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How many babies are born in Congo?

199 thousand babies born in Congo in 2026. That is 0.15% of all births worldwide, and the 85th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Congo: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Congo’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1.5K ~35K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~5.6K ~130K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~11K ~260K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~12.5K ~314K 39.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~24.1K ~607K 39.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 38K 835K 45.5 UN estimate
2000 114K 3.15M 36.2 UN estimate
2023 189K 6.18M 30.6 UN estimate
2026 199K 6.64M 29.9 UN projection
2050 263K 11M 23.9 UN projection
2075 298K 15.9M 18.8 UN projection
2100 304K 20M 15.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Congo among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 189K. That is roughly 129 times the estimated ~1.47K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.99 children per woman, fertility in Congo is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Congo each year?

An estimated 199 thousand babies are born in Congo in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 544 a day and 0.15% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Congo?

Congo has an estimated 29.9 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.99 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.