Fertility in Central African Republic, 2009

Central African Republic
2009
Total fertility rate: 5.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Central African Republic was 5.94 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 197,666 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.94
Births
197,666
Births per 1,000 people
43.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
4,529,047
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1410.60.9%3,164
15-19163.813.8%43,008
20-24238.020.0%51,551
25-29245.720.7%40,184
30-34219.318.5%26,926
35-39175.714.8%19,646
40-44105.48.9%10,717
45-4927.32.3%2,368
50-541.50.1%101