Democratic Republic of Congo vs Somalia: Fertility rate: births per woman

Democratic Republic of Congo

6.05 live births per woman

in 2023

Somalia

6.13 live births per woman

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

4th

Somalia rank

1st

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 6.13 live births per woman against 6.05 live births per woman in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.081 live births per woman.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 1st of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit: live births per woman
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.