Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Guinea

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Guinea 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 4.22 in Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the DR Congo vs Guinea 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	Guinea
1960	6.11	6.11
1961	6.12	6.13
1962	6.14	6.14
1963	6.16	6.15
1964	6.19	6.17
1965	6.21	6.18
1966	6.24	6.19
1967	6.27	6.2
1968	6.29	6.21
1969	6.3	6.23
1970	6.33	6.24
1971	6.34	6.26
1972	6.37	6.28
1973	6.39	6.31
1974	6.4	6.34
1975	6.42	6.37
1976	6.44	6.4
1977	6.45	6.43
1978	6.46	6.44
1979	6.48	6.45
1980	6.5	6.46
1981	6.52	6.46
1982	6.54	6.49
1983	6.56	6.49
1984	6.59	6.51
1985	6.61	6.53
1986	6.63	6.55
1987	6.65	6.57
1988	6.66	6.56
1989	6.65	6.55
1990	6.65	6.52
1991	6.65	6.48
1992	6.64	6.45
1993	6.64	6.41
1994	6.64	6.36
1995	6.68	6.29
1996	6.67	6.21
1997	6.69	6.12
1998	6.7	6.05
1999	6.69	5.99
2000	6.7	5.92
2001	6.66	5.83
2002	6.61	5.78
2003	6.55	5.74
2004	6.53	5.73
2005	6.53	5.73
2006	6.55	5.7
2007	6.56	5.66
2008	6.58	5.6
2009	6.59	5.53
2010	6.59	5.44
2011	6.58	5.34
2012	6.56	5.23
2013	6.53	5.15
2014	6.48	5.07
2015	6.44	5
2016	6.39	4.92
2017	6.35	4.79
2018	6.3	4.67
2019	6.25	4.58
2020	6.21	4.49
2021	6.16	4.4
2022	6.11	4.3
2023	6.05	4.22
2024	5.98	4.13
2025	5.9	4.04
2026	5.8	3.96
2027	5.71	3.89
2028	5.62	3.81
2029	5.52	3.73
2030	5.42	3.66
2031	5.32	3.59
2032	5.2	3.52
2033	5.09	3.45
2034	4.99	3.38
2035	4.87	3.32
2036	4.77	3.27
2037	4.64	3.21
2038	4.55	3.16
2039	4.47	3.12
2040	4.38	3.07
2041	4.3	3.02
2042	4.21	2.98
2043	4.14	2.94
2044	4.06	2.9
2045	3.99	2.86
2046	3.92	2.82
2047	3.85	2.79
2048	3.78	2.75
2049	3.72	2.73
2050	3.66	2.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Guinea
1960	42.9%	39.6%
1961	42.8%	39.7%
1962	42.7%	39.9%
1963	42.7%	39.9%
1964	42.7%	40%
1965	42.8%	40.1%
1966	42.9%	40.2%
1967	43%	40.2%
1968	43.2%	40.3%
1969	43.3%	40.3%
1970	43.4%	40.4%
1971	43.6%	40.5%
1972	43.8%	40.7%
1973	44%	40.9%
1974	44.2%	41.1%
1975	44.3%	41.3%
1976	44.5%	41.5%
1977	44.6%	41.8%
1978	44.5%	42%
1979	44.3%	42.2%
1980	44.2%	42.4%
1981	44.3%	42.6%
1982	44.3%	42.7%
1983	44.2%	42.8%
1984	44.1%	42.9%
1985	44.1%	43%
1986	44.1%	43%
1987	44.2%	43.1%
1988	44.3%	43.1%
1989	44.3%	43.2%
1990	44.4%	43.3%
1991	44.4%	43.4%
1992	44.5%	43.5%
1993	44.5%	43.6%
1994	44.1%	43.7%
1995	44%	43.8%
1996	44.7%	43.9%
1997	45.4%	44.2%
1998	45.6%	44.5%
1999	45.6%	44.7%
2000	45.7%	44.9%
2001	45.7%	45.3%
2002	45.7%	45.5%
2003	45.8%	45.4%
2004	45.9%	45.3%
2005	45.9%	45.3%
2006	45.9%	45.3%
2007	46%	45.1%
2008	46%	44.9%
2009	46.1%	44.7%
2010	46.1%	44.5%
2011	46%	44.2%
2012	46%	44%
2013	46%	43.8%
2014	46%	43.5%
2015	46%	43.3%
2016	45.9%	43.1%
2017	45.8%	42.9%
2018	45.9%	42.6%
2019	46%	42.4%
2020	46.1%	42.1%
2021	46.1%	41.9%
2022	46.1%	41.6%
2023	46.1%	41.2%
2024	46%	40.9%
2025	45.9%	40.5%
2026	45.8%	40.2%
2027	45.7%	39.8%
2028	45.5%	39.5%
2029	45.3%	39.1%
2030	45%	38.7%
2031	44.8%	38.3%
2032	44.5%	37.9%
2033	44.2%	37.5%
2034	43.8%	37%
2035	43.4%	36.6%
2036	43%	36.2%
2037	42.6%	35.7%
2038	42.2%	35.3%
2039	41.7%	34.9%
2040	41.3%	34.5%
2041	40.9%	34.1%
2042	40.4%	33.7%
2043	40%	33.3%
2044	39.6%	32.9%
2045	39.2%	32.5%
2046	38.8%	32.2%
2047	38.4%	31.8%
2048	38%	31.5%
2049	37.7%	31.2%
2050	37.3%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 40.9% in Guinea in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 43.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Guinea compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo and +2.6% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	363,517	61,848
1961	368,207	63,766
1962	383,406	65,672
1963	398,972	67,690
1964	406,334	69,848
1965	429,002	72,134
1966	463,397	74,748
1967	479,552	77,251
1968	497,682	79,892
1969	514,800	82,799
1970	533,300	85,418
1971	549,343	88,358
1972	564,495	91,147
1973	578,280	93,764
1974	593,539	96,315
1975	608,655	99,267
1976	624,147	102,449
1977	638,242	105,990
1978	646,411	109,415
1979	691,773	113,141
1980	724,111	117,186
1981	748,371	121,223
1982	774,823	126,831
1983	807,122	130,629
1984	844,956	136,640
1985	885,670	142,313
1986	925,334	148,137
1987	959,875	154,178
1988	995,278	159,566
1989	1,027,238	164,707
1990	1,063,508	169,926
1991	1,114,033	181,299
1992	1,152,781	189,682
1993	1,209,242	195,612
1994	1,259,539	201,439
1995	1,395,440	205,644
1996	1,380,490	214,896
1997	1,392,037	220,373
1998	1,375,130	219,385
1999	1,450,318	223,968
2000	1,549,518	227,081
2001	1,594,999	227,642
2002	1,631,597	229,022
2003	1,679,188	234,774
2004	1,731,022	242,075
2005	1,800,300	251,209
2006	1,889,398	258,518
2007	1,963,738	266,070
2008	2,044,210	274,327
2009	2,126,912	281,920
2010	2,212,255	288,512
2011	2,310,679	293,318
2012	2,405,462	298,094
2013	2,489,378	304,430
2014	2,580,251	309,539
2015	2,665,016	316,604
2016	2,753,687	324,608
2017	2,883,245	328,542
2018	2,993,184	332,585
2019	3,075,538	338,984
2020	3,156,152	342,289
2021	3,227,992	345,121
2022	3,347,664	352,517
2023	3,467,787	356,147

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Guinea

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 494 deaths in Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Guinea
1985	934	1,248
1986	902	1,234
1987	863	1,218
1988	824	1,202
1989	791	1,188
1990	755	1,162
1991	735	1,143
1992	709	1,124
1993	683	1,094
1994	656	1,081
1995	644	1,042
1996	661	1,010
1997	617	994
1998	605	971
1999	601	960
2000	585	951
2001	588	946
2002	601	916
2003	605	892
2004	607	869
2005	613	843
2006	619	825
2007	631	802
2008	620	772
2009	608	766
2010	601	750
2011	589	728
2012	578	703
2013	567	682
2014	558	664
2015	545	642
2016	526	606
2017	519	582
2018	508	560
2019	493	548
2020	489	528
2021	507	533
2022	456	500
2023	427	494

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo and 9.5% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	-	35%
1961	-	34.7%
1962	-	34.4%
1963	-	34.2%
1964	-	33.9%
1965	-	33.6%
1966	-	33.4%
1967	-	33.1%
1968	-	32.8%
1969	25.1%	32.5%
1970	24.7%	32.2%
1971	24.3%	31.9%
1972	24%	31.6%
1973	23.7%	31.3%
1974	23.4%	30.9%
1975	23%	30.6%
1976	22.6%	30.1%
1977	22.3%	29.7%
1978	21.9%	29.2%
1979	21.5%	28.7%
1980	21.2%	28.2%
1981	20.9%	27.7%
1982	20.6%	27.2%
1983	20.3%	26.7%
1984	20%	26.2%
1985	19.7%	25.8%
1986	19.5%	25.3%
1987	19.2%	24.8%
1988	19%	24.4%
1989	18.8%	23.9%
1990	18.5%	23.3%
1991	18.3%	22.7%
1992	18.1%	22.1%
1993	17.9%	21.4%
1994	17.7%	20.7%
1995	17.5%	20%
1996	17.3%	19.3%
1997	17%	18.6%
1998	16.7%	17.9%
1999	16.3%	17.2%
2000	15.9%	16.5%
2001	15.5%	15.9%
2002	15%	15.2%
2003	14.6%	14.6%
2004	14.1%	14.1%
2005	13.6%	13.7%
2006	13.1%	13.3%
2007	12.7%	12.9%
2008	12.2%	12.7%
2009	11.8%	12.4%
2010	11.4%	12.2%
2011	11%	12%
2012	10.6%	11.8%
2013	10.3%	11.7%
2014	9.9%	11.6%
2015	9.56%	11.4%
2016	9.23%	11.2%
2017	8.93%	11%
2018	8.63%	10.8%
2019	8.35%	10.6%
2020	8.07%	10.3%
2021	7.81%	10.1%
2022	7.57%	9.78%
2023	7.32%	9.5%