Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Ethiopia

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Ethiopia 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 3.99 in Ethiopia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Ethiopia 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	Ethiopia
1960	5.95	6.51
1961	5.96	6.53
1962	5.97	6.56
1963	5.99	6.59
1964	6.01	6.61
1965	6.03	6.63
1966	6.06	6.66
1967	6.08	6.68
1968	6.1	6.7
1969	6.06	6.72
1970	6.03	6.78
1971	5.99	6.84
1972	5.96	6.9
1973	5.93	6.96
1974	5.9	7.02
1975	5.88	7.08
1976	5.94	7.13
1977	5.99	7.19
1978	6.04	7.23
1979	6.09	7.25
1980	6.13	7.29
1981	6.17	7.31
1982	6.16	7.34
1983	6.15	7.35
1984	6.14	7.36
1985	6.12	7.34
1986	6.11	7.32
1987	6.12	7.29
1988	6.1	7.26
1989	6.07	7.23
1990	6.05	7.2
1991	6.03	7.16
1992	5.96	7.13
1993	5.93	7.09
1994	5.92	7.05
1995	5.94	7
1996	5.96	6.93
1997	5.92	6.87
1998	5.89	6.79
1999	5.88	6.72
2000	5.85	6.65
2001	5.81	6.58
2002	5.79	6.5
2003	5.8	6.4
2004	5.78	6.3
2005	5.81	6.19
2006	5.84	6.05
2007	5.87	5.89
2008	5.9	5.7
2009	5.94	5.49
2010	5.96	5.28
2011	6.01	5.08
2012	6.05	4.89
2013	6.08	4.71
2014	6.1	4.61
2015	6.13	4.53
2016	6.13	4.47
2017	6.13	4.4
2018	6.11	4.37
2019	6.09	4.35
2020	6.06	4.27
2021	6.05	4.18
2022	6.02	4.08
2023	6.01	3.99
2024	5.95	3.91
2025	5.81	3.81
2026	5.69	3.72
2027	5.58	3.64
2028	5.47	3.57
2029	5.36	3.5
2030	5.25	3.43
2031	5.14	3.36
2032	5.04	3.3
2033	4.91	3.24
2034	4.78	3.19
2035	4.67	3.14
2036	4.56	3.08
2037	4.46	3.03
2038	4.35	2.99
2039	4.26	2.94
2040	4.15	2.9
2041	4.03	2.86
2042	3.94	2.83
2043	3.86	2.79
2044	3.78	2.75
2045	3.7	2.72
2046	3.63	2.68
2047	3.56	2.65
2048	3.49	2.62
2049	3.43	2.59
2050	3.36	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Ethiopia
1960	40.5%	42.2%
1961	40.8%	42.2%
1962	41.1%	42.1%
1963	41.4%	42.2%
1964	41.6%	42.3%
1965	41.7%	42.5%
1966	41.7%	42.9%
1967	41.8%	43.2%
1968	41.9%	43.5%
1969	41.9%	43.8%
1970	42.1%	44.2%
1971	42.2%	44.5%
1972	42.4%	44.9%
1973	42.6%	45.2%
1974	42.7%	45.4%
1975	42.9%	45.6%
1976	42.9%	45.7%
1977	42.8%	45.9%
1978	42.8%	46.1%
1979	42.8%	46.2%
1980	42.8%	46.3%
1981	42.8%	46.4%
1982	42.9%	46.5%
1983	43%	46.4%
1984	43%	46.2%
1985	43.2%	46.1%
1986	43.3%	46%
1987	43.5%	46%
1988	43.8%	46%
1989	44.1%	46.1%
1990	44.5%	46.2%
1991	44.9%	46.2%
1992	45.2%	46.2%
1993	45.4%	46.4%
1994	45.5%	46.5%
1995	45.6%	46.7%
1996	45.7%	46.9%
1997	45.7%	47.1%
1998	45.7%	47.4%
1999	45.6%	47.6%
2000	45.5%	47.7%
2001	45.4%	47.8%
2002	45.3%	47.8%
2003	45.2%	47.7%
2004	45.1%	47.6%
2005	45.1%	47.4%
2006	45.1%	47.2%
2007	45.3%	46.9%
2008	45.4%	46.6%
2009	45.6%	46.2%
2010	45.9%	45.7%
2011	46.3%	45.2%
2012	46.9%	44.6%
2013	47.6%	44%
2014	48.5%	43.4%
2015	49%	42.9%
2016	49%	42.3%
2017	49%	41.8%
2018	49%	41.3%
2019	49%	40.9%
2020	48.9%	40.5%
2021	49%	40.1%
2022	49.2%	39.7%
2023	49.2%	39.4%
2024	49%	39.1%
2025	48.7%	38.8%
2026	48.2%	38.5%
2027	47.8%	38.3%
2028	47.5%	38.1%
2029	47.2%	37.8%
2030	47.1%	37.6%
2031	46.9%	37.3%
2032	46.8%	37%
2033	46.7%	36.6%
2034	46.5%	36.2%
2035	46.3%	35.8%
2036	46.1%	35.4%
2037	45.8%	34.9%
2038	45.3%	34.5%
2039	44.7%	34%
2040	44.1%	33.6%
2041	43.5%	33.2%
2042	42.8%	32.8%
2043	42.2%	32.4%
2044	41.5%	32%
2045	40.9%	31.7%
2046	40.2%	31.3%
2047	39.6%	31%
2048	39%	30.7%
2049	38.4%	30.3%
2050	37.9%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +2.64% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	31,131	511,694
1961	32,383	538,518
1962	33,731	563,650
1963	35,218	590,998
1964	36,878	618,667
1965	38,710	642,359
1966	40,804	616,281
1967	42,979	695,283
1968	45,377	715,602
1969	47,066	736,428
1970	48,690	760,821
1971	50,142	787,047
1972	51,390	779,808
1973	52,525	807,535
1974	53,777	777,306
1975	55,106	801,425
1976	57,725	899,577
1977	60,436	929,381
1978	63,285	943,388
1979	66,104	987,203
1980	68,759	1,007,516
1981	71,391	1,018,838
1982	73,330	1,080,853
1983	75,399	863,472
1984	77,395	920,670
1985	79,266	997,050
1986	81,149	1,050,277
1987	83,408	1,356,853
1988	84,654	1,393,356
1989	85,969	1,441,769
1990	87,507	1,479,663
1991	88,688	1,579,416
1992	88,939	1,673,839
1993	89,873	1,734,851
1994	90,943	1,788,133
1995	92,748	1,831,068
1996	93,369	1,896,364
1997	93,378	1,945,112
1998	94,361	1,984,989
1999	96,108	2,010,987
2000	97,468	2,083,622
2001	99,598	2,137,791
2002	100,588	2,189,683
2003	105,540	2,231,223
2004	108,548	2,296,999
2005	113,534	2,353,375
2006	118,882	2,393,585
2007	123,137	2,436,753
2008	128,627	2,465,283
2009	-130,613	2,467,118
2010	130,539	2,498,048
2011	142,913	2,527,811
2012	146,791	2,533,398
2013	140,489	2,546,020
2014	107,448	2,623,647
2015	141,912	2,713,529
2016	142,419	2,809,889
2017	128,461	2,899,143
2018	153,361	3,015,231
2019	68,523	3,132,780
2020	156,911	3,199,718
2021	124,408	3,204,673
2022	-49,456	3,300,114
2023	190,325	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Ethiopia

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 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Ethiopia
1985	796	1,329
1986	795	1,317
1987	803	1,289
1988	815	1,306
1989	835	1,296
1990	866	1,320
1991	910	1,239
1992	956	1,218
1993	997	1,168
1994	1,053	1,113
1995	1,123	1,060
1996	1,191	1,008
1997	1,270	957
1998	1,346	911
1999	1,411	901
2000	1,490	870
2001	1,504	856
2002	1,496	826
2003	1,487	797
2004	1,450	764
2005	1,389	754
2006	1,337	729
2007	1,271	704
2008	1,234	678
2009	1,272	649
2010	1,230	619
2011	1,131	588
2012	1,092	545
2013	1,092	494
2014	1,034	444
2015	981	401
2016	962	364
2017	1,093	327
2018	881	297
2019	1,650	269
2020	1,296	244
2021	1,127	250
2022	841	207
2023	692	195

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 4.65% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	28.3%	-
1961	27.8%	-
1962	27.2%	-
1963	26.7%	-
1964	26.1%	-
1965	25.5%	-
1966	24.9%	27.8%
1967	24.3%	24.9%
1968	23.7%	24.8%
1969	23.2%	24.8%
1970	22.6%	24.7%
1971	22.1%	24.7%
1972	21.7%	24.7%
1973	21.2%	24.6%
1974	20.8%	28.3%
1975	20.4%	28.2%
1976	20%	24.5%
1977	19.7%	24.5%
1978	19.4%	24.4%
1979	19.1%	24.2%
1980	18.8%	24%
1981	18.6%	23.8%
1982	18.4%	23.5%
1983	18.2%	32%
1984	18.1%	31.4%
1985	18%	30.3%
1986	17.9%	29.7%
1987	17.9%	21.5%
1988	17.8%	21%
1989	17.8%	20.6%
1990	17.8%	20.2%
1991	17.7%	19.7%
1992	17.7%	19.1%
1993	17.6%	18.5%
1994	17.5%	17.9%
1995	17.5%	17.2%
1996	17.3%	16.6%
1997	17.2%	15.9%
1998	17%	15.3%
1999	16.8%	14.7%
2000	16.6%	14%
2001	16.3%	13.4%
2002	15.9%	12.8%
2003	15.6%	12.1%
2004	15.2%	11.5%
2005	14.8%	10.9%
2006	14.4%	10.3%
2007	14%	9.74%
2008	13.6%	9.23%
2009	47.9%	8.76%
2010	14.9%	8.32%
2011	12.5%	7.91%
2012	12.2%	7.53%
2013	13.4%	7.16%
2014	18.3%	6.82%
2015	11.4%	6.49%
2016	12.6%	6.17%
2017	15.2%	5.89%
2018	12%	5.64%
2019	24.3%	5.41%
2020	12.3%	5.2%
2021	17.1%	5%
2022	38.7%	4.82%
2023	9.22%	4.65%