Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Jordan

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Jordan 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 2.64 in Jordan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the DR Congo vs Jordan 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	Jordan
1960	6.11	7.6
1961	6.12	7.7
1962	6.14	7.79
1963	6.16	7.85
1964	6.19	7.91
1965	6.21	7.93
1966	6.24	7.99
1967	6.27	8.06
1968	6.29	8.14
1969	6.3	8.19
1970	6.33	8.18
1971	6.34	8.15
1972	6.37	8.12
1973	6.39	8.06
1974	6.4	8
1975	6.42	7.93
1976	6.44	7.83
1977	6.45	7.72
1978	6.46	7.59
1979	6.48	7.45
1980	6.5	7.29
1981	6.52	7.12
1982	6.54	6.96
1983	6.56	6.81
1984	6.59	6.67
1985	6.61	6.53
1986	6.63	6.39
1987	6.65	6.2
1988	6.66	6.01
1989	6.65	5.8
1990	6.65	5.54
1991	6.65	5.33
1992	6.64	5.14
1993	6.64	4.97
1994	6.64	4.82
1995	6.68	4.68
1996	6.67	4.51
1997	6.69	4.32
1998	6.7	4.11
1999	6.69	3.97
2000	6.7	3.86
2001	6.66	3.8
2002	6.61	3.81
2003	6.55	3.82
2004	6.53	3.73
2005	6.53	3.65
2006	6.55	3.71
2007	6.56	3.8
2008	6.58	3.88
2009	6.59	3.84
2010	6.59	3.78
2011	6.58	3.69
2012	6.56	3.57
2013	6.53	3.45
2014	6.48	3.3
2015	6.44	3.14
2016	6.39	3.07
2017	6.35	2.99
2018	6.3	2.92
2019	6.25	2.86
2020	6.21	2.79
2021	6.16	2.74
2022	6.11	2.68
2023	6.05	2.64
2024	5.98	2.6
2025	5.9	2.57
2026	5.8	2.54
2027	5.71	2.51
2028	5.62	2.48
2029	5.52	2.44
2030	5.42	2.42
2031	5.32	2.39
2032	5.2	2.36
2033	5.09	2.33
2034	4.99	2.3
2035	4.87	2.27
2036	4.77	2.25
2037	4.64	2.23
2038	4.55	2.21
2039	4.47	2.19
2040	4.38	2.16
2041	4.3	2.14
2042	4.21	2.12
2043	4.14	2.1
2044	4.06	2.08
2045	3.99	2.07
2046	3.92	2.05
2047	3.85	2.04
2048	3.78	2.02
2049	3.72	2.01
2050	3.66	1.99

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Jordan
1960	42.9%	46.1%
1961	42.8%	46.6%
1962	42.7%	47.2%
1963	42.7%	47.7%
1964	42.7%	48.2%
1965	42.8%	48.7%
1966	42.9%	49.1%
1967	43%	49.4%
1968	43.2%	49.8%
1969	43.3%	50%
1970	43.4%	50.3%
1971	43.6%	50.4%
1972	43.8%	50.6%
1973	44%	50.6%
1974	44.2%	50.6%
1975	44.3%	50.6%
1976	44.5%	50.5%
1977	44.6%	50.4%
1978	44.5%	50.2%
1979	44.3%	50%
1980	44.2%	49.7%
1981	44.3%	49.5%
1982	44.3%	49.2%
1983	44.2%	48.9%
1984	44.1%	48.6%
1985	44.1%	48.2%
1986	44.1%	47.9%
1987	44.2%	47.6%
1988	44.3%	47.2%
1989	44.3%	46.8%
1990	44.4%	45%
1991	44.4%	43.1%
1992	44.5%	42.2%
1993	44.5%	41.5%
1994	44.1%	40.9%
1995	44%	40.5%
1996	44.7%	40.4%
1997	45.4%	40.4%
1998	45.6%	40.3%
1999	45.6%	40.2%
2000	45.7%	40.1%
2001	45.7%	39.8%
2002	45.7%	39.5%
2003	45.8%	39.2%
2004	45.9%	38.8%
2005	45.9%	38.4%
2006	45.9%	38%
2007	46%	37.5%
2008	46%	37%
2009	46.1%	36.5%
2010	46.1%	36%
2011	46%	35.5%
2012	46%	35.1%
2013	46%	34.9%
2014	46%	34.9%
2015	46%	34.8%
2016	45.9%	34.5%
2017	45.8%	34.1%
2018	45.9%	33.7%
2019	46%	33.3%
2020	46.1%	32.8%
2021	46.1%	32.4%
2022	46.1%	31.9%
2023	46.1%	31.2%
2024	46%	30.7%
2025	45.9%	30.2%
2026	45.8%	29.6%
2027	45.7%	29%
2028	45.5%	28.4%
2029	45.3%	27.8%
2030	45%	27.3%
2031	44.8%	26.9%
2032	44.5%	26.6%
2033	44.2%	26.2%
2034	43.8%	25.9%
2035	43.4%	25.7%
2036	43%	25.4%
2037	42.6%	25.2%
2038	42.2%	25%
2039	41.7%	24.9%
2040	41.3%	24.7%
2041	40.9%	24.6%
2042	40.4%	24.4%
2043	40%	24.3%
2044	39.6%	24.1%
2045	39.2%	23.9%
2046	38.8%	23.7%
2047	38.4%	23.5%
2048	38%	23.3%
2049	37.7%	23.1%
2050	37.3%	22.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 30.7% in Jordan in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 45% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Jordan compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Jordan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo and +1.92% in Jordan. 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	Jordan
1960	363,517	29,491
1961	368,207	32,143
1962	383,406	34,598
1963	398,972	36,858
1964	406,334	39,205
1965	429,002	41,635
1966	463,397	44,580
1967	479,552	48,791
1968	497,682	53,336
1969	514,800	57,431
1970	533,300	60,321
1971	549,343	64,763
1972	564,495	67,707
1973	578,280	70,058
1974	593,539	72,212
1975	608,655	74,392
1976	624,147	75,981
1977	638,242	78,101
1978	646,411	79,908
1979	691,773	82,076
1980	724,111	84,508
1981	748,371	86,751
1982	774,823	89,473
1983	807,122	92,863
1984	844,956	96,092
1985	885,670	99,801
1986	925,334	103,551
1987	959,875	106,536
1988	995,278	109,754
1989	1,027,238	112,608
1990	1,063,508	114,912
1991	1,114,033	129,642
1992	1,152,781	134,241
1993	1,209,242	139,467
1994	1,259,539	144,199
1995	1,395,440	147,652
1996	1,380,490	147,852
1997	1,392,037	145,358
1998	1,375,130	140,696
1999	1,450,318	138,201
2000	1,549,518	136,414
2001	1,594,999	136,450
2002	1,631,597	139,250
2003	1,679,188	142,443
2004	1,731,022	141,752
2005	1,800,300	141,816
2006	1,889,398	147,643
2007	1,963,738	167,574
2008	2,044,210	175,048
2009	2,126,912	177,651
2010	2,212,255	177,748
2011	2,310,679	177,076
2012	2,405,462	175,437
2013	2,489,378	170,473
2014	2,580,251	184,169
2015	2,665,016	195,495
2016	2,753,687	205,891
2017	2,883,245	205,903
2018	2,993,184	205,333
2019	3,075,538	204,933
2020	3,156,152	198,138
2021	3,227,992	190,795
2022	3,347,664	199,900
2023	3,467,787	200,895

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Jordan

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 31 deaths in Jordan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Jordan
1985	934	100
1986	902	93
1987	863	87
1988	824	82
1989	791	79
1990	755	72
1991	735	74
1992	709	72
1993	683	71
1994	656	70
1995	644	70
1996	661	69
1997	617	67
1998	605	65
1999	601	63
2000	585	61
2001	588	60
2002	601	58
2003	605	56
2004	607	54
2005	613	53
2006	619	49
2007	631	50
2008	620	50
2009	608	49
2010	601	48
2011	589	47
2012	578	47
2013	567	44
2014	558	43
2015	545	41
2016	526	40
2017	519	38
2018	508	36
2019	493	35
2020	489	41
2021	507	79
2022	456	35
2023	427	31

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo and 1.32% in Jordan. 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	Jordan
1960	-	15.5%
1961	-	14.6%
1962	-	13.8%
1963	-	13%
1964	-	12.3%
1965	-	11.6%
1966	-	11%
1967	-	10.4%
1968	-	9.87%
1969	25.1%	9.38%
1970	24.7%	8.91%
1971	24.3%	8.48%
1972	24%	8.06%
1973	23.7%	7.67%
1974	23.4%	7.31%
1975	23%	6.96%
1976	22.6%	6.63%
1977	22.3%	6.31%
1978	21.9%	6.02%
1979	21.5%	5.74%
1980	21.2%	5.48%
1981	20.9%	5.22%
1982	20.6%	4.99%
1983	20.3%	4.76%
1984	20%	4.55%
1985	19.7%	4.34%
1986	19.5%	4.16%
1987	19.2%	3.98%
1988	19%	3.82%
1989	18.8%	3.68%
1990	18.5%	3.54%
1991	18.3%	3.42%
1992	18.1%	3.31%
1993	17.9%	3.2%
1994	17.7%	3.1%
1995	17.5%	3.01%
1996	17.3%	2.91%
1997	17%	2.83%
1998	16.7%	2.74%
1999	16.3%	2.66%
2000	15.9%	2.58%
2001	15.5%	2.5%
2002	15%	2.42%
2003	14.6%	2.35%
2004	14.1%	2.27%
2005	13.6%	2.2%
2006	13.1%	2.13%
2007	12.7%	2.07%
2008	12.2%	2%
2009	11.8%	1.94%
2010	11.4%	1.89%
2011	11%	1.83%
2012	10.6%	1.78%
2013	10.3%	1.74%
2014	9.9%	1.69%
2015	9.56%	1.65%
2016	9.23%	1.6%
2017	8.93%	1.56%
2018	8.63%	1.52%
2019	8.35%	1.48%
2020	8.07%	1.44%
2021	7.81%	1.4%
2022	7.57%	1.36%
2023	7.32%	1.32%