Fertility in Central African Republic, 2023

Central African Republic
2023
Total fertility rate: 6.01
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 6.01 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 238,858 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.01
Births
238,858
Births per 1,000 people
46.4
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
5,152,420
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
10-149.40.8%3,611
15-19163.113.5%52,645
20-24255.921.2%70,078
25-29252.020.9%51,350
30-34221.718.4%32,347
35-39177.814.8%19,217
40-4498.68.2%7,930
45-4925.22.1%1,598
50-541.30.1%82