Central African Republic

Child mortality in Central African Republic

Child mortality in Central African Republic: 29.1 per 100 live births in 1959 and 9 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
9 per 100 live births
Since 1959
−20.1 per 100 live births
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in Central African RepublicChild mortality in Central African Republic: 29.1 per 100 live births in 1959 and 9 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 48.9 per 100 live births in 2009, the lowest 9 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 48.9 per 100 live births in 2009, the lowest 9 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearCentral African RepublicWorld
202493.7
20239.33.8
202242.54
202117.94
202012.43.9
201925.54
2018124
201715.54.1
201612.74.2
201511.44.3
201418.74.4
201313.44.5
201212.24.7
201112.55
201015.15.1
200948.95.3
200813.65.5
200713.95.7
200614.46
200514.86.2
200415.26.6
200315.66.8
200215.97.1
200116.37.4
200016.67.7
199916.87.9
1998178.3
199717.28.4
199617.48.6
199517.58.8
199417.68.9
199317.79.1
199217.79.2
199117.89.3
199017.99.4
198917.99.5
198817.910
1987189.9
198618.110.3
198518.110.6
198418.210.9
198318.411.1
198218.511.2
198118.711.6
19801911.9
197919.211.9
197819.612.3
197719.912.6
197620.312.8
197520.613.1
19742113.3
197321.413.5
197221.813.7
197122.313.9
197022.814.2
196923.314.6
196823.915
196724.515.3
196625.115.1
196525.715.1
196426.315.7
196326.916.2
196227.417
19612818.8
196028.520.2
195929.119.9
1958–19.7
1957–20.5
1956–21.3
1955–22.3
1954–22.8
1953–23.3
1952–23.9
1951–24.3
1950–24.7
1949–24.9
1948–24.9
1947–25.5
1946–25.8
1945–26.7
1944–27.4
1943–27.7
1942–27.9
1941–27.8
1940–27.9
1939–28
1938–28.7
1937–28.8
1936–29.1
1935–29.5
1934–30.7
1933–30.5
1932–30.7
1931–31.4
1930–31.6
1929–32
1928–31.9
1927–31.9
1926–32.7
1925–32.4
1924–33.1
1923–33.1
1922–33.2
1921–34.2
1920–34.4
1919–35.7
1918–37.6
1917–35.3
1916–35.1
1915–35.3
1914–35.4
1913–35.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
1910–36.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
1905–38.8
1904–38.9
1903–39.5
1902–40.1
1901–40.8
1900–40.9
1899–40.8
1898–41.2
1897–41
1896–41.1
1895–41.3
1894–41.2
1893–41.2
1892–41.7
1891–41.3
1890–41.5
1889–41.2
1888–41
1887–41.1
1886–41.1
1885–41.2
1884–41.1
1883–41.4
1882–41.5
1881–41.1
1880–41.6
1879–41.1
1878–41.6
1877–41.2
1876–41.4
1875–41.5
1874–41.7
1873–41.8
1872–42.1
1871–42.2
1870–41.9
1869–42.1
1868–42.4
1867–42
1866–42.1
1865–42.3
1864–42.2
1863–42.5
1862–42.6
1861–42.9
1860–42.9
1859–43.7
1858–43.8
1857–44.2
1856–44.2
1855–44
1854–43.7
1853–43.2
1852–42.9
1851–42.4
1850–42
1849–42.3
1848–42.3
1847–42.2
1846–42.4
1845–42
1844–42.1
1843–42.1
1842–42.2
1841–42.1
1840–42.1
1839–42.1
1838–42.2
1837–42.2
1836–42.2
1835–42.2
1834–42.3
1833–42.2
1832–42.2
1831–42.2
1830–42.2
1829–42.1
1828–42.1
1827–42.1
1826–42.1
1825–42.1
1824–42.1
1823–42.1
1822–42.1
1821–42.1
1820–42.1
1819–42.2
1818–42.2
1817–42.2
1816–42.2
1815–42.2
1814–42.3
1813–42.3
1812–42.4
1811–42.4
1810–42.5
1809–42.5
1808–42.5
1807–42.5
1806–42.6
1805–42.6
1804–42.6
1803–42.6
1802–42.7
1801–42.7
1800–42.8

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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