What is the difference in number of births between Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea?

16,473 births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Papua New Guinea: Number of births

Central African Republic

238,858 births

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

255,331 births

in 2023

Central African Republic rank

80th

Papua New Guinea rank

79th

Number of births over time

Central African Republic
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 255,331 births against 238,858 births in Central African Republic, a difference of 16,473 births.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Central African Republic's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Central African Republic ranks 80th and Papua New Guinea ranks 79th of 236 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	68,896 births	80,091 births	11,195 births	Papua New Guinea
1960s	81,093 births	98,915 births	17,822 births	Papua New Guinea
1970s	97,648 births	115,209 births	17,561 births	Papua New Guinea
1980s	121,537 births	129,737 births	8,200 births	Papua New Guinea
1990s	145,728 births	161,864 births	16,136 births	Papua New Guinea
2000s	178,028 births	211,613 births	33,585 births	Papua New Guinea
2010s	207,756 births	246,017 births	38,260 births	Papua New Guinea
2020s	231,298 births	256,077 births	24,779 births	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Central African Republic or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 255,331 births against 238,858 births in Central African Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea?: 16,473 births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of births?: Central African Republic ranks 80th and Papua New Guinea ranks 79th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.