Fertility in Central African Republic, 2024

Central African Republic
2024
Total fertility rate: 5.95
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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 is projected at 5.95 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (255 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 246,241 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.95
Births
246,241
Births per 1,000 people
46.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
5,330,690
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
10-149.70.8%3,812
15-19161.313.5%52,954
20-24254.521.3%72,144
25-29249.820.9%53,834
30-34219.718.4%33,636
35-39176.014.7%20,050
40-4497.08.1%8,118
45-4925.22.1%1,615
50-541.20.1%79