Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Myanmar

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the DR Congo vs Myanmar 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	Myanmar
1960	6.11	5.9
1961	6.12	5.9
1962	6.14	5.9
1963	6.16	5.91
1964	6.19	5.91
1965	6.21	5.91
1966	6.24	5.88
1967	6.27	5.84
1968	6.29	5.8
1969	6.3	5.75
1970	6.33	5.68
1971	6.34	5.62
1972	6.37	5.53
1973	6.39	5.44
1974	6.4	5.34
1975	6.42	5.25
1976	6.44	5.16
1977	6.45	5.07
1978	6.46	4.99
1979	6.48	4.9
1980	6.5	4.79
1981	6.52	4.69
1982	6.54	4.66
1983	6.56	4.63
1984	6.59	4.52
1985	6.61	4.32
1986	6.63	4.08
1987	6.65	3.86
1988	6.66	3.67
1989	6.65	3.59
1990	6.65	3.5
1991	6.65	3.43
1992	6.64	3.35
1993	6.64	3.28
1994	6.64	3.2
1995	6.68	3.13
1996	6.67	3.06
1997	6.69	2.99
1998	6.7	2.91
1999	6.69	2.85
2000	6.7	2.81
2001	6.66	2.79
2002	6.61	2.77
2003	6.55	2.68
2004	6.53	2.59
2005	6.53	2.52
2006	6.55	2.47
2007	6.56	2.45
2008	6.58	2.4
2009	6.59	2.37
2010	6.59	2.34
2011	6.58	2.31
2012	6.56	2.28
2013	6.53	2.26
2014	6.48	2.25
2015	6.44	2.27
2016	6.39	2.27
2017	6.35	2.25
2018	6.3	2.23
2019	6.25	2.21
2020	6.21	2.18
2021	6.16	2.16
2022	6.11	2.13
2023	6.05	2.12
2024	5.98	2.1
2025	5.9	2.08
2026	5.8	2.06
2027	5.71	2.04
2028	5.62	2.02
2029	5.52	2.01
2030	5.42	2
2031	5.32	1.98
2032	5.2	1.97
2033	5.09	1.96
2034	4.99	1.94
2035	4.87	1.93
2036	4.77	1.92
2037	4.64	1.92
2038	4.55	1.91
2039	4.47	1.9
2040	4.38	1.89
2041	4.3	1.89
2042	4.21	1.88
2043	4.14	1.87
2044	4.06	1.86
2045	3.99	1.86
2046	3.92	1.85
2047	3.85	1.85
2048	3.78	1.84
2049	3.72	1.83
2050	3.66	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Myanmar
1960	42.9%	39.9%
1961	42.8%	40.2%
1962	42.7%	40.6%
1963	42.7%	40.9%
1964	42.7%	41%
1965	42.8%	41.1%
1966	42.9%	41.1%
1967	43%	41%
1968	43.2%	40.9%
1969	43.3%	40.8%
1970	43.4%	40.7%
1971	43.6%	40.6%
1972	43.8%	40.5%
1973	44%	40.3%
1974	44.2%	40.2%
1975	44.3%	40.1%
1976	44.5%	40%
1977	44.6%	39.8%
1978	44.5%	39.6%
1979	44.3%	39.4%
1980	44.2%	39.2%
1981	44.3%	39%
1982	44.3%	38.8%
1983	44.2%	38.6%
1984	44.1%	38.3%
1985	44.1%	38.1%
1986	44.1%	37.8%
1987	44.2%	37.4%
1988	44.3%	37%
1989	44.3%	36.6%
1990	44.4%	36.2%
1991	44.4%	35.8%
1992	44.5%	35.4%
1993	44.5%	35.1%
1994	44.1%	34.7%
1995	44%	34.2%
1996	44.7%	33.8%
1997	45.4%	33.3%
1998	45.6%	32.8%
1999	45.6%	32.3%
2000	45.7%	31.8%
2001	45.7%	31.4%
2002	45.7%	31%
2003	45.8%	30.7%
2004	45.9%	30.4%
2005	45.9%	30.1%
2006	45.9%	29.7%
2007	46%	29.4%
2008	46%	29%
2009	46.1%	28.6%
2010	46.1%	28.2%
2011	46%	27.9%
2012	46%	27.5%
2013	46%	27.1%
2014	46%	26.8%
2015	46%	26.5%
2016	45.9%	26.2%
2017	45.8%	25.9%
2018	45.9%	25.6%
2019	46%	25.4%
2020	46.1%	25.1%
2021	46.1%	24.9%
2022	46.1%	24.7%
2023	46.1%	24.5%
2024	46%	24.3%
2025	45.9%	24.1%
2026	45.8%	23.9%
2027	45.7%	23.6%
2028	45.5%	23.4%
2029	45.3%	23.2%
2030	45%	23%
2031	44.8%	22.7%
2032	44.5%	22.4%
2033	44.2%	22.2%
2034	43.8%	21.9%
2035	43.4%	21.7%
2036	43%	21.4%
2037	42.6%	21.2%
2038	42.2%	21%
2039	41.7%	20.8%
2040	41.3%	20.6%
2041	40.9%	20.4%
2042	40.4%	20.2%
2043	40%	20.1%
2044	39.6%	19.9%
2045	39.2%	19.8%
2046	38.8%	19.6%
2047	38.4%	19.5%
2048	38%	19.4%
2049	37.7%	19.2%
2050	37.3%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	363,517	465,049
1961	368,207	474,818
1962	383,406	487,925
1963	398,972	501,548
1964	406,334	516,334
1965	429,002	533,443
1966	463,397	546,378
1967	479,552	559,577
1968	497,682	571,123
1969	514,800	584,979
1970	533,300	595,337
1971	549,343	608,784
1972	564,495	616,411
1973	578,280	624,619
1974	593,539	628,458
1975	608,655	635,005
1976	624,147	642,829
1977	638,242	649,915
1978	646,411	658,068
1979	691,773	669,338
1980	724,111	673,815
1981	748,371	679,851
1982	774,823	701,212
1983	807,122	719,710
1984	844,956	723,623
1985	885,670	705,905
1986	925,334	679,467
1987	959,875	652,960
1988	995,278	630,392
1989	1,027,238	636,610
1990	1,063,508	636,081
1991	1,114,033	637,622
1992	1,152,781	634,484
1993	1,209,242	633,576
1994	1,259,539	626,411
1995	1,395,440	620,376
1996	1,380,490	619,488
1997	1,392,037	613,103
1998	1,375,130	606,110
1999	1,450,318	597,916
2000	1,549,518	596,979
2001	1,594,999	601,524
2002	1,631,597	602,873
2003	1,679,188	582,173
2004	1,731,022	556,494
2005	1,800,300	537,429
2006	1,889,398	527,165
2007	1,963,738	523,745
2008	2,044,210	373,287
2009	2,126,912	505,144
2010	2,212,255	497,745
2011	2,310,679	492,271
2012	2,405,462	487,210
2013	2,489,378	487,648
2014	2,580,251	488,114
2015	2,665,016	495,769
2016	2,753,687	499,508
2017	2,883,245	492,276
2018	2,993,184	482,316
2019	3,075,538	469,924
2020	3,156,152	448,626
2021	3,227,992	394,104
2022	3,347,664	415,647
2023	3,467,787	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Myanmar
1985	934	674
1986	902	652
1987	863	631
1988	824	616
1989	791	603
1990	755	586
1991	735	566
1992	709	542
1993	683	522
1994	656	498
1995	644	472
1996	661	442
1997	617	416
1998	605	398
1999	601	388
2000	585	375
2001	588	361
2002	601	347
2003	605	335
2004	607	324
2005	613	312
2006	619	301
2007	631	290
2008	620	286
2009	608	268
2010	601	259
2011	589	249
2012	578	243
2013	567	237
2014	558	228
2015	545	222
2016	526	215
2017	519	209
2018	508	201
2019	493	195
2020	489	198
2021	507	231
2022	456	193
2023	427	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1968	-	18%
1969	25.1%	17.7%
1970	24.7%	17.4%
1971	24.3%	17%
1972	24%	16.7%
1973	23.7%	16.3%
1974	23.4%	16%
1975	23%	15.6%
1976	22.6%	15.3%
1977	22.3%	14.9%
1978	21.9%	14.6%
1979	21.5%	14.3%
1980	21.2%	14%
1981	20.9%	13.7%
1982	20.6%	13.4%
1983	20.3%	13.1%
1984	20%	12.9%
1985	19.7%	12.7%
1986	19.5%	12.5%
1987	19.2%	12.2%
1988	19%	12%
1989	18.8%	11.8%
1990	18.5%	11.5%
1991	18.3%	11.3%
1992	18.1%	11%
1993	17.9%	10.7%
1994	17.7%	10.5%
1995	17.5%	10.2%
1996	17.3%	9.94%
1997	17%	9.68%
1998	16.7%	9.43%
1999	16.3%	9.19%
2000	15.9%	8.95%
2001	15.5%	8.71%
2002	15%	8.47%
2003	14.6%	8.22%
2004	14.1%	7.97%
2005	13.6%	7.71%
2006	13.1%	7.44%
2007	12.7%	7.16%
2008	12.2%	10.1%
2009	11.8%	6.6%
2010	11.4%	6.32%
2011	11%	6.05%
2012	10.6%	5.8%
2013	10.3%	5.56%
2014	9.9%	5.34%
2015	9.56%	5.13%
2016	9.23%	4.95%
2017	8.93%	4.77%
2018	8.63%	4.6%
2019	8.35%	4.44%
2020	8.07%	4.29%
2021	7.81%	4.14%
2022	7.57%	4%
2023	7.32%	3.87%