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How many babies are born in Central African Republic?

255 thousand babies born in Central African Republic in 2026 — 0.19% of all births worldwide, and the 80th largest of any country. UN projection

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Central African Republic through history

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Estimated annual births in Central African Republic, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
Every figure refers to the area inside Central African Republic's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~5.3K ~130K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1000 ~8.8K ~220K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~11K ~280K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~21.6K ~479K 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~47K ~1.04M 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 65.2K 1.44M 45.4 UN estimate
2000 161K 3.83M 42.1 UN estimate
2024 246K 5.33M 46.2 UN projection
2026 255K 5.7M 44.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Central African Republic are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 255K. That is roughly 48 times the estimated ~5.29K births a year in 1 CE.

At 5.69 children per woman, fertility in Central African Republic is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.