Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Grenada

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Grenada 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 1.49 in Grenada in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the DR Congo vs Grenada 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	Grenada
1960	6.11	6.74
1961	6.12	6.63
1962	6.14	6.44
1963	6.16	6.2
1964	6.19	5.91
1965	6.21	5.6
1966	6.24	5.3
1967	6.27	5.04
1968	6.29	4.84
1969	6.3	4.69
1970	6.33	4.46
1971	6.34	4.31
1972	6.37	4.18
1973	6.39	4.05
1974	6.4	3.92
1975	6.42	3.75
1976	6.44	3.6
1977	6.45	3.46
1978	6.46	3.35
1979	6.48	3.34
1980	6.5	3.3
1981	6.52	2.99
1982	6.54	3.15
1983	6.56	3.31
1984	6.59	3.22
1985	6.61	3.48
1986	6.63	3.58
1987	6.65	3.58
1988	6.66	3.19
1989	6.65	3.23
1990	6.65	3.06
1991	6.65	3.11
1992	6.64	2.97
1993	6.64	2.81
1994	6.64	2.79
1995	6.68	2.82
1996	6.67	2.85
1997	6.69	2.8
1998	6.7	2.49
1999	6.69	2.39
2000	6.7	2.44
2001	6.66	2.42
2002	6.61	2.38
2003	6.55	2.33
2004	6.53	2.29
2005	6.53	2.24
2006	6.55	2.19
2007	6.56	2.15
2008	6.58	2.12
2009	6.59	2.08
2010	6.59	2.04
2011	6.58	2.01
2012	6.56	1.97
2013	6.53	1.91
2014	6.48	1.8
2015	6.44	1.72
2016	6.39	1.62
2017	6.35	1.44
2018	6.3	1.53
2019	6.25	1.54
2020	6.21	1.53
2021	6.16	1.52
2022	6.11	1.5
2023	6.05	1.49
2024	5.98	1.47
2025	5.9	1.46
2026	5.8	1.45
2027	5.71	1.44
2028	5.62	1.44
2029	5.52	1.44
2030	5.42	1.44
2031	5.32	1.44
2032	5.2	1.44
2033	5.09	1.44
2034	4.99	1.44
2035	4.87	1.45
2036	4.77	1.45
2037	4.64	1.45
2038	4.55	1.45
2039	4.47	1.46
2040	4.38	1.46
2041	4.3	1.46
2042	4.21	1.46
2043	4.14	1.47
2044	4.06	1.47
2045	3.99	1.47
2046	3.92	1.47
2047	3.85	1.47
2048	3.78	1.47
2049	3.72	1.48
2050	3.66	1.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Grenada
1960	42.9%	47.3%
1961	42.8%	47.2%
1962	42.7%	47.2%
1963	42.7%	47.1%
1964	42.7%	46.9%
1965	42.8%	47%
1966	42.9%	47.5%
1967	43%	47.6%
1968	43.2%	47.5%
1969	43.3%	47.2%
1970	43.4%	46.8%
1971	43.6%	46.2%
1972	43.8%	45.5%
1973	44%	44.7%
1974	44.2%	43.9%
1975	44.3%	43.1%
1976	44.5%	42.3%
1977	44.6%	41.5%
1978	44.5%	40.8%
1979	44.3%	40%
1980	44.2%	39.4%
1981	44.3%	38.6%
1982	44.3%	37.5%
1983	44.2%	36.5%
1984	44.1%	35.6%
1985	44.1%	34.8%
1986	44.1%	34.1%
1987	44.2%	33.6%
1988	44.3%	33.2%
1989	44.3%	33%
1990	44.4%	32.8%
1991	44.4%	32.8%
1992	44.5%	32.9%
1993	44.5%	33.1%
1994	44.1%	33.3%
1995	44%	33.5%
1996	44.7%	33.6%
1997	45.4%	33.6%
1998	45.6%	33.5%
1999	45.6%	33.3%
2000	45.7%	32.9%
2001	45.7%	32.1%
2002	45.7%	31%
2003	45.8%	29.8%
2004	45.9%	28.7%
2005	45.9%	27.7%
2006	45.9%	26.7%
2007	46%	25.9%
2008	46%	25.2%
2009	46.1%	24.6%
2010	46.1%	24%
2011	46%	23.6%
2012	46%	23.3%
2013	46%	23%
2014	46%	22.7%
2015	46%	22.4%
2016	45.9%	22.1%
2017	45.8%	21.8%
2018	45.9%	21.5%
2019	46%	21.2%
2020	46.1%	20.9%
2021	46.1%	20.6%
2022	46.1%	20.2%
2023	46.1%	19.8%
2024	46%	19.4%
2025	45.9%	19%
2026	45.8%	18.6%
2027	45.7%	18.1%
2028	45.5%	17.7%
2029	45.3%	17.3%
2030	45%	17%
2031	44.8%	16.7%
2032	44.5%	16.5%
2033	44.2%	16.4%
2034	43.8%	16.2%
2035	43.4%	16%
2036	43%	15.8%
2037	42.6%	15.6%
2038	42.2%	15.4%
2039	41.7%	15.2%
2040	41.3%	15%
2041	40.9%	14.9%
2042	40.4%	14.8%
2043	40%	14.6%
2044	39.6%	14.5%
2045	39.2%	14.4%
2046	38.8%	14.3%
2047	38.4%	14.1%
2048	38%	14%
2049	37.7%	13.9%
2050	37.3%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 19.4% in Grenada in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 32.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Grenada compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Grenada by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo and +0.42% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	363,517	3,678
1961	368,207	3,703
1962	383,406	3,674
1963	398,972	3,601
1964	406,334	3,508
1965	429,002	3,399
1966	463,397	3,278
1967	479,552	3,158
1968	497,682	3,040
1969	514,800	2,948
1970	533,300	2,793
1971	549,343	2,705
1972	564,495	2,578
1973	578,280	2,464
1974	593,539	2,360
1975	608,655	2,224
1976	624,147	2,092
1977	638,242	1,974
1978	646,411	1,882
1979	691,773	1,871
1980	724,111	1,840
1981	748,371	1,625
1982	774,823	1,798
1983	807,122	1,817
1984	844,956	1,975
1985	885,670	2,215
1986	925,334	2,324
1987	959,875	2,345
1988	995,278	2,044
1989	1,027,238	2,084
1990	1,063,508	1,931
1991	1,114,033	1,953
1992	1,152,781	1,811
1993	1,209,242	1,641
1994	1,259,539	1,596
1995	1,395,440	1,580
1996	1,380,490	1,559
1997	1,392,037	1,480
1998	1,375,130	1,204
1999	1,450,318	1,092
2000	1,549,518	1,105
2001	1,594,999	1,082
2002	1,631,597	1,077
2003	1,679,188	1,074
2004	1,731,022	1,034
2005	1,800,300	1,075
2006	1,889,398	1,068
2007	1,963,738	1,059
2008	2,044,210	1,046
2009	2,126,912	1,024
2010	2,212,255	989
2011	2,310,679	954
2012	2,405,462	925
2013	2,489,378	878
2014	2,580,251	772
2015	2,665,016	684
2016	2,753,687	579
2017	2,883,245	402
2018	2,993,184	470
2019	3,075,538	462
2020	3,156,152	433
2021	3,227,992	343
2022	3,347,664	371
2023	3,467,787	334

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Grenada

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 48 deaths in Grenada.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Grenada
1985	934	71
1986	902	68
1987	863	68
1988	824	61
1989	791	64
1990	755	61
1991	735	59
1992	709	56
1993	683	53
1994	656	55
1995	644	54
1996	661	51
1997	617	50
1998	605	50
1999	601	48
2000	585	46
2001	588	45
2002	601	42
2003	605	42
2004	607	48
2005	613	40
2006	619	39
2007	631	40
2008	620	41
2009	608	41
2010	601	43
2011	589	44
2012	578	44
2013	567	44
2014	558	45
2015	545	46
2016	526	44
2017	519	45
2018	508	46
2019	493	48
2020	489	51
2021	507	52
2022	456	50
2023	427	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo and 1.83% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	-	9.5%
1961	-	8.83%
1962	-	8.15%
1963	-	7.5%
1964	-	6.91%
1965	-	6.39%
1966	-	5.95%
1967	-	5.59%
1968	-	5.3%
1969	25.1%	5.06%
1970	24.7%	4.87%
1971	24.3%	4.71%
1972	24%	4.58%
1973	23.7%	4.47%
1974	23.4%	4.36%
1975	23%	4.25%
1976	22.6%	4.15%
1977	22.3%	4.03%
1978	21.9%	3.9%
1979	21.5%	3.77%
1980	21.2%	3.62%
1981	20.9%	3.46%
1982	20.6%	3.3%
1983	20.3%	3.15%
1984	20%	2.99%
1985	19.7%	2.85%
1986	19.5%	2.71%
1987	19.2%	2.58%
1988	19%	2.46%
1989	18.8%	2.35%
1990	18.5%	2.24%
1991	18.3%	2.13%
1992	18.1%	2.04%
1993	17.9%	1.95%
1994	17.7%	1.87%
1995	17.5%	1.79%
1996	17.3%	1.73%
1997	17%	1.67%
1998	16.7%	1.62%
1999	16.3%	1.58%
2000	15.9%	1.55%
2001	15.5%	1.52%
2002	15%	1.5%
2003	14.6%	1.49%
2004	14.1%	1.49%
2005	13.6%	1.48%
2006	13.1%	1.49%
2007	12.7%	1.5%
2008	12.2%	1.51%
2009	11.8%	1.54%
2010	11.4%	1.57%
2011	11%	1.6%
2012	10.6%	1.64%
2013	10.3%	1.68%
2014	9.9%	1.72%
2015	9.56%	1.75%
2016	9.23%	1.79%
2017	8.93%	1.81%
2018	8.63%	1.83%
2019	8.35%	1.85%
2020	8.07%	1.87%
2021	7.81%	1.87%
2022	7.57%	1.85%
2023	7.32%	1.83%