Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Liberia

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Liberia 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 3.95 in Liberia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Liberia 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	Liberia
1960	5.95	6.39
1961	5.96	6.45
1962	5.97	6.5
1963	5.99	6.56
1964	6.01	6.59
1965	6.03	6.62
1966	6.06	6.63
1967	6.08	6.65
1968	6.1	6.66
1969	6.06	6.64
1970	6.03	6.58
1971	5.99	6.54
1972	5.96	6.6
1973	5.93	6.65
1974	5.9	6.69
1975	5.88	6.74
1976	5.94	6.79
1977	5.99	6.84
1978	6.04	6.88
1979	6.09	6.92
1980	6.13	6.87
1981	6.17	6.83
1982	6.16	6.79
1983	6.15	6.76
1984	6.14	6.73
1985	6.12	6.69
1986	6.11	6.64
1987	6.12	6.57
1988	6.1	6.51
1989	6.07	6.43
1990	6.05	6.37
1991	6.03	6.32
1992	5.96	6.28
1993	5.93	6.25
1994	5.92	6.21
1995	5.94	6.17
1996	5.96	6.13
1997	5.92	6.08
1998	5.89	6.02
1999	5.88	5.95
2000	5.85	5.88
2001	5.81	5.77
2002	5.79	5.65
2003	5.8	5.55
2004	5.78	5.51
2005	5.81	5.52
2006	5.84	5.53
2007	5.87	5.46
2008	5.9	5.33
2009	5.94	5.17
2010	5.96	5.06
2011	6.01	4.97
2012	6.05	4.88
2013	6.08	4.75
2014	6.1	4.62
2015	6.13	4.52
2016	6.13	4.46
2017	6.13	4.4
2018	6.11	4.34
2019	6.09	4.26
2020	6.06	4.17
2021	6.05	4.09
2022	6.02	4.02
2023	6.01	3.95
2024	5.95	3.86
2025	5.81	3.79
2026	5.69	3.71
2027	5.58	3.64
2028	5.47	3.57
2029	5.36	3.51
2030	5.25	3.43
2031	5.14	3.38
2032	5.04	3.31
2033	4.91	3.25
2034	4.78	3.2
2035	4.67	3.15
2036	4.56	3.11
2037	4.46	3.06
2038	4.35	3.02
2039	4.26	2.98
2040	4.15	2.94
2041	4.03	2.91
2042	3.94	2.87
2043	3.86	2.83
2044	3.78	2.8
2045	3.7	2.77
2046	3.63	2.73
2047	3.56	2.7
2048	3.49	2.68
2049	3.43	2.65
2050	3.36	2.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Liberia
1960	40.5%	41.1%
1961	40.8%	41.1%
1962	41.1%	41.2%
1963	41.4%	41.4%
1964	41.6%	41.7%
1965	41.7%	42%
1966	41.7%	42.2%
1967	41.8%	42.4%
1968	41.9%	42.6%
1969	41.9%	42.8%
1970	42.1%	42.9%
1971	42.2%	43%
1972	42.4%	43.2%
1973	42.6%	43.3%
1974	42.7%	43.4%
1975	42.9%	43.5%
1976	42.9%	43.6%
1977	42.8%	43.7%
1978	42.8%	43.8%
1979	42.8%	43.9%
1980	42.8%	44%
1981	42.8%	44.1%
1982	42.9%	44.2%
1983	43%	44.2%
1984	43%	44.2%
1985	43.2%	44.2%
1986	43.3%	44.3%
1987	43.5%	44.3%
1988	43.8%	44.2%
1989	44.1%	44.1%
1990	44.5%	44.1%
1991	44.9%	44.2%
1992	45.2%	44.1%
1993	45.4%	43.9%
1994	45.5%	43.8%
1995	45.6%	43.6%
1996	45.7%	43.4%
1997	45.7%	43.3%
1998	45.7%	43.2%
1999	45.6%	43.1%
2000	45.5%	43%
2001	45.4%	43%
2002	45.3%	42.9%
2003	45.2%	42.9%
2004	45.1%	42.9%
2005	45.1%	43%
2006	45.1%	43.1%
2007	45.3%	43.2%
2008	45.4%	43.2%
2009	45.6%	43.1%
2010	45.9%	43.1%
2011	46.3%	42.7%
2012	46.9%	42.4%
2013	47.6%	42.5%
2014	48.5%	42.5%
2015	49%	42.4%
2016	49%	42.3%
2017	49%	42.1%
2018	49%	42%
2019	49%	41.7%
2020	48.9%	41.4%
2021	49%	41%
2022	49.2%	40.5%
2023	49.2%	40%
2024	49%	39.5%
2025	48.7%	39.1%
2026	48.2%	38.6%
2027	47.8%	38.1%
2028	47.5%	37.7%
2029	47.2%	37.2%
2030	47.1%	36.9%
2031	46.9%	36.5%
2032	46.8%	36.2%
2033	46.7%	35.8%
2034	46.5%	35.5%
2035	46.3%	35.2%
2036	46.1%	34.9%
2037	45.8%	34.5%
2038	45.3%	34.2%
2039	44.7%	33.9%
2040	44.1%	33.6%
2041	43.5%	33.2%
2042	42.8%	32.9%
2043	42.2%	32.6%
2044	41.5%	32.3%
2045	40.9%	32%
2046	40.2%	31.6%
2047	39.6%	31.3%
2048	39%	31%
2049	38.4%	30.7%
2050	37.9%	30.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 39.5% in Liberia in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Liberia compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Liberia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +2.41% in Liberia. 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	Liberia
1960	31,131	25,713
1961	32,383	26,670
1962	33,731	27,679
1963	35,218	28,708
1964	36,878	29,592
1965	38,710	30,618
1966	40,804	31,454
1967	42,979	32,519
1968	45,377	33,536
1969	47,066	34,677
1970	48,690	35,196
1971	50,142	36,015
1972	51,390	37,860
1973	52,525	39,694
1974	53,777	41,499
1975	55,106	43,478
1976	57,725	45,528
1977	60,436	47,582
1978	63,285	49,813
1979	66,104	52,125
1980	68,759	53,452
1981	71,391	55,003
1982	73,330	56,127
1983	75,399	57,562
1984	77,395	59,460
1985	79,266	59,988
1986	81,149	61,924
1987	83,408	62,147
1988	84,654	62,703
1989	85,969	63,238
1990	87,507	52,770
1991	88,688	47,426
1992	88,939	50,204
1993	89,873	51,609
1994	90,943	52,101
1995	92,748	53,407
1996	93,369	56,392
1997	93,378	61,444
1998	94,361	72,146
1999	96,108	78,130
2000	97,468	83,143
2001	99,598	86,217
2002	100,588	88,643
2003	105,540	87,534
2004	108,548	91,755
2005	113,534	96,478
2006	118,882	104,099
2007	123,137	109,165
2008	128,627	112,032
2009	-130,613	113,429
2010	130,539	114,249
2011	142,913	115,496
2012	146,791	121,973
2013	140,489	120,138
2014	107,448	116,667
2015	141,912	115,479
2016	142,419	118,852
2017	128,461	119,376
2018	153,361	120,231
2019	68,523	120,635
2020	156,911	120,632
2021	124,408	121,038
2022	-49,456	123,747
2023	190,325	125,730

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Liberia

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 628 deaths in Liberia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Liberia
1985	796	1,749
1986	795	1,678
1987	803	1,655
1988	815	1,647
1989	835	1,633
1990	866	2,146
1991	910	1,627
1992	956	1,643
1993	997	1,709
1994	1,053	1,811
1995	1,123	1,530
1996	1,191	1,438
1997	1,270	1,043
1998	1,346	962
1999	1,411	852
2000	1,490	786
2001	1,504	720
2002	1,496	700
2003	1,487	759
2004	1,450	645
2005	1,389	619
2006	1,337	647
2007	1,271	659
2008	1,234	663
2009	1,272	674
2010	1,230	712
2011	1,131	726
2012	1,092	728
2013	1,092	725
2014	1,034	801
2015	981	784
2016	962	690
2017	1,093	703
2018	881	707
2019	1,650	689
2020	1,296	664
2021	1,127	667
2022	841	634
2023	692	628

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 7.29% in Liberia. 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	Liberia
1960	28.3%	31.3%
1961	27.8%	31.3%
1962	27.2%	31.3%
1963	26.7%	31.2%
1964	26.1%	31.1%
1965	25.5%	30.8%
1966	24.9%	30.6%
1967	24.3%	30.2%
1968	23.7%	29.8%
1969	23.2%	29.3%
1970	22.6%	28.8%
1971	22.1%	28.3%
1972	21.7%	27.8%
1973	21.2%	27.4%
1974	20.8%	26.9%
1975	20.4%	26.5%
1976	20%	26%
1977	19.7%	25.6%
1978	19.4%	25.3%
1979	19.1%	24.9%
1980	18.8%	24.6%
1981	18.6%	24.3%
1982	18.4%	24.1%
1983	18.2%	24%
1984	18.1%	24.1%
1985	18%	24.3%
1986	17.9%	24.7%
1987	17.9%	25.2%
1988	17.8%	25.8%
1989	17.8%	26.4%
1990	17.8%	26.8%
1991	17.7%	27%
1992	17.7%	26.9%
1993	17.6%	26.6%
1994	17.5%	25.9%
1995	17.5%	25.1%
1996	17.3%	24.1%
1997	17.2%	23%
1998	17%	21.8%
1999	16.8%	20.5%
2000	16.6%	19.2%
2001	16.3%	17.9%
2002	15.9%	16.7%
2003	15.6%	15.4%
2004	15.2%	14.3%
2005	14.8%	13.3%
2006	14.4%	12.5%
2007	14%	11.8%
2008	13.6%	11.3%
2009	47.9%	10.8%
2010	14.9%	10.4%
2011	12.5%	10.1%
2012	12.2%	9.82%
2013	13.4%	9.54%
2014	18.3%	9.5%
2015	11.4%	9.08%
2016	12.6%	8.83%
2017	15.2%	8.6%
2018	12%	8.4%
2019	24.3%	8.19%
2020	12.3%	7.97%
2021	17.1%	7.74%
2022	38.7%	7.51%
2023	9.22%	7.29%