Demographics of Central African Republic

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	05 Jun 2024

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There are 2.96 million males and 2.96 million females in Central African Republic. The percentage of the male population is 49.96%, compared to 50.04% of the female population. Central African Republic has 4,305 more females than males. The sex ratio in Central African Republic in 2024 will be 99.855 males per 100 females. Central African Republic is in the 149th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Central African Republic population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,436,591	1.40
1955	1,545,898	1.56
1960	1,679,728	1.78
1965	1,849,171	2.08
1970	2,067,356	2.17
1975	2,283,927	1.98
1980	2,415,276	1.04
1985	2,553,075	1.18
1990	2,809,221	3.09
1995	3,276,706	2.40
2000	3,759,170	2.81
2005	4,208,834	2.31
2010	4,660,067	1.96
2015	4,819,333	1.60
2020	5,343,020	2.66
2021	5,457,154	1.58
2022	5,579,144	2.83
2023	5,742,315	2.94
2024	5,915,627	3.01

Population
Growth

Central African Republic death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	42,437	62,584	29.534	43.555
1955	42,836	66,910	27.706	43.277
1960	42,681	72,116	25.410	42.934
1965	42,335	80,349	22.893	43.448
1970	42,015	90,499	20.302	43.730
1975	40,821	95,910	17.833	41.899
1980	40,640	107,402	16.680	44.080
1985	41,717	118,247	16.190	45.890
1990	45,189	130,025	16.088	46.292
1995	54,438	146,079	16.577	44.482
2000	65,070	162,475	17.325	43.259
2005	69,011	179,761	16.367	42.633
2010	68,061	202,470	14.534	43.237
2015	58,936	199,087	12.150	41.044
2020	59,147	225,927	11.041	42.175
2021	62,683	234,821	11.393	42.680
2022	61,490	236,643	11.003	42.344
2023	60,096	243,462	10.449	42.332
2024	60,276	250,590	10.176	42.305

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Central African Republic
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	191,278	1,135,374	14.418
1955	238,917	1,160,570	17.072
1960	302,205	1,201,303	20.100
1965	387,790	1,261,043	23.519
1970	502,752	1,325,957	27.492
1975	644,978	1,372,394	31.971
1980	772,263	1,507,558	33.874
1985	935,996	1,698,236	35.532
1990	1,082,570	1,857,210	36.825
1995	1,248,262	2,104,505	37.231
2000	1,413,327	2,341,659	37.639
2005	1,571,461	2,556,449	38.069
2010	1,730,652	2,717,873	38.904
2015	1,831,054	2,715,046	40.277
2020	2,076,534	2,844,355	42.198
2021	2,142,171	2,880,682	42.648
2022	2,213,060	2,919,210	43.120
2023	2,288,695	2,958,891	43.614
2024	2,368,409	2,998,540	44.130

Population
Urbanization

Central African Republic population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	544,813	532,792	1,077,605	18.22	102.256
05-09	452,861	445,041	897,901	15.18	101.757
10-14	421,243	414,207	835,449	14.12	101.699
15-19	366,248	360,683	726,931	12.29	101.543
20-24	300,716	296,167	596,883	10.09	101.536
25-29	224,988	220,589	445,577	7.53	101.994
30-34	157,003	153,367	310,370	5.25	102.371
35-39	116,487	114,809	231,296	3.91	101.462
40-44	89,763	89,392	179,155	3.03	100.415
45-49	67,640	70,187	137,827	2.33	96.371
50-54	57,307	66,829	124,136	2.10	85.752
55-59	47,943	62,797	110,740	1.87	76.346
60-64	39,269	52,113	91,382	1.54	75.354
65-69	31,352	37,809	69,161	1.17	82.922
70-74	21,474	23,838	45,312	0.77	90.083
75-79	10,618	11,609	22,227	0.38	91.464
80-84	4,434	5,324	9,758	0.16	83.283
85-89	1,288	1,887	3,175	0.05	68.256
90-94	208	475	684	0.01	43.789
95-99	8	49	57	0.00	16.327
100+	0	2	2	0.00	0.000
Total	2,955,663	2,959,966	5,915,628		99.855

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