Fertility in Central African Republic, 2025

Central African Republic
2025
Total fertility rate: 5.81
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2025 1995, 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 5.81 children per woman in 2025 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (249 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 250,088 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.81
Births
250,088
Births per 1,000 people
45.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
5,513,282
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%3,881
15-19155.913.4%52,672
20-24249.321.4%72,729
25-29244.020.9%55,640
30-34214.418.4%34,693
35-39171.514.7%20,563
40-4494.18.1%8,208
45-4924.62.1%1,628
50-541.20.1%73