Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Eritrea

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Eritrea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Central African Republic was 6.01 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.71 in Eritrea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Eritrea population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	Eritrea
1960	5.95	6.48
1961	5.96	6.47
1962	5.97	6.5
1963	5.99	6.48
1964	6.01	6.49
1965	6.03	6.49
1966	6.06	6.5
1967	6.08	6.5
1968	6.1	6.5
1969	6.06	6.5
1970	6.03	6.54
1971	5.99	6.54
1972	5.96	6.54
1973	5.93	6.55
1974	5.9	6.57
1975	5.88	6.59
1976	5.94	6.6
1977	5.99	6.61
1978	6.04	6.61
1979	6.09	6.62
1980	6.13	6.61
1981	6.17	6.62
1982	6.16	6.63
1983	6.15	6.65
1984	6.14	6.62
1985	6.12	6.59
1986	6.11	6.56
1987	6.12	6.52
1988	6.1	6.47
1989	6.07	6.41
1990	6.05	6.34
1991	6.03	6.24
1992	5.96	6.16
1993	5.93	6.07
1994	5.92	6.01
1995	5.94	5.94
1996	5.96	5.84
1997	5.92	5.74
1998	5.89	5.63
1999	5.88	5.52
2000	5.85	5.4
2001	5.81	5.31
2002	5.79	5.23
2003	5.8	5.14
2004	5.78	5.04
2005	5.81	4.93
2006	5.84	4.88
2007	5.87	4.81
2008	5.9	4.74
2009	5.94	4.66
2010	5.96	4.57
2011	6.01	4.49
2012	6.05	4.41
2013	6.08	4.34
2014	6.1	4.27
2015	6.13	4.22
2016	6.13	4.16
2017	6.13	4.11
2018	6.11	4.06
2019	6.09	4
2020	6.06	3.93
2021	6.05	3.87
2022	6.02	3.79
2023	6.01	3.71
2024	5.95	3.68
2025	5.81	3.61
2026	5.69	3.55
2027	5.58	3.49
2028	5.47	3.43
2029	5.36	3.38
2030	5.25	3.32
2031	5.14	3.27
2032	5.04	3.22
2033	4.91	3.18
2034	4.78	3.13
2035	4.67	3.09
2036	4.56	3.04
2037	4.46	3.01
2038	4.35	2.97
2039	4.26	2.93
2040	4.15	2.9
2041	4.03	2.86
2042	3.94	2.83
2043	3.86	2.8
2044	3.78	2.77
2045	3.7	2.74
2046	3.63	2.71
2047	3.56	2.68
2048	3.49	2.65
2049	3.43	2.63
2050	3.36	2.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Eritrea
1960	40.5%	41.5%
1961	40.8%	41.4%
1962	41.1%	41.4%
1963	41.4%	41.5%
1964	41.6%	41.6%
1965	41.7%	41.8%
1966	41.7%	42.1%
1967	41.8%	42.4%
1968	41.9%	42.8%
1969	41.9%	43%
1970	42.1%	43.3%
1971	42.2%	43.6%
1972	42.4%	43.8%
1973	42.6%	44%
1974	42.7%	44.1%
1975	42.9%	44.1%
1976	42.9%	44.2%
1977	42.8%	44.3%
1978	42.8%	44.3%
1979	42.8%	44.4%
1980	42.8%	44.4%
1981	42.8%	44.4%
1982	42.9%	44.4%
1983	43%	44.4%
1984	43%	44.2%
1985	43.2%	44.1%
1986	43.3%	44%
1987	43.5%	44%
1988	43.8%	44.2%
1989	44.1%	44.3%
1990	44.5%	44.5%
1991	44.9%	44.6%
1992	45.2%	44.7%
1993	45.4%	44.5%
1994	45.5%	44.4%
1995	45.6%	43.5%
1996	45.7%	42.9%
1997	45.7%	43.7%
1998	45.7%	44.4%
1999	45.6%	44.9%
2000	45.5%	45.2%
2001	45.4%	45%
2002	45.3%	44.4%
2003	45.2%	43.7%
2004	45.1%	43%
2005	45.1%	42.9%
2006	45.1%	43.1%
2007	45.3%	43.3%
2008	45.4%	43%
2009	45.6%	42.7%
2010	45.9%	42.6%
2011	46.3%	42.3%
2012	46.9%	42.1%
2013	47.6%	42%
2014	48.5%	42%
2015	49%	42.1%
2016	49%	42.1%
2017	49%	41.9%
2018	49%	41.5%
2019	49%	41%
2020	48.9%	40.4%
2021	49%	39.8%
2022	49.2%	39.2%
2023	49.2%	38.7%
2024	49%	38.1%
2025	48.7%	37.6%
2026	48.2%	37.1%
2027	47.8%	36.6%
2028	47.5%	36.3%
2029	47.2%	35.9%
2030	47.1%	35.7%
2031	46.9%	35.5%
2032	46.8%	35.3%
2033	46.7%	35.2%
2034	46.5%	35%
2035	46.3%	34.8%
2036	46.1%	34.7%
2037	45.8%	34.4%
2038	45.3%	34.2%
2039	44.7%	34%
2040	44.1%	33.7%
2041	43.5%	33.4%
2042	42.8%	33.1%
2043	42.2%	32.7%
2044	41.5%	32.3%
2045	40.9%	31.9%
2046	40.2%	31.5%
2047	39.6%	31.1%
2048	39%	30.7%
2049	38.4%	30.3%
2050	37.9%	29.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 38.1% in Eritrea in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Eritrea compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Eritrea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +2.29% in Eritrea. 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
	CAR	Eritrea
1960	31,131	21,424
1961	32,383	22,351
1962	33,731	23,478
1963	35,218	24,393
1964	36,878	25,327
1965	38,710	26,285
1966	40,804	24,713
1967	42,979	27,992
1968	45,377	28,777
1969	47,066	29,535
1970	48,690	30,686
1971	50,142	31,490
1972	51,390	30,951
1973	52,525	31,969
1974	53,777	30,111
1975	55,106	30,971
1976	57,725	36,250
1977	60,436	37,295
1978	63,285	38,353
1979	66,104	39,577
1980	68,759	41,392
1981	71,391	42,924
1982	73,330	44,146
1983	75,399	33,420
1984	77,395	35,101
1985	79,266	37,362
1986	81,149	39,470
1987	83,408	52,229
1988	84,654	54,163
1989	85,969	54,299
1990	87,507	56,903
1991	88,688	57,741
1992	88,939	51,443
1993	89,873	51,679
1994	90,943	56,288
1995	92,748	56,157
1996	93,369	66,557
1997	93,378	63,953
1998	94,361	55,332
1999	96,108	45,120
2000	97,468	60,274
2001	99,598	61,180
2002	100,588	65,436
2003	105,540	66,291
2004	108,548	72,147
2005	113,534	72,930
2006	118,882	74,470
2007	123,137	73,101
2008	128,627	73,391
2009	-130,613	76,206
2010	130,539	76,098
2011	142,913	76,806
2012	146,791	76,416
2013	140,489	75,562
2014	107,448	75,729
2015	141,912	73,682
2016	142,419	73,002
2017	128,461	72,291
2018	153,361	72,511
2019	68,523	73,572
2020	156,911	73,362
2021	124,408	74,394
2022	-49,456	76,221
2023	190,325	78,073

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Eritrea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 692 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Central African Republic, compared to 291 deaths in Eritrea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Eritrea
1985	796	1,678
1986	795	1,625
1987	803	1,555
1988	815	1,499
1989	835	1,473
1990	866	1,352
1991	910	1,384
1992	956	1,149
1993	997	1,040
1994	1,053	998
1995	1,123	854
1996	1,191	878
1997	1,270	817
1998	1,346	865
1999	1,411	734
2000	1,490	741
2001	1,504	651
2002	1,496	636
2003	1,487	588
2004	1,450	588
2005	1,389	567
2006	1,337	555
2007	1,271	541
2008	1,234	530
2009	1,272	515
2010	1,230	498
2011	1,131	478
2012	1,092	458
2013	1,092	443
2014	1,034	430
2015	981	413
2016	962	395
2017	1,093	379
2018	881	363
2019	1,650	351
2020	1,296	334
2021	1,127	338
2022	841	301
2023	692	291

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.22% in the Central African Republic and 3.54% in Eritrea. 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
	CAR	Eritrea
1960	28.3%	-
1961	27.8%	-
1962	27.2%	-
1963	26.7%	-
1964	26.1%	-
1965	25.5%	-
1966	24.9%	-
1967	24.3%	-
1968	23.7%	-
1969	23.2%	-
1970	22.6%	-
1971	22.1%	-
1972	21.7%	-
1973	21.2%	-
1974	20.8%	25.6%
1975	20.4%	25%
1976	20%	20.8%
1977	19.7%	20.4%
1978	19.4%	20%
1979	19.1%	19.7%
1980	18.8%	19.4%
1981	18.6%	19.1%
1982	18.4%	18.8%
1983	18.2%	27.8%
1984	18.1%	27.2%
1985	18%	26.2%
1986	17.9%	25.6%
1987	17.9%	17.1%
1988	17.8%	16.6%
1989	17.8%	16%
1990	17.8%	15.4%
1991	17.7%	14.7%
1992	17.7%	13.9%
1993	17.6%	13.1%
1994	17.5%	12.3%
1995	17.5%	11.5%
1996	17.3%	10.8%
1997	17.2%	10.1%
1998	17%	9.51%
1999	16.8%	10.9%
2000	16.6%	8.53%
2001	16.3%	8.11%
2002	15.9%	7.73%
2003	15.6%	7.38%
2004	15.2%	7.05%
2005	14.8%	6.75%
2006	14.4%	6.46%
2007	14%	6.19%
2008	13.6%	5.94%
2009	47.9%	5.71%
2010	14.9%	5.5%
2011	12.5%	5.31%
2012	12.2%	5.12%
2013	13.4%	4.94%
2014	18.3%	4.78%
2015	11.4%	4.61%
2016	12.6%	4.46%
2017	15.2%	4.32%
2018	12%	4.17%
2019	24.3%	4.03%
2020	12.3%	3.91%
2021	17.1%	3.79%
2022	38.7%	3.66%
2023	9.22%	3.54%