Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and South Korea

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs South Korea 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 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs South Korea 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	South Korea
1960	5.95	5.99
1961	5.96	5.8
1962	5.97	5.56
1963	5.99	5.33
1964	6.01	5.07
1965	6.03	4.89
1966	6.06	4.78
1967	6.08	4.62
1968	6.1	4.51
1969	6.06	4.45
1970	6.03	4.53
1971	5.99	4.54
1972	5.96	4.12
1973	5.93	4.07
1974	5.9	3.77
1975	5.88	3.43
1976	5.94	3
1977	5.99	2.99
1978	6.04	2.64
1979	6.09	2.9
1980	6.13	2.82
1981	6.17	2.57
1982	6.16	2.39
1983	6.15	2.06
1984	6.14	1.74
1985	6.12	1.66
1986	6.11	1.58
1987	6.12	1.53
1988	6.1	1.55
1989	6.07	1.56
1990	6.05	1.57
1991	6.03	1.71
1992	5.96	1.76
1993	5.93	1.65
1994	5.92	1.66
1995	5.94	1.63
1996	5.96	1.57
1997	5.92	1.54
1998	5.89	1.46
1999	5.88	1.43
2000	5.85	1.48
2001	5.81	1.31
2002	5.79	1.18
2003	5.8	1.19
2004	5.78	1.16
2005	5.81	1.09
2006	5.84	1.13
2007	5.87	1.26
2008	5.9	1.19
2009	5.94	1.15
2010	5.96	1.23
2011	6.01	1.24
2012	6.05	1.3
2013	6.08	1.19
2014	6.1	1.21
2015	6.13	1.24
2016	6.13	1.17
2017	6.13	1.05
2018	6.11	0.98
2019	6.09	0.92
2020	6.06	0.84
2021	6.05	0.81
2022	6.02	0.78
2023	6.01	0.72
2024	5.95	0.73
2025	5.81	0.75
2026	5.69	0.76
2027	5.58	0.78
2028	5.47	0.79
2029	5.36	0.8
2030	5.25	0.82
2031	5.14	0.83
2032	5.04	0.84
2033	4.91	0.85
2034	4.78	0.86
2035	4.67	0.88
2036	4.56	0.89
2037	4.46	0.9
2038	4.35	0.91
2039	4.26	0.92
2040	4.15	0.93
2041	4.03	0.95
2042	3.94	0.96
2043	3.86	0.96
2044	3.78	0.97
2045	3.7	0.98
2046	3.63	0.99
2047	3.56	1
2048	3.49	1.01
2049	3.43	1.02
2050	3.36	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	South Korea
1960	40.5%	41.3%
1961	40.8%	41.8%
1962	41.1%	42.3%
1963	41.4%	42.7%
1964	41.6%	43.1%
1965	41.7%	43.3%
1966	41.7%	43.5%
1967	41.8%	43.3%
1968	41.9%	43.1%
1969	41.9%	42.7%
1970	42.1%	42.1%
1971	42.2%	41.5%
1972	42.4%	41%
1973	42.6%	40.3%
1974	42.7%	39.5%
1975	42.9%	38.5%
1976	42.9%	37.5%
1977	42.8%	36.5%
1978	42.8%	35.6%
1979	42.8%	34.8%
1980	42.8%	34%
1981	42.8%	33.3%
1982	42.9%	32.7%
1983	43%	32%
1984	43%	31.2%
1985	43.2%	30.2%
1986	43.3%	29.2%
1987	43.5%	28.2%
1988	43.8%	27.3%
1989	44.1%	26.5%
1990	44.5%	25.8%
1991	44.9%	25.2%
1992	45.2%	24.7%
1993	45.4%	24.2%
1994	45.5%	23.7%
1995	45.6%	23.1%
1996	45.7%	22.5%
1997	45.7%	22%
1998	45.7%	21.6%
1999	45.6%	21.2%
2000	45.5%	21%
2001	45.4%	20.8%
2002	45.3%	20.5%
2003	45.2%	20.1%
2004	45.1%	19.7%
2005	45.1%	19.2%
2006	45.1%	18.7%
2007	45.3%	18.1%
2008	45.4%	17.5%
2009	45.6%	16.9%
2010	45.9%	16.4%
2011	46.3%	15.8%
2012	46.9%	15.2%
2013	47.6%	14.7%
2014	48.5%	14.2%
2015	49%	13.8%
2016	49%	13.4%
2017	49%	13%
2018	49%	12.7%
2019	49%	12.4%
2020	48.9%	12.1%
2021	49%	11.8%
2022	49.2%	11.4%
2023	49.2%	11%
2024	49%	10.6%
2025	48.7%	10.2%
2026	48.2%	9.82%
2027	47.8%	9.42%
2028	47.5%	9.06%
2029	47.2%	8.75%
2030	47.1%	8.43%
2031	46.9%	8.15%
2032	46.8%	7.94%
2033	46.7%	7.79%
2034	46.5%	7.7%
2035	46.3%	7.66%
2036	46.1%	7.65%
2037	45.8%	7.66%
2038	45.3%	7.68%
2039	44.7%	7.71%
2040	44.1%	7.73%
2041	43.5%	7.75%
2042	42.8%	7.76%
2043	42.2%	7.77%
2044	41.5%	7.78%
2045	40.9%	7.79%
2046	40.2%	7.8%
2047	39.6%	7.81%
2048	39%	7.82%
2049	38.4%	7.82%
2050	37.9%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +0.06% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	31,131	728,010
1961	32,383	730,173
1962	33,731	712,590
1963	35,218	685,824
1964	36,878	655,501
1965	38,710	641,090
1966	40,804	623,534
1967	42,979	692,169
1968	45,377	684,487
1969	47,066	694,227
1970	48,690	747,987
1971	50,142	789,185
1972	51,390	740,469
1973	52,525	699,115
1974	53,777	673,030
1975	55,106	603,300
1976	57,725	530,558
1977	60,436	578,947
1978	63,285	499,084
1979	66,104	623,068
1980	68,759	583,294
1981	71,391	631,189
1982	73,330	605,626
1983	75,399	514,844
1984	77,395	436,384
1985	79,266	416,219
1986	81,149	395,651
1987	83,408	378,758
1988	84,654	399,297
1989	85,969	403,266
1990	87,507	411,546
1991	88,688	467,594
1992	88,939	494,352
1993	89,873	477,302
1994	90,943	473,200
1995	92,748	468,967
1996	93,369	446,142
1997	93,378	422,773
1998	94,361	393,436
1999	96,108	368,272
2000	97,468	390,167
2001	99,598	312,643
2002	100,588	247,752
2003	105,540	244,251
2004	108,548	225,988
2005	113,534	187,920
2006	118,882	203,441
2007	123,137	248,286
2008	128,627	215,841
2009	-130,613	197,231
2010	130,539	213,083
2011	142,913	214,728
2012	146,791	215,859
2013	140,489	166,415
2014	107,448	167,464
2015	141,912	163,248
2016	142,419	122,923
2017	128,461	71,907
2018	153,361	30,951
2019	68,523	10,353
2020	156,911	-31,101
2021	124,408	-56,947
2022	-49,456	-124,014
2023	190,325	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs South Korea

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 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	South Korea
1985	796	38
1986	795	35
1987	803	34
1988	815	31
1989	835	29
1990	866	28
1991	910	28
1992	956	26
1993	997	24
1994	1,053	23
1995	1,123	22
1996	1,191	20
1997	1,270	19
1998	1,346	18
1999	1,411	17
2000	1,490	15
2001	1,504	14
2002	1,496	13
2003	1,487	13
2004	1,450	12
2005	1,389	11
2006	1,337	10
2007	1,271	10
2008	1,234	9
2009	1,272	9
2010	1,230	8
2011	1,131	8
2012	1,092	8
2013	1,092	7
2014	1,034	7
2015	981	6
2016	962	6
2017	1,093	6
2018	881	5
2019	1,650	5
2020	1,296	12
2021	1,127	5
2022	841	7
2023	692	4

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 0.28% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	28.3%	11.2%
1961	27.8%	10.6%
1962	27.2%	10.1%
1963	26.7%	9.67%
1964	26.1%	9.18%
1965	25.5%	8.68%
1966	24.9%	8.16%
1967	24.3%	7.62%
1968	23.7%	7.1%
1969	23.2%	6.59%
1970	22.6%	6.12%
1971	22.1%	5.71%
1972	21.7%	5.36%
1973	21.2%	5.07%
1974	20.8%	4.82%
1975	20.4%	4.61%
1976	20%	4.42%
1977	19.7%	4.23%
1978	19.4%	4.04%
1979	19.1%	3.84%
1980	18.8%	3.63%
1981	18.6%	3.4%
1982	18.4%	3.17%
1983	18.2%	2.93%
1984	18.1%	2.7%
1985	18%	2.46%
1986	17.9%	2.25%
1987	17.9%	2.05%
1988	17.8%	1.87%
1989	17.8%	1.71%
1990	17.8%	1.57%
1991	17.7%	1.44%
1992	17.7%	1.33%
1993	17.6%	1.23%
1994	17.5%	1.14%
1995	17.5%	1.05%
1996	17.3%	0.98%
1997	17.2%	0.91%
1998	17%	0.85%
1999	16.8%	0.8%
2000	16.6%	0.75%
2001	16.3%	0.71%
2002	15.9%	0.68%
2003	15.6%	0.64%
2004	15.2%	0.6%
2005	14.8%	0.56%
2006	14.4%	0.52%
2007	14%	0.48%
2008	13.6%	0.45%
2009	47.9%	0.43%
2010	14.9%	0.41%
2011	12.5%	0.4%
2012	12.2%	0.38%
2013	13.4%	0.37%
2014	18.3%	0.36%
2015	11.4%	0.35%
2016	12.6%	0.34%
2017	15.2%	0.33%
2018	12%	0.32%
2019	24.3%	0.31%
2020	12.3%	0.3%
2021	17.1%	0.29%
2022	38.7%	0.28%
2023	9.22%	0.28%