Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Kiribati

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Kiribati 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 3.15 in Kiribati in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Kiribati 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	Kiribati
1960	5.95	6.44
1961	5.96	6.48
1962	5.97	6.42
1963	5.99	6.35
1964	6.01	6.29
1965	6.03	6.26
1966	6.06	6.23
1967	6.08	6.11
1968	6.1	5.98
1969	6.06	5.85
1970	6.03	5.71
1971	5.99	5.55
1972	5.96	5.37
1973	5.93	5.2
1974	5.9	5.09
1975	5.88	5.02
1976	5.94	4.96
1977	5.99	4.96
1978	6.04	4.97
1979	6.09	4.97
1980	6.13	4.96
1981	6.17	4.96
1982	6.16	4.95
1983	6.15	4.91
1984	6.14	4.91
1985	6.12	4.91
1986	6.11	4.87
1987	6.12	4.81
1988	6.1	4.73
1989	6.07	4.69
1990	6.05	4.67
1991	6.03	4.64
1992	5.96	4.57
1993	5.93	4.49
1994	5.92	4.44
1995	5.94	4.42
1996	5.96	4.43
1997	5.92	4.37
1998	5.89	4.29
1999	5.88	4.18
2000	5.85	4.07
2001	5.81	3.96
2002	5.79	3.81
2003	5.8	3.7
2004	5.78	3.73
2005	5.81	3.76
2006	5.84	3.82
2007	5.87	3.87
2008	5.9	3.9
2009	5.94	3.91
2010	5.96	3.9
2011	6.01	3.88
2012	6.05	3.77
2013	6.08	3.64
2014	6.1	3.52
2015	6.13	3.44
2016	6.13	3.38
2017	6.13	3.34
2018	6.11	3.32
2019	6.09	3.29
2020	6.06	3.25
2021	6.05	3.22
2022	6.02	3.18
2023	6.01	3.15
2024	5.95	3.12
2025	5.81	3.09
2026	5.69	3.06
2027	5.58	3.03
2028	5.47	3
2029	5.36	2.97
2030	5.25	2.94
2031	5.14	2.92
2032	5.04	2.89
2033	4.91	2.86
2034	4.78	2.84
2035	4.67	2.81
2036	4.56	2.79
2037	4.46	2.77
2038	4.35	2.74
2039	4.26	2.72
2040	4.15	2.69
2041	4.03	2.67
2042	3.94	2.64
2043	3.86	2.62
2044	3.78	2.6
2045	3.7	2.58
2046	3.63	2.56
2047	3.56	2.54
2048	3.49	2.52
2049	3.43	2.5
2050	3.36	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Kiribati
1960	40.5%	43.2%
1961	40.8%	43.5%
1962	41.1%	43.8%
1963	41.4%	44%
1964	41.6%	44%
1965	41.7%	43.9%
1966	41.7%	44.1%
1967	41.8%	44.5%
1968	41.9%	44.9%
1969	41.9%	45%
1970	42.1%	44.9%
1971	42.2%	44.8%
1972	42.4%	44.8%
1973	42.6%	44.6%
1974	42.7%	44.2%
1975	42.9%	43.7%
1976	42.9%	43.2%
1977	42.8%	42.8%
1978	42.8%	42.3%
1979	42.8%	41.8%
1980	42.8%	41.1%
1981	42.8%	40.5%
1982	42.9%	39.9%
1983	43%	39.5%
1984	43%	39.2%
1985	43.2%	39.2%
1986	43.3%	39.2%
1987	43.5%	39.4%
1988	43.8%	39.7%
1989	44.1%	39.9%
1990	44.5%	40.2%
1991	44.9%	40.5%
1992	45.2%	40.8%
1993	45.4%	41%
1994	45.5%	41.2%
1995	45.6%	41.2%
1996	45.7%	41.1%
1997	45.7%	41%
1998	45.7%	40.8%
1999	45.6%	40.5%
2000	45.5%	40.1%
2001	45.4%	39.8%
2002	45.3%	39.3%
2003	45.2%	38.9%
2004	45.1%	38.4%
2005	45.1%	38%
2006	45.1%	37.6%
2007	45.3%	37.3%
2008	45.4%	37%
2009	45.6%	36.8%
2010	45.9%	36.6%
2011	46.3%	36.4%
2012	46.9%	36.1%
2013	47.6%	35.7%
2014	48.5%	35.4%
2015	49%	35.2%
2016	49%	35%
2017	49%	35%
2018	49%	35.1%
2019	49%	35.1%
2020	48.9%	35.2%
2021	49%	35.2%
2022	49.2%	35.1%
2023	49.2%	34.9%
2024	49%	34.7%
2025	48.7%	34.4%
2026	48.2%	34%
2027	47.8%	33.5%
2028	47.5%	33.1%
2029	47.2%	32.7%
2030	47.1%	32.4%
2031	46.9%	32%
2032	46.8%	31.7%
2033	46.7%	31.3%
2034	46.5%	31%
2035	46.3%	30.6%
2036	46.1%	30.3%
2037	45.8%	30%
2038	45.3%	29.7%
2039	44.7%	29.4%
2040	44.1%	29.2%
2041	43.5%	29%
2042	42.8%	28.8%
2043	42.2%	28.6%
2044	41.5%	28.4%
2045	40.9%	28.3%
2046	40.2%	28.1%
2047	39.6%	27.9%
2048	39%	27.8%
2049	38.4%	27.6%
2050	37.9%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 34.7% in Kiribati in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Kiribati compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Kiribati by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +2.05% in Kiribati. 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	Kiribati
1960	31,131	1,141
1961	32,383	1,199
1962	33,731	1,233
1963	35,218	1,273
1964	36,878	1,318
1965	38,710	1,376
1966	40,804	1,437
1967	42,979	1,417
1968	45,377	1,393
1969	47,066	1,367
1970	48,690	1,388
1971	50,142	1,406
1972	51,390	1,406
1973	52,525	1,409
1974	53,777	1,430
1975	55,106	1,423
1976	57,725	1,425
1977	60,436	1,426
1978	63,285	1,480
1979	66,104	1,509
1980	68,759	1,571
1981	71,391	1,635
1982	73,330	1,697
1983	75,399	1,748
1984	77,395	1,813
1985	79,266	1,881
1986	81,149	1,933
1987	83,408	1,982
1988	84,654	2,022
1989	85,969	2,073
1990	87,507	2,127
1991	88,688	2,176
1992	88,939	2,173
1993	89,873	2,161
1994	90,943	2,168
1995	92,748	2,183
1996	93,369	2,217
1997	93,378	2,220
1998	94,361	2,210
1999	96,108	2,186
2000	97,468	2,153
2001	99,598	2,121
2002	100,588	2,074
2003	105,540	2,045
2004	108,548	2,118
2005	113,534	2,188
2006	118,882	2,285
2007	123,137	2,393
2008	128,627	2,493
2009	-130,613	2,573
2010	130,539	2,644
2011	142,913	2,709
2012	146,791	2,678
2013	140,489	2,629
2014	107,448	2,577
2015	141,912	2,555
2016	142,419	2,546
2017	128,461	2,549
2018	153,361	2,561
2019	68,523	2,560
2020	156,911	2,497
2021	124,408	2,408
2022	-49,456	2,522
2023	190,325	2,487

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Kiribati

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 80 deaths in Kiribati.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Kiribati
1985	796	246
1986	795	232
1987	803	231
1988	815	220
1989	835	212
1990	866	199
1991	910	188
1992	956	175
1993	997	162
1994	1,053	150
1995	1,123	148
1996	1,191	141
1997	1,270	132
1998	1,346	126
1999	1,411	121
2000	1,490	119
2001	1,504	113
2002	1,496	109
2003	1,487	105
2004	1,450	106
2005	1,389	104
2006	1,337	102
2007	1,271	101
2008	1,234	100
2009	1,272	99
2010	1,230	102
2011	1,131	98
2012	1,092	98
2013	1,092	93
2014	1,034	91
2015	981	90
2016	962	88
2017	1,093	90
2018	881	87
2019	1,650	89
2020	1,296	89
2021	1,127	122
2022	841	86
2023	692	80

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 5.51% in Kiribati. 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	Kiribati
1960	28.3%	19.9%
1961	27.8%	19.5%
1962	27.2%	18.9%
1963	26.7%	18.3%
1964	26.1%	17.7%
1965	25.5%	17.1%
1966	24.9%	16.4%
1967	24.3%	15.8%
1968	23.7%	15.2%
1969	23.2%	14.6%
1970	22.6%	14.1%
1971	22.1%	13.7%
1972	21.7%	13.3%
1973	21.2%	13%
1974	20.8%	12.7%
1975	20.4%	12.5%
1976	20%	12.4%
1977	19.7%	12.3%
1978	19.4%	12.2%
1979	19.1%	12%
1980	18.8%	11.9%
1981	18.6%	11.7%
1982	18.4%	11.6%
1983	18.2%	11.4%
1984	18.1%	11.1%
1985	18%	10.9%
1986	17.9%	10.6%
1987	17.9%	10.2%
1988	17.8%	9.87%
1989	17.8%	9.5%
1990	17.8%	9.13%
1991	17.7%	8.77%
1992	17.7%	8.44%
1993	17.6%	8.13%
1994	17.5%	7.87%
1995	17.5%	7.64%
1996	17.3%	7.42%
1997	17.2%	7.22%
1998	17%	7.02%
1999	16.8%	6.83%
2000	16.6%	6.64%
2001	16.3%	6.46%
2002	15.9%	6.31%
2003	15.6%	6.2%
2004	15.2%	6.13%
2005	14.8%	6.07%
2006	14.4%	6.03%
2007	14%	5.99%
2008	13.6%	5.93%
2009	47.9%	5.87%
2010	14.9%	5.82%
2011	12.5%	5.79%
2012	12.2%	5.78%
2013	13.4%	5.8%
2014	18.3%	5.84%
2015	11.4%	5.89%
2016	12.6%	5.95%
2017	15.2%	5.99%
2018	12%	5.98%
2019	24.3%	5.93%
2020	12.3%	5.86%
2021	17.1%	5.76%
2022	38.7%	5.65%
2023	9.22%	5.51%