Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Niger

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the DR Congo vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	6.11	7.53
1961	6.12	7.51
1962	6.14	7.5
1963	6.16	7.49
1964	6.19	7.48
1965	6.21	7.47
1966	6.24	7.48
1967	6.27	7.49
1968	6.29	7.5
1969	6.3	7.51
1970	6.33	7.51
1971	6.34	7.52
1972	6.37	7.52
1973	6.39	7.53
1974	6.4	7.54
1975	6.42	7.54
1976	6.44	7.56
1977	6.45	7.6
1978	6.46	7.66
1979	6.48	7.72
1980	6.5	7.78
1981	6.52	7.82
1982	6.54	7.86
1983	6.56	7.9
1984	6.59	7.92
1985	6.61	7.93
1986	6.63	7.9
1987	6.65	7.87
1988	6.66	7.84
1989	6.65	7.82
1990	6.65	7.81
1991	6.65	7.8
1992	6.64	7.8
1993	6.64	7.79
1994	6.64	7.79
1995	6.68	7.78
1996	6.67	7.78
1997	6.69	7.8
1998	6.7	7.84
1999	6.69	7.84
2000	6.7	7.83
2001	6.66	7.81
2002	6.61	7.8
2003	6.55	7.79
2004	6.53	7.78
2005	6.53	7.77
2006	6.55	7.74
2007	6.56	7.73
2008	6.58	7.7
2009	6.59	7.68
2010	6.59	7.64
2011	6.58	7.59
2012	6.56	7.53
2013	6.53	7.45
2014	6.48	7.34
2015	6.44	7.22
2016	6.39	7.04
2017	6.35	6.87
2018	6.3	6.71
2019	6.25	6.54
2020	6.21	6.37
2021	6.16	6.2
2022	6.11	6.14
2023	6.05	6.06
2024	5.98	5.93
2025	5.9	5.79
2026	5.8	5.64
2027	5.71	5.49
2028	5.62	5.35
2029	5.52	5.22
2030	5.42	5.08
2031	5.32	4.93
2032	5.2	4.8
2033	5.09	4.69
2034	4.99	4.55
2035	4.87	4.44
2036	4.77	4.32
2037	4.64	4.21
2038	4.55	4.1
2039	4.47	4
2040	4.38	3.91
2041	4.3	3.82
2042	4.21	3.74
2043	4.14	3.66
2044	4.06	3.59
2045	3.99	3.53
2046	3.92	3.46
2047	3.85	3.39
2048	3.78	3.34
2049	3.72	3.28
2050	3.66	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Niger
1960	42.9%	49%
1961	42.8%	48.9%
1962	42.7%	48.8%
1963	42.7%	48.8%
1964	42.7%	48.8%
1965	42.8%	48.7%
1966	42.9%	48.6%
1967	43%	48.5%
1968	43.2%	48.4%
1969	43.3%	48.3%
1970	43.4%	48.1%
1971	43.6%	48%
1972	43.8%	47.9%
1973	44%	47.7%
1974	44.2%	47.6%
1975	44.3%	47.4%
1976	44.5%	47.3%
1977	44.6%	47.1%
1978	44.5%	47%
1979	44.3%	47%
1980	44.2%	47%
1981	44.3%	47%
1982	44.3%	47%
1983	44.2%	47%
1984	44.1%	47%
1985	44.1%	47%
1986	44.1%	47%
1987	44.2%	47%
1988	44.3%	47%
1989	44.3%	46.9%
1990	44.4%	46.8%
1991	44.4%	46.8%
1992	44.5%	46.7%
1993	44.5%	46.7%
1994	44.1%	46.7%
1995	44%	46.7%
1996	44.7%	46.7%
1997	45.4%	46.8%
1998	45.6%	46.9%
1999	45.6%	47.1%
2000	45.7%	47.3%
2001	45.7%	47.5%
2002	45.7%	47.8%
2003	45.8%	48%
2004	45.9%	48.2%
2005	45.9%	48.5%
2006	45.9%	48.7%
2007	46%	48.9%
2008	46%	49.1%
2009	46.1%	49.3%
2010	46.1%	49.4%
2011	46%	49.5%
2012	46%	49.5%
2013	46%	49.4%
2014	46%	49.3%
2015	46%	49.2%
2016	45.9%	49%
2017	45.8%	48.8%
2018	45.9%	48.6%
2019	46%	48.3%
2020	46.1%	48%
2021	46.1%	47.7%
2022	46.1%	47.3%
2023	46.1%	47%
2024	46%	46.6%
2025	45.9%	46.2%
2026	45.8%	45.8%
2027	45.7%	45.5%
2028	45.5%	45%
2029	45.3%	44.6%
2030	45%	44.2%
2031	44.8%	43.8%
2032	44.5%	43.4%
2033	44.2%	43%
2034	43.8%	42.6%
2035	43.4%	42.2%
2036	43%	41.8%
2037	42.6%	41.3%
2038	42.2%	40.9%
2039	41.7%	40.4%
2040	41.3%	39.9%
2041	40.9%	39.4%
2042	40.4%	38.9%
2043	40%	38.4%
2044	39.6%	37.9%
2045	39.2%	37.4%
2046	38.8%	36.9%
2047	38.4%	36.4%
2048	38%	35.9%
2049	37.7%	35.5%
2050	37.3%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Niger compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	363,517	105,081
1961	368,207	107,693
1962	383,406	110,280
1963	398,972	113,072
1964	406,334	115,386
1965	429,002	116,963
1966	463,397	119,314
1967	479,552	121,358
1968	497,682	123,301
1969	514,800	125,389
1970	533,300	128,184
1971	549,343	128,223
1972	564,495	133,813
1973	578,280	137,695
1974	593,539	142,606
1975	608,655	147,962
1976	624,147	154,489
1977	638,242	161,792
1978	646,411	171,614
1979	691,773	180,632
1980	724,111	189,251
1981	748,371	195,938
1982	774,823	202,012
1983	807,122	207,962
1984	844,956	213,111
1985	885,670	219,206
1986	925,334	224,365
1987	959,875	231,371
1988	995,278	237,296
1989	1,027,238	245,278
1990	1,063,508	256,594
1991	1,114,033	266,527
1992	1,152,781	278,690
1993	1,209,242	292,135
1994	1,259,539	306,026
1995	1,395,440	323,630
1996	1,380,490	341,223
1997	1,392,037	358,745
1998	1,375,130	377,120
1999	1,450,318	394,212
2000	1,549,518	410,779
2001	1,594,999	428,417
2002	1,631,597	446,767
2003	1,679,188	467,295
2004	1,731,022	488,328
2005	1,800,300	511,167
2006	1,889,398	533,374
2007	1,963,738	556,808
2008	2,044,210	579,727
2009	2,126,912	602,671
2010	2,212,255	624,685
2011	2,310,679	645,175
2012	2,405,462	664,009
2013	2,489,378	686,070
2014	2,580,251	704,609
2015	2,665,016	721,630
2016	2,753,687	738,999
2017	2,883,245	752,384
2018	2,993,184	763,536
2019	3,075,538	775,474
2020	3,156,152	784,437
2021	3,227,992	793,428
2022	3,347,664	829,651
2023	3,467,787	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Niger
1985	934	1,137
1986	902	1,107
1987	863	1,074
1988	824	1,040
1989	791	1,010
1990	755	983
1991	735	957
1992	709	926
1993	683	903
1994	656	883
1995	644	865
1996	661	854
1997	617	841
1998	605	839
1999	601	841
2000	585	845
2001	588	843
2002	601	835
2003	605	813
2004	607	790
2005	613	764
2006	619	737
2007	631	704
2008	620	669
2009	608	647
2010	601	621
2011	589	585
2012	578	554
2013	567	526
2014	558	497
2015	545	473
2016	526	450
2017	519	433
2018	508	420
2019	493	406
2020	489	388
2021	507	396
2022	456	361
2023	427	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1967	-	31.9%
1968	-	32.3%
1969	25.1%	32.7%
1970	24.7%	33.2%
1971	24.3%	33.6%
1972	24%	34%
1973	23.7%	34.2%
1974	23.4%	34.3%
1975	23%	34.2%
1976	22.6%	33.9%
1977	22.3%	33.5%
1978	21.9%	33%
1979	21.5%	32.6%
1980	21.2%	32.3%
1981	20.9%	32.3%
1982	20.6%	32.5%
1983	20.3%	32.9%
1984	20%	33.3%
1985	19.7%	33.7%
1986	19.5%	34%
1987	19.2%	34.1%
1988	19%	34%
1989	18.8%	33.7%
1990	18.5%	33.2%
1991	18.3%	32.5%
1992	18.1%	31.7%
1993	17.9%	30.6%
1994	17.7%	29.4%
1995	17.5%	28.1%
1996	17.3%	26.9%
1997	17%	25.7%
1998	16.7%	24.7%
1999	16.3%	23.7%
2000	15.9%	22.8%
2001	15.5%	21.8%
2002	15%	20.6%
2003	14.6%	19.4%
2004	14.1%	18.3%
2005	13.6%	17.2%
2006	13.1%	16.2%
2007	12.7%	15.4%
2008	12.2%	14.7%
2009	11.8%	14.1%
2010	11.4%	13.7%
2011	11%	13.3%
2012	10.6%	13.1%
2013	10.3%	12.9%
2014	9.9%	12.7%
2015	9.56%	12.6%
2016	9.23%	12.5%
2017	8.93%	12.4%
2018	8.63%	12.3%
2019	8.35%	12.2%
2020	8.07%	12.1%
2021	7.81%	11.9%
2022	7.57%	11.7%
2023	7.32%	11.5%