Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Morocco

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Morocco 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 2.23 in Morocco in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Morocco 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	Morocco
1960	5.95	6.89
1961	5.96	6.97
1962	5.97	7.05
1963	5.99	7.01
1964	6.01	6.97
1965	6.03	6.93
1966	6.06	6.89
1967	6.08	6.85
1968	6.1	6.79
1969	6.06	6.73
1970	6.03	6.68
1971	5.99	6.62
1972	5.96	6.55
1973	5.93	6.48
1974	5.9	6.4
1975	5.88	6.3
1976	5.94	6.18
1977	5.99	6.04
1978	6.04	5.91
1979	6.09	5.85
1980	6.13	5.78
1981	6.17	5.71
1982	6.16	5.6
1983	6.15	5.41
1984	6.14	5.2
1985	6.12	4.99
1986	6.11	4.77
1987	6.12	4.58
1988	6.1	4.39
1989	6.07	4.22
1990	6.05	4.06
1991	6.03	3.95
1992	5.96	3.76
1993	5.93	3.55
1994	5.92	3.41
1995	5.94	3.3
1996	5.96	3.23
1997	5.92	3.15
1998	5.89	3.04
1999	5.88	2.88
2000	5.85	2.77
2001	5.81	2.69
2002	5.79	2.62
2003	5.8	2.61
2004	5.78	2.61
2005	5.81	2.61
2006	5.84	2.61
2007	5.87	2.62
2008	5.9	2.61
2009	5.94	2.62
2010	5.96	2.63
2011	6.01	2.6
2012	6.05	2.54
2013	6.08	2.48
2014	6.1	2.42
2015	6.13	2.41
2016	6.13	2.4
2017	6.13	2.38
2018	6.11	2.35
2019	6.09	2.34
2020	6.06	2.32
2021	6.05	2.29
2022	6.02	2.26
2023	6.01	2.23
2024	5.95	2.21
2025	5.81	2.18
2026	5.69	2.16
2027	5.58	2.14
2028	5.47	2.12
2029	5.36	2.1
2030	5.25	2.08
2031	5.14	2.06
2032	5.04	2.05
2033	4.91	2.03
2034	4.78	2.02
2035	4.67	2
2036	4.56	1.99
2037	4.46	1.98
2038	4.35	1.96
2039	4.26	1.95
2040	4.15	1.94
2041	4.03	1.93
2042	3.94	1.92
2043	3.86	1.91
2044	3.78	1.9
2045	3.7	1.89
2046	3.63	1.89
2047	3.56	1.88
2048	3.49	1.88
2049	3.43	1.87
2050	3.36	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Morocco
1960	40.5%	44.9%
1961	40.8%	45.4%
1962	41.1%	45.9%
1963	41.4%	46.3%
1964	41.6%	46.5%
1965	41.7%	46.6%
1966	41.7%	46.8%
1967	41.8%	46.8%
1968	41.9%	46.9%
1969	41.9%	46.8%
1970	42.1%	46.7%
1971	42.2%	46.6%
1972	42.4%	46.4%
1973	42.6%	46.3%
1974	42.7%	46.1%
1975	42.9%	45.8%
1976	42.9%	45.6%
1977	42.8%	45.3%
1978	42.8%	44.9%
1979	42.8%	44.6%
1980	42.8%	44.3%
1981	42.8%	44%
1982	42.9%	43.7%
1983	43%	43.4%
1984	43%	43.1%
1985	43.2%	42.7%
1986	43.3%	42.3%
1987	43.5%	41.8%
1988	43.8%	41.3%
1989	44.1%	40.8%
1990	44.5%	40.2%
1991	44.9%	39.6%
1992	45.2%	39%
1993	45.4%	38.4%
1994	45.5%	37.7%
1995	45.6%	37%
1996	45.7%	36.4%
1997	45.7%	35.8%
1998	45.7%	35.2%
1999	45.6%	34.6%
2000	45.5%	34%
2001	45.4%	33.5%
2002	45.3%	32.9%
2003	45.2%	32.4%
2004	45.1%	31.8%
2005	45.1%	31.2%
2006	45.1%	30.7%
2007	45.3%	30.2%
2008	45.4%	29.8%
2009	45.6%	29.5%
2010	45.9%	29.2%
2011	46.3%	29%
2012	46.9%	28.7%
2013	47.6%	28.5%
2014	48.5%	28.3%
2015	49%	28.1%
2016	49%	27.8%
2017	49%	27.6%
2018	49%	27.4%
2019	49%	27.2%
2020	48.9%	27%
2021	49%	26.7%
2022	49.2%	26.4%
2023	49.2%	26%
2024	49%	25.6%
2025	48.7%	25.2%
2026	48.2%	24.8%
2027	47.8%	24.3%
2028	47.5%	23.9%
2029	47.2%	23.6%
2030	47.1%	23.2%
2031	46.9%	22.9%
2032	46.8%	22.5%
2033	46.7%	22.2%
2034	46.5%	21.9%
2035	46.3%	21.6%
2036	46.1%	21.3%
2037	45.8%	21.1%
2038	45.3%	20.8%
2039	44.7%	20.6%
2040	44.1%	20.4%
2041	43.5%	20.2%
2042	42.8%	20.1%
2043	42.2%	19.9%
2044	41.5%	19.7%
2045	40.9%	19.6%
2046	40.2%	19.4%
2047	39.6%	19.3%
2048	39%	19.1%
2049	38.4%	19%
2050	37.9%	18.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 25.6% in Morocco in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Morocco compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Morocco by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +1.25% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	31,131	323,499
1961	32,383	348,650
1962	33,731	363,843
1963	35,218	369,250
1964	36,878	375,835
1965	38,710	383,989
1966	40,804	391,881
1967	42,979	400,594
1968	45,377	407,437
1969	47,066	414,931
1970	48,690	426,015
1971	50,142	435,104
1972	51,390	446,449
1973	52,525	455,699
1974	53,777	464,147
1975	55,106	474,631
1976	57,725	482,130
1977	60,436	489,173
1978	63,285	498,834
1979	66,104	515,554
1980	68,759	534,448
1981	71,391	552,936
1982	73,330	564,904
1983	75,399	566,301
1984	77,395	564,159
1985	79,266	560,810
1986	81,149	558,105
1987	83,408	553,005
1988	84,654	545,800
1989	85,969	538,996
1990	87,507	535,506
1991	88,688	539,850
1992	88,939	525,680
1993	89,873	507,707
1994	90,943	501,426
1995	92,748	496,573
1996	93,369	501,499
1997	93,378	500,807
1998	94,361	492,604
1999	96,108	473,071
2000	97,468	461,341
2001	99,598	452,621
2002	100,588	446,147
2003	105,540	452,650
2004	108,548	461,756
2005	113,534	474,285
2006	118,882	483,200
2007	123,137	493,526
2008	128,627	499,766
2009	-130,613	509,386
2010	130,539	515,804
2011	142,913	513,305
2012	146,791	504,698
2013	140,489	492,284
2014	107,448	481,295
2015	141,912	477,654
2016	142,419	474,637
2017	128,461	471,011
2018	153,361	464,375
2019	68,523	457,307
2020	156,911	415,999
2021	124,408	407,829
2022	-49,456	427,903
2023	190,325	417,213

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Morocco

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 70 deaths in Morocco.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Morocco
1985	796	752
1986	795	697
1987	803	650
1988	815	602
1989	835	559
1990	866	522
1991	910	490
1992	956	458
1993	997	428
1994	1,053	401
1995	1,123	378
1996	1,191	354
1997	1,270	333
1998	1,346	313
1999	1,411	291
2000	1,490	271
2001	1,504	254
2002	1,496	238
2003	1,487	224
2004	1,450	213
2005	1,389	196
2006	1,337	182
2007	1,271	169
2008	1,234	158
2009	1,272	148
2010	1,230	140
2011	1,131	130
2012	1,092	121
2013	1,092	113
2014	1,034	106
2015	981	100
2016	962	94
2017	1,093	88
2018	881	83
2019	1,650	79
2020	1,296	81
2021	1,127	92
2022	841	71
2023	692	70

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 1.66% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	28.3%	24.4%
1961	27.8%	23.9%
1962	27.2%	23.4%
1963	26.7%	22.9%
1964	26.1%	22.3%
1965	25.5%	21.8%
1966	24.9%	21.2%
1967	24.3%	20.6%
1968	23.7%	20.1%
1969	23.2%	19.6%
1970	22.6%	19.1%
1971	22.1%	18.7%
1972	21.7%	18.3%
1973	21.2%	17.8%
1974	20.8%	17.4%
1975	20.4%	16.8%
1976	20%	16.2%
1977	19.7%	15.6%
1978	19.4%	14.9%
1979	19.1%	14.2%
1980	18.8%	13.5%
1981	18.6%	12.8%
1982	18.4%	12.1%
1983	18.2%	11.5%
1984	18.1%	10.9%
1985	18%	10.3%
1986	17.9%	9.79%
1987	17.9%	9.3%
1988	17.8%	8.86%
1989	17.8%	8.45%
1990	17.8%	8.08%
1991	17.7%	7.73%
1992	17.7%	7.4%
1993	17.6%	7.09%
1994	17.5%	6.78%
1995	17.5%	6.49%
1996	17.3%	6.21%
1997	17.2%	5.94%
1998	17%	5.69%
1999	16.8%	5.45%
2000	16.6%	5.22%
2001	16.3%	5.01%
2002	15.9%	4.79%
2003	15.6%	4.57%
2004	15.2%	4.36%
2005	14.8%	4.13%
2006	14.4%	3.91%
2007	14%	3.7%
2008	13.6%	3.49%
2009	47.9%	3.29%
2010	14.9%	3.11%
2011	12.5%	2.93%
2012	12.2%	2.77%
2013	13.4%	2.62%
2014	18.3%	2.47%
2015	11.4%	2.34%
2016	12.6%	2.22%
2017	15.2%	2.11%
2018	12%	2.02%
2019	24.3%	1.94%
2020	12.3%	1.86%
2021	17.1%	1.79%
2022	38.7%	1.72%
2023	9.22%	1.66%