Fertility & birth rates in Burundi and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Burundi vs Central African Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Burundi was 4.88 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 Burundi 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
	Burundi	CAR
1960	7	5.95
1961	7.02	5.96
1962	7.04	5.97
1963	7.07	5.99
1964	7.09	6.01
1965	7.11	6.03
1966	7.14	6.06
1967	7.16	6.08
1968	7.18	6.1
1969	7.22	6.06
1970	7.21	6.03
1971	7.21	5.99
1972	7.21	5.96
1973	7.22	5.93
1974	7.22	5.9
1975	7.24	5.88
1976	7.25	5.94
1977	7.25	5.99
1978	7.26	6.04
1979	7.31	6.09
1980	7.35	6.13
1981	7.33	6.17
1982	7.31	6.16
1983	7.3	6.15
1984	7.3	6.14
1985	7.29	6.12
1986	7.32	6.11
1987	7.38	6.12
1988	7.38	6.1
1989	7.39	6.07
1990	7.37	6.05
1991	7.34	6.03
1992	7.3	5.96
1993	7.27	5.93
1994	7.23	5.92
1995	7.18	5.94
1996	7.12	5.96
1997	7.04	5.92
1998	6.96	5.89
1999	6.9	5.88
2000	6.87	5.85
2001	6.85	5.81
2002	6.82	5.79
2003	6.79	5.8
2004	6.75	5.78
2005	6.71	5.81
2006	6.66	5.84
2007	6.59	5.87
2008	6.52	5.9
2009	6.41	5.94
2010	6.26	5.96
2011	6.11	6.01
2012	5.99	6.05
2013	5.89	6.08
2014	5.79	6.1
2015	5.7	6.13
2016	5.59	6.13
2017	5.48	6.13
2018	5.38	6.11
2019	5.27	6.09
2020	5.18	6.06
2021	5.08	6.05
2022	4.98	6.02
2023	4.88	6.01
2024	4.79	5.95
2025	4.68	5.81
2026	4.57	5.69
2027	4.46	5.58
2028	4.37	5.47
2029	4.28	5.36
2030	4.2	5.25
2031	4.11	5.14
2032	4.03	5.04
2033	3.95	4.91
2034	3.85	4.78
2035	3.78	4.67
2036	3.69	4.56
2037	3.62	4.46
2038	3.55	4.35
2039	3.49	4.26
2040	3.43	4.15
2041	3.37	4.03
2042	3.32	3.94
2043	3.27	3.86
2044	3.22	3.78
2045	3.17	3.7
2046	3.13	3.63
2047	3.08	3.56
2048	3.04	3.49
2049	3	3.43
2050	2.96	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burundi	CAR
1960	45.1%	40.5%
1961	45.2%	40.8%
1962	45.3%	41.1%
1963	45.5%	41.4%
1964	45.5%	41.6%
1965	45.4%	41.7%
1966	45.2%	41.7%
1967	45%	41.8%
1968	44.9%	41.9%
1969	44.9%	41.9%
1970	44.9%	42.1%
1971	44.9%	42.2%
1972	45.5%	42.4%
1973	46%	42.6%
1974	45.8%	42.7%
1975	45.7%	42.9%
1976	45.8%	42.9%
1977	45.8%	42.8%
1978	45.7%	42.8%
1979	45.8%	42.8%
1980	45.4%	42.8%
1981	45.2%	42.8%
1982	45.6%	42.9%
1983	45.9%	43%
1984	46.3%	43%
1985	46.8%	43.2%
1986	47.3%	43.3%
1987	47.6%	43.5%
1988	48%	43.8%
1989	48.4%	44.1%
1990	48.7%	44.5%
1991	48.9%	44.9%
1992	48.9%	45.2%
1993	51%	45.4%
1994	51.1%	45.5%
1995	49.1%	45.6%
1996	49.6%	45.7%
1997	49.9%	45.7%
1998	49.4%	45.7%
1999	48.7%	45.6%
2000	48.3%	45.5%
2001	47.7%	45.4%
2002	47.2%	45.3%
2003	46.7%	45.2%
2004	46.2%	45.1%
2005	45.8%	45.1%
2006	45.6%	45.1%
2007	45.4%	45.3%
2008	45.2%	45.4%
2009	45%	45.6%
2010	45.1%	45.9%
2011	45.4%	46.3%
2012	45.7%	46.9%
2013	46.1%	47.6%
2014	46.4%	48.5%
2015	47%	49%
2016	47.7%	49%
2017	47.9%	49%
2018	47.8%	49%
2019	47.3%	49%
2020	47%	48.9%
2021	46.5%	49%
2022	46%	49.2%
2023	45.4%	49.2%
2024	44.7%	49%
2025	44%	48.7%
2026	43.2%	48.2%
2027	42.5%	47.8%
2028	41.7%	47.5%
2029	41%	47.2%
2030	40.3%	47.1%
2031	39.7%	46.9%
2032	39.2%	46.8%
2033	38.8%	46.7%
2034	38.5%	46.5%
2035	38.1%	46.3%
2036	37.8%	46.1%
2037	37.5%	45.8%
2038	37.2%	45.3%
2039	36.9%	44.7%
2040	36.6%	44.1%
2041	36.4%	43.5%
2042	36.1%	42.8%
2043	35.9%	42.2%
2044	35.6%	41.5%
2045	35.4%	40.9%
2046	35.1%	40.2%
2047	34.8%	39.6%
2048	34.4%	39%
2049	34.1%	38.4%
2050	33.7%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.7% of the population in Burundi and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 48.7% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burundi and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Burundi vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	CAR
1960	70,032	31,131
1961	71,216	32,383
1962	74,710	33,731
1963	75,962	35,218
1964	77,528	36,878
1965	78,208	38,710
1966	83,651	40,804
1967	86,373	42,979
1968	88,765	45,377
1969	90,852	47,066
1970	92,476	48,690
1971	95,153	50,142
1972	30,532	51,390
1973	74,805	52,525
1974	95,486	53,777
1975	101,172	55,106
1976	104,396	57,725
1977	108,488	60,436
1978	114,884	63,285
1979	123,377	66,104
1980	127,746	68,759
1981	146,231	71,391
1982	147,090	73,330
1983	152,801	75,399
1984	154,366	77,395
1985	156,896	79,266
1986	156,170	81,149
1987	157,481	83,408
1988	145,234	84,654
1989	157,547	85,969
1990	156,617	87,507
1991	156,148	88,688
1992	156,420	88,939
1993	128,898	89,873
1994	112,968	90,943
1995	160,284	92,748
1996	158,920	93,369
1997	150,404	93,378
1998	154,010	94,361
1999	166,699	96,108
2000	173,867	97,468
2001	184,541	99,598
2002	201,892	100,588
2003	216,295	105,540
2004	234,891	108,548
2005	253,401	113,534
2006	269,874	118,882
2007	285,323	123,137
2008	300,750	128,627
2009	319,583	-130,613
2010	341,808	130,539
2011	348,934	142,913
2012	354,068	146,791
2013	362,224	140,489
2014	367,797	107,448
2015	370,856	141,912
2016	358,393	142,419
2017	353,879	128,461
2018	351,704	153,361
2019	357,672	68,523
2020	361,654	156,911
2021	359,844	124,408
2022	363,786	-49,456
2023	368,917	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Burundi vs Central African Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 392 deaths per 100,000 live births in Burundi, compared to 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burundi	CAR
1985	1,428	796
1986	1,441	795
1987	1,446	803
1988	1,519	815
1989	1,511	835
1990	1,515	866
1991	1,513	910
1992	1,464	956
1993	1,801	997
1994	1,215	1,053
1995	1,293	1,123
1996	1,236	1,191
1997	1,100	1,270
1998	969	1,346
1999	899	1,411
2000	860	1,490
2001	799	1,504
2002	743	1,496
2003	705	1,487
2004	687	1,450
2005	685	1,389
2006	670	1,337
2007	655	1,271
2008	635	1,234
2009	612	1,272
2010	614	1,230
2011	597	1,131
2012	575	1,092
2013	555	1,092
2014	533	1,034
2015	525	981
2016	501	962
2017	482	1,093
2018	464	881
2019	449	1,650
2020	441	1,296
2021	447	1,127
2022	412	841
2023	392	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.92% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	CAR
1960	-	28.3%
1961	-	27.8%
1962	-	27.2%
1963	-	26.7%
1964	24.2%	26.1%
1965	24.4%	25.5%
1966	24.5%	24.9%
1967	24.7%	24.3%
1968	24.9%	23.7%
1969	25%	23.2%
1970	25.1%	22.6%
1971	25.1%	22.1%
1972	31.9%	21.7%
1973	25.2%	21.2%
1974	25.2%	20.8%
1975	25.1%	20.4%
1976	25%	20%
1977	24.6%	19.7%
1978	24.1%	19.4%
1979	23.3%	19.1%
1980	22.4%	18.8%
1981	21.4%	18.6%
1982	20.3%	18.4%
1983	19.3%	18.2%
1984	18.4%	18.1%
1985	17.7%	18%
1986	17.2%	17.9%
1987	16.9%	17.9%
1988	16.8%	17.8%
1989	16.9%	17.8%
1990	17%	17.8%
1991	17.1%	17.7%
1992	17.2%	17.7%
1993	19.5%	17.6%
1994	17.2%	17.5%
1995	17.1%	17.5%
1996	17%	17.3%
1997	16.7%	17.2%
1998	16.3%	17%
1999	15.9%	16.8%
2000	15.4%	16.6%
2001	14.9%	16.3%
2002	14.3%	15.9%
2003	13.7%	15.6%
2004	13.1%	15.2%
2005	12.4%	14.8%
2006	11.7%	14.4%
2007	11%	14%
2008	10.3%	13.6%
2009	9.66%	47.9%
2010	9.08%	14.9%
2011	8.53%	12.5%
2012	8.02%	12.2%
2013	7.55%	13.4%
2014	7.13%	18.3%
2015	6.76%	11.4%
2016	6.44%	12.6%
2017	6.15%	15.2%
2018	5.9%	12%
2019	5.67%	24.3%
2020	5.46%	12.3%
2021	5.26%	17.1%
2022	5.08%	38.7%
2023	4.92%	9.22%