Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Iran

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Iran 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 1.7 in Iran in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the DR Congo vs Iran 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	Iran
1960	6.11	7.52
1961	6.12	7.46
1962	6.14	7.4
1963	6.16	7.32
1964	6.19	7.24
1965	6.21	7.22
1966	6.24	7.21
1967	6.27	7.19
1968	6.29	7.12
1969	6.3	7.01
1970	6.33	6.8
1971	6.34	6.55
1972	6.37	6.26
1973	6.39	6.06
1974	6.4	5.97
1975	6.42	5.95
1976	6.44	6.07
1977	6.45	6.18
1978	6.46	6.34
1979	6.48	6.55
1980	6.5	6.63
1981	6.52	6.62
1982	6.54	6.59
1983	6.56	6.53
1984	6.59	6.43
1985	6.61	6.24
1986	6.63	6.01
1987	6.65	5.72
1988	6.66	5.43
1989	6.65	5.17
1990	6.65	4.93
1991	6.65	4.57
1992	6.64	4.1
1993	6.64	3.67
1994	6.64	3.24
1995	6.68	2.85
1996	6.67	2.54
1997	6.69	2.32
1998	6.7	2.19
1999	6.69	2.09
2000	6.7	2
2001	6.66	1.92
2002	6.61	1.84
2003	6.55	1.8
2004	6.53	1.78
2005	6.53	1.76
2006	6.55	1.76
2007	6.56	1.75
2008	6.58	1.74
2009	6.59	1.74
2010	6.59	1.75
2011	6.58	1.79
2012	6.56	1.85
2013	6.53	1.91
2014	6.48	1.98
2015	6.44	2.02
2016	6.39	2.05
2017	6.35	2.02
2018	6.3	1.92
2019	6.25	1.77
2020	6.21	1.7
2021	6.16	1.71
2022	6.11	1.7
2023	6.05	1.7
2024	5.98	1.68
2025	5.9	1.67
2026	5.8	1.66
2027	5.71	1.65
2028	5.62	1.64
2029	5.52	1.64
2030	5.42	1.63
2031	5.32	1.63
2032	5.2	1.63
2033	5.09	1.63
2034	4.99	1.63
2035	4.87	1.63
2036	4.77	1.63
2037	4.64	1.63
2038	4.55	1.63
2039	4.47	1.63
2040	4.38	1.63
2041	4.3	1.63
2042	4.21	1.63
2043	4.14	1.63
2044	4.06	1.63
2045	3.99	1.63
2046	3.92	1.63
2047	3.85	1.63
2048	3.78	1.63
2049	3.72	1.63
2050	3.66	1.63

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Iran
1960	42.9%	43.5%
1961	42.8%	44.1%
1962	42.7%	44.6%
1963	42.7%	44.9%
1964	42.7%	45%
1965	42.8%	45%
1966	42.9%	44.9%
1967	43%	44.8%
1968	43.2%	44.8%
1969	43.3%	44.7%
1970	43.4%	44.6%
1971	43.6%	44.4%
1972	43.8%	44.2%
1973	44%	43.8%
1974	44.2%	43.5%
1975	44.3%	43.2%
1976	44.5%	43%
1977	44.6%	42.9%
1978	44.5%	43%
1979	44.3%	43.1%
1980	44.2%	43.3%
1981	44.3%	42.9%
1982	44.3%	42.7%
1983	44.2%	43%
1984	44.1%	43.3%
1985	44.1%	43.5%
1986	44.1%	43.7%
1987	44.2%	43.9%
1988	44.3%	44%
1989	44.3%	44.2%
1990	44.4%	44.1%
1991	44.4%	43.9%
1992	44.5%	43.6%
1993	44.5%	43.6%
1994	44.1%	43.2%
1995	44%	42.1%
1996	44.7%	40.7%
1997	45.4%	39.1%
1998	45.6%	37.3%
1999	45.6%	35.4%
2000	45.7%	33.6%
2001	45.7%	31.7%
2002	45.7%	30.1%
2003	45.8%	28.7%
2004	45.9%	27.4%
2005	45.9%	26.2%
2006	45.9%	25.3%
2007	46%	24.6%
2008	46%	24%
2009	46.1%	23.7%
2010	46.1%	23.4%
2011	46%	23.3%
2012	46%	23.3%
2013	46%	23.3%
2014	46%	23.4%
2015	46%	23.6%
2016	45.9%	23.8%
2017	45.8%	23.9%
2018	45.9%	24%
2019	46%	23.9%
2020	46.1%	23.8%
2021	46.1%	23.6%
2022	46.1%	23.2%
2023	46.1%	22.8%
2024	46%	22.4%
2025	45.9%	22%
2026	45.8%	21.6%
2027	45.7%	21.1%
2028	45.5%	20.5%
2029	45.3%	19.9%
2030	45%	19.3%
2031	44.8%	18.6%
2032	44.5%	18%
2033	44.2%	17.4%
2034	43.8%	17%
2035	43.4%	16.7%
2036	43%	16.4%
2037	42.6%	16.2%
2038	42.2%	15.9%
2039	41.7%	15.8%
2040	41.3%	15.6%
2041	40.9%	15.5%
2042	40.4%	15.4%
2043	40%	15.3%
2044	39.6%	15.3%
2045	39.2%	15.2%
2046	38.8%	15.2%
2047	38.4%	15.2%
2048	38%	15.2%
2049	37.7%	15.1%
2050	37.3%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 22.4% in Iran in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Iran compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Iran by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo and +1.1% in Iran. 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	Iran
1960	363,517	584,060
1961	368,207	594,674
1962	383,406	595,538
1963	398,972	620,126
1964	406,334	635,589
1965	429,002	663,029
1966	463,397	695,040
1967	479,552	727,276
1968	497,682	743,992
1969	514,800	780,660
1970	533,300	794,612
1971	549,343	805,830
1972	564,495	804,043
1973	578,280	831,880
1974	593,539	873,369
1975	608,655	929,481
1976	624,147	1,013,347
1977	638,242	1,091,542
1978	646,411	1,156,974
1979	691,773	1,294,306
1980	724,111	1,361,293
1981	748,371	1,376,830
1982	774,823	1,514,240
1983	807,122	1,573,612
1984	844,956	1,653,051
1985	885,670	1,661,750
1986	925,334	1,659,289
1987	959,875	1,639,644
1988	995,278	1,614,512
1989	1,027,238	1,609,739
1990	1,063,508	1,530,434
1991	1,114,033	1,495,594
1992	1,152,781	1,365,466
1993	1,209,242	1,219,658
1994	1,259,539	1,008,076
1995	1,395,440	879,648
1996	1,380,490	784,508
1997	1,392,037	726,574
1998	1,375,130	717,655
1999	1,450,318	723,237
2000	1,549,518	731,203
2001	1,594,999	743,658
2002	1,631,597	752,205
2003	1,679,188	732,600
2004	1,731,022	801,203
2005	1,800,300	837,305
2006	1,889,398	884,529
2007	1,963,738	919,254
2008	2,044,210	940,983
2009	2,126,912	958,322
2010	2,212,255	980,380
2011	2,310,679	1,023,925
2012	2,405,462	1,073,804
2013	2,489,378	1,119,533
2014	2,580,251	1,158,552
2015	2,665,016	1,178,317
2016	2,753,687	1,186,949
2017	2,883,245	1,140,549
2018	2,993,184	1,035,052
2019	3,075,538	893,063
2020	3,156,152	663,978
2021	3,227,992	645,725
2022	3,347,664	753,525
2023	3,467,787	750,150

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Iran

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 16 deaths in Iran.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Iran
1985	934	160
1986	902	148
1987	863	136
1988	824	126
1989	791	113
1990	755	107
1991	735	94
1992	709	86
1993	683	80
1994	656	71
1995	644	65
1996	661	59
1997	617	55
1998	605	50
1999	601	46
2000	585	43
2001	588	40
2002	601	38
2003	605	37
2004	607	34
2005	613	33
2006	619	32
2007	631	31
2008	620	30
2009	608	28
2010	601	27
2011	589	26
2012	578	25
2013	567	24
2014	558	23
2015	545	22
2016	526	21
2017	519	20
2018	508	19
2019	493	18
2020	489	34
2021	507	51
2022	456	21
2023	427	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo and 1.18% in Iran. 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	Iran
1969	25.1%	-
1970	24.7%	-
1971	24.3%	18.9%
1972	24%	18%
1973	23.7%	17.1%
1974	23.4%	16.2%
1975	23%	15.3%
1976	22.6%	14.4%
1977	22.3%	13.5%
1978	21.9%	12.6%
1979	21.5%	11.7%
1980	21.2%	10.8%
1981	20.9%	10%
1982	20.6%	9.3%
1983	20.3%	8.67%
1984	20%	8.13%
1985	19.7%	7.64%
1986	19.5%	7.2%
1987	19.2%	6.8%
1988	19%	6.42%
1989	18.8%	6.07%
1990	18.5%	5.76%
1991	18.3%	5.48%
1992	18.1%	5.22%
1993	17.9%	5%
1994	17.7%	4.79%
1995	17.5%	4.59%
1996	17.3%	4.4%
1997	17%	4.21%
1998	16.7%	4.02%
1999	16.3%	3.83%
2000	15.9%	3.63%
2001	15.5%	3.42%
2002	15%	3.22%
2003	14.6%	3.02%
2004	14.1%	2.83%
2005	13.6%	2.65%
2006	13.1%	2.48%
2007	12.7%	2.32%
2008	12.2%	2.17%
2009	11.8%	2.04%
2010	11.4%	1.93%
2011	11%	1.84%
2012	10.6%	1.75%
2013	10.3%	1.68%
2014	9.9%	1.61%
2015	9.56%	1.55%
2016	9.23%	1.5%
2017	8.93%	1.45%
2018	8.63%	1.39%
2019	8.35%	1.35%
2020	8.07%	1.3%
2021	7.81%	1.26%
2022	7.57%	1.22%
2023	7.32%	1.18%