Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Central African Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 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 Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	CAR
1960	5.88	5.95
1961	5.94	5.96
1962	5.96	5.97
1963	5.95	5.99
1964	5.89	6.01
1965	5.79	6.03
1966	5.66	6.06
1967	5.38	6.08
1968	5.22	6.1
1969	5.07	6.06
1970	4.91	6.03
1971	4.77	5.99
1972	4.62	5.96
1973	4.45	5.93
1974	4.33	5.9
1975	4.18	5.88
1976	4.02	5.94
1977	3.87	5.99
1978	3.73	6.04
1979	3.61	6.09
1980	3.5	6.13
1981	3.41	6.17
1982	3.34	6.16
1983	3.29	6.15
1984	3.26	6.14
1985	2.91	6.12
1986	2.9	6.11
1987	2.9	6.12
1988	2.8	6.1
1989	2.8	6.07
1990	2.74	6.05
1991	2.87	6.03
1992	2.74	5.96
1993	2.7	5.93
1994	2.52	5.92
1995	2.29	5.94
1996	2.06	5.96
1997	2.07	5.92
1998	2	5.89
1999	2.07	5.88
2000	2	5.85
2001	1.8	5.81
2002	1.8	5.79
2003	1.9	5.8
2004	2.05	5.78
2005	2	5.81
2006	1.97	5.84
2007	1.97	5.87
2008	1.9	5.9
2009	1.82	5.94
2010	1.92	5.96
2011	1.96	6.01
2012	2	6.05
2013	1.98	6.08
2014	1.97	6.1
2015	1.94	6.13
2016	1.9	6.13
2017	1.75	6.13
2018	1.73	6.11
2019	1.81	6.09
2020	1.7	6.06
2021	1.52	6.05
2022	1.67	6.02
2023	1.55	6.01
2024	1.55	5.95
2025	1.54	5.81
2026	1.54	5.69
2027	1.54	5.58
2028	1.54	5.47
2029	1.54	5.36
2030	1.54	5.25
2031	1.53	5.14
2032	1.53	5.04
2033	1.53	4.91
2034	1.53	4.78
2035	1.53	4.67
2036	1.53	4.56
2037	1.53	4.46
2038	1.53	4.35
2039	1.52	4.26
2040	1.52	4.15
2041	1.52	4.03
2042	1.52	3.94
2043	1.52	3.86
2044	1.52	3.78
2045	1.52	3.7
2046	1.52	3.63
2047	1.52	3.56
2048	1.52	3.49
2049	1.52	3.43
2050	1.52	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	CAR
1960	40.4%	40.5%
1961	42%	40.8%
1962	43.3%	41.1%
1963	44.2%	41.4%
1964	44.9%	41.6%
1965	45.3%	41.7%
1966	45.6%	41.7%
1967	45.7%	41.8%
1968	45.6%	41.9%
1969	45.3%	41.9%
1970	44.9%	42.1%
1971	44.3%	42.2%
1972	43.6%	42.4%
1973	42.7%	42.6%
1974	41.7%	42.7%
1975	40.6%	42.9%
1976	39.4%	42.9%
1977	38.1%	42.8%
1978	36.7%	42.8%
1979	35.6%	42.8%
1980	35%	42.8%
1981	34.4%	42.8%
1982	34%	42.9%
1983	33.8%	43%
1984	33.5%	43%
1985	33.4%	43.2%
1986	33.2%	43.3%
1987	33.1%	43.5%
1988	33.2%	43.8%
1989	33.5%	44.1%
1990	33.8%	44.5%
1991	34%	44.9%
1992	34.1%	45.2%
1993	34%	45.4%
1994	33.9%	45.5%
1995	33.6%	45.6%
1996	33.2%	45.7%
1997	32.8%	45.7%
1998	32.2%	45.7%
1999	31.4%	45.6%
2000	30.3%	45.5%
2001	29.2%	45.4%
2002	28.1%	45.3%
2003	27%	45.2%
2004	26%	45.1%
2005	25.1%	45.1%
2006	24.4%	45.1%
2007	23.8%	45.3%
2008	23.2%	45.4%
2009	22.7%	45.6%
2010	22.3%	45.9%
2011	22.2%	46.3%
2012	22.3%	46.9%
2013	22.7%	47.6%
2014	23.1%	48.5%
2015	23.5%	49%
2016	23.8%	49%
2017	23.9%	49%
2018	23.8%	49%
2019	23.5%	49%
2020	23.4%	48.9%
2021	23.1%	49%
2022	22.8%	49.2%
2023	22.3%	49.2%
2024	21.8%	49%
2025	21.2%	48.7%
2026	20.6%	48.2%
2027	20%	47.8%
2028	19.4%	47.5%
2029	18.9%	47.2%
2030	18.3%	47.1%
2031	17.9%	46.9%
2032	17.6%	46.8%
2033	17.5%	46.7%
2034	17.3%	46.5%
2035	17%	46.3%
2036	16.9%	46.1%
2037	16.8%	45.8%
2038	16.8%	45.3%
2039	16.8%	44.7%
2040	16.8%	44.1%
2041	16.8%	43.5%
2042	16.9%	42.8%
2043	16.9%	42.2%
2044	16.9%	41.5%
2045	16.8%	40.9%
2046	16.8%	40.2%
2047	16.8%	39.6%
2048	16.7%	39%
2049	16.6%	38.4%
2050	16.5%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	CAR
1960	127,982	31,131
1961	133,870	32,383
1962	135,928	33,731
1963	136,762	35,218
1964	134,971	36,878
1965	131,114	38,710
1966	126,678	40,804
1967	118,988	42,979
1968	115,379	45,377
1969	111,387	47,066
1970	108,976	48,690
1971	106,948	50,142
1972	105,009	51,390
1973	103,208	52,525
1974	103,872	53,777
1975	103,472	55,106
1976	103,370	57,725
1977	102,304	60,436
1978	102,831	63,285
1979	104,864	66,104
1980	110,279	68,759
1981	121,400	71,391
1982	117,615	73,330
1983	125,966	75,399
1984	130,043	77,395
1985	132,068	79,266
1986	141,499	81,149
1987	138,195	83,408
1988	136,702	84,654
1989	141,531	85,969
1990	142,069	87,507
1991	147,607	88,688
1992	133,615	88,939
1993	123,664	89,873
1994	107,112	90,943
1995	93,755	92,748
1996	80,735	93,369
1997	84,653	93,378
1998	77,548	94,361
1999	71,047	96,108
2000	70,023	97,468
2001	64,890	99,598
2002	63,741	100,588
2003	64,226	105,540
2004	81,403	108,548
2005	89,793	113,534
2006	96,724	118,882
2007	97,827	123,137
2008	99,903	128,627
2009	99,315	-130,613
2010	112,274	130,539
2011	122,002	142,913
2012	119,915	146,791
2013	117,710	140,489
2014	115,374	107,448
2015	110,967	141,912
2016	102,457	142,419
2017	86,715	128,461
2018	81,506	153,361
2019	85,207	68,523
2020	50,466	156,911
2021	35,483	124,408
2022	61,865	-49,456
2023	52,800	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Central African Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	CAR
1985	45	796
1986	48	795
1987	45	803
1988	45	815
1989	43	835
1990	41	866
1991	43	910
1992	56	956
1993	54	997
1994	58	1,053
1995	64	1,123
1996	58	1,191
1997	59	1,270
1998	54	1,346
1999	51	1,411
2000	46	1,490
2001	45	1,504
2002	40	1,496
2003	41	1,487
2004	40	1,450
2005	40	1,389
2006	33	1,337
2007	33	1,271
2008	30	1,234
2009	29	1,272
2010	28	1,230
2011	27	1,131
2012	28	1,092
2013	24	1,092
2014	23	1,034
2015	21	981
2016	22	962
2017	22	1,093
2018	21	881
2019	21	1,650
2020	21	1,296
2021	55	1,127
2022	32	841
2023	18	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	CAR
1960	-	28.3%
1961	-	27.8%
1962	-	27.2%
1963	-	26.7%
1964	-	26.1%
1965	-	25.5%
1966	-	24.9%
1967	-	24.3%
1968	-	23.7%
1969	-	23.2%
1970	-	22.6%
1971	-	22.1%
1972	-	21.7%
1973	-	21.2%
1974	-	20.8%
1975	-	20.4%
1976	-	20%
1977	-	19.7%
1978	-	19.4%
1979	-	19.1%
1980	-	18.8%
1981	-	18.6%
1982	10.9%	18.4%
1983	10.7%	18.2%
1984	10.4%	18.1%
1985	10.2%	18%
1986	9.96%	17.9%
1987	9.77%	17.9%
1988	9.62%	17.8%
1989	9.52%	17.8%
1990	9.48%	17.8%
1991	9.5%	17.7%
1992	9.52%	17.7%
1993	9.52%	17.6%
1994	9.47%	17.5%
1995	9.34%	17.5%
1996	9.1%	17.3%
1997	8.78%	17.2%
1998	8.37%	17%
1999	7.91%	16.8%
2000	7.4%	16.6%
2001	6.9%	16.3%
2002	6.41%	15.9%
2003	5.96%	15.6%
2004	5.55%	15.2%
2005	5.18%	14.8%
2006	4.85%	14.4%
2007	4.55%	14%
2008	4.27%	13.6%
2009	4.01%	47.9%
2010	3.77%	14.9%
2011	3.54%	12.5%
2012	3.32%	12.2%
2013	3.12%	13.4%
2014	2.95%	18.3%
2015	2.78%	11.4%
2016	2.63%	12.6%
2017	2.49%	15.2%
2018	2.36%	12%
2019	2.24%	24.3%
2020	2.13%	12.3%
2021	2.04%	17.1%
2022	1.94%	38.7%
2023	1.86%	9.22%