Central African Republic - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Central African Republic was 12,870 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,019 in 2005 and a minimum value of 10,112 in 1974.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1961 10,295
1962 10,317
1963 10,334
1964 10,345
1965 10,337
1966 10,328
1967 10,304
1968 10,274
1969 10,236
1970 10,200
1971 10,167
1972 10,137
1973 10,118
1974 10,112
1975 10,132
1976 10,178
1977 10,261
1978 10,379
1979 10,540
1980 10,742
1981 10,973
1982 11,228
1983 11,498
1984 11,773
1985 12,032
1986 12,278
1987 12,527
1988 12,796
1989 13,095
1990 13,370
1991 13,606
1992 13,836
1993 14,075
1994 14,329
1995 14,622
1996 14,927
1997 15,226
1998 15,512
1999 15,799
2000 16,064
2001 16,312
2002 16,539
2003 16,734
2004 16,896
2005 17,019
2006 17,017
2007 17,007
2008 16,921
2009 16,678
2010 16,426
2011 16,029
2012 15,624
2013 15,311
2014 14,826
2015 14,349
2016 13,945
2017 13,660
2018 13,346
2019 13,012
2020 12,870

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Central African Republic was 17,069 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,553 in 2005 and a minimum value of 15,929 in 1976.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1965 17,080
1966 16,974
1967 16,843
1968 16,709
1969 16,562
1970 16,425
1971 16,297
1972 16,179
1973 16,077
1974 15,991
1975 15,944
1976 15,929
1977 15,961
1978 16,043
1979 16,195
1980 16,417
1981 16,693
1982 17,027
1983 17,400
1984 17,797
1985 18,177
1986 18,543
1987 18,913
1988 19,310
1989 19,770
1990 20,238
1991 20,668
1992 21,057
1993 21,434
1994 21,814
1995 22,231
1996 22,672
1997 23,116
1998 23,523
1999 23,934
2000 24,318
2001 24,652
2002 24,949
2003 25,202
2004 25,409
2005 25,553
2006 25,511
2007 25,379
2008 25,145
2009 24,640
2010 24,073
2011 23,342
2012 22,588
2013 21,915
2014 21,124
2015 20,230
2016 19,324
2017 18,713
2018 18,182
2019 17,534
2020 17,069

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Central African Republic was 6,551 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,979 in 2007 and a minimum value of 4,476 in 1972.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1972 4,476
1973 4,496
1974 4,522
1975 4,549
1976 4,596
1977 4,659
1978 4,731
1979 4,820
1980 4,930
1981 5,060
1982 5,207
1983 5,368
1984 5,527
1985 5,678
1986 5,809
1987 5,913
1988 6,001
1989 6,077
1990 6,138
1991 6,211
1992 6,294
1993 6,391
1994 6,500
1995 6,633
1996 6,774
1997 6,920
1998 7,075
1999 7,222
2000 7,363
2001 7,501
2002 7,624
2003 7,752
2004 7,839
2005 7,915
2006 7,965
2007 7,979
2008 7,935
2009 7,873
2010 7,773
2011 7,650
2012 7,497
2013 7,320
2014 7,164
2015 7,023
2016 6,891
2017 6,777
2018 6,678
2019 6,616
2020 6,551

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality