Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Saudi Arabia 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 2.28 in Saudi Arabia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the DR Congo vs Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.11	7.63
1961	6.12	7.63
1962	6.14	7.64
1963	6.16	7.65
1964	6.19	7.67
1965	6.21	7.66
1966	6.24	7.66
1967	6.27	7.66
1968	6.29	7.63
1969	6.3	7.6
1970	6.33	7.58
1971	6.34	7.56
1972	6.37	7.54
1973	6.39	7.48
1974	6.4	7.43
1975	6.42	7.37
1976	6.44	7.33
1977	6.45	7.3
1978	6.46	7.26
1979	6.48	7.23
1980	6.5	7.15
1981	6.52	7.07
1982	6.54	6.98
1983	6.56	6.88
1984	6.59	6.78
1985	6.61	6.65
1986	6.63	6.52
1987	6.65	6.34
1988	6.66	6.15
1989	6.65	5.98
1990	6.65	5.8
1991	6.65	5.64
1992	6.64	5.49
1993	6.64	5.33
1994	6.64	5.16
1995	6.68	4.99
1996	6.67	4.81
1997	6.69	4.66
1998	6.7	4.52
1999	6.69	4.35
2000	6.7	4.21
2001	6.66	3.96
2002	6.61	3.71
2003	6.55	3.47
2004	6.53	3.26
2005	6.53	3.16
2006	6.55	3.18
2007	6.56	3.19
2008	6.58	3.07
2009	6.59	2.95
2010	6.59	2.81
2011	6.58	2.8
2012	6.56	2.78
2013	6.53	2.67
2014	6.48	2.68
2015	6.44	2.63
2016	6.39	2.65
2017	6.35	2.67
2018	6.3	2.67
2019	6.25	2.49
2020	6.21	2.27
2021	6.16	2.17
2022	6.11	2.14
2023	6.05	2.28
2024	5.98	2.31
2025	5.9	2.29
2026	5.8	2.27
2027	5.71	2.25
2028	5.62	2.22
2029	5.52	2.2
2030	5.42	2.17
2031	5.32	2.15
2032	5.2	2.13
2033	5.09	2.11
2034	4.99	2.09
2035	4.87	2.07
2036	4.77	2.05
2037	4.64	2.03
2038	4.55	2.01
2039	4.47	1.99
2040	4.38	1.98
2041	4.3	1.97
2042	4.21	1.95
2043	4.14	1.94
2044	4.06	1.93
2045	3.99	1.92
2046	3.92	1.91
2047	3.85	1.9
2048	3.78	1.89
2049	3.72	1.88
2050	3.66	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Saudi Arabia
1960	42.9%	43.4%
1961	42.8%	43.6%
1962	42.7%	43.9%
1963	42.7%	44.3%
1964	42.7%	44.6%
1965	42.8%	44.8%
1966	42.9%	45.1%
1967	43%	45.3%
1968	43.2%	45.4%
1969	43.3%	45.5%
1970	43.4%	45.5%
1971	43.6%	45.5%
1972	43.8%	45.3%
1973	44%	45.2%
1974	44.2%	45%
1975	44.3%	44.8%
1976	44.5%	44.6%
1977	44.6%	44.5%
1978	44.5%	44.3%
1979	44.3%	44.2%
1980	44.2%	44.1%
1981	44.3%	43.9%
1982	44.3%	43.8%
1983	44.2%	43.7%
1984	44.1%	43.6%
1985	44.1%	43.6%
1986	44.1%	43.5%
1987	44.2%	43.4%
1988	44.3%	43.3%
1989	44.3%	43.2%
1990	44.4%	43%
1991	44.4%	42.7%
1992	44.5%	42.4%
1993	44.5%	42.1%
1994	44.1%	41.7%
1995	44%	41.2%
1996	44.7%	40.7%
1997	45.4%	40.1%
1998	45.6%	39.5%
1999	45.6%	38.9%
2000	45.7%	38.3%
2001	45.7%	37.7%
2002	45.7%	36.8%
2003	45.8%	35.7%
2004	45.9%	34.5%
2005	45.9%	33.2%
2006	45.9%	31.9%
2007	46%	30.6%
2008	46%	29.5%
2009	46.1%	28.5%
2010	46.1%	27.6%
2011	46%	26.9%
2012	46%	26.3%
2013	46%	25.8%
2014	46%	25.4%
2015	46%	25.1%
2016	45.9%	24.9%
2017	45.8%	25.2%
2018	45.9%	25.7%
2019	46%	25.8%
2020	46.1%	25.5%
2021	46.1%	25.2%
2022	46.1%	24.6%
2023	46.1%	24.1%
2024	46%	23.8%
2025	45.9%	23.6%
2026	45.8%	23.4%
2027	45.7%	23.3%
2028	45.5%	23.1%
2029	45.3%	22.9%
2030	45%	22.8%
2031	44.8%	22.6%
2032	44.5%	22.5%
2033	44.2%	22.4%
2034	43.8%	22.3%
2035	43.4%	22.2%
2036	43%	22.2%
2037	42.6%	22.1%
2038	42.2%	22%
2039	41.7%	21.9%
2040	41.3%	21.7%
2041	40.9%	21.5%
2042	40.4%	21.3%
2043	40%	21.2%
2044	39.6%	21%
2045	39.2%	20.8%
2046	38.8%	20.7%
2047	38.4%	20.5%
2048	38%	20.4%
2049	37.7%	20.2%
2050	37.3%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	363,517	74,143
1961	368,207	77,743
1962	383,406	81,393
1963	398,972	85,480
1964	406,334	89,776
1965	429,002	93,820
1966	463,397	98,361
1967	479,552	103,343
1968	497,682	108,281
1969	514,800	113,859
1970	533,300	120,440
1971	549,343	127,600
1972	564,495	136,360
1973	578,280	145,450
1974	593,539	155,478
1975	608,655	166,223
1976	624,147	178,024
1977	638,242	191,103
1978	646,411	205,331
1979	691,773	220,186
1980	724,111	234,372
1981	748,371	249,156
1982	774,823	264,831
1983	807,122	280,616
1984	844,956	296,615
1985	885,670	310,558
1986	925,334	322,340
1987	959,875	333,088
1988	995,278	342,865
1989	1,027,238	349,399
1990	1,063,508	355,495
1991	1,114,033	361,329
1992	1,152,781	366,763
1993	1,209,242	372,621
1994	1,259,539	377,351
1995	1,395,440	380,231
1996	1,380,490	382,248
1997	1,392,037	385,033
1998	1,375,130	389,499
1999	1,450,318	390,112
2000	1,549,518	392,407
2001	1,594,999	382,153
2002	1,631,597	372,099
2003	1,679,188	364,520
2004	1,731,022	362,843
2005	1,800,300	375,938
2006	1,889,398	399,333
2007	1,963,738	425,199
2008	2,044,210	433,457
2009	2,126,912	438,557
2010	2,212,255	418,641
2011	2,310,679	443,675
2012	2,405,462	465,649
2013	2,489,378	475,299
2014	2,580,251	493,431
2015	2,665,016	511,023
2016	2,753,687	537,829
2017	2,883,245	546,751
2018	2,993,184	528,767
2019	3,075,538	474,407
2020	3,156,152	447,036
2021	3,227,992	409,032
2022	3,347,664	406,920
2023	3,467,787	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Saudi Arabia

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 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Saudi Arabia
1985	934	40
1986	902	38
1987	863	36
1988	824	34
1989	791	32
1990	755	30
1991	735	29
1992	709	27
1993	683	26
1994	656	25
1995	644	24
1996	661	23
1997	617	23
1998	605	22
1999	601	21
2000	585	20
2001	588	19
2002	601	18
2003	605	16
2004	607	16
2005	613	15
2006	619	14
2007	631	13
2008	620	12
2009	608	11
2010	601	11
2011	589	10
2012	578	9
2013	567	9
2014	558	8
2015	545	8
2016	526	8
2017	519	8
2018	508	8
2019	493	8
2020	489	11
2021	507	12
2022	456	9
2023	427	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo and 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1969	25.1%	-
1970	24.7%	-
1971	24.3%	-
1972	24%	16%
1973	23.7%	14.9%
1974	23.4%	14%
1975	23%	13.1%
1976	22.6%	12.2%
1977	22.3%	11.4%
1978	21.9%	10.7%
1979	21.5%	9.99%
1980	21.2%	9.34%
1981	20.9%	8.71%
1982	20.6%	8.12%
1983	20.3%	7.56%
1984	20%	7.04%
1985	19.7%	6.55%
1986	19.5%	6.07%
1987	19.2%	5.62%
1988	19%	5.19%
1989	18.8%	4.8%
1990	18.5%	4.44%
1991	18.3%	4.11%
1992	18.1%	3.81%
1993	17.9%	3.54%
1994	17.7%	3.29%
1995	17.5%	3.06%
1996	17.3%	2.86%
1997	17%	2.67%
1998	16.7%	2.5%
1999	16.3%	2.35%
2000	15.9%	2.21%
2001	15.5%	2.08%
2002	15%	1.96%
2003	14.6%	1.85%
2004	14.1%	1.75%
2005	13.6%	1.65%
2006	13.1%	1.56%
2007	12.7%	1.47%
2008	12.2%	1.38%
2009	11.8%	1.3%
2010	11.4%	1.22%
2011	11%	1.15%
2012	10.6%	1.08%
2013	10.3%	1.02%
2014	9.9%	0.96%
2015	9.56%	0.9%
2016	9.23%	0.85%
2017	8.93%	0.8%
2018	8.63%	0.76%
2019	8.35%	0.72%
2020	8.07%	0.69%
2021	7.81%	0.66%
2022	7.57%	0.64%
2023	7.32%	0.62%