Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Australia vs Central African Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 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 Australia 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
	Australia	CAR
1960	3.45	5.95
1961	3.54	5.96
1962	3.44	5.97
1963	3.33	5.99
1964	3.15	6.01
1965	2.98	6.03
1966	2.88	6.06
1967	2.85	6.08
1968	2.89	6.1
1969	2.89	6.06
1970	2.86	6.03
1971	2.96	5.99
1972	2.74	5.96
1973	2.49	5.93
1974	2.4	5.9
1975	2.15	5.88
1976	2.06	5.94
1977	2.01	5.99
1978	1.95	6.04
1979	1.91	6.09
1980	1.89	6.13
1981	1.94	6.17
1982	1.93	6.16
1983	1.92	6.15
1984	1.84	6.14
1985	1.92	6.12
1986	1.87	6.11
1987	1.85	6.12
1988	1.83	6.1
1989	1.84	6.07
1990	1.9	6.05
1991	1.85	6.03
1992	1.89	5.96
1993	1.86	5.93
1994	1.84	5.92
1995	1.82	5.94
1996	1.8	5.96
1997	1.78	5.92
1998	1.76	5.89
1999	1.76	5.88
2000	1.76	5.85
2001	1.74	5.81
2002	1.76	5.79
2003	1.75	5.8
2004	1.77	5.78
2005	1.81	5.81
2006	1.91	5.84
2007	1.96	5.87
2008	1.98	5.9
2009	1.97	5.94
2010	1.93	5.96
2011	1.93	6.01
2012	1.92	6.05
2013	1.86	6.08
2014	1.83	6.1
2015	1.81	6.13
2016	1.75	6.13
2017	1.74	6.13
2018	1.74	6.11
2019	1.66	6.09
2020	1.58	6.06
2021	1.7	6.05
2022	1.63	6.02
2023	1.5	6.01
2024	1.5	5.95
2025	1.5	5.81
2026	1.5	5.69
2027	1.5	5.58
2028	1.51	5.47
2029	1.5	5.36
2030	1.51	5.25
2031	1.5	5.14
2032	1.5	5.04
2033	1.5	4.91
2034	1.5	4.78
2035	1.5	4.67
2036	1.5	4.56
2037	1.5	4.46
2038	1.5	4.35
2039	1.5	4.26
2040	1.5	4.15
2041	1.5	4.03
2042	1.5	3.94
2043	1.5	3.86
2044	1.5	3.78
2045	1.5	3.7
2046	1.5	3.63
2047	1.5	3.56
2048	1.5	3.49
2049	1.5	3.43
2050	1.5	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	CAR
1960	30.2%	40.5%
1961	30.2%	40.8%
1962	30.1%	41.1%
1963	29.9%	41.4%
1964	29.8%	41.6%
1965	29.6%	41.7%
1966	29.5%	41.7%
1967	29.3%	41.8%
1968	29.1%	41.9%
1969	28.9%	41.9%
1970	28.8%	42.1%
1971	28.7%	42.2%
1972	28.5%	42.4%
1973	28.2%	42.6%
1974	27.9%	42.7%
1975	27.5%	42.9%
1976	27%	42.9%
1977	26.5%	42.8%
1978	26.1%	42.8%
1979	25.6%	42.8%
1980	25.3%	42.8%
1981	25%	42.8%
1982	24.7%	42.9%
1983	24.4%	43%
1984	24%	43%
1985	23.6%	43.2%
1986	23.1%	43.3%
1987	22.7%	43.5%
1988	22.4%	43.8%
1989	22.2%	44.1%
1990	22%	44.5%
1991	21.9%	44.9%
1992	21.8%	45.2%
1993	21.7%	45.4%
1994	21.7%	45.5%
1995	21.5%	45.6%
1996	21.4%	45.7%
1997	21.2%	45.7%
1998	21.1%	45.7%
1999	20.9%	45.6%
2000	20.8%	45.5%
2001	20.6%	45.4%
2002	20.4%	45.3%
2003	20.2%	45.2%
2004	20%	45.1%
2005	19.8%	45.1%
2006	19.6%	45.1%
2007	19.4%	45.3%
2008	19.3%	45.4%
2009	19.2%	45.6%
2010	19.1%	45.9%
2011	19%	46.3%
2012	18.9%	46.9%
2013	18.9%	47.6%
2014	18.9%	48.5%
2015	18.9%	49%
2016	18.9%	49%
2017	18.8%	49%
2018	18.8%	49%
2019	18.7%	49%
2020	18.6%	48.9%
2021	18.4%	49%
2022	18.2%	49.2%
2023	18%	49.2%
2024	17.8%	49%
2025	17.7%	48.7%
2026	17.5%	48.2%
2027	17.4%	47.8%
2028	17.2%	47.5%
2029	17%	47.2%
2030	16.9%	47.1%
2031	16.7%	46.9%
2032	16.6%	46.8%
2033	16.5%	46.7%
2034	16.4%	46.5%
2035	16.3%	46.3%
2036	16.2%	46.1%
2037	16.1%	45.8%
2038	16%	45.3%
2039	15.9%	44.7%
2040	15.9%	44.1%
2041	15.8%	43.5%
2042	15.8%	42.8%
2043	15.7%	42.2%
2044	15.7%	41.5%
2045	15.7%	40.9%
2046	15.7%	40.2%
2047	15.7%	39.6%
2048	15.7%	39%
2049	15.7%	38.4%
2050	15.7%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 22% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia 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
	Australia	CAR
1960	141,816	31,131
1961	150,955	32,383
1962	143,943	33,731
1963	140,161	35,218
1964	128,420	36,878
1965	122,990	38,710
1966	126,996	40,804
1967	126,249	42,979
1968	132,099	45,377
1969	143,477	47,066
1970	145,081	48,690
1971	165,593	50,142
1972	155,488	51,390
1973	136,476	52,525
1974	128,996	53,777
1975	123,648	55,106
1976	115,070	57,725
1977	117,793	60,436
1978	116,299	63,285
1979	116,112	66,104
1980	117,536	68,759
1981	125,356	71,391
1982	126,030	73,330
1983	130,844	75,399
1984	123,077	77,395
1985	143,674	79,266
1986	123,342	81,149
1987	128,484	83,408
1988	127,298	84,654
1989	127,789	85,969
1990	143,347	87,507
1991	138,273	88,688
1992	139,829	88,939
1993	137,551	89,873
1994	131,761	90,943
1995	131,436	92,748
1996	125,751	93,369
1997	121,592	93,378
1998	120,949	94,361
1999	118,517	96,108
2000	119,882	97,468
2001	117,575	99,598
2002	116,971	100,588
2003	118,325	105,540
2004	115,610	108,548
2005	129,132	113,534
2006	132,931	118,882
2007	154,124	123,137
2008	155,119	128,627
2009	160,518	-130,613
2010	158,628	130,539
2011	156,380	142,913
2012	161,408	146,791
2013	159,584	140,489
2014	154,940	107,448
2015	150,041	141,912
2016	152,403	142,419
2017	150,015	128,461
2018	157,269	153,361
2019	136,808	68,523
2020	133,376	156,911
2021	138,701	124,408
2022	111,862	-49,456
2023	103,945	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Central African Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	CAR
1985	9	796
1986	8	795
1987	9	803
1988	9	815
1989	9	835
1990	9	866
1991	9	910
1992	9	956
1993	9	997
1994	9	1,053
1995	9	1,123
1996	8	1,191
1997	8	1,270
1998	7	1,346
1999	7	1,411
2000	7	1,490
2001	6	1,504
2002	6	1,496
2003	5	1,487
2004	5	1,450
2005	5	1,389
2006	5	1,337
2007	5	1,271
2008	5	1,234
2009	5	1,272
2010	5	1,230
2011	6	1,131
2012	6	1,092
2013	6	1,092
2014	6	1,034
2015	6	981
2016	6	962
2017	6	1,093
2018	5	881
2019	5	1,650
2020	5	1,296
2021	4	1,127
2022	4	841
2023	2	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia 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
	Australia	CAR
1960	2.49%	28.3%
1961	2.43%	27.8%
1962	2.37%	27.2%
1963	2.32%	26.7%
1964	2.27%	26.1%
1965	2.24%	25.5%
1966	2.21%	24.9%
1967	2.2%	24.3%
1968	2.19%	23.7%
1969	2.18%	23.2%
1970	2.15%	22.6%
1971	2.1%	22.1%
1972	2.03%	21.7%
1973	1.94%	21.2%
1974	1.84%	20.8%
1975	1.73%	20.4%
1976	1.62%	20%
1977	1.52%	19.7%
1978	1.44%	19.4%
1979	1.36%	19.1%
1980	1.3%	18.8%
1981	1.26%	18.6%
1982	1.22%	18.4%
1983	1.19%	18.2%
1984	1.16%	18.1%
1985	1.13%	18%
1986	1.1%	17.9%
1987	1.06%	17.9%
1988	1.02%	17.8%
1989	0.97%	17.8%
1990	0.92%	17.8%
1991	0.87%	17.7%
1992	0.82%	17.7%
1993	0.77%	17.6%
1994	0.73%	17.5%
1995	0.7%	17.5%
1996	0.68%	17.3%
1997	0.66%	17.2%
1998	0.64%	17%
1999	0.63%	16.8%
2000	0.62%	16.6%
2001	0.61%	16.3%
2002	0.6%	15.9%
2003	0.59%	15.6%
2004	0.58%	15.2%
2005	0.57%	14.8%
2006	0.56%	14.4%
2007	0.54%	14%
2008	0.52%	13.6%
2009	0.5%	47.9%
2010	0.48%	14.9%
2011	0.45%	12.5%
2012	0.43%	12.2%
2013	0.41%	13.4%
2014	0.4%	18.3%
2015	0.39%	11.4%
2016	0.38%	12.6%
2017	0.38%	15.2%
2018	0.38%	12%
2019	0.38%	24.3%
2020	0.38%	12.3%
2021	0.37%	17.1%
2022	0.37%	38.7%
2023	0.37%	9.22%