Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Syria

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the DR Congo vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	6.11	7.51
1961	6.12	7.5
1962	6.14	7.51
1963	6.16	7.51
1964	6.19	7.53
1965	6.21	7.53
1966	6.24	7.55
1967	6.27	7.56
1968	6.29	7.57
1969	6.3	7.59
1970	6.33	7.62
1971	6.34	7.6
1972	6.37	7.57
1973	6.39	7.55
1974	6.4	7.52
1975	6.42	7.49
1976	6.44	7.45
1977	6.45	7.42
1978	6.46	7.35
1979	6.48	7.25
1980	6.5	7.12
1981	6.52	6.97
1982	6.54	6.81
1983	6.56	6.69
1984	6.59	6.59
1985	6.61	6.48
1986	6.63	6.37
1987	6.65	6.2
1988	6.66	6
1989	6.65	5.78
1990	6.65	5.56
1991	6.65	5.34
1992	6.64	5.14
1993	6.64	4.99
1994	6.64	4.86
1995	6.68	4.7
1996	6.67	4.54
1997	6.69	4.37
1998	6.7	4.25
1999	6.69	4.14
2000	6.7	4.07
2001	6.66	3.98
2002	6.61	3.87
2003	6.55	3.76
2004	6.53	3.68
2005	6.53	3.61
2006	6.55	3.56
2007	6.56	3.54
2008	6.58	3.48
2009	6.59	3.42
2010	6.59	3.36
2011	6.58	3.29
2012	6.56	3.22
2013	6.53	3.17
2014	6.48	3.12
2015	6.44	3.07
2016	6.39	3.01
2017	6.35	2.97
2018	6.3	2.93
2019	6.25	2.88
2020	6.21	2.84
2021	6.16	2.8
2022	6.11	2.75
2023	6.05	2.71
2024	5.98	2.7
2025	5.9	2.66
2026	5.8	2.62
2027	5.71	2.58
2028	5.62	2.54
2029	5.52	2.51
2030	5.42	2.48
2031	5.32	2.45
2032	5.2	2.42
2033	5.09	2.39
2034	4.99	2.36
2035	4.87	2.33
2036	4.77	2.31
2037	4.64	2.29
2038	4.55	2.26
2039	4.47	2.24
2040	4.38	2.22
2041	4.3	2.2
2042	4.21	2.18
2043	4.14	2.16
2044	4.06	2.14
2045	3.99	2.13
2046	3.92	2.11
2047	3.85	2.1
2048	3.78	2.08
2049	3.72	2.07
2050	3.66	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Syria
1960	42.9%	45.3%
1961	42.8%	45.7%
1962	42.7%	46.1%
1963	42.7%	46.3%
1964	42.7%	46.6%
1965	42.8%	46.9%
1966	42.9%	47.3%
1967	43%	47.5%
1968	43.2%	47.8%
1969	43.3%	48%
1970	43.4%	48.2%
1971	43.6%	48.3%
1972	43.8%	48.4%
1973	44%	48.5%
1974	44.2%	48.5%
1975	44.3%	48.6%
1976	44.5%	48.6%
1977	44.6%	48.7%
1978	44.5%	48.7%
1979	44.3%	48.7%
1980	44.2%	48.7%
1981	44.3%	48.7%
1982	44.3%	48.5%
1983	44.2%	48.4%
1984	44.1%	48.2%
1985	44.1%	48%
1986	44.1%	47.7%
1987	44.2%	47.5%
1988	44.3%	47.2%
1989	44.3%	46.9%
1990	44.4%	46.6%
1991	44.4%	46.1%
1992	44.5%	45.7%
1993	44.5%	45.2%
1994	44.1%	44.7%
1995	44%	44.2%
1996	44.7%	43.8%
1997	45.4%	43.3%
1998	45.6%	42.9%
1999	45.6%	42.4%
2000	45.7%	41.9%
2001	45.7%	41.3%
2002	45.7%	40.8%
2003	45.8%	40.2%
2004	45.9%	39.6%
2005	45.9%	39.1%
2006	45.9%	38.1%
2007	46%	36.7%
2008	46%	36.3%
2009	46.1%	36.3%
2010	46.1%	36.1%
2011	46%	36.1%
2012	46%	36.5%
2013	46%	38%
2014	46%	39.8%
2015	46%	40.6%
2016	45.9%	40.2%
2017	45.8%	39.3%
2018	45.9%	37.9%
2019	46%	36.1%
2020	46.1%	34.6%
2021	46.1%	33.4%
2022	46.1%	31.9%
2023	46.1%	30.3%
2024	46%	29.2%
2025	45.9%	28.4%
2026	45.8%	27.9%
2027	45.7%	27.5%
2028	45.5%	27.3%
2029	45.3%	27.3%
2030	45%	27.6%
2031	44.8%	27.9%
2032	44.5%	28.3%
2033	44.2%	28.6%
2034	43.8%	28.8%
2035	43.4%	29%
2036	43%	29%
2037	42.6%	28.9%
2038	42.2%	28.7%
2039	41.7%	28.4%
2040	41.3%	28%
2041	40.9%	27.5%
2042	40.4%	27%
2043	40%	26.4%
2044	39.6%	25.8%
2045	39.2%	25.1%
2046	38.8%	24.5%
2047	38.4%	23.9%
2048	38%	23.3%
2049	37.7%	22.8%
2050	37.3%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Syria compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	363,517	143,687
1961	368,207	151,485
1962	383,406	159,155
1963	398,972	166,555
1964	406,334	174,549
1965	429,002	182,560
1966	463,397	191,122
1967	479,552	199,223
1968	497,682	209,454
1969	514,800	219,114
1970	533,300	230,117
1971	549,343	239,610
1972	564,495	249,027
1973	578,280	254,687
1974	593,539	270,735
1975	608,655	282,299
1976	624,147	294,267
1977	638,242	306,630
1978	646,411	316,724
1979	691,773	324,943
1980	724,111	332,464
1981	748,371	330,237
1982	774,823	319,664
1983	807,122	355,375
1984	844,956	366,768
1985	885,670	379,231
1986	925,334	390,821
1987	959,875	399,159
1988	995,278	404,285
1989	1,027,238	406,111
1990	1,063,508	409,177
1991	1,114,033	410,830
1992	1,152,781	412,878
1993	1,209,242	420,244
1994	1,259,539	426,996
1995	1,395,440	430,172
1996	1,380,490	430,765
1997	1,392,037	429,887
1998	1,375,130	433,447
1999	1,450,318	439,261
2000	1,549,518	446,211
2001	1,594,999	451,503
2002	1,631,597	453,967
2003	1,679,188	457,000
2004	1,731,022	461,209
2005	1,800,300	468,960
2006	1,889,398	480,616
2007	1,963,738	529,162
2008	2,044,210	576,593
2009	2,126,912	559,314
2010	2,212,255	558,666
2011	2,310,679	543,950
2012	2,405,462	475,520
2013	2,489,378	419,341
2014	2,580,251	333,116
2015	2,665,016	253,977
2016	2,753,687	236,007
2017	2,883,245	237,214
2018	2,993,184	242,530
2019	3,075,538	293,762
2020	3,156,152	327,992
2021	3,227,992	350,560
2022	3,347,664	369,750
2023	3,467,787	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Syria
1985	934	55
1986	902	52
1987	863	48
1988	824	44
1989	791	41
1990	755	37
1991	735	35
1992	709	33
1993	683	32
1994	656	32
1995	644	33
1996	661	34
1997	617	34
1998	605	34
1999	601	32
2000	585	31
2001	588	29
2002	601	26
2003	605	24
2004	607	22
2005	613	21
2006	619	20
2007	631	19
2008	620	20
2009	608	19
2010	601	19
2011	589	21
2012	578	22
2013	567	25
2014	558	25
2015	545	24
2016	526	23
2017	519	23
2018	508	21
2019	493	24
2020	489	23
2021	507	30
2022	456	21
2023	427	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	-	16.9%
1961	-	16.1%
1962	-	15.3%
1963	-	14.7%
1964	-	14.1%
1965	-	13.5%
1966	-	12.9%
1967	-	12.3%
1968	-	11.7%
1969	25.1%	11.1%
1970	24.7%	10.5%
1971	24.3%	9.91%
1972	24%	9.4%
1973	23.7%	8.92%
1974	23.4%	8.47%
1975	23%	8.03%
1976	22.6%	7.61%
1977	22.3%	7.19%
1978	21.9%	6.79%
1979	21.5%	6.4%
1980	21.2%	6.03%
1981	20.9%	6.33%
1982	20.6%	7.06%
1983	20.3%	5.1%
1984	20%	4.84%
1985	19.7%	4.6%
1986	19.5%	4.39%
1987	19.2%	4.19%
1988	19%	4.02%
1989	18.8%	3.85%
1990	18.5%	3.7%
1991	18.3%	3.55%
1992	18.1%	3.4%
1993	17.9%	3.24%
1994	17.7%	3.09%
1995	17.5%	2.94%
1996	17.3%	2.8%
1997	17%	2.66%
1998	16.7%	2.53%
1999	16.3%	2.42%
2000	15.9%	2.32%
2001	15.5%	2.23%
2002	15%	2.15%
2003	14.6%	2.09%
2004	14.1%	2.03%
2005	13.6%	1.98%
2006	13.1%	1.95%
2007	12.7%	1.92%
2008	12.2%	1.9%
2009	11.8%	1.9%
2010	11.4%	1.9%
2011	11%	2.17%
2012	10.6%	3.39%
2013	10.3%	3.65%
2014	9.9%	3.53%
2015	9.56%	3.7%
2016	9.23%	3.22%
2017	8.93%	3.3%
2018	8.63%	3.26%
2019	8.35%	2.5%
2020	8.07%	2.24%
2021	7.81%	2.1%
2022	7.57%	2.11%
2023	7.32%	2.06%