Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Canada vs Central African Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	CAR
1960	3.81	5.95
1961	3.75	5.96
1962	3.68	5.97
1963	3.61	5.99
1964	3.46	6.01
1965	3.12	6.03
1966	2.75	6.06
1967	2.53	6.08
1968	2.39	6.1
1969	2.33	6.06
1970	2.26	6.03
1971	2.14	5.99
1972	1.98	5.96
1973	1.89	5.93
1974	1.84	5.9
1975	1.82	5.88
1976	1.8	5.94
1977	1.78	5.99
1978	1.77	6.04
1979	1.75	6.09
1980	1.74	6.13
1981	1.7	6.17
1982	1.69	6.16
1983	1.68	6.15
1984	1.65	6.14
1985	1.67	6.12
1986	1.68	6.11
1987	1.68	6.12
1988	1.68	6.1
1989	1.77	6.07
1990	1.83	6.05
1991	1.72	6.03
1992	1.71	5.96
1993	1.69	5.93
1994	1.69	5.92
1995	1.67	5.94
1996	1.63	5.96
1997	1.57	5.92
1998	1.56	5.89
1999	1.55	5.88
2000	1.51	5.85
2001	1.54	5.81
2002	1.52	5.79
2003	1.55	5.8
2004	1.56	5.78
2005	1.58	5.81
2006	1.63	5.84
2007	1.67	5.87
2008	1.7	5.9
2009	1.69	5.94
2010	1.65	5.96
2011	1.63	6.01
2012	1.63	6.05
2013	1.61	6.08
2014	1.61	6.1
2015	1.6	6.13
2016	1.59	6.13
2017	1.55	6.13
2018	1.51	6.11
2019	1.47	6.09
2020	1.41	6.06
2021	1.44	6.05
2022	1.33	6.02
2023	1.26	6.01
2024	1.25	5.95
2025	1.24	5.81
2026	1.24	5.69
2027	1.23	5.58
2028	1.24	5.47
2029	1.23	5.36
2030	1.24	5.25
2031	1.24	5.14
2032	1.24	5.04
2033	1.25	4.91
2034	1.25	4.78
2035	1.25	4.67
2036	1.26	4.56
2037	1.26	4.46
2038	1.26	4.35
2039	1.27	4.26
2040	1.27	4.15
2041	1.27	4.03
2042	1.28	3.94
2043	1.28	3.86
2044	1.28	3.78
2045	1.28	3.7
2046	1.29	3.63
2047	1.29	3.56
2048	1.29	3.49
2049	1.3	3.43
2050	1.3	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	CAR
1960	33.8%	40.5%
1961	33.9%	40.8%
1962	33.9%	41.1%
1963	33.9%	41.4%
1964	33.7%	41.6%
1965	33.3%	41.7%
1966	32.9%	41.7%
1967	32.3%	41.8%
1968	31.6%	41.9%
1969	31%	41.9%
1970	30.2%	42.1%
1971	29.3%	42.2%
1972	28.6%	42.4%
1973	27.8%	42.6%
1974	27%	42.7%
1975	26.2%	42.9%
1976	25.5%	42.9%
1977	24.7%	42.8%
1978	24%	42.8%
1979	23.4%	42.8%
1980	22.8%	42.8%
1981	22.3%	42.8%
1982	22%	42.9%
1983	21.8%	43%
1984	21.6%	43%
1985	21.3%	43.2%
1986	21.1%	43.3%
1987	20.9%	43.5%
1988	20.8%	43.8%
1989	20.8%	44.1%
1990	20.7%	44.5%
1991	20.7%	44.9%
1992	20.7%	45.2%
1993	20.7%	45.4%
1994	20.6%	45.5%
1995	20.4%	45.6%
1996	20.2%	45.7%
1997	20%	45.7%
1998	19.8%	45.7%
1999	19.5%	45.6%
2000	19.2%	45.5%
2001	18.9%	45.4%
2002	18.6%	45.3%
2003	18.3%	45.2%
2004	18%	45.1%
2005	17.7%	45.1%
2006	17.4%	45.1%
2007	17.1%	45.3%
2008	16.9%	45.4%
2009	16.7%	45.6%
2010	16.6%	45.9%
2011	16.4%	46.3%
2012	16.3%	46.9%
2013	16.3%	47.6%
2014	16.2%	48.5%
2015	16.2%	49%
2016	16.2%	49%
2017	16.2%	49%
2018	16.1%	49%
2019	16%	49%
2020	15.9%	48.9%
2021	15.7%	49%
2022	15.5%	49.2%
2023	15.3%	49.2%
2024	15.1%	49%
2025	15%	48.7%
2026	14.9%	48.2%
2027	14.7%	47.8%
2028	14.6%	47.5%
2029	14.5%	47.2%
2030	14.4%	47.1%
2031	14.3%	46.9%
2032	14.2%	46.8%
2033	14.1%	46.7%
2034	14%	46.5%
2035	13.9%	46.3%
2036	13.9%	46.1%
2037	13.8%	45.8%
2038	13.8%	45.3%
2039	13.7%	44.7%
2040	13.7%	44.1%
2041	13.6%	43.5%
2042	13.6%	42.8%
2043	13.6%	42.2%
2044	13.5%	41.5%
2045	13.5%	40.9%
2046	13.5%	40.2%
2047	13.5%	39.6%
2048	13.5%	39%
2049	13.5%	38.4%
2050	13.5%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	CAR
1960	338,487	31,131
1961	334,360	32,383
1962	325,745	33,731
1963	318,595	35,218
1964	307,268	36,878
1965	269,589	38,710
1966	236,566	40,804
1967	220,450	42,979
1968	211,589	45,377
1969	216,588	47,066
1970	215,372	48,690
1971	208,640	50,142
1972	188,857	51,390
1973	184,432	52,525
1974	182,464	53,777
1975	196,718	55,106
1976	196,979	57,725
1977	199,297	60,436
1978	194,102	63,285
1979	203,293	66,104
1980	203,480	68,759
1981	206,005	71,391
1982	200,935	73,330
1983	202,931	75,399
1984	204,856	77,395
1985	204,153	79,266
1986	190,532	81,149
1987	190,416	83,408
1988	192,901	84,654
1989	207,304	85,969
1990	213,222	87,507
1991	207,477	88,688
1992	204,273	88,939
1993	186,451	89,873
1994	179,804	90,943
1995	167,023	92,748
1996	153,973	93,369
1997	134,577	93,378
1998	126,651	94,361
1999	118,565	96,108
2000	110,469	97,468
2001	114,777	99,598
2002	106,621	100,588
2003	110,749	105,540
2004	111,786	108,548
2005	116,074	113,534
2006	130,285	118,882
2007	134,845	123,137
2008	142,963	128,627
2009	144,609	-130,613
2010	139,425	130,539
2011	133,923	142,913
2012	135,382	146,791
2013	129,799	140,489
2014	127,563	107,448
2015	117,825	141,912
2016	115,555	142,419
2017	98,672	128,461
2018	88,974	153,361
2019	86,523	68,523
2020	53,241	156,911
2021	57,360	124,408
2022	15,574	-49,456
2023	28,058	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Central African Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	CAR
1985	7	796
1986	7	795
1987	7	803
1988	7	815
1989	8	835
1990	7	866
1991	8	910
1992	8	956
1993	8	997
1994	8	1,053
1995	8	1,123
1996	9	1,191
1997	8	1,270
1998	9	1,346
1999	9	1,411
2000	9	1,490
2001	10	1,504
2002	10	1,496
2003	10	1,487
2004	10	1,450
2005	11	1,389
2006	11	1,337
2007	11	1,271
2008	12	1,234
2009	12	1,272
2010	11	1,230
2011	11	1,131
2012	11	1,092
2013	11	1,092
2014	12	1,034
2015	11	981
2016	12	962
2017	12	1,093
2018	13	881
2019	12	1,650
2020	17	1,296
2021	14	1,127
2022	15	841
2023	12	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	CAR
1960	3.26%	28.3%
1961	3.15%	27.8%
1962	3.05%	27.2%
1963	2.94%	26.7%
1964	2.82%	26.1%
1965	2.71%	25.5%
1966	2.6%	24.9%
1967	2.5%	24.3%
1968	2.4%	23.7%
1969	2.3%	23.2%
1970	2.19%	22.6%
1971	2.09%	22.1%
1972	1.99%	21.7%
1973	1.89%	21.2%
1974	1.79%	20.8%
1975	1.7%	20.4%
1976	1.6%	20%
1977	1.51%	19.7%
1978	1.42%	19.4%
1979	1.33%	19.1%
1980	1.25%	18.8%
1981	1.18%	18.6%
1982	1.12%	18.4%
1983	1.06%	18.2%
1984	1.01%	18.1%
1985	0.98%	18%
1986	0.94%	17.9%
1987	0.91%	17.9%
1988	0.88%	17.8%
1989	0.85%	17.8%
1990	0.82%	17.8%
1991	0.8%	17.7%
1992	0.77%	17.7%
1993	0.74%	17.6%
1994	0.72%	17.5%
1995	0.69%	17.5%
1996	0.67%	17.3%
1997	0.65%	17.2%
1998	0.64%	17%
1999	0.63%	16.8%
2000	0.62%	16.6%
2001	0.62%	16.3%
2002	0.62%	15.9%
2003	0.62%	15.6%
2004	0.61%	15.2%
2005	0.61%	14.8%
2006	0.6%	14.4%
2007	0.6%	14%
2008	0.59%	13.6%
2009	0.58%	47.9%
2010	0.57%	14.9%
2011	0.56%	12.5%
2012	0.56%	12.2%
2013	0.55%	13.4%
2014	0.54%	18.3%
2015	0.54%	11.4%
2016	0.53%	12.6%
2017	0.52%	15.2%
2018	0.52%	12%
2019	0.51%	24.3%
2020	0.51%	12.3%
2021	0.51%	17.1%
2022	0.51%	38.7%
2023	0.51%	9.22%