Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Senegal

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	5.95	7
1961	5.96	7.04
1962	5.97	7.08
1963	5.99	7.12
1964	6.01	7.16
1965	6.03	7.19
1966	6.06	7.22
1967	6.08	7.24
1968	6.1	7.25
1969	6.06	7.26
1970	6.03	7.26
1971	5.99	7.26
1972	5.96	7.26
1973	5.93	7.26
1974	5.9	7.25
1975	5.88	7.25
1976	5.94	7.26
1977	5.99	7.27
1978	6.04	7.28
1979	6.09	7.29
1980	6.13	7.29
1981	6.17	7.28
1982	6.16	7.25
1983	6.15	7.19
1984	6.14	7.11
1985	6.12	7.01
1986	6.11	6.9
1987	6.12	6.79
1988	6.1	6.58
1989	6.07	6.48
1990	6.05	6.4
1991	6.03	6.27
1992	5.96	6.15
1993	5.93	6.05
1994	5.92	5.92
1995	5.94	5.82
1996	5.96	5.72
1997	5.92	5.64
1998	5.89	5.58
1999	5.88	5.57
2000	5.85	5.5
2001	5.81	5.4
2002	5.79	5.3
2003	5.8	5.25
2004	5.78	5.19
2005	5.81	5.13
2006	5.84	5.06
2007	5.87	5.02
2008	5.9	5.02
2009	5.94	5.03
2010	5.96	5.06
2011	6.01	5.1
2012	6.05	5.13
2013	6.08	5.05
2014	6.1	4.88
2015	6.13	4.75
2016	6.13	4.65
2017	6.13	4.49
2018	6.11	4.29
2019	6.09	4.1
2020	6.06	4
2021	6.05	3.94
2022	6.02	3.86
2023	6.01	3.82
2024	5.95	3.76
2025	5.81	3.71
2026	5.69	3.66
2027	5.58	3.61
2028	5.47	3.57
2029	5.36	3.53
2030	5.25	3.49
2031	5.14	3.44
2032	5.04	3.4
2033	4.91	3.35
2034	4.78	3.32
2035	4.67	3.28
2036	4.56	3.24
2037	4.46	3.22
2038	4.35	3.17
2039	4.26	3.15
2040	4.15	3.11
2041	4.03	3.08
2042	3.94	3.05
2043	3.86	3.02
2044	3.78	2.99
2045	3.7	2.96
2046	3.63	2.93
2047	3.56	2.9
2048	3.49	2.87
2049	3.43	2.85
2050	3.36	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Senegal
1960	40.5%	44.2%
1961	40.8%	44.3%
1962	41.1%	44.3%
1963	41.4%	44.3%
1964	41.6%	44.3%
1965	41.7%	44.3%
1966	41.7%	44.3%
1967	41.8%	44.3%
1968	41.9%	44.2%
1969	41.9%	44.2%
1970	42.1%	44.2%
1971	42.2%	44.2%
1972	42.4%	44.2%
1973	42.6%	44.3%
1974	42.7%	44.4%
1975	42.9%	44.6%
1976	42.9%	44.8%
1977	42.8%	45.2%
1978	42.8%	45.6%
1979	42.8%	46%
1980	42.8%	46.4%
1981	42.8%	46.7%
1982	42.9%	46.9%
1983	43%	47.1%
1984	43%	47.2%
1985	43.2%	47.3%
1986	43.3%	47.3%
1987	43.5%	47.2%
1988	43.8%	47%
1989	44.1%	46.9%
1990	44.5%	46.6%
1991	44.9%	46.4%
1992	45.2%	46.1%
1993	45.4%	45.8%
1994	45.5%	45.4%
1995	45.6%	45.1%
1996	45.7%	44.9%
1997	45.7%	44.6%
1998	45.7%	44.4%
1999	45.6%	44.2%
2000	45.5%	43.9%
2001	45.4%	43.7%
2002	45.3%	43.5%
2003	45.2%	43.2%
2004	45.1%	43.1%
2005	45.1%	42.9%
2006	45.1%	42.8%
2007	45.3%	42.7%
2008	45.4%	42.7%
2009	45.6%	42.7%
2010	45.9%	42.7%
2011	46.3%	42.7%
2012	46.9%	42.7%
2013	47.6%	42.7%
2014	48.5%	42.6%
2015	49%	42.4%
2016	49%	42.1%
2017	49%	41.8%
2018	49%	41.3%
2019	49%	40.9%
2020	48.9%	40.3%
2021	49%	39.8%
2022	49.2%	39.2%
2023	49.2%	38.6%
2024	49%	38.2%
2025	48.7%	37.7%
2026	48.2%	37.3%
2027	47.8%	36.9%
2028	47.5%	36.6%
2029	47.2%	36.2%
2030	47.1%	35.9%
2031	46.9%	35.6%
2032	46.8%	35.4%
2033	46.7%	35.1%
2034	46.5%	34.9%
2035	46.3%	34.6%
2036	46.1%	34.4%
2037	45.8%	34.1%
2038	45.3%	33.9%
2039	44.7%	33.5%
2040	44.1%	33.2%
2041	43.5%	32.9%
2042	42.8%	32.6%
2043	42.2%	32.2%
2044	41.5%	31.9%
2045	40.9%	31.5%
2046	40.2%	31.2%
2047	39.6%	30.8%
2048	39%	30.5%
2049	38.4%	30.2%
2050	37.9%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	31,131	84,735
1961	32,383	87,322
1962	33,731	89,937
1963	35,218	92,264
1964	36,878	94,797
1965	38,710	97,912
1966	40,804	101,359
1967	42,979	104,824
1968	45,377	108,240
1969	47,066	112,393
1970	48,690	117,264
1971	50,142	122,511
1972	51,390	128,024
1973	52,525	133,834
1974	53,777	139,974
1975	55,106	147,311
1976	57,725	154,776
1977	60,436	161,636
1978	63,285	167,744
1979	66,104	173,425
1980	68,759	179,707
1981	71,391	185,917
1982	73,330	191,309
1983	75,399	197,673
1984	77,395	203,125
1985	79,266	208,218
1986	81,149	212,887
1987	83,408	218,522
1988	84,654	221,772
1989	85,969	227,797
1990	87,507	234,155
1991	88,688	237,713
1992	88,939	241,482
1993	89,873	245,742
1994	90,943	249,115
1995	92,748	252,552
1996	93,369	255,418
1997	93,378	261,200
1998	94,361	267,404
1999	96,108	277,944
2000	97,468	283,946
2001	99,598	289,690
2002	100,588	298,842
2003	105,540	308,856
2004	108,548	317,286
2005	113,534	323,908
2006	118,882	331,364
2007	123,137	339,963
2008	128,627	351,661
2009	-130,613	362,238
2010	130,539	372,934
2011	142,913	387,290
2012	146,791	402,243
2013	140,489	406,582
2014	107,448	405,019
2015	141,912	407,008
2016	142,419	411,480
2017	128,461	410,366
2018	153,361	405,454
2019	68,523	399,436
2020	156,911	400,910
2021	124,408	403,019
2022	-49,456	415,507
2023	190,325	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Senegal
1985	796	899
1986	795	820
1987	803	760
1988	815	709
1989	835	662
1990	866	640
1991	910	616
1992	956	598
1993	997	589
1994	1,053	579
1995	1,123	586
1996	1,191	601
1997	1,270	599
1998	1,346	605
1999	1,411	602
2000	1,490	581
2001	1,504	560
2002	1,496	531
2003	1,487	520
2004	1,450	501
2005	1,389	488
2006	1,337	462
2007	1,271	457
2008	1,234	463
2009	1,272	441
2010	1,230	436
2011	1,131	415
2012	1,092	405
2013	1,092	385
2014	1,034	373
2015	981	357
2016	962	345
2017	1,093	325
2018	881	305
2019	1,650	286
2020	1,296	252
2021	1,127	263
2022	841	228
2023	692	237

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 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	28.3%	29.3%
1961	27.8%	29.4%
1962	27.2%	29.5%
1963	26.7%	29.6%
1964	26.1%	29.7%
1965	25.5%	29.7%
1966	24.9%	29.7%
1967	24.3%	29.6%
1968	23.7%	29.4%
1969	23.2%	29.2%
1970	22.6%	28.8%
1971	22.1%	28.4%
1972	21.7%	27.8%
1973	21.2%	27%
1974	20.8%	26.2%
1975	20.4%	25.3%
1976	20%	24.2%
1977	19.7%	23.1%
1978	19.4%	22.1%
1979	19.1%	21.2%
1980	18.8%	20.4%
1981	18.6%	19.7%
1982	18.4%	19.1%
1983	18.2%	18.5%
1984	18.1%	17.9%
1985	18%	17.1%
1986	17.9%	16.3%
1987	17.9%	15.4%
1988	17.8%	14.7%
1989	17.8%	14.1%
1990	17.8%	13.7%
1991	17.7%	13.6%
1992	17.7%	13.5%
1993	17.6%	13.6%
1994	17.5%	13.7%
1995	17.5%	13.8%
1996	17.3%	13.8%
1997	17.2%	13.9%
1998	17%	13.7%
1999	16.8%	13.4%
2000	16.6%	12.9%
2001	16.3%	12.2%
2002	15.9%	11.4%
2003	15.6%	10.5%
2004	15.2%	9.59%
2005	14.8%	8.8%
2006	14.4%	8.11%
2007	14%	7.52%
2008	13.6%	7.03%
2009	47.9%	6.63%
2010	14.9%	6.3%
2011	12.5%	6.01%
2012	12.2%	5.77%
2013	13.4%	5.57%
2014	18.3%	5.39%
2015	11.4%	5.24%
2016	12.6%	5.11%
2017	15.2%	4.97%
2018	12%	4.82%
2019	24.3%	4.65%
2020	12.3%	4.46%
2021	17.1%	4.25%
2022	38.7%	4.04%
2023	9.22%	3.85%