Fertility in Central African Republic, 2019

Central African Republic
2019
Total fertility rate: 6.09
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 6.09 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (259 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 218,100 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.09
Births
218,100
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
4,944,703
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%3,490
15-19164.913.5%50,569
20-24259.321.3%62,874
25-29255.420.9%44,896
30-34224.918.4%29,514
35-39178.714.7%17,331
40-4499.08.1%7,412
45-4925.52.1%1,914
50-541.40.1%98