Fertility in Central African Republic, 2018

Central African Republic
2018
Total fertility rate: 6.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 6.11 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 213,870 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.11
Births
213,870
Births per 1,000 people
43.8
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
4,878,657
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
10-1410.30.8%3,472
15-19165.513.5%49,830
20-24260.321.3%61,144
25-29256.221.0%44,044
30-34225.618.5%28,807
35-39178.714.6%17,051
40-4497.98.0%7,406
45-4925.92.1%2,015
50-541.40.1%100