Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Central African Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Botswana was 2.73 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 Botswana 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
	Botswana	CAR
1960	6.6	5.95
1961	6.56	5.96
1962	6.54	5.97
1963	6.58	5.99
1964	6.61	6.01
1965	6.6	6.03
1966	6.61	6.06
1967	6.6	6.08
1968	6.58	6.1
1969	6.56	6.06
1970	6.55	6.03
1971	6.54	5.99
1972	6.56	5.96
1973	6.59	5.93
1974	6.61	5.9
1975	6.61	5.88
1976	6.6	5.94
1977	6.54	5.99
1978	6.48	6.04
1979	6.4	6.09
1980	6.29	6.13
1981	6.16	6.17
1982	5.97	6.16
1983	5.79	6.15
1984	5.63	6.14
1985	5.48	6.12
1986	5.33	6.11
1987	5.1	6.12
1988	4.88	6.1
1989	4.67	6.07
1990	4.51	6.05
1991	4.37	6.03
1992	4.26	5.96
1993	4.15	5.93
1994	4.02	5.92
1995	3.79	5.94
1996	3.57	5.96
1997	3.43	5.92
1998	3.36	5.89
1999	3.31	5.88
2000	3.29	5.85
2001	3.25	5.81
2002	3.18	5.79
2003	3.11	5.8
2004	3.06	5.78
2005	3.08	5.81
2006	3.11	5.84
2007	3.13	5.87
2008	3.13	5.9
2009	3.13	5.94
2010	3.14	5.96
2011	3.1	6.01
2012	3.07	6.05
2013	3.05	6.08
2014	3.03	6.1
2015	3.01	6.13
2016	2.99	6.13
2017	2.97	6.13
2018	2.94	6.11
2019	2.91	6.09
2020	2.86	6.06
2021	2.83	6.05
2022	2.79	6.02
2023	2.73	6.01
2024	2.7	5.95
2025	2.66	5.81
2026	2.63	5.69
2027	2.59	5.58
2028	2.56	5.47
2029	2.52	5.36
2030	2.49	5.25
2031	2.46	5.14
2032	2.44	5.04
2033	2.41	4.91
2034	2.38	4.78
2035	2.35	4.67
2036	2.32	4.56
2037	2.3	4.46
2038	2.28	4.35
2039	2.26	4.26
2040	2.23	4.15
2041	2.21	4.03
2042	2.2	3.94
2043	2.18	3.86
2044	2.17	3.78
2045	2.15	3.7
2046	2.14	3.63
2047	2.12	3.56
2048	2.11	3.49
2049	2.09	3.43
2050	2.08	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	CAR
1960	45.1%	40.5%
1961	45.6%	40.8%
1962	46.2%	41.1%
1963	46.8%	41.4%
1964	47.2%	41.6%
1965	47.5%	41.7%
1966	47.9%	41.7%
1967	48.2%	41.8%
1968	48.6%	41.9%
1969	48.9%	41.9%
1970	49.2%	42.1%
1971	49.3%	42.2%
1972	49.1%	42.4%
1973	48.6%	42.6%
1974	48.2%	42.7%
1975	47.7%	42.9%
1976	47.3%	42.9%
1977	47%	42.8%
1978	46.5%	42.8%
1979	46%	42.8%
1980	46.1%	42.8%
1981	46.2%	42.8%
1982	46.2%	42.9%
1983	46.2%	43%
1984	46.2%	43%
1985	46.2%	43.2%
1986	46.1%	43.3%
1987	46%	43.5%
1988	45.8%	43.8%
1989	45.5%	44.1%
1990	45.1%	44.5%
1991	44.7%	44.9%
1992	44.2%	45.2%
1993	43.7%	45.4%
1994	43%	45.5%
1995	42.2%	45.6%
1996	41.4%	45.7%
1997	40.6%	45.7%
1998	39.8%	45.7%
1999	39.1%	45.6%
2000	38.4%	45.5%
2001	37.7%	45.4%
2002	37.1%	45.3%
2003	36.5%	45.2%
2004	35.9%	45.1%
2005	35.5%	45.1%
2006	35.1%	45.1%
2007	34.8%	45.3%
2008	34.5%	45.4%
2009	34.2%	45.6%
2010	34.1%	45.9%
2011	34%	46.3%
2012	34.2%	46.9%
2013	34.4%	47.6%
2014	34.4%	48.5%
2015	34.4%	49%
2016	34.2%	49%
2017	33.9%	49%
2018	33.6%	49%
2019	33.3%	49%
2020	32.9%	48.9%
2021	32.6%	49%
2022	32.4%	49.2%
2023	32.3%	49.2%
2024	32.1%	49%
2025	32%	48.7%
2026	31.8%	48.2%
2027	31.6%	47.8%
2028	31.4%	47.5%
2029	31.2%	47.2%
2030	30.9%	47.1%
2031	30.6%	46.9%
2032	30.3%	46.8%
2033	30%	46.7%
2034	29.6%	46.5%
2035	29.2%	46.3%
2036	28.7%	46.1%
2037	28.1%	45.8%
2038	27.6%	45.3%
2039	27.2%	44.7%
2040	26.7%	44.1%
2041	26.3%	43.5%
2042	25.9%	42.8%
2043	25.5%	42.2%
2044	25.2%	41.5%
2045	24.8%	40.9%
2046	24.5%	40.2%
2047	24.2%	39.6%
2048	24%	39%
2049	23.7%	38.4%
2050	23.5%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana 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
	Botswana	CAR
1960	15,861	31,131
1961	16,185	32,383
1962	16,507	33,731
1963	17,084	35,218
1964	17,634	36,878
1965	18,045	38,710
1966	18,250	40,804
1967	18,463	42,979
1968	18,725	45,377
1969	19,024	47,066
1970	19,438	48,690
1971	19,926	50,142
1972	21,004	51,390
1973	22,449	52,525
1974	24,160	53,777
1975	25,762	55,106
1976	27,497	57,725
1977	29,009	60,436
1978	30,596	63,285
1979	32,486	66,104
1980	33,934	68,759
1981	34,327	71,391
1982	34,859	73,330
1983	35,142	75,399
1984	35,530	77,395
1985	35,966	79,266
1986	36,203	81,149
1987	35,647	83,408
1988	34,564	84,654
1989	33,756	85,969
1990	33,015	87,507
1991	32,219	88,688
1992	31,995	88,939
1993	31,691	89,873
1994	30,664	90,943
1995	28,478	92,748
1996	26,847	93,369
1997	25,738	93,378
1998	25,397	94,361
1999	25,358	96,108
2000	25,850	97,468
2001	26,112	99,598
2002	26,163	100,588
2003	26,545	105,540
2004	27,481	108,548
2005	29,385	113,534
2006	31,340	118,882
2007	33,832	123,137
2008	35,433	128,627
2009	36,671	-130,613
2010	38,101	130,539
2011	38,613	142,913
2012	39,202	146,791
2013	39,404	140,489
2014	40,046	107,448
2015	40,897	141,912
2016	41,993	142,419
2017	43,154	128,461
2018	44,171	153,361
2019	45,110	68,523
2020	45,610	156,911
2021	40,894	124,408
2022	47,400	-49,456
2023	47,098	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Central African Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Botswana, compared to 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	CAR
1985	313	796
1986	304	795
1987	302	803
1988	319	815
1989	300	835
1990	296	866
1991	283	910
1992	263	956
1993	230	997
1994	182	1,053
1995	148	1,123
1996	130	1,191
1997	123	1,270
1998	126	1,346
1999	131	1,411
2000	136	1,490
2001	138	1,504
2002	140	1,496
2003	142	1,487
2004	151	1,450
2005	166	1,389
2006	204	1,337
2007	201	1,271
2008	199	1,234
2009	213	1,272
2010	228	1,230
2011	269	1,131
2012	288	1,092
2013	221	1,092
2014	212	1,034
2015	141	981
2016	72	962
2017	46	1,093
2018	99	881
2019	100	1,650
2020	98	1,296
2021	165	1,127
2022	120	841
2023	155	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana 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
	Botswana	CAR
1960	16.8%	28.3%
1961	16.3%	27.8%
1962	15.8%	27.2%
1963	15.3%	26.7%
1964	14.9%	26.1%
1965	14.5%	25.5%
1966	14%	24.9%
1967	13.6%	24.3%
1968	13.2%	23.7%
1969	12.8%	23.2%
1970	12.4%	22.6%
1971	11.9%	22.1%
1972	11.4%	21.7%
1973	10.9%	21.2%
1974	10.4%	20.8%
1975	9.88%	20.4%
1976	9.32%	20%
1977	8.77%	19.7%
1978	8.23%	19.4%
1979	7.74%	19.1%
1980	7.29%	18.8%
1981	6.86%	18.6%
1982	6.47%	18.4%
1983	6.12%	18.2%
1984	5.8%	18.1%
1985	5.5%	18%
1986	5.22%	17.9%
1987	5%	17.9%
1988	4.88%	17.8%
1989	4.87%	17.8%
1990	5.01%	17.8%
1991	5.29%	17.7%
1992	5.7%	17.7%
1993	6.2%	17.6%
1994	6.72%	17.5%
1995	6.74%	17.5%
1996	7.1%	17.3%
1997	7.37%	17.2%
1998	7.57%	17%
1999	7.91%	16.8%
2000	8.11%	16.6%
2001	8.12%	16.3%
2002	8%	15.9%
2003	7.85%	15.6%
2004	7.63%	15.2%
2005	7.03%	14.8%
2006	6.43%	14.4%
2007	6.16%	14%
2008	6.03%	13.6%
2009	5.78%	47.9%
2010	5.58%	14.9%
2011	5.68%	12.5%
2012	5.34%	12.2%
2013	5.1%	13.4%
2014	5.11%	18.3%
2015	4.98%	11.4%
2016	4.9%	12.6%
2017	4.65%	15.2%
2018	4.59%	12%
2019	4.5%	24.3%
2020	4.39%	12.3%
2021	4.2%	17.1%
2022	4.07%	38.7%
2023	3.96%	9.22%