Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Namibia

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	5.95	6.24
1961	5.96	6.29
1962	5.97	6.35
1963	5.99	6.41
1964	6.01	6.43
1965	6.03	6.45
1966	6.06	6.47
1967	6.08	6.49
1968	6.1	6.5
1969	6.06	6.51
1970	6.03	6.52
1971	5.99	6.52
1972	5.96	6.53
1973	5.93	6.54
1974	5.9	6.55
1975	5.88	6.53
1976	5.94	6.49
1977	5.99	6.44
1978	6.04	6.38
1979	6.09	6.31
1980	6.13	6.24
1981	6.17	6.16
1982	6.16	6.08
1983	6.15	6
1984	6.14	5.94
1985	6.12	5.88
1986	6.11	5.79
1987	6.12	5.7
1988	6.1	5.61
1989	6.07	5.52
1990	6.05	5.4
1991	6.03	5.29
1992	5.96	5.11
1993	5.93	4.91
1994	5.92	4.68
1995	5.94	4.42
1996	5.96	4.2
1997	5.92	4.17
1998	5.89	4.18
1999	5.88	4.14
2000	5.85	3.99
2001	5.81	3.83
2002	5.79	3.69
2003	5.8	3.58
2004	5.78	3.55
2005	5.81	3.57
2006	5.84	3.6
2007	5.87	3.61
2008	5.9	3.62
2009	5.94	3.63
2010	5.96	3.66
2011	6.01	3.66
2012	6.05	3.68
2013	6.08	3.65
2014	6.1	3.64
2015	6.13	3.6
2016	6.13	3.57
2017	6.13	3.51
2018	6.11	3.46
2019	6.09	3.4
2020	6.06	3.35
2021	6.05	3.3
2022	6.02	3.25
2023	6.01	3.21
2024	5.95	3.21
2025	5.81	3.17
2026	5.69	3.13
2027	5.58	3.09
2028	5.47	3.06
2029	5.36	3.02
2030	5.25	2.98
2031	5.14	2.94
2032	5.04	2.91
2033	4.91	2.88
2034	4.78	2.84
2035	4.67	2.81
2036	4.56	2.78
2037	4.46	2.75
2038	4.35	2.72
2039	4.26	2.68
2040	4.15	2.66
2041	4.03	2.63
2042	3.94	2.6
2043	3.86	2.58
2044	3.78	2.56
2045	3.7	2.53
2046	3.63	2.51
2047	3.56	2.49
2048	3.49	2.47
2049	3.43	2.45
2050	3.36	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Namibia
1960	40.5%	42.2%
1961	40.8%	42.4%
1962	41.1%	42.6%
1963	41.4%	42.7%
1964	41.6%	42.9%
1965	41.7%	43%
1966	41.7%	43.2%
1967	41.8%	43.3%
1968	41.9%	43.5%
1969	41.9%	43.6%
1970	42.1%	43.8%
1971	42.2%	43.9%
1972	42.4%	44.1%
1973	42.6%	44.3%
1974	42.7%	44.6%
1975	42.9%	44.8%
1976	42.9%	45%
1977	42.8%	45.3%
1978	42.8%	45.9%
1979	42.8%	46.3%
1980	42.8%	46.6%
1981	42.8%	47.1%
1982	42.9%	47.2%
1983	43%	46.9%
1984	43%	46.6%
1985	43.2%	46.2%
1986	43.3%	45.8%
1987	43.5%	45.3%
1988	43.8%	44.8%
1989	44.1%	43.4%
1990	44.5%	42.3%
1991	44.9%	42.2%
1992	45.2%	42.2%
1993	45.4%	42.2%
1994	45.5%	42.2%
1995	45.6%	42.1%
1996	45.7%	42%
1997	45.7%	41.9%
1998	45.7%	41.8%
1999	45.6%	41.7%
2000	45.5%	41.5%
2001	45.4%	41.3%
2002	45.3%	41%
2003	45.2%	40.5%
2004	45.1%	40%
2005	45.1%	39.4%
2006	45.1%	38.7%
2007	45.3%	38.1%
2008	45.4%	37.5%
2009	45.6%	37.1%
2010	45.9%	36.8%
2011	46.3%	36.7%
2012	46.9%	36.6%
2013	47.6%	36.6%
2014	48.5%	36.5%
2015	49%	36.5%
2016	49%	36.5%
2017	49%	36.7%
2018	49%	36.8%
2019	49%	37%
2020	48.9%	37.1%
2021	49%	37.4%
2022	49.2%	37.5%
2023	49.2%	37.3%
2024	49%	37%
2025	48.7%	36.7%
2026	48.2%	36.3%
2027	47.8%	35.9%
2028	47.5%	35.5%
2029	47.2%	35.1%
2030	47.1%	34.6%
2031	46.9%	34%
2032	46.8%	33.5%
2033	46.7%	32.9%
2034	46.5%	32.4%
2035	46.3%	31.8%
2036	46.1%	31.1%
2037	45.8%	30.6%
2038	45.3%	30.3%
2039	44.7%	30%
2040	44.1%	29.7%
2041	43.5%	29.5%
2042	42.8%	29.2%
2043	42.2%	29%
2044	41.5%	28.8%
2045	40.9%	28.5%
2046	40.2%	28.3%
2047	39.6%	28.1%
2048	39%	27.9%
2049	38.4%	27.7%
2050	37.9%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	31,131	14,307
1961	32,383	14,936
1962	33,731	15,656
1963	35,218	16,430
1964	36,878	17,134
1965	38,710	17,902
1966	40,804	18,635
1967	42,979	19,498
1968	45,377	20,470
1969	47,066	21,387
1970	48,690	22,414
1971	50,142	23,467
1972	51,390	24,606
1973	52,525	25,754
1974	53,777	26,844
1975	55,106	27,882
1976	57,725	28,785
1977	60,436	29,241
1978	63,285	29,821
1979	66,104	28,930
1980	68,759	28,142
1981	71,391	27,938
1982	73,330	27,474
1983	75,399	28,307
1984	77,395	29,395
1985	79,266	30,575
1986	81,149	31,764
1987	83,408	33,340
1988	84,654	34,798
1989	85,969	37,715
1990	87,507	43,956
1991	88,688	44,523
1992	88,939	43,945
1993	89,873	42,861
1994	90,943	41,316
1995	92,748	39,119
1996	93,369	37,177
1997	93,378	37,256
1998	94,361	37,500
1999	96,108	37,233
2000	97,468	35,280
2001	99,598	32,942
2002	100,588	31,947
2003	105,540	31,115
2004	108,548	31,478
2005	113,534	32,909
2006	118,882	34,690
2007	123,137	36,430
2008	128,627	38,147
2009	-130,613	39,942
2010	130,539	42,046
2011	142,913	43,557
2012	146,791	46,204
2013	140,489	47,801
2014	107,448	49,581
2015	141,912	50,846
2016	142,419	52,228
2017	128,461	52,975
2018	153,361	53,970
2019	68,523	54,769
2020	156,911	55,034
2021	124,408	50,160
2022	-49,456	54,534
2023	190,325	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Namibia
1985	796	354
1986	795	348
1987	803	336
1988	815	342
1989	835	306
1990	866	325
1991	910	337
1992	956	346
1993	997	354
1994	1,053	367
1995	1,123	369
1996	1,191	387
1997	1,270	383
1998	1,346	396
1999	1,411	371
2000	1,490	384
2001	1,504	376
2002	1,496	313
2003	1,487	290
2004	1,450	282
2005	1,389	344
2006	1,337	408
2007	1,271	489
2008	1,234	537
2009	1,272	547
2010	1,230	531
2011	1,131	498
2012	1,092	439
2013	1,092	402
2014	1,034	369
2015	981	307
2016	962	250
2017	1,093	213
2018	881	198
2019	1,650	175
2020	1,296	143
2021	1,127	254
2022	841	127
2023	692	139

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 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	28.3%	-
1961	27.8%	-
1962	27.2%	-
1963	26.7%	-
1964	26.1%	-
1965	25.5%	-
1966	24.9%	-
1967	24.3%	9.66%
1968	23.7%	9.64%
1969	23.2%	9.65%
1970	22.6%	9.65%
1971	22.1%	9.67%
1972	21.7%	9.68%
1973	21.2%	9.73%
1974	20.8%	9.79%
1975	20.4%	9.89%
1976	20%	10%
1977	19.7%	10.2%
1978	19.4%	10.3%
1979	19.1%	10.3%
1980	18.8%	10.3%
1981	18.6%	10.2%
1982	18.4%	9.93%
1983	18.2%	9.61%
1984	18.1%	9.22%
1985	18%	8.81%
1986	17.9%	8.43%
1987	17.9%	8.09%
1988	17.8%	7.81%
1989	17.8%	7.57%
1990	17.8%	7.39%
1991	17.7%	7.24%
1992	17.7%	7.14%
1993	17.6%	7.1%
1994	17.5%	7.13%
1995	17.5%	7.24%
1996	17.3%	7.39%
1997	17.2%	7.56%
1998	17%	7.7%
1999	16.8%	7.79%
2000	16.6%	7.79%
2001	16.3%	7.71%
2002	15.9%	7.61%
2003	15.6%	7.51%
2004	15.2%	7.41%
2005	14.8%	7.05%
2006	14.4%	6.49%
2007	14%	6.06%
2008	13.6%	5.64%
2009	47.9%	5.29%
2010	14.9%	5.08%
2011	12.5%	5.16%
2012	12.2%	5.51%
2013	13.4%	5.4%
2014	18.3%	5.31%
2015	11.4%	5.5%
2016	12.6%	5.42%
2017	15.2%	5.19%
2018	12%	5.01%
2019	24.3%	4.78%
2020	12.3%	4.57%
2021	17.1%	4.38%
2022	38.7%	4.2%
2023	9.22%	4.07%