Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Central African Republic

Total fertility rate in the Central African Republic in 2024 — 5.95 births. Ranked 4 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.1%.

2024 5.95 births −0.96% vs 2023
World rank 4of 217
Period maximum 6.17 births1981
Period minimum 5.78 births2004

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Central African Republic, 1960–20245.75.85.966.16.219601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.95 births1962: 5.97 births1964: 6.01 births1966: 6.06 births1968: 6.1 births1970: 6.03 births1972: 5.96 births1974: 5.9 births1976: 5.94 births1978: 6.04 births1980: 6.13 births1982: 6.16 births1984: 6.14 births1986: 6.11 births1988: 6.1 births1990: 6.05 births1992: 5.96 births1994: 5.92 births1996: 5.96 births1998: 5.89 births2000: 5.85 births2002: 5.79 births2004: 5.78 births2006: 5.84 births2008: 5.9 births2010: 5.96 births2012: 6.05 births2014: 6.1 births2016: 6.13 births2018: 6.11 births2020: 6.06 births2022: 6.02 births2024: 5.95 births
Change over the period: +0.01 (+0.1%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central African Republic

Central African Republic 5.95 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Middle Africa computed 5.48 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Central African Republic, by year Central African Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 5.95 −0.06 −0.96%
2023 6.01 −0.01 −0.18%
2022 6.02 −0.03 −0.48%
2021 6.05 −0.01 −0.12%
2020 6.06 −0.03 −0.51%
2019 6.09 −0.02 −0.29%
2018 6.11 −0.02 −0.31%
2017 6.13 +0 +0.02%
2016 6.13 +0 +0%
2015 6.13 +0.03 +0.44%
2014 6.1 +0.02 +0.4%
2013 6.08 +0.03 +0.46%
2012 6.05 +0.04 +0.63%
2011 6.01 +0.05 +0.77%
2010 5.96 +0.03 +0.45%
2009 5.94 +0.03 +0.58%
2008 5.9 +0.04 +0.6%
2007 5.87 +0.03 +0.46%
2006 5.84 +0.03 +0.48%
2005 5.81 +0.03 +0.48%
2004 5.78 −0.02 −0.26%
2003 5.8 +0.01 +0.24%
2002 5.79 −0.02 −0.38%
2001 5.81 −0.04 −0.75%
2000 5.85 −0.02 −0.41%
1999 5.88 −0.01 −0.24%
1998 5.89 −0.04 −0.59%
1997 5.92 −0.04 −0.65%
1996 5.96 +0.02 +0.34%
1995 5.94 +0.02 +0.41%
1994 5.92 −0.01 −0.12%
1993 5.93 −0.04 −0.64%
1992 5.96 −0.07 −1.09%
1991 6.03 −0.02 −0.31%
1990 6.05 −0.02 −0.4%
1989 6.07 −0.02 −0.41%
1988 6.1 −0.02 −0.36%
1987 6.12 +0.01 +0.23%
1986 6.11 −0.01 −0.21%
1985 6.12 −0.02 −0.31%
1984 6.14 −0.01 −0.21%
1983 6.15 −0.01 −0.15%
1982 6.16 −0.01 −0.11%
1981 6.17 +0.04 +0.6%
1980 6.13 +0.04 +0.66%
1979 6.09 +0.05 +0.84%
1978 6.04 +0.05 +0.89%
1977 5.99 +0.05 +0.84%
1976 5.94 +0.06 +1%
1975 5.88 −0.02 −0.37%
1974 5.9 −0.03 −0.44%
1973 5.93 −0.03 −0.57%
1972 5.96 −0.03 −0.57%
1971 5.99 −0.03 −0.56%
1970 6.03 −0.04 −0.59%
1969 6.06 −0.04 −0.62%
1968 6.1 +0.03 +0.41%
1967 6.08 +0.02 +0.31%
1966 6.06 +0.03 +0.48%
1965 6.03 +0.02 +0.38%
1964 6.01 +0.02 +0.33%
1963 5.99 +0.02 +0.25%
1962 5.97 +0.01 +0.2%
1961 5.96 +0.01 +0.17%
1960 5.95

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.