Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Peru

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Peru 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 1.98 in Peru in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the DR Congo vs Peru 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	Peru
1960	6.11	6.94
1961	6.12	6.92
1962	6.14	6.9
1963	6.16	6.86
1964	6.19	6.81
1965	6.21	6.75
1966	6.24	6.68
1967	6.27	6.6
1968	6.29	6.51
1969	6.3	6.42
1970	6.33	6.32
1971	6.34	6.21
1972	6.37	6.09
1973	6.39	5.97
1974	6.4	5.84
1975	6.42	5.71
1976	6.44	5.58
1977	6.45	5.44
1978	6.46	5.31
1979	6.48	5.17
1980	6.5	5.04
1981	6.52	4.92
1982	6.54	4.8
1983	6.56	4.68
1984	6.59	4.57
1985	6.61	4.46
1986	6.63	4.35
1987	6.65	4.25
1988	6.66	4.14
1989	6.65	4.03
1990	6.65	3.91
1991	6.65	3.79
1992	6.64	3.67
1993	6.64	3.55
1994	6.64	3.43
1995	6.68	3.32
1996	6.67	3.2
1997	6.69	3.1
1998	6.7	3
1999	6.69	2.92
2000	6.7	2.85
2001	6.66	2.74
2002	6.61	2.69
2003	6.55	2.66
2004	6.53	2.67
2005	6.53	2.64
2006	6.55	2.62
2007	6.56	2.58
2008	6.58	2.53
2009	6.59	2.48
2010	6.59	2.42
2011	6.58	2.41
2012	6.56	2.36
2013	6.53	2.32
2014	6.48	2.27
2015	6.44	2.23
2016	6.39	2.19
2017	6.35	2.15
2018	6.3	2.12
2019	6.25	2.09
2020	6.21	2.06
2021	6.16	2.03
2022	6.11	2
2023	6.05	1.98
2024	5.98	1.96
2025	5.9	1.94
2026	5.8	1.92
2027	5.71	1.91
2028	5.62	1.9
2029	5.52	1.88
2030	5.42	1.87
2031	5.32	1.86
2032	5.2	1.85
2033	5.09	1.84
2034	4.99	1.83
2035	4.87	1.83
2036	4.77	1.82
2037	4.64	1.81
2038	4.55	1.81
2039	4.47	1.8
2040	4.38	1.79
2041	4.3	1.79
2042	4.21	1.78
2043	4.14	1.78
2044	4.06	1.77
2045	3.99	1.77
2046	3.92	1.76
2047	3.85	1.75
2048	3.78	1.75
2049	3.72	1.75
2050	3.66	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Peru
1960	42.9%	44%
1961	42.8%	44.2%
1962	42.7%	44.3%
1963	42.7%	44.3%
1964	42.7%	44.3%
1965	42.8%	44.3%
1966	42.9%	44.2%
1967	43%	44.2%
1968	43.2%	44.2%
1969	43.3%	44.1%
1970	43.4%	44%
1971	43.6%	43.9%
1972	43.8%	43.8%
1973	44%	43.7%
1974	44.2%	43.6%
1975	44.3%	43.5%
1976	44.5%	43.4%
1977	44.6%	43.2%
1978	44.5%	43%
1979	44.3%	42.8%
1980	44.2%	42.6%
1981	44.3%	42.4%
1982	44.3%	42.1%
1983	44.2%	41.8%
1984	44.1%	41.5%
1985	44.1%	41.2%
1986	44.1%	40.8%
1987	44.2%	40.5%
1988	44.3%	40.2%
1989	44.3%	39.8%
1990	44.4%	39.4%
1991	44.4%	39.1%
1992	44.5%	38.7%
1993	44.5%	38.3%
1994	44.1%	37.9%
1995	44%	37.4%
1996	44.7%	36.9%
1997	45.4%	36.4%
1998	45.6%	35.8%
1999	45.6%	35.3%
2000	45.7%	34.7%
2001	45.7%	34.1%
2002	45.7%	33.5%
2003	45.8%	32.9%
2004	45.9%	32.3%
2005	45.9%	31.7%
2006	45.9%	31.2%
2007	46%	30.7%
2008	46%	30.2%
2009	46.1%	29.7%
2010	46.1%	29.3%
2011	46%	28.9%
2012	46%	28.5%
2013	46%	28.2%
2014	46%	27.8%
2015	46%	27.5%
2016	45.9%	27.2%
2017	45.8%	26.8%
2018	45.9%	26.4%
2019	46%	25.9%
2020	46.1%	25.5%
2021	46.1%	25.1%
2022	46.1%	24.8%
2023	46.1%	24.4%
2024	46%	24%
2025	45.9%	23.6%
2026	45.8%	23.3%
2027	45.7%	22.9%
2028	45.5%	22.6%
2029	45.3%	22.3%
2030	45%	22.1%
2031	44.8%	21.8%
2032	44.5%	21.6%
2033	44.2%	21.3%
2034	43.8%	21%
2035	43.4%	20.8%
2036	43%	20.5%
2037	42.6%	20.3%
2038	42.2%	20.1%
2039	41.7%	19.8%
2040	41.3%	19.6%
2041	40.9%	19.4%
2042	40.4%	19.1%
2043	40%	18.9%
2044	39.6%	18.7%
2045	39.2%	18.5%
2046	38.8%	18.3%
2047	38.4%	18.1%
2048	38%	17.9%
2049	37.7%	17.8%
2050	37.3%	17.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 24% in Peru in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 39.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Peru compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Peru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo and +1.05% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	363,517	302,924
1961	368,207	313,385
1962	383,406	321,716
1963	398,972	332,352
1964	406,334	341,570
1965	429,002	349,245
1966	463,397	356,819
1967	479,552	365,224
1968	497,682	372,379
1969	514,800	379,347
1970	533,300	318,022
1971	549,343	391,506
1972	564,495	396,960
1973	578,280	400,752
1974	593,539	408,299
1975	608,655	414,400
1976	624,147	420,284
1977	638,242	425,428
1978	646,411	432,127
1979	691,773	439,110
1980	724,111	445,100
1981	748,371	453,158
1982	774,823	461,107
1983	807,122	469,781
1984	844,956	477,968
1985	885,670	488,887
1986	925,334	496,712
1987	959,875	502,229
1988	995,278	508,429
1989	1,027,238	512,152
1990	1,063,508	515,233
1991	1,114,033	513,867
1992	1,152,781	514,618
1993	1,209,242	513,769
1994	1,259,539	512,735
1995	1,395,440	507,894
1996	1,380,490	501,855
1997	1,392,037	495,348
1998	1,375,130	489,436
1999	1,450,318	487,095
2000	1,549,518	484,222
2001	1,594,999	470,154
2002	1,631,597	463,709
2003	1,679,188	459,243
2004	1,731,022	459,617
2005	1,800,300	454,199
2006	1,889,398	445,884
2007	1,963,738	435,122
2008	2,044,210	413,640
2009	2,126,912	396,522
2010	2,212,255	382,510
2011	2,310,679	383,268
2012	2,405,462	376,501
2013	2,489,378	372,694
2014	2,580,251	368,708
2015	2,665,016	362,781
2016	2,753,687	355,859
2017	2,883,245	349,333
2018	2,993,184	343,123
2019	3,075,538	346,981
2020	3,156,152	301,950
2021	3,227,992	235,440
2022	3,347,664	327,859
2023	3,467,787	353,788

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Peru

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 51 deaths in Peru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Peru
1985	934	198
1986	902	193
1987	863	192
1988	824	190
1989	791	190
1990	755	191
1991	735	201
1992	709	195
1993	683	192
1994	656	188
1995	644	179
1996	661	166
1997	617	152
1998	605	139
1999	601	124
2000	585	115
2001	588	109
2002	601	106
2003	605	104
2004	607	107
2005	613	103
2006	619	99
2007	631	94
2008	620	91
2009	608	89
2010	601	86
2011	589	83
2012	578	79
2013	567	75
2014	558	73
2015	545	71
2016	526	69
2017	519	67
2018	508	66
2019	493	60
2020	489	75
2021	507	141
2022	456	81
2023	427	51

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo and 1.58% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	-	22.9%
1961	-	22.2%
1962	-	21.6%
1963	-	20.9%
1964	-	20.2%
1965	-	19.4%
1966	-	18.7%
1967	-	18.1%
1968	-	17.5%
1969	25.1%	17%
1970	24.7%	19.7%
1971	24.3%	16.1%
1972	24%	15.6%
1973	23.7%	15.1%
1974	23.4%	14.7%
1975	23%	14.2%
1976	22.6%	13.8%
1977	22.3%	13.5%
1978	21.9%	13.2%
1979	21.5%	12.9%
1980	21.2%	12.7%
1981	20.9%	12.4%
1982	20.6%	12%
1983	20.3%	11.6%
1984	20%	11.1%
1985	19.7%	10.5%
1986	19.5%	9.97%
1987	19.2%	9.43%
1988	19%	8.92%
1989	18.8%	8.46%
1990	18.5%	8.04%
1991	18.3%	7.63%
1992	18.1%	7.2%
1993	17.9%	6.75%
1994	17.7%	6.29%
1995	17.5%	5.82%
1996	17.3%	5.36%
1997	17%	4.92%
1998	16.7%	4.51%
1999	16.3%	4.13%
2000	15.9%	3.79%
2001	15.5%	3.49%
2002	15%	3.24%
2003	14.6%	3.01%
2004	14.1%	2.82%
2005	13.6%	2.65%
2006	13.1%	2.5%
2007	12.7%	2.37%
2008	12.2%	2.25%
2009	11.8%	2.14%
2010	11.4%	2.04%
2011	11%	1.96%
2012	10.6%	1.89%
2013	10.3%	1.84%
2014	9.9%	1.79%
2015	9.56%	1.76%
2016	9.23%	1.73%
2017	8.93%	1.71%
2018	8.63%	1.69%
2019	8.35%	1.68%
2020	8.07%	1.66%
2021	7.81%	1.64%
2022	7.57%	1.61%
2023	7.32%	1.58%