Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Ghana

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Ghana 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 3.4 in Ghana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Ghana 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	Ghana
1960	5.95	6.89
1961	5.96	6.91
1962	5.97	6.94
1963	5.99	6.94
1964	6.01	6.9
1965	6.03	6.88
1966	6.06	6.86
1967	6.08	6.89
1968	6.1	6.89
1969	6.06	6.95
1970	6.03	6.95
1971	5.99	6.95
1972	5.96	6.92
1973	5.93	6.87
1974	5.9	6.82
1975	5.88	6.76
1976	5.94	6.7
1977	5.99	6.64
1978	6.04	6.56
1979	6.09	6.51
1980	6.13	6.47
1981	6.17	6.42
1982	6.16	6.31
1983	6.15	6.23
1984	6.14	6.15
1985	6.12	6.12
1986	6.11	6.08
1987	6.12	6.02
1988	6.1	5.92
1989	6.07	5.82
1990	6.05	5.74
1991	6.03	5.63
1992	5.96	5.52
1993	5.93	5.41
1994	5.92	5.25
1995	5.94	5.11
1996	5.96	4.96
1997	5.92	4.88
1998	5.89	4.83
1999	5.88	4.82
2000	5.85	4.83
2001	5.81	4.77
2002	5.79	4.69
2003	5.8	4.6
2004	5.78	4.5
2005	5.81	4.5
2006	5.84	4.4
2007	5.87	4.29
2008	5.9	4.22
2009	5.94	4.18
2010	5.96	4.18
2011	6.01	4.18
2012	6.05	4.15
2013	6.08	4.11
2014	6.1	4.03
2015	6.13	3.98
2016	6.13	3.87
2017	6.13	3.72
2018	6.11	3.65
2019	6.09	3.59
2020	6.06	3.54
2021	6.05	3.49
2022	6.02	3.43
2023	6.01	3.4
2024	5.95	3.34
2025	5.81	3.3
2026	5.69	3.26
2027	5.58	3.22
2028	5.47	3.18
2029	5.36	3.14
2030	5.25	3.1
2031	5.14	3.06
2032	5.04	3.03
2033	4.91	2.99
2034	4.78	2.96
2035	4.67	2.93
2036	4.56	2.9
2037	4.46	2.87
2038	4.35	2.84
2039	4.26	2.81
2040	4.15	2.78
2041	4.03	2.76
2042	3.94	2.73
2043	3.86	2.71
2044	3.78	2.68
2045	3.7	2.66
2046	3.63	2.64
2047	3.56	2.62
2048	3.49	2.59
2049	3.43	2.57
2050	3.36	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Ghana
1960	40.5%	45.4%
1961	40.8%	45.9%
1962	41.1%	46.4%
1963	41.4%	46.8%
1964	41.6%	47.1%
1965	41.7%	47.4%
1966	41.7%	47.6%
1967	41.8%	47.8%
1968	41.9%	47.9%
1969	41.9%	48.1%
1970	42.1%	48.2%
1971	42.2%	48.4%
1972	42.4%	48.4%
1973	42.6%	48.4%
1974	42.7%	48.3%
1975	42.9%	48.2%
1976	42.9%	47.9%
1977	42.8%	47.5%
1978	42.8%	47%
1979	42.8%	46.5%
1980	42.8%	46.2%
1981	42.8%	45.9%
1982	42.9%	45.7%
1983	43%	45.4%
1984	43%	45.2%
1985	43.2%	45.3%
1986	43.3%	45.4%
1987	43.5%	45.5%
1988	43.8%	45.4%
1989	44.1%	45.4%
1990	44.5%	45.3%
1991	44.9%	45.2%
1992	45.2%	45%
1993	45.4%	44.8%
1994	45.5%	44.5%
1995	45.6%	44.2%
1996	45.7%	43.9%
1997	45.7%	43.5%
1998	45.7%	43.1%
1999	45.6%	42.7%
2000	45.5%	42.3%
2001	45.4%	41.9%
2002	45.3%	41.5%
2003	45.2%	41.1%
2004	45.1%	40.7%
2005	45.1%	40.4%
2006	45.1%	40.1%
2007	45.3%	39.8%
2008	45.4%	39.5%
2009	45.6%	39.3%
2010	45.9%	39.1%
2011	46.3%	39%
2012	46.9%	38.9%
2013	47.6%	38.9%
2014	48.5%	38.8%
2015	49%	38.6%
2016	49%	38.4%
2017	49%	38.1%
2018	49%	37.8%
2019	49%	37.6%
2020	48.9%	37.2%
2021	49%	36.9%
2022	49.2%	36.5%
2023	49.2%	36.2%
2024	49%	35.8%
2025	48.7%	35.4%
2026	48.2%	35%
2027	47.8%	34.6%
2028	47.5%	34.1%
2029	47.2%	33.7%
2030	47.1%	33.3%
2031	46.9%	32.8%
2032	46.8%	32.5%
2033	46.7%	32.2%
2034	46.5%	31.9%
2035	46.3%	31.6%
2036	46.1%	31.4%
2037	45.8%	31.2%
2038	45.3%	30.9%
2039	44.7%	30.7%
2040	44.1%	30.5%
2041	43.5%	30.3%
2042	42.8%	30.1%
2043	42.2%	29.8%
2044	41.5%	29.6%
2045	40.9%	29.4%
2046	40.2%	29.2%
2047	39.6%	29%
2048	39%	28.8%
2049	38.4%	28.5%
2050	37.9%	28.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 35.8% in Ghana in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 45.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Ghana compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Ghana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +2.1% in Ghana. 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	Ghana
1960	31,131	217,134
1961	32,383	222,372
1962	33,731	223,842
1963	35,218	225,367
1964	36,878	226,685
1965	38,710	229,061
1966	40,804	231,440
1967	42,979	237,156
1968	45,377	242,821
1969	47,066	251,925
1970	48,690	257,938
1971	50,142	265,442
1972	51,390	275,236
1973	52,525	283,385
1974	53,777	290,796
1975	55,106	298,267
1976	57,725	305,769
1977	60,436	315,429
1978	63,285	324,428
1979	66,104	334,848
1980	68,759	346,816
1981	71,391	359,572
1982	73,330	369,061
1983	75,399	379,846
1984	77,395	392,053
1985	79,266	401,722
1986	81,149	411,191
1987	83,408	419,328
1988	84,654	425,031
1989	85,969	432,541
1990	87,507	442,211
1991	88,688	448,159
1992	88,939	452,156
1993	89,873	454,669
1994	90,943	449,589
1995	92,748	451,748
1996	93,369	450,259
1997	93,378	459,822
1998	94,361	471,313
1999	96,108	487,210
2000	97,468	508,738
2001	99,598	519,382
2002	100,588	528,620
2003	105,540	536,656
2004	108,548	543,339
2005	113,534	563,234
2006	118,882	569,474
2007	123,137	572,332
2008	128,627	579,695
2009	-130,613	592,825
2010	130,539	613,133
2011	142,913	631,501
2012	146,791	646,595
2013	140,489	658,638
2014	107,448	660,829
2015	141,912	667,729
2016	142,419	659,910
2017	128,461	641,218
2018	153,361	641,551
2019	68,523	642,403
2020	156,911	637,469
2021	124,408	635,805
2022	-49,456	646,441
2023	190,325	651,094

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Ghana

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 234 deaths in Ghana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Ghana
1985	796	943
1986	795	908
1987	803	873
1988	815	834
1989	835	799
1990	866	769
1991	910	745
1992	956	718
1993	997	696
1994	1,053	670
1995	1,123	630
1996	1,191	591
1997	1,270	553
1998	1,346	521
1999	1,411	490
2000	1,490	472
2001	1,504	460
2002	1,496	434
2003	1,487	410
2004	1,450	403
2005	1,389	390
2006	1,337	385
2007	1,271	377
2008	1,234	380
2009	1,272	369
2010	1,230	363
2011	1,131	356
2012	1,092	351
2013	1,092	338
2014	1,034	317
2015	981	310
2016	962	296
2017	1,093	287
2018	881	276
2019	1,650	260
2020	1,296	253
2021	1,127	264
2022	841	239
2023	692	234

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 3.71% in Ghana. 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	Ghana
1960	28.3%	20.9%
1961	27.8%	20.7%
1962	27.2%	20.5%
1963	26.7%	20.4%
1964	26.1%	20.3%
1965	25.5%	20.3%
1966	24.9%	20.3%
1967	24.3%	20.3%
1968	23.7%	20.3%
1969	23.2%	20.3%
1970	22.6%	20.2%
1971	22.1%	20.1%
1972	21.7%	19.9%
1973	21.2%	19.6%
1974	20.8%	19.2%
1975	20.4%	18.7%
1976	20%	18.2%
1977	19.7%	17.7%
1978	19.4%	17.2%
1979	19.1%	16.9%
1980	18.8%	16.7%
1981	18.6%	16.6%
1982	18.4%	16.4%
1983	18.2%	16.2%
1984	18.1%	15.9%
1985	18%	15.5%
1986	17.9%	15%
1987	17.9%	14.4%
1988	17.8%	13.8%
1989	17.8%	13.3%
1990	17.8%	12.8%
1991	17.7%	12.3%
1992	17.7%	12%
1993	17.6%	11.8%
1994	17.5%	11.6%
1995	17.5%	11.5%
1996	17.3%	11.3%
1997	17.2%	11.1%
1998	17%	10.8%
1999	16.8%	10.4%
2000	16.6%	10%
2001	16.3%	9.61%
2002	15.9%	9.21%
2003	15.6%	8.85%
2004	15.2%	8.52%
2005	14.8%	8.22%
2006	14.4%	7.93%
2007	14%	7.63%
2008	13.6%	7.31%
2009	47.9%	6.99%
2010	14.9%	6.65%
2011	12.5%	6.33%
2012	12.2%	6.02%
2013	13.4%	5.74%
2014	18.3%	5.48%
2015	11.4%	5.25%
2016	12.6%	5.02%
2017	15.2%	4.81%
2018	12%	4.6%
2019	24.3%	4.39%
2020	12.3%	4.2%
2021	17.1%	4.02%
2022	38.7%	3.85%
2023	9.22%	3.71%