Fertility & birth rates in Brazil and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Brazil vs Central African Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Brazil was 1.62 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 Brazil 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
	Brazil	CAR
1960	6.05	5.95
1961	6.02	5.96
1962	5.98	5.97
1963	5.93	5.99
1964	5.82	6.01
1965	5.68	6.03
1966	5.52	6.06
1967	5.34	6.08
1968	5.17	6.1
1969	5.04	6.06
1970	4.93	6.03
1971	4.84	5.99
1972	4.74	5.96
1973	4.64	5.93
1974	4.5	5.9
1975	4.42	5.88
1976	4.34	5.94
1977	4.27	5.99
1978	4.2	6.04
1979	4.12	6.09
1980	4.04	6.13
1981	3.94	6.17
1982	3.84	6.16
1983	3.72	6.15
1984	3.6	6.14
1985	3.48	6.12
1986	3.36	6.11
1987	3.23	6.12
1988	3.11	6.1
1989	3.01	6.07
1990	2.9	6.05
1991	2.81	6.03
1992	2.71	5.96
1993	2.66	5.93
1994	2.6	5.92
1995	2.57	5.94
1996	2.51	5.96
1997	2.47	5.92
1998	2.42	5.89
1999	2.34	5.88
2000	2.25	5.85
2001	2.16	5.81
2002	2.08	5.79
2003	2.01	5.8
2004	1.97	5.78
2005	1.94	5.81
2006	1.9	5.84
2007	1.85	5.87
2008	1.82	5.9
2009	1.8	5.94
2010	1.79	5.96
2011	1.78	6.01
2012	1.77	6.05
2013	1.76	6.08
2014	1.78	6.1
2015	1.78	6.13
2016	1.73	6.13
2017	1.74	6.13
2018	1.74	6.11
2019	1.71	6.09
2020	1.65	6.06
2021	1.64	6.05
2022	1.63	6.02
2023	1.62	6.01
2024	1.61	5.95
2025	1.6	5.81
2026	1.59	5.69
2027	1.58	5.58
2028	1.58	5.47
2029	1.58	5.36
2030	1.58	5.25
2031	1.57	5.14
2032	1.57	5.04
2033	1.57	4.91
2034	1.57	4.78
2035	1.57	4.67
2036	1.57	4.56
2037	1.57	4.46
2038	1.57	4.35
2039	1.57	4.26
2040	1.57	4.15
2041	1.57	4.03
2042	1.57	3.94
2043	1.57	3.86
2044	1.57	3.78
2045	1.57	3.7
2046	1.57	3.63
2047	1.56	3.56
2048	1.56	3.49
2049	1.56	3.43
2050	1.56	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brazil	CAR
1960	44.2%	40.5%
1961	44.3%	40.8%
1962	44.4%	41.1%
1963	44.5%	41.4%
1964	44.4%	41.6%
1965	44.2%	41.7%
1966	44%	41.7%
1967	43.8%	41.8%
1968	43.4%	41.9%
1969	43%	41.9%
1970	42.7%	42.1%
1971	42.2%	42.2%
1972	41.8%	42.4%
1973	41.4%	42.6%
1974	40.9%	42.7%
1975	40.5%	42.9%
1976	40%	42.9%
1977	39.6%	42.8%
1978	39.1%	42.8%
1979	38.8%	42.8%
1980	38.4%	42.8%
1981	38.1%	42.8%
1982	37.9%	42.9%
1983	37.7%	43%
1984	37.4%	43%
1985	37.2%	43.2%
1986	36.9%	43.3%
1987	36.6%	43.5%
1988	36.3%	43.8%
1989	35.9%	44.1%
1990	35.5%	44.5%
1991	35%	44.9%
1992	34.5%	45.2%
1993	34%	45.4%
1994	33.4%	45.5%
1995	32.8%	45.6%
1996	32.2%	45.7%
1997	31.6%	45.7%
1998	31%	45.7%
1999	30.5%	45.6%
2000	29.9%	45.5%
2001	29.3%	45.4%
2002	28.7%	45.3%
2003	28.2%	45.2%
2004	27.6%	45.1%
2005	27.1%	45.1%
2006	26.6%	45.1%
2007	26.1%	45.3%
2008	25.7%	45.4%
2009	25.2%	45.6%
2010	24.7%	45.9%
2011	24.2%	46.3%
2012	23.7%	46.9%
2013	23.3%	47.6%
2014	22.8%	48.5%
2015	22.4%	49%
2016	22%	49%
2017	21.7%	49%
2018	21.4%	49%
2019	21.1%	49%
2020	20.8%	48.9%
2021	20.5%	49%
2022	20.2%	49.2%
2023	19.9%	49.2%
2024	19.7%	49%
2025	19.4%	48.7%
2026	19.1%	48.2%
2027	18.8%	47.8%
2028	18.5%	47.5%
2029	18.2%	47.2%
2030	17.9%	47.1%
2031	17.7%	46.9%
2032	17.4%	46.8%
2033	17.1%	46.7%
2034	16.9%	46.5%
2035	16.6%	46.3%
2036	16.4%	46.1%
2037	16.2%	45.8%
2038	16.1%	45.3%
2039	15.9%	44.7%
2040	15.8%	44.1%
2041	15.6%	43.5%
2042	15.5%	42.8%
2043	15.4%	42.2%
2044	15.3%	41.5%
2045	15.2%	40.9%
2046	15.1%	40.2%
2047	15%	39.6%
2048	14.9%	39%
2049	14.8%	38.4%
2050	14.6%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.7% of the population in Brazil and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 35.5% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brazil and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Brazil vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.68% in Brazil 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
	Brazil	CAR
1960	2,190,392	31,131
1961	2,240,178	32,383
1962	2,286,666	33,731
1963	2,326,400	35,218
1964	2,338,478	36,878
1965	2,336,415	38,710
1966	2,325,332	40,804
1967	2,307,560	42,979
1968	2,301,561	45,377
1969	2,324,190	47,066
1970	2,362,073	48,690
1971	2,407,319	50,142
1972	2,454,698	51,390
1973	2,501,309	52,525
1974	2,524,254	53,777
1975	2,585,130	55,106
1976	2,648,647	57,725
1977	2,715,328	60,436
1978	2,778,815	63,285
1979	2,836,759	66,104
1980	2,887,768	68,759
1981	2,928,262	71,391
1982	2,948,552	73,330
1983	2,952,335	75,399
1984	2,931,496	77,395
1985	2,912,908	79,266
1986	2,880,440	81,149
1987	2,825,485	83,408
1988	2,768,082	84,654
1989	2,717,923	85,969
1990	2,652,959	87,507
1991	2,606,167	88,688
1992	2,547,698	88,939
1993	2,545,874	89,873
1994	2,532,951	90,943
1995	2,546,195	92,748
1996	2,530,690	93,369
1997	2,531,758	93,378
1998	2,514,728	94,361
1999	2,450,869	96,108
2000	2,372,043	97,468
2001	2,291,210	99,598
2002	2,207,017	100,588
2003	2,128,819	105,540
2004	2,108,072	108,548
2005	2,083,281	113,534
2006	2,026,119	118,882
2007	1,970,372	123,137
2008	1,908,051	128,627
2009	1,878,542	-130,613
2010	1,847,336	130,539
2011	1,815,758	142,913
2012	1,782,516	146,791
2013	1,758,716	140,489
2014	1,757,948	107,448
2015	1,742,275	141,912
2016	1,609,488	142,419
2017	1,610,402	128,461
2018	1,583,935	153,361
2019	1,472,104	68,523
2020	1,146,174	156,911
2021	919,507	124,408
2022	1,054,897	-49,456
2023	1,107,434	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Brazil vs Central African Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brazil, compared to 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brazil	CAR
1985	186	796
1986	176	795
1987	167	803
1988	161	815
1989	150	835
1990	140	866
1991	128	910
1992	118	956
1993	113	997
1994	108	1,053
1995	103	1,123
1996	98	1,191
1997	92	1,270
1998	84	1,346
1999	75	1,411
2000	69	1,490
2001	66	1,504
2002	66	1,496
2003	67	1,487
2004	70	1,450
2005	71	1,389
2006	72	1,337
2007	73	1,271
2008	71	1,234
2009	69	1,272
2010	66	1,230
2011	62	1,131
2012	60	1,092
2013	61	1,092
2014	63	1,034
2015	63	981
2016	64	962
2017	61	1,093
2018	62	881
2019	65	1,650
2020	85	1,296
2021	128	1,127
2022	104	841
2023	67	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.44% in Brazil 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
	Brazil	CAR
1960	16.9%	28.3%
1961	16.5%	27.8%
1962	16%	27.2%
1963	15.6%	26.7%
1964	15.2%	26.1%
1965	14.9%	25.5%
1966	14.5%	24.9%
1967	14.2%	24.3%
1968	13.9%	23.7%
1969	13.6%	23.2%
1970	13.2%	22.6%
1971	12.9%	22.1%
1972	12.6%	21.7%
1973	12.2%	21.2%
1974	11.9%	20.8%
1975	11.6%	20.4%
1976	11.2%	20%
1977	10.8%	19.7%
1978	10.4%	19.4%
1979	10%	19.1%
1980	9.57%	18.8%
1981	9.14%	18.6%
1982	8.73%	18.4%
1983	8.34%	18.2%
1984	7.98%	18.1%
1985	7.67%	18%
1986	7.38%	17.9%
1987	7.11%	17.9%
1988	6.84%	17.8%
1989	6.58%	17.8%
1990	6.31%	17.8%
1991	6.02%	17.7%
1992	5.72%	17.7%
1993	5.41%	17.6%
1994	5.09%	17.5%
1995	4.77%	17.5%
1996	4.47%	17.3%
1997	4.19%	17.2%
1998	3.93%	17%
1999	3.68%	16.8%
2000	3.45%	16.6%
2001	3.22%	16.3%
2002	3.01%	15.9%
2003	2.81%	15.6%
2004	2.63%	15.2%
2005	2.46%	14.8%
2006	2.31%	14.4%
2007	2.17%	14%
2008	2.05%	13.6%
2009	1.95%	47.9%
2010	1.86%	14.9%
2011	1.79%	12.5%
2012	1.72%	12.2%
2013	1.67%	13.4%
2014	1.63%	18.3%
2015	1.6%	11.4%
2016	1.68%	12.6%
2017	1.54%	15.2%
2018	1.52%	12%
2019	1.5%	24.3%
2020	1.49%	12.3%
2021	1.47%	17.1%
2022	1.46%	38.7%
2023	1.44%	9.22%