Fertility & birth rates in Bolivia and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Bolivia vs Central African Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bolivia was 2.55 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 Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	CAR
1960	6.27	5.95
1961	6.26	5.96
1962	6.25	5.97
1963	6.23	5.99
1964	6.21	6.01
1965	6.18	6.03
1966	6.16	6.06
1967	6.13	6.08
1968	6.1	6.1
1969	6.06	6.06
1970	6	6.03
1971	5.95	5.99
1972	5.89	5.96
1973	5.85	5.93
1974	5.8	5.9
1975	5.75	5.88
1976	5.74	5.94
1977	5.67	5.99
1978	5.61	6.04
1979	5.54	6.09
1980	5.47	6.13
1981	5.41	6.17
1982	5.35	6.16
1983	5.29	6.15
1984	5.24	6.14
1985	5.15	6.12
1986	5.12	6.11
1987	5.06	6.12
1988	5.03	6.1
1989	4.97	6.07
1990	4.9	6.05
1991	4.85	6.03
1992	4.71	5.96
1993	4.59	5.93
1994	4.49	5.92
1995	4.41	5.94
1996	4.34	5.96
1997	4.22	5.92
1998	4.15	5.89
1999	4.09	5.88
2000	3.99	5.85
2001	3.89	5.81
2002	3.8	5.79
2003	3.72	5.8
2004	3.63	5.78
2005	3.56	5.81
2006	3.53	5.84
2007	3.45	5.87
2008	3.36	5.9
2009	3.29	5.94
2010	3.21	5.96
2011	3.14	6.01
2012	3.08	6.05
2013	3.01	6.08
2014	2.95	6.1
2015	2.89	6.13
2016	2.83	6.13
2017	2.78	6.13
2018	2.73	6.11
2019	2.69	6.09
2020	2.65	6.06
2021	2.62	6.05
2022	2.58	6.02
2023	2.55	6.01
2024	2.52	5.95
2025	2.5	5.81
2026	2.47	5.69
2027	2.45	5.58
2028	2.42	5.47
2029	2.4	5.36
2030	2.38	5.25
2031	2.36	5.14
2032	2.34	5.04
2033	2.32	4.91
2034	2.3	4.78
2035	2.28	4.67
2036	2.26	4.56
2037	2.24	4.46
2038	2.23	4.35
2039	2.21	4.26
2040	2.19	4.15
2041	2.18	4.03
2042	2.16	3.94
2043	2.15	3.86
2044	2.13	3.78
2045	2.12	3.7
2046	2.11	3.63
2047	2.09	3.56
2048	2.08	3.49
2049	2.07	3.43
2050	2.06	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bolivia	CAR
1960	40.6%	40.5%
1961	40.5%	40.8%
1962	40.5%	41.1%
1963	40.5%	41.4%
1964	40.6%	41.6%
1965	40.8%	41.7%
1966	40.9%	41.7%
1967	41%	41.8%
1968	41.1%	41.9%
1969	41.2%	41.9%
1970	41.2%	42.1%
1971	41.3%	42.2%
1972	41.3%	42.4%
1973	41.3%	42.6%
1974	41.3%	42.7%
1975	41.3%	42.9%
1976	41.3%	42.9%
1977	41.3%	42.8%
1978	41.2%	42.8%
1979	41.2%	42.8%
1980	41.1%	42.8%
1981	41.1%	42.8%
1982	41%	42.9%
1983	40.9%	43%
1984	40.9%	43%
1985	40.8%	43.2%
1986	40.7%	43.3%
1987	40.6%	43.5%
1988	40.5%	43.8%
1989	40.4%	44.1%
1990	40.3%	44.5%
1991	40.2%	44.9%
1992	40%	45.2%
1993	39.8%	45.4%
1994	39.6%	45.5%
1995	39.3%	45.6%
1996	39.1%	45.7%
1997	38.8%	45.7%
1998	38.6%	45.7%
1999	38.3%	45.6%
2000	38%	45.5%
2001	37.7%	45.4%
2002	37.4%	45.3%
2003	37.1%	45.2%
2004	36.7%	45.1%
2005	36.3%	45.1%
2006	36%	45.1%
2007	35.6%	45.3%
2008	35.2%	45.4%
2009	34.8%	45.6%
2010	34.4%	45.9%
2011	34.1%	46.3%
2012	33.7%	46.9%
2013	33.3%	47.6%
2014	33%	48.5%
2015	32.6%	49%
2016	32.3%	49%
2017	31.9%	49%
2018	31.6%	49%
2019	31.3%	49%
2020	31%	48.9%
2021	30.8%	49%
2022	30.5%	49.2%
2023	30.1%	49.2%
2024	29.8%	49%
2025	29.4%	48.7%
2026	29.1%	48.2%
2027	28.8%	47.8%
2028	28.5%	47.5%
2029	28.1%	47.2%
2030	27.8%	47.1%
2031	27.6%	46.9%
2032	27.3%	46.8%
2033	27%	46.7%
2034	26.7%	46.5%
2035	26.5%	46.3%
2036	26.2%	46.1%
2037	26%	45.8%
2038	25.7%	45.3%
2039	25.4%	44.7%
2040	25.2%	44.1%
2041	24.9%	43.5%
2042	24.7%	42.8%
2043	24.4%	42.2%
2044	24.2%	41.5%
2045	24%	40.9%
2046	23.7%	40.2%
2047	23.5%	39.6%
2048	23.3%	39%
2049	23%	38.4%
2050	22.8%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Bolivia and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 40.3% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bolivia and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Bolivia vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.42% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	CAR
1960	78,501	31,131
1961	81,106	32,383
1962	84,090	33,731
1963	87,010	35,218
1964	89,745	36,878
1965	92,655	38,710
1966	95,800	40,804
1967	99,339	42,979
1968	102,671	45,377
1969	105,361	47,066
1970	107,897	48,690
1971	110,749	50,142
1972	112,799	51,390
1973	116,323	52,525
1974	119,560	53,777
1975	122,864	55,106
1976	128,552	57,725
1977	131,569	60,436
1978	134,504	63,285
1979	137,331	66,104
1980	140,460	68,759
1981	143,199	71,391
1982	144,825	73,330
1983	147,129	75,399
1984	150,545	77,395
1985	152,288	79,266
1986	156,146	81,149
1987	160,458	83,408
1988	164,763	84,654
1989	168,044	85,969
1990	171,351	87,507
1991	174,836	88,688
1992	174,242	88,939
1993	175,344	89,873
1994	175,387	90,943
1995	175,141	92,748
1996	175,861	93,369
1997	173,731	93,378
1998	174,207	94,361
1999	175,051	96,108
2000	172,996	97,468
2001	171,177	99,598
2002	170,656	100,588
2003	171,846	105,540
2004	172,350	108,548
2005	173,567	113,534
2006	177,999	118,882
2007	178,309	123,137
2008	178,576	128,627
2009	178,741	-130,613
2010	179,036	130,539
2011	178,840	142,913
2012	178,716	146,791
2013	177,929	140,489
2014	176,967	107,448
2015	176,169	141,912
2016	175,057	142,419
2017	173,799	128,461
2018	172,775	153,361
2019	171,593	68,523
2020	131,870	156,911
2021	119,576	124,408
2022	167,691	-49,456
2023	172,336	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Bolivia vs Central African Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 146 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bolivia, compared to 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bolivia	CAR
1985	518	796
1986	503	795
1987	478	803
1988	457	815
1989	430	835
1990	407	866
1991	391	910
1992	375	956
1993	354	997
1994	336	1,053
1995	322	1,123
1996	314	1,191
1997	306	1,270
1998	298	1,346
1999	292	1,411
2000	287	1,490
2001	276	1,504
2002	262	1,496
2003	256	1,487
2004	251	1,450
2005	242	1,389
2006	236	1,337
2007	224	1,271
2008	214	1,234
2009	205	1,272
2010	196	1,230
2011	187	1,131
2012	180	1,092
2013	175	1,092
2014	171	1,034
2015	166	981
2016	162	962
2017	160	1,093
2018	157	881
2019	156	1,650
2020	218	1,296
2021	270	1,127
2022	164	841
2023	146	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	CAR
1960	29%	28.3%
1961	28.4%	27.8%
1962	27.8%	27.2%
1963	27.2%	26.7%
1964	26.6%	26.1%
1965	26%	25.5%
1966	25.4%	24.9%
1967	24.8%	24.3%
1968	24.2%	23.7%
1969	23.6%	23.2%
1970	22.9%	22.6%
1971	22.3%	22.1%
1972	21.7%	21.7%
1973	21%	21.2%
1974	20.4%	20.8%
1975	19.8%	20.4%
1976	19.1%	20%
1977	18.5%	19.7%
1978	17.9%	19.4%
1979	17.4%	19.1%
1980	16.9%	18.8%
1981	16.5%	18.6%
1982	16%	18.4%
1983	15.6%	18.2%
1984	15.1%	18.1%
1985	14.6%	18%
1986	14.2%	17.9%
1987	13.7%	17.9%
1988	13.2%	17.8%
1989	12.7%	17.8%
1990	12.2%	17.8%
1991	11.7%	17.7%
1992	11.2%	17.7%
1993	10.8%	17.6%
1994	10.3%	17.5%
1995	9.84%	17.5%
1996	9.38%	17.3%
1997	8.93%	17.2%
1998	8.47%	17%
1999	8.02%	16.8%
2000	7.57%	16.6%
2001	7.14%	16.3%
2002	6.74%	15.9%
2003	6.35%	15.6%
2004	5.99%	15.2%
2005	5.64%	14.8%
2006	5.31%	14.4%
2007	5%	14%
2008	4.72%	13.6%
2009	4.45%	47.9%
2010	4.2%	14.9%
2011	3.97%	12.5%
2012	3.75%	12.2%
2013	3.54%	13.4%
2014	3.35%	18.3%
2015	3.18%	11.4%
2016	3.03%	12.6%
2017	2.9%	15.2%
2018	2.78%	12%
2019	2.67%	24.3%
2020	2.57%	12.3%
2021	2.48%	17.1%
2022	2.39%	38.7%
2023	2.31%	9.22%