Fertility in Central African Republic, 2017

Central African Republic
2017
Total fertility rate: 6.13
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Central African Republic was 6.13 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (261 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 209,676 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.13
Births
209,676
Births per 1,000 people
43.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
4,793,510
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
10-1410.20.8%3,412
15-19165.113.5%48,622
20-24260.721.3%59,404
25-29256.420.9%43,396
30-34226.818.5%28,197
35-39179.614.7%16,867
40-4497.98.0%7,588
45-4926.22.1%2,089
50-541.40.1%100