	42.9%	42.3%
1961	42.8%	42.4%
1962	42.7%	42.3%
1963	42.7%	42.2%
1964	42.7%	42.1%
1965	42.8%	42.1%
1966	42.9%	42%
1967	43%	41.9%
1968	43.2%	41.7%
1969	43.3%	41.6%
1970	43.4%	41.4%
1971	43.6%	41.3%
1972	43.8%	41.2%
1973	44%	41.1%
1974	44.2%	41.1%
1975	44.3%	41%
1976	44.5%	41.1%
1977	44.6%	41.1%
1978	44.5%	41.1%
1979	44.3%	41.2%
1980	44.2%	41.2%
1981	44.3%	41.2%
1982	44.3%	41.3%
1983	44.2%	41.3%
1984	44.1%	41.3%
1985	44.1%	41.3%
1986	44.1%	41.3%
1987	44.2%	41.3%
1988	44.3%	41.2%
1989	44.3%	41.2%
1990	44.4%	40.9%
1991	44.4%	40.7%
1992	44.5%	40.4%
1993	44.5%	40.1%
1994	44.1%	39.7%
1995	44%	39.3%
1996	44.7%	38.9%
1997	45.4%	38.5%
1998	45.6%	38%
1999	45.6%	37.5%
2000	45.7%	36.9%
2001	45.7%	36.4%
2002	45.7%	35.9%
2003	45.8%	35.4%
2004	45.9%	35%
2005	45.9%	34.6%
2006	45.9%	34.3%
2007	46%	34.1%
2008	46%	33.9%
2009	46.1%	33.9%
2010	46.1%	33.9%
2011	46%	33.9%
2012	46%	33.9%
2013	46%	33.9%
2014	46%	34%
2015	46%	34.1%
2016	45.9%	34.1%
2017	45.8%	34.1%
2018	45.9%	34%
2019	46%	33.7%
2020	46.1%	33.5%
2021	46.1%	33.2%
2022	46.1%	32.9%
2023	46.1%	32.4%
2024	46%	32%
2025	45.9%	31.6%
2026	45.8%	31.1%
2027	45.7%	30.6%
2028	45.5%	30%
2029	45.3%	29.4%
2030	45%	28.8%
2031	44.8%	28.3%
2032	44.5%	27.8%
2033	44.2%	27.4%
2034	43.8%	27.2%
2035	43.4%	27%
2036	43%	26.9%
2037	42.6%	26.8%
2038	42.2%	26.7%
2039	41.7%	26.6%
2040	41.3%	26.4%
2041	40.9%	26.3%
2042	40.4%	26.2%
2043	40%	26.1%
2044	39.6%	25.9%
2045	39.2%	25.8%
2046	38.8%	25.6%
2047	38.4%	25.4%
2048	38%	25.2%
2049	37.7%	24.9%
2050	37.3%	24.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 32% in Egypt in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 40.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Egypt compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Egypt by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo and +1.82% in Egypt. 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
	DR Congo	Egypt
1960	363,517	685,403
1961	368,207	703,216
1962	383,406	720,128
1963	398,972	738,788
1964	406,334	749,608
1965	429,002	752,682
1966	463,397	774,391
1967	479,552	788,908
1968	497,682	809,482
1969	514,800	824,564
1970	533,300	841,952
1971	549,343	868,365
1972	564,495	893,333
1973	578,280	905,068
1974	593,539	946,052
1975	608,655	987,822
1976	624,147	1,030,546
1977	638,242	1,065,298
1978	646,411	1,107,179
1979	691,773	1,145,655
1980	724,111	1,181,914
1981	748,371	1,206,830
1982	774,823	1,258,574
1983	807,122	1,318,474
1984	844,956	1,351,297
1985	885,670	1,388,718
1986	925,334	1,410,249
1987	959,875	1,436,059
1988	995,278	1,465,620
1989	1,027,238	1,461,547
1990	1,063,508	1,450,747
1991	1,114,033	1,440,936
1992	1,152,781	1,421,372
1993	1,209,242	1,409,374
1994	1,259,539	1,402,840
1995	1,395,440	1,406,935
1996	1,380,490	1,427,161
1997	1,392,037	1,470,119
1998	1,375,130	1,519,728
1999	1,450,318	1,534,697
2000	1,549,518	1,540,084
2001	1,594,999	1,568,962
2002	1,631,597	1,593,474
2003	1,679,188	1,614,293
2004	1,731,022	1,626,745
2005	1,800,300	1,660,624
2006	1,889,398	1,693,374
2007	1,963,738	1,749,322
2008	2,044,210	1,792,943
2009	2,126,912	1,848,123
2010	2,212,255	1,910,134
2011	2,310,679	1,951,851
2012	2,405,462	2,060,535
2013	2,489,378	2,156,922
2014	2,580,251	2,195,761
2015	2,665,016	2,227,594
2016	2,753,687	2,131,690
2017	2,883,245	2,122,866
2018	2,993,184	1,908,512
2019	3,075,538	1,805,818
2020	3,156,152	1,704,988
2021	3,227,992	1,566,491
2022	3,347,664	1,736,123
2023	3,467,787	1,780,230

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Egypt

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 427 deaths per 100,000 live births in the DR Congo, compared to 17 deaths in Egypt.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Egypt
1985	934	141
1986	902	135
1987	863	128
1988	824	121
1989	791	114
1990	755	107
1991	735	100
1992	709	93
1993	683	86
1994	656	81
1995	644	75
1996	661	69
1997	617	64
1998	605	60
1999	601	56
2000	585	53
2001	588	50
2002	601	48
2003	605	45
2004	607	43
2005	613	41
2006	619	40
2007	631	38
2008	620	36
2009	608	34
2010	601	32
2011	589	31
2012	578	29
2013	567	27
2014	558	26
2015	545	24
2016	526	23
2017	519	21
2018	508	20
2019	493	19
2020	489	31
2021	507	42
2022	456	24
2023	427	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo and 1.75% in Egypt. 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
	DR Congo	Egypt
1960	-	32%
1961	-	30.9%
1962	-	29.9%
1963	-	28.9%
1964	-	28%
1965	-	27.2%
1966	-	26.5%
1967	-	25.9%
1968	-	25.4%
1969	25.1%	25%
1970	24.7%	24.7%
1971	24.3%	24.3%
1972	24%	23.9%
1973	23.7%	23.3%
1974	23.4%	22.6%
1975	23%	21.7%
1976	22.6%	20.8%
1977	22.3%	19.8%
1978	21.9%	18.8%
1979	21.5%	17.8%
1980	21.2%	16.8%
1981	20.9%	15.9%
1982	20.6%	14.9%
1983	20.3%	13.9%
1984	20%	12.9%
1985	19.7%	11.9%
1986	19.5%	11%
1987	19.2%	10.2%
1988	19%	9.57%
1989	18.8%	9.03%
1990	18.5%	8.57%
1991	18.3%	8.14%
1992	18.1%	7.73%
1993	17.9%	7.31%
1994	17.7%	6.88%
1995	17.5%	6.45%
1996	17.3%	6.04%
1997	17%	5.65%
1998	16.7%	5.29%
1999	16.3%	4.96%
2000	15.9%	4.66%
2001	15.5%	4.39%
2002	15%	4.15%
2003	14.6%	3.94%
2004	14.1%	3.75%
2005	13.6%	3.57%
2006	13.1%	3.41%
2007	12.7%	3.27%
2008	12.2%	3.12%
2009	11.8%	2.99%
2010	11.4%	2.86%
2011	11%	2.74%
2012	10.6%	2.62%
2013	10.3%	2.52%
2014	9.9%	2.41%
2015	9.56%	2.33%
2016	9.23%	2.24%
2017	8.93%	2.16%
2018	8.63%	2.08%
2019	8.35%	2.01%
2020	8.07%	1.94%
2021	7.81%	1.87%
2022	7.57%	1.81%
2023	7.32%	1.75%