Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Rwanda

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Rwanda 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 3.7 in Rwanda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Rwanda 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	Rwanda
1960	5.95	8.28
1961	5.96	8.28
1962	5.97	8.27
1963	5.99	8.27
1964	6.01	8.27
1965	6.03	8.25
1966	6.06	8.23
1967	6.08	8.21
1968	6.1	8.19
1969	6.06	8.18
1970	6.03	8.15
1971	5.99	8.09
1972	5.96	8.09
1973	5.93	8.09
1974	5.9	8.1
1975	5.88	8.1
1976	5.94	8.12
1977	5.99	8.14
1978	6.04	8.16
1979	6.09	8.13
1980	6.13	8.12
1981	6.17	8.1
1982	6.16	8.06
1983	6.15	8
1984	6.14	7.91
1985	6.12	7.79
1986	6.11	7.61
1987	6.12	7.43
1988	6.1	7.23
1989	6.07	7.03
1990	6.05	6.8
1991	6.03	6.62
1992	5.96	6.54
1993	5.93	6.48
1994	5.92	6.42
1995	5.94	6.35
1996	5.96	6.29
1997	5.92	6.24
1998	5.89	6.17
1999	5.88	6.06
2000	5.85	5.97
2001	5.81	5.89
2002	5.79	5.82
2003	5.8	5.74
2004	5.78	5.64
2005	5.81	5.5
2006	5.84	5.34
2007	5.87	5.14
2008	5.9	4.92
2009	5.94	4.71
2010	5.96	4.52
2011	6.01	4.33
2012	6.05	4.2
2013	6.08	4.14
2014	6.1	4.12
2015	6.13	4.11
2016	6.13	4.11
2017	6.13	4.08
2018	6.11	4.05
2019	6.09	3.99
2020	6.06	3.91
2021	6.05	3.84
2022	6.02	3.78
2023	6.01	3.7
2024	5.95	3.64
2025	5.81	3.59
2026	5.69	3.54
2027	5.58	3.49
2028	5.47	3.43
2029	5.36	3.38
2030	5.25	3.33
2031	5.14	3.28
2032	5.04	3.24
2033	4.91	3.19
2034	4.78	3.15
2035	4.67	3.11
2036	4.56	3.07
2037	4.46	3.03
2038	4.35	2.99
2039	4.26	2.95
2040	4.15	2.92
2041	4.03	2.89
2042	3.94	2.85
2043	3.86	2.81
2044	3.78	2.78
2045	3.7	2.75
2046	3.63	2.72
2047	3.56	2.69
2048	3.49	2.67
2049	3.43	2.64
2050	3.36	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Rwanda
1960	40.5%	49.2%
1961	40.8%	49.7%
1962	41.1%	50.2%
1963	41.4%	50.6%
1964	41.6%	50.8%
1965	41.7%	50.6%
1966	41.7%	50.2%
1967	41.8%	49.7%
1968	41.9%	49.2%
1969	41.9%	48.7%
1970	42.1%	48.2%
1971	42.2%	47.9%
1972	42.4%	47.5%
1973	42.6%	47.2%
1974	42.7%	46.9%
1975	42.9%	46.6%
1976	42.9%	46.4%
1977	42.8%	46.4%
1978	42.8%	46.4%
1979	42.8%	46.5%
1980	42.8%	46.8%
1981	42.8%	47.1%
1982	42.9%	47.4%
1983	43%	47.7%
1984	43%	48.1%
1985	43.2%	48.3%
1986	43.3%	48.6%
1987	43.5%	48.8%
1988	43.8%	48.9%
1989	44.1%	48.9%
1990	44.5%	49%
1991	44.9%	48.9%
1992	45.2%	48.7%
1993	45.4%	48.4%
1994	45.5%	50.1%
1995	45.6%	52.4%
1996	45.7%	51.4%
1997	45.7%	50.5%
1998	45.7%	49.2%
1999	45.6%	47.8%
2000	45.5%	46.4%
2001	45.4%	45.2%
2002	45.3%	44.3%
2003	45.2%	43.7%
2004	45.1%	43.3%
2005	45.1%	43.1%
2006	45.1%	42.9%
2007	45.3%	42.9%
2008	45.4%	42.8%
2009	45.6%	42.6%
2010	45.9%	42.4%
2011	46.3%	42.2%
2012	46.9%	41.9%
2013	47.6%	41.7%
2014	48.5%	41.4%
2015	49%	41.1%
2016	49%	40.9%
2017	49%	40.5%
2018	49%	40.1%
2019	49%	39.7%
2020	48.9%	39.2%
2021	49%	38.6%
2022	49.2%	38.2%
2023	49.2%	37.7%
2024	49%	37.4%
2025	48.7%	37%
2026	48.2%	36.7%
2027	47.8%	36.4%
2028	47.5%	36%
2029	47.2%	35.7%
2030	47.1%	35.4%
2031	46.9%	35%
2032	46.8%	34.7%
2033	46.7%	34.4%
2034	46.5%	34.1%
2035	46.3%	33.7%
2036	46.1%	33.4%
2037	45.8%	33.1%
2038	45.3%	32.9%
2039	44.7%	32.6%
2040	44.1%	32.3%
2041	43.5%	32%
2042	42.8%	31.7%
2043	42.2%	31.4%
2044	41.5%	31.1%
2045	40.9%	30.8%
2046	40.2%	30.5%
2047	39.6%	30.2%
2048	39%	29.9%
2049	38.4%	29.7%
2050	37.9%	29.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 37.4% in Rwanda in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 49% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Rwanda compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Rwanda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +2.45% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	31,131	100,627
1961	32,383	102,051
1962	33,731	102,548
1963	35,218	94,296
1964	36,878	102,562
1965	38,710	103,422
1966	40,804	105,128
1967	42,979	108,053
1968	45,377	111,422
1969	47,066	115,394
1970	48,690	119,273
1971	50,142	122,567
1972	51,390	126,403
1973	52,525	131,021
1974	53,777	135,743
1975	55,106	140,596
1976	57,725	147,665
1977	60,436	155,011
1978	63,285	163,779
1979	66,104	174,477
1980	68,759	184,988
1981	71,391	195,769
1982	73,330	205,147
1983	75,399	212,750
1984	77,395	219,337
1985	79,266	223,794
1986	81,149	225,526
1987	83,408	225,744
1988	84,654	223,759
1989	85,969	217,632
1990	87,507	207,895
1991	88,688	196,431
1992	88,939	188,025
1993	89,873	183,926
1994	90,943	-719,479
1995	92,748	121,137
1996	93,369	140,455
1997	93,378	174,687
1998	94,361	197,185
1999	96,108	210,518
2000	97,468	221,276
2001	99,598	230,845
2002	100,588	239,036
2003	105,540	251,243
2004	108,548	265,273
2005	113,534	275,121
2006	118,882	282,149
2007	123,137	285,791
2008	128,627	287,334
2009	-130,613	287,034
2010	130,539	286,848
2011	142,913	282,922
2012	146,791	282,584
2013	140,489	286,331
2014	107,448	292,779
2015	141,912	299,114
2016	142,419	305,549
2017	128,461	310,323
2018	153,361	312,512
2019	68,523	313,525
2020	156,911	312,692
2021	124,408	309,895
2022	-49,456	312,145
2023	190,325	312,762

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Rwanda

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 229 deaths in Rwanda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Rwanda
1985	796	1,116
1986	795	1,126
1987	803	1,145
1988	815	1,188
1989	835	1,238
1990	866	1,309
1991	910	1,386
1992	956	1,530
1993	997	1,619
1994	1,053	5,721
1995	1,123	1,505
1996	1,191	1,295
1997	1,270	1,318
1998	1,346	1,268
1999	1,411	1,073
2000	1,490	885
2001	1,504	769
2002	1,496	677
2003	1,487	551
2004	1,450	460
2005	1,389	465
2006	1,337	494
2007	1,271	494
2008	1,234	454
2009	1,272	418
2010	1,230	393
2011	1,131	358
2012	1,092	331
2013	1,092	317
2014	1,034	301
2015	981	292
2016	962	278
2017	1,093	275
2018	881	269
2019	1,650	261
2020	1,296	252
2021	1,127	254
2022	841	234
2023	692	229

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% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	28.3%	22.4%
1961	27.8%	21.9%
1962	27.2%	21.5%
1963	26.7%	21.3%
1964	26.1%	21.1%
1965	25.5%	21.1%
1966	24.9%	21.2%
1967	24.3%	21.4%
1968	23.7%	21.7%
1969	23.2%	22%
1970	22.6%	22.3%
1971	22.1%	22.6%
1972	21.7%	23%
1973	21.2%	23.4%
1974	20.8%	24%
1975	20.4%	24.6%
1976	20%	25.1%
1977	19.7%	25.1%
1978	19.4%	24.6%
1979	19.1%	23.4%
1980	18.8%	21.8%
1981	18.6%	20.1%
1982	18.4%	18.6%
1983	18.2%	17.4%
1984	18.1%	16.6%
1985	18%	16.1%
1986	17.9%	15.6%
1987	17.9%	15.2%
1988	17.8%	14.8%
1989	17.8%	14.8%
1990	17.8%	15.1%
1991	17.7%	16%
1992	17.7%	17.5%
1993	17.6%	19.3%
1994	17.5%	38.9%
1995	17.5%	21.8%
1996	17.3%	22.2%
1997	17.2%	22.2%
1998	17%	21.5%
1999	16.8%	20.2%
2000	16.6%	18.5%
2001	16.3%	16.7%
2002	15.9%	14.9%
2003	15.6%	13.3%
2004	15.2%	11.8%
2005	14.8%	10.5%
2006	14.4%	9.37%
2007	14%	8.45%
2008	13.6%	7.62%
2009	47.9%	6.92%
2010	14.9%	6.33%
2011	12.5%	5.81%
2012	12.2%	5.45%
2013	13.4%	5.17%
2014	18.3%	4.96%
2015	11.4%	4.78%
2016	12.6%	4.63%
2017	15.2%	4.52%
2018	12%	4.43%
2019	24.3%	4.34%
2020	12.3%	4.25%
2021	17.1%	4.16%
2022	38.7%	4.08%
2023	9.22%	4%