Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Russia

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	5.95	2.52
1961	5.96	2.45
1962	5.97	2.36
1963	5.99	2.27
1964	6.01	2.18
1965	6.03	2.13
1966	6.06	2.1
1967	6.08	2.04
1968	6.1	1.99
1969	6.06	1.97
1970	6.03	1.99
1971	5.99	2.03
1972	5.96	2.04
1973	5.93	2.01
1974	5.9	2
1975	5.88	1.98
1976	5.94	1.97
1977	5.99	1.95
1978	6.04	1.92
1979	6.09	1.9
1980	6.13	1.89
1981	6.17	1.91
1982	6.16	2.04
1983	6.15	2.11
1984	6.14	2.06
1985	6.12	2.05
1986	6.11	2.15
1987	6.12	2.22
1988	6.1	2.12
1989	6.07	2.01
1990	6.05	1.89
1991	6.03	1.73
1992	5.96	1.55
1993	5.93	1.39
1994	5.92	1.4
1995	5.94	1.34
1996	5.96	1.27
1997	5.92	1.22
1998	5.89	1.23
1999	5.88	1.16
2000	5.85	1.2
2001	5.81	1.22
2002	5.79	1.29
2003	5.8	1.32
2004	5.78	1.34
2005	5.81	1.29
2006	5.84	1.31
2007	5.87	1.42
2008	5.9	1.5
2009	5.94	1.54
2010	5.96	1.57
2011	6.01	1.58
2012	6.05	1.69
2013	6.08	1.71
2014	6.1	1.75
2015	6.13	1.78
2016	6.13	1.76
2017	6.13	1.62
2018	6.11	1.58
2019	6.09	1.5
2020	6.06	1.51
2021	6.05	1.51
2022	6.02	1.42
2023	6.01	1.41
2024	5.95	1.42
2025	5.81	1.43
2026	5.69	1.43
2027	5.58	1.43
2028	5.47	1.44
2029	5.36	1.44
2030	5.25	1.45
2031	5.14	1.45
2032	5.04	1.45
2033	4.91	1.46
2034	4.78	1.46
2035	4.67	1.46
2036	4.56	1.47
2037	4.46	1.47
2038	4.35	1.47
2039	4.26	1.47
2040	4.15	1.48
2041	4.03	1.48
2042	3.94	1.48
2043	3.86	1.48
2044	3.78	1.49
2045	3.7	1.49
2046	3.63	1.49
2047	3.56	1.49
2048	3.49	1.5
2049	3.43	1.5
2050	3.36	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Russia
1960	40.5%	30.5%
1961	40.8%	30.9%
1962	41.1%	30.8%
1963	41.4%	30.6%
1964	41.6%	30.2%
1965	41.7%	29.5%
1966	41.7%	28.9%
1967	41.8%	28.3%
1968	41.9%	27.6%
1969	41.9%	26.9%
1970	42.1%	26.1%
1971	42.2%	25.4%
1972	42.4%	24.8%
1973	42.6%	24.2%
1974	42.7%	23.6%
1975	42.9%	23%
1976	42.9%	22.5%
1977	42.8%	22.1%
1978	42.8%	21.8%
1979	42.8%	21.7%
1980	42.8%	21.7%
1981	42.8%	21.7%
1982	42.9%	21.9%
1983	43%	22.1%
1984	43%	22.4%
1985	43.2%	22.6%
1986	43.3%	22.8%
1987	43.5%	22.9%
1988	43.8%	23%
1989	44.1%	23%
1990	44.5%	22.9%
1991	44.9%	22.7%
1992	45.2%	22.4%
1993	45.4%	22%
1994	45.5%	21.6%
1995	45.6%	21.2%
1996	45.7%	20.7%
1997	45.7%	20.2%
1998	45.7%	19.5%
1999	45.6%	18.8%
2000	45.5%	18%
2001	45.4%	17.3%
2002	45.3%	16.6%
2003	45.2%	16%
2004	45.1%	15.6%
2005	45.1%	15.2%
2006	45.1%	14.9%
2007	45.3%	14.8%
2008	45.4%	14.9%
2009	45.6%	15%
2010	45.9%	15.2%
2011	46.3%	15.4%
2012	46.9%	15.7%
2013	47.6%	16.1%
2014	48.5%	16.5%
2015	49%	16.9%
2016	49%	17.2%
2017	49%	17.5%
2018	49%	17.6%
2019	49%	17.6%
2020	48.9%	17.7%
2021	49%	17.7%
2022	49.2%	17.7%
2023	49.2%	17.5%
2024	49%	17.3%
2025	48.7%	17%
2026	48.2%	16.7%
2027	47.8%	16.3%
2028	47.5%	15.9%
2029	47.2%	15.5%
2030	47.1%	15%
2031	46.9%	14.6%
2032	46.8%	14.2%
2033	46.7%	14%
2034	46.5%	13.8%
2035	46.3%	13.7%
2036	46.1%	13.6%
2037	45.8%	13.6%
2038	45.3%	13.6%
2039	44.7%	13.7%
2040	44.1%	13.9%
2041	43.5%	14%
2042	42.8%	14.2%
2043	42.2%	14.4%
2044	41.5%	14.6%
2045	40.9%	14.8%
2046	40.2%	15%
2047	39.6%	15.2%
2048	39%	15.4%
2049	38.4%	15.5%
2050	37.9%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	31,131	1,962,834
1961	32,383	1,810,538
1962	33,731	1,573,701
1963	35,218	1,436,077
1964	36,878	1,233,520
1965	38,710	1,059,335
1966	40,804	989,279
1967	42,979	854,554
1968	45,377	787,621
1969	47,066	753,088
1970	48,690	785,554
1971	50,142	854,999
1972	51,390	872,050
1973	52,525	846,561
1974	53,777	883,186
1975	55,106	843,850
1976	57,725	852,237
1977	60,436	832,932
1978	63,285	812,766
1979	66,104	690,135
1980	68,759	681,149
1981	71,391	713,700
1982	73,330	830,855
1983	75,399	906,676
1984	77,395	756,548
1985	79,266	762,447
1986	81,149	985,279
1987	83,408	977,583
1988	84,654	778,343
1989	85,969	576,112
1990	87,507	325,533
1991	88,688	103,876
1992	88,939	-222,808
1993	89,873	-757,140
1994	90,943	-920,129
1995	92,748	-845,742
1996	93,369	-785,248
1997	93,378	-769,159
1998	94,361	-694,053
1999	96,108	-927,453
2000	97,468	-967,540
2001	99,598	-963,445
2002	100,588	-944,492
2003	105,540	-896,822
2004	108,548	-792,370
2005	113,534	-846,761
2006	118,882	-686,638
2007	123,137	-471,257
2008	128,627	-356,856
2009	-130,613	-257,014
2010	130,539	-242,844
2011	142,913	-128,716
2012	146,791	0
2013	140,489	28,761
2014	107,448	28,848
2015	141,912	43,392
2016	142,419	0
2017	128,461	-130,764
2018	153,361	-232,637
2019	68,523	-319,997
2020	156,911	-697,177
2021	124,408	-1,027,702
2022	-49,456	-576,948
2023	190,325	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Russia
1985	796	81
1986	795	69
1987	803	65
1988	815	63
1989	835	61
1990	866	58
1991	910	57
1992	956	62
1993	997	76
1994	1,053	85
1995	1,123	82
1996	1,191	69
1997	1,270	59
1998	1,346	53
1999	1,411	53
2000	1,490	51
2001	1,504	48
2002	1,496	47
2003	1,487	45
2004	1,450	41
2005	1,389	38
2006	1,337	32
2007	1,271	29
2008	1,234	27
2009	1,272	24
2010	1,230	23
2011	1,131	19
2012	1,092	18
2013	1,092	16
2014	1,034	16
2015	981	15
2016	962	14
2017	1,093	12
2018	881	12
2019	1,650	12
2020	1,296	19
2021	1,127	21
2022	841	13
2023	692	9

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 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	28.3%	4.55%
1961	27.8%	4.26%
1962	27.2%	3.99%
1963	26.7%	3.76%
1964	26.1%	3.55%
1965	25.5%	3.38%
1966	24.9%	3.23%
1967	24.3%	3.11%
1968	23.7%	3.02%
1969	23.2%	2.94%
1970	22.6%	2.88%
1971	22.1%	2.84%
1972	21.7%	2.81%
1973	21.2%	2.78%
1974	20.8%	2.77%
1975	20.4%	2.76%
1976	20%	2.76%
1977	19.7%	2.76%
1978	19.4%	2.76%
1979	19.1%	2.75%
1980	18.8%	2.73%
1981	18.6%	2.7%
1982	18.4%	2.66%
1983	18.2%	2.62%
1984	18.1%	2.56%
1985	18%	2.5%
1986	17.9%	2.42%
1987	17.9%	2.34%
1988	17.8%	2.26%
1989	17.8%	2.2%
1990	17.8%	2.17%
1991	17.7%	2.16%
1992	17.7%	2.17%
1993	17.6%	2.19%
1994	17.5%	2.2%
1995	17.5%	2.2%
1996	17.3%	2.17%
1997	17.2%	2.13%
1998	17%	2.08%
1999	16.8%	2.02%
2000	16.6%	1.94%
2001	16.3%	1.84%
2002	15.9%	1.73%
2003	15.6%	1.61%
2004	15.2%	1.5%
2005	14.8%	1.39%
2006	14.4%	1.29%
2007	14%	1.2%
2008	13.6%	1.13%
2009	47.9%	1.07%
2010	14.9%	1.04%
2011	12.5%	1.02%
2012	12.2%	0.99%
2013	13.4%	0.95%
2014	18.3%	0.89%
2015	11.4%	0.82%
2016	12.6%	0.75%
2017	15.2%	0.69%
2018	12%	0.63%
2019	24.3%	0.58%
2020	12.3%	0.54%
2021	17.1%	0.51%
2022	38.7%	0.47%
2023	9.22%	0.45%