Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Central African Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 6.01 in the Central African Republic in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs the Central African Republic population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	CAR
1960	7.5	5.95
1961	7.56	5.96
1962	7.61	5.97
1963	7.65	5.99
1964	7.67	6.01
1965	7.71	6.03
1966	7.71	6.06
1967	7.71	6.08
1968	7.71	6.1
1969	7.71	6.06
1970	7.7	6.03
1971	7.67	5.99
1972	7.63	5.96
1973	7.59	5.93
1974	7.55	5.9
1975	7.49	5.88
1976	7.41	5.94
1977	7.31	5.99
1978	7.21	6.04
1979	7.12	6.09
1980	6.99	6.13
1981	6.85	6.17
1982	6.68	6.16
1983	6.5	6.15
1984	6.28	6.14
1985	6.04	6.12
1986	5.65	6.11
1987	5.3	6.12
1988	5.02	6.1
1989	4.76	6.07
1990	4.51	6.05
1991	4.37	6.03
1992	4.27	5.96
1993	4.08	5.93
1994	3.91	5.92
1995	3.49	5.94
1996	3.14	5.96
1997	2.89	5.92
1998	2.69	5.89
1999	2.62	5.88
2000	2.59	5.85
2001	2.52	5.81
2002	2.43	5.79
2003	2.45	5.8
2004	2.5	5.78
2005	2.56	5.81
2006	2.63	5.84
2007	2.7	5.87
2008	2.79	5.9
2009	2.83	5.94
2010	2.88	5.96
2011	2.9	6.01
2012	3	6.05
2013	3	6.08
2014	3.08	6.1
2015	3.09	6.13
2016	3.09	6.13
2017	3.09	6.13
2018	3.02	6.11
2019	3	6.09
2020	2.94	6.06
2021	2.87	6.05
2022	2.82	6.02
2023	2.77	6.01
2024	2.72	5.95
2025	2.67	5.81
2026	2.62	5.69
2027	2.58	5.58
2028	2.53	5.47
2029	2.49	5.36
2030	2.45	5.25
2031	2.41	5.14
2032	2.38	5.04
2033	2.34	4.91
2034	2.32	4.78
2035	2.29	4.67
2036	2.26	4.56
2037	2.23	4.46
2038	2.21	4.35
2039	2.18	4.26
2040	2.16	4.15
2041	2.14	4.03
2042	2.12	3.94
2043	2.1	3.86
2044	2.08	3.78
2045	2.07	3.7
2046	2.05	3.63
2047	2.04	3.56
2048	2.03	3.49
2049	2.01	3.43
2050	2	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	CAR
1960	45.5%	40.5%
1961	45.9%	40.8%
1962	46.2%	41.1%
1963	46.6%	41.4%
1964	46.9%	41.6%
1965	47%	41.7%
1966	47.1%	41.7%
1967	47.2%	41.8%
1968	47.1%	41.9%
1969	47%	41.9%
1970	47%	42.1%
1971	46.9%	42.2%
1972	46.8%	42.4%
1973	46.7%	42.6%
1974	46.6%	42.7%
1975	46.7%	42.9%
1976	47.2%	42.9%
1977	47.3%	42.8%
1978	47%	42.8%
1979	46.8%	42.8%
1980	46.5%	42.8%
1981	46.1%	42.8%
1982	45.8%	42.9%
1983	45.4%	43%
1984	45%	43%
1985	44.6%	43.2%
1986	44.2%	43.3%
1987	43.7%	43.5%
1988	43.1%	43.8%
1989	42.6%	44.1%
1990	42%	44.5%
1991	41.4%	44.9%
1992	41%	45.2%
1993	40.5%	45.4%
1994	39.9%	45.5%
1995	39.1%	45.6%
1996	38.2%	45.7%
1997	37.2%	45.7%
1998	36.1%	45.7%
1999	34.9%	45.6%
2000	33.7%	45.5%
2001	32.6%	45.4%
2002	31.5%	45.3%
2003	30.6%	45.2%
2004	29.7%	45.1%
2005	29%	45.1%
2006	28.4%	45.1%
2007	28%	45.3%
2008	27.7%	45.4%
2009	27.5%	45.6%
2010	27.5%	45.9%
2011	27.5%	46.3%
2012	27.7%	46.9%
2013	28.1%	47.6%
2014	28.6%	48.5%
2015	29%	49%
2016	29.5%	49%
2017	29.9%	49%
2018	30.3%	49%
2019	30.6%	49%
2020	30.8%	48.9%
2021	30.9%	49%
2022	30.8%	49.2%
2023	30.6%	49.2%
2024	30.3%	49%
2025	29.9%	48.7%
2026	29.4%	48.2%
2027	28.9%	47.8%
2028	28.2%	47.5%
2029	27.5%	47.2%
2030	26.8%	47.1%
2031	26%	46.9%
2032	25.2%	46.8%
2033	24.5%	46.7%
2034	23.8%	46.5%
2035	23.2%	46.3%
2036	22.6%	46.1%
2037	22.2%	45.8%
2038	21.8%	45.3%
2039	21.5%	44.7%
2040	21.2%	44.1%
2041	21%	43.5%
2042	20.9%	42.8%
2043	20.8%	42.2%
2044	20.8%	41.5%
2045	20.8%	40.9%
2046	20.9%	40.2%
2047	20.9%	39.6%
2048	20.9%	39%
2049	21%	38.4%
2050	21%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 42% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +2.39% in the Central African Republic. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Algeria	CAR
1960	290,582	31,131
1961	296,467	32,383
1962	283,903	33,731
1963	315,645	35,218
1964	312,729	36,878
1965	311,190	38,710
1966	309,628	40,804
1967	316,289	42,979
1968	324,560	45,377
1969	334,541	47,066
1970	346,564	48,690
1971	356,069	50,142
1972	368,179	51,390
1973	382,736	52,525
1974	399,509	53,777
1975	417,803	55,106
1976	440,192	57,725
1977	465,405	60,436
1978	491,876	63,285
1979	523,875	66,104
1980	559,983	68,759
1981	595,150	71,391
1982	620,415	73,330
1983	641,167	75,399
1984	656,475	77,395
1985	672,185	79,266
1986	661,644	81,149
1987	645,309	83,408
1988	637,215	84,654
1989	628,542	85,969
1990	612,369	87,507
1991	616,850	88,688
1992	627,289	88,939
1993	611,306	89,873
1994	594,445	90,943
1995	533,104	92,748
1996	483,632	93,369
1997	450,138	93,378
1998	425,928	94,361
1999	434,198	96,108
2000	447,025	97,468
2001	450,637	99,598
2002	451,369	100,588
2003	474,272	105,540
2004	508,773	108,548
2005	543,158	113,534
2006	580,812	118,882
2007	620,196	123,137
2008	662,044	128,627
2009	691,496	-130,613
2010	719,350	130,539
2011	741,832	142,913
2012	790,645	146,791
2013	802,203	140,489
2014	839,654	107,448
2015	847,054	141,912
2016	849,368	142,419
2017	848,585	128,461
2018	824,428	153,361
2019	809,522	68,523
2020	724,140	156,911
2021	735,514	124,408
2022	722,591	-49,456
2023	691,724	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Central African Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	CAR
1985	292	796
1986	265	795
1987	243	803
1988	227	815
1989	215	835
1990	202	866
1991	198	910
1992	193	956
1993	195	997
1994	196	1,053
1995	187	1,123
1996	173	1,191
1997	155	1,270
1998	143	1,346
1999	132	1,411
2000	123	1,490
2001	113	1,504
2002	102	1,496
2003	101	1,487
2004	91	1,450
2005	87	1,389
2006	84	1,337
2007	83	1,271
2008	83	1,234
2009	83	1,272
2010	82	1,230
2011	81	1,131
2012	81	1,092
2013	81	1,092
2014	80	1,034
2015	79	981
2016	79	962
2017	77	1,093
2018	75	881
2019	73	1,650
2020	97	1,296
2021	79	1,127
2022	64	841
2023	62	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 9.22% in the Central African Republic. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Algeria	CAR
1960	24%	28.3%
1961	24%	27.8%
1962	24.1%	27.2%
1963	24.2%	26.7%
1964	24.3%	26.1%
1965	24.5%	25.5%
1966	24.6%	24.9%
1967	24.6%	24.3%
1968	24.6%	23.7%
1969	24.4%	23.2%
1970	24.1%	22.6%
1971	23.7%	22.1%
1972	23.1%	21.7%
1973	22.4%	21.2%
1974	21.7%	20.8%
1975	20.9%	20.4%
1976	20%	20%
1977	19%	19.7%
1978	18%	19.4%
1979	16.9%	19.1%
1980	15.6%	18.8%
1981	14%	18.6%
1982	12.3%	18.4%
1983	10.5%	18.2%
1984	8.91%	18.1%
1985	7.61%	18%
1986	6.63%	17.9%
1987	5.96%	17.9%
1988	5.55%	17.8%
1989	5.3%	17.8%
1990	5.17%	17.8%
1991	5.09%	17.7%
1992	5.04%	17.7%
1993	4.98%	17.6%
1994	4.9%	17.5%
1995	4.81%	17.5%
1996	4.7%	17.3%
1997	4.58%	17.2%
1998	4.45%	17%
1999	4.31%	16.8%
2000	4.16%	16.6%
2001	4.01%	16.3%
2002	3.85%	15.9%
2003	3.7%	15.6%
2004	3.54%	15.2%
2005	3.4%	14.8%
2006	3.26%	14.4%
2007	3.13%	14%
2008	3.01%	13.6%
2009	2.9%	47.9%
2010	2.81%	14.9%
2011	2.73%	12.5%
2012	2.66%	12.2%
2013	2.6%	13.4%
2014	2.54%	18.3%
2015	2.49%	11.4%
2016	2.45%	12.6%
2017	2.4%	15.2%
2018	2.37%	12%
2019	2.33%	24.3%
2020	2.29%	12.3%
2021	2.26%	17.1%
2022	2.23%	38.7%
2023	2.2%	9.22%