Fertility & birth rates in Central African Republic and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Central African Republic vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Central African Republic vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	5.95	5.35
1961	5.96	5.24
1962	5.97	5.18
1963	5.99	5.12
1964	6.01	5.06
1965	6.03	4.93
1966	6.06	4.83
1967	6.08	4.79
1968	6.1	4.66
1969	6.06	4.5
1970	6.03	4.39
1971	5.99	4.27
1972	5.96	4.16
1973	5.93	4
1974	5.9	3.86
1975	5.88	3.82
1976	5.94	3.78
1977	5.99	3.74
1978	6.04	3.81
1979	6.09	3.82
1980	6.13	3.73
1981	6.17	3.65
1982	6.16	3.32
1983	6.15	3.11
1984	6.14	3.01
1985	6.12	2.9
1986	6.11	2.74
1987	6.12	2.64
1988	6.1	2.57
1989	6.07	2.58
1990	6.05	2.54
1991	6.03	2.51
1992	5.96	2.49
1993	5.93	2.44
1994	5.92	2.4
1995	5.94	2.35
1996	5.96	2.29
1997	5.92	2.22
1998	5.89	2.14
1999	5.88	2.14
2000	5.85	2.21
2001	5.81	2.28
2002	5.79	2.31
2003	5.8	2.3
2004	5.78	2.27
2005	5.81	2.26
2006	5.84	2.29
2007	5.87	2.3
2008	5.9	2.23
2009	5.94	2.18
2010	5.96	2.13
2011	6.01	2.14
2012	6.05	2.17
2013	6.08	2.18
2014	6.1	2.13
2015	6.13	2.09
2016	6.13	2.06
2017	6.13	2.04
2018	6.11	2.03
2019	6.09	2.02
2020	6.06	2.01
2021	6.05	2
2022	6.02	1.98
2023	6.01	1.97
2024	5.95	1.95
2025	5.81	1.94
2026	5.69	1.93
2027	5.58	1.91
2028	5.47	1.9
2029	5.36	1.89
2030	5.25	1.88
2031	5.14	1.87
2032	5.04	1.86
2033	4.91	1.85
2034	4.78	1.85
2035	4.67	1.84
2036	4.56	1.83
2037	4.46	1.83
2038	4.35	1.82
2039	4.26	1.81
2040	4.15	1.81
2041	4.03	1.8
2042	3.94	1.8
2043	3.86	1.8
2044	3.78	1.79
2045	3.7	1.79
2046	3.63	1.79
2047	3.56	1.78
2048	3.49	1.78
2049	3.43	1.77
2050	3.36	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	CAR	Sri Lanka
1960	40.5%	41%
1961	40.8%	40.9%
1962	41.1%	40.8%
1963	41.4%	40.7%
1964	41.6%	40.6%
1965	41.7%	40.5%
1966	41.7%	40.4%
1967	41.8%	40.3%
1968	41.9%	40.1%
1969	41.9%	39.9%
1970	42.1%	39.7%
1971	42.2%	39.5%
1972	42.4%	39.2%
1973	42.6%	38.8%
1974	42.7%	38.4%
1975	42.9%	38%
1976	42.9%	37.6%
1977	42.8%	37.2%
1978	42.8%	36.9%
1979	42.8%	36.7%
1980	42.8%	36.4%
1981	42.8%	36.2%
1982	42.9%	36%
1983	43%	35.8%
1984	43%	35.5%
1985	43.2%	35.2%
1986	43.3%	34.6%
1987	43.5%	34%
1988	43.8%	33.5%
1989	44.1%	33%
1990	44.5%	32.5%
1991	44.9%	32.1%
1992	45.2%	31.4%
1993	45.4%	30.6%
1994	45.5%	29.9%
1995	45.6%	29.2%
1996	45.7%	28.6%
1997	45.7%	28.2%
1998	45.7%	27.8%
1999	45.6%	27.4%
2000	45.5%	27%
2001	45.4%	26.6%
2002	45.3%	26.3%
2003	45.2%	26.1%
2004	45.1%	26%
2005	45.1%	25.8%
2006	45.1%	25.7%
2007	45.3%	25.7%
2008	45.4%	25.6%
2009	45.6%	25.5%
2010	45.9%	25.4%
2011	46.3%	25.3%
2012	46.9%	25.2%
2013	47.6%	25%
2014	48.5%	24.9%
2015	49%	24.7%
2016	49%	24.5%
2017	49%	24.2%
2018	49%	24%
2019	49%	23.7%
2020	48.9%	23.3%
2021	49%	23%
2022	49.2%	22.7%
2023	49.2%	22.4%
2024	49%	22%
2025	48.7%	21.7%
2026	48.2%	21.4%
2027	47.8%	21.1%
2028	47.5%	20.8%
2029	47.2%	20.5%
2030	47.1%	20.2%
2031	46.9%	20%
2032	46.8%	19.8%
2033	46.7%	19.6%
2034	46.5%	19.4%
2035	46.3%	19.2%
2036	46.1%	19.1%
2037	45.8%	18.9%
2038	45.3%	18.8%
2039	44.7%	18.7%
2040	44.1%	18.6%
2041	43.5%	18.4%
2042	42.8%	18.3%
2043	42.2%	18.2%
2044	41.5%	18.1%
2045	40.9%	18%
2046	40.2%	17.9%
2047	39.6%	17.7%
2048	39%	17.6%
2049	38.4%	17.5%
2050	37.9%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 49% of the population in the Central African Republic and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Central African Republic and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Central African Republic vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.39% in the Central African Republic and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	31,131	247,631
1961	32,383	251,087
1962	33,731	256,719
1963	35,218	262,880
1964	36,878	269,584
1965	38,710	272,422
1966	40,804	275,549
1967	42,979	284,738
1968	45,377	286,642
1969	47,066	286,218
1970	48,690	286,719
1971	50,142	281,200
1972	51,390	282,494
1973	52,525	278,577
1974	53,777	275,521
1975	55,106	282,496
1976	57,725	291,816
1977	60,436	300,038
1978	63,285	317,055
1979	66,104	329,791
1980	68,759	328,155
1981	71,391	328,096
1982	73,330	300,030
1983	75,399	277,768
1984	77,395	263,175
1985	79,266	247,836
1986	81,149	233,782
1987	83,408	226,414
1988	84,654	219,184
1989	85,969	212,401
1990	87,507	224,454
1991	88,688	218,117
1992	88,939	222,230
1993	89,873	226,257
1994	90,943	228,904
1995	92,748	221,957
1996	93,369	215,290
1997	93,378	208,193
1998	94,361	201,059
1999	96,108	206,876
2000	97,468	227,060
2001	99,598	244,377
2002	100,588	252,840
2003	105,540	252,008
2004	108,548	212,527
2005	113,534	248,683
2006	118,882	248,706
2007	123,137	248,287
2008	128,627	232,225
2009	-130,613	200,175
2010	130,539	224,325
2011	142,913	224,461
2012	146,791	229,138
2013	140,489	221,021
2014	107,448	211,541
2015	141,912	201,815
2016	142,419	194,232
2017	128,461	187,993
2018	153,361	183,610
2019	68,523	172,243
2020	156,911	170,968
2021	124,408	121,858
2022	-49,456	95,378
2023	190,325	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Central African Republic vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	CAR	Sri Lanka
1985	796	68
1986	795	66
1987	803	64
1988	815	62
1989	835	61
1990	866	59
1991	910	57
1992	956	54
1993	997	51
1994	1,053	49
1995	1,123	48
1996	1,191	47
1997	1,270	45
1998	1,346	43
1999	1,411	41
2000	1,490	39
2001	1,504	37
2002	1,496	36
2003	1,487	35
2004	1,450	37
2005	1,389	32
2006	1,337	32
2007	1,271	31
2008	1,234	30
2009	1,272	28
2010	1,230	26
2011	1,131	25
2012	1,092	24
2013	1,092	23
2014	1,034	23
2015	981	22
2016	962	22
2017	1,093	21
2018	881	21
2019	1,650	20
2020	1,296	23
2021	1,127	34
2022	841	22
2023	692	18

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 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	28.3%	9.41%
1961	27.8%	8.95%
1962	27.2%	8.66%
1963	26.7%	8.48%
1964	26.1%	8.3%
1965	25.5%	8.07%
1966	24.9%	7.81%
1967	24.3%	7.55%
1968	23.7%	7.32%
1969	23.2%	7.14%
1970	22.6%	7.02%
1971	22.1%	6.94%
1972	21.7%	6.86%
1973	21.2%	6.77%
1974	20.8%	6.62%
1975	20.4%	6.41%
1976	20%	6.12%
1977	19.7%	5.77%
1978	19.4%	5.38%
1979	19.1%	4.99%
1980	18.8%	4.63%
1981	18.6%	4.29%
1982	18.4%	3.98%
1983	18.2%	3.67%
1984	18.1%	3.35%
1985	18%	3.02%
1986	17.9%	2.74%
1987	17.9%	2.54%
1988	17.8%	2.41%
1989	17.8%	2.74%
1990	17.8%	2.33%
1991	17.7%	2.32%
1992	17.7%	2.29%
1993	17.6%	2.22%
1994	17.5%	2.14%
1995	17.5%	2.05%
1996	17.3%	1.95%
1997	17.2%	1.86%
1998	17%	1.76%
1999	16.8%	1.69%
2000	16.6%	1.63%
2001	16.3%	1.58%
2002	15.9%	1.55%
2003	15.6%	1.52%
2004	15.2%	2.88%
2005	14.8%	1.4%
2006	14.4%	1.33%
2007	14%	1.26%
2008	13.6%	1.2%
2009	47.9%	2.08%
2010	14.9%	1.12%
2011	12.5%	1.08%
2012	12.2%	1.03%
2013	13.4%	0.98%
2014	18.3%	0.92%
2015	11.4%	0.87%
2016	12.6%	0.83%
2017	15.2%	0.79%
2018	12%	0.76%
2019	24.3%	0.72%
2020	12.3%	0.69%
2021	17.1%	0.66%
2022	38.7%	0.64%
2023	9.22%	0.61%