Population of Central African Republic

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	16 Jun 2024

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The current population of Central African Republic is 5,380,880 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Central African Republic is projected at 5,915,627, or 5.92 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Central African Republic is projected at 5,742,315, or 5.74 million people for the year 2023.

Central African Republic ranks 116th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Central African Republic is ranked 37th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Central African Republic population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,426,515	1,436,591	20,152	1.403	0.06
1951	1,446,667	1,456,939	20,544	1.410	0.06
1952	1,467,211	1,477,900	21,379	1.447	0.06
1953	1,488,590	1,499,680	22,181	1.479	0.06
1954	1,510,771	1,522,317	23,092	1.517	0.06
1955	1,533,863	1,545,898	24,070	1.557	0.06
1956	1,557,933	1,570,453	25,040	1.594	0.06
1957	1,582,973	1,596,022	26,097	1.635	0.06
1958	1,609,070	1,622,618	27,095	1.670	0.06
1959	1,636,165	1,650,466	28,601	1.733	0.06
1960	1,664,766	1,679,728	29,925	1.782	0.06
1961	1,694,691	1,710,364	31,347	1.833	0.06
1962	1,726,038	1,742,502	32,928	1.890	0.06
1963	1,758,966	1,776,214	34,495	1.942	0.06
1964	1,793,461	1,811,694	36,465	2.013	0.06
1965	1,829,926	1,849,171	38,491	2.082	0.06
1966	1,868,417	1,888,853	40,872	2.164	0.06
1967	1,909,289	1,930,861	43,145	2.235	0.06
1968	1,952,434	1,975,257	45,647	2.311	0.06
1969	1,998,081	2,021,519	46,876	2.319	0.06
1970	2,044,957	2,067,356	44,799	2.167	0.06
1971	2,089,756	2,111,224	42,935	2.034	0.06
1972	2,132,691	2,153,613	41,845	1.943	0.06
1973	2,174,536	2,195,905	42,739	1.946	0.06
1974	2,217,275	2,239,305	44,060	1.968	0.06
1975	2,261,335	2,283,927	45,184	1.978	0.06
1976	2,306,519	2,318,349	23,659	1.021	0.06
1977	2,330,178	2,342,048	23,741	1.014	0.06
1978	2,353,919	2,365,957	24,076	1.018	0.06
1979	2,377,995	2,390,329	24,667	1.032	0.05
1980	2,402,662	2,415,276	25,227	1.044	0.05
1981	2,427,889	2,441,010	26,242	1.075	0.05
1982	2,454,131	2,467,635	27,009	1.095	0.05
1983	2,481,140	2,495,097	27,915	1.119	0.05
1984	2,509,055	2,523,538	28,966	1.148	0.05
1985	2,538,021	2,553,075	30,107	1.179	0.05
1986	2,568,128	2,583,631	31,005	1.200	0.05
1987	2,599,133	2,615,594	32,922	1.259	0.05
1988	2,632,055	2,657,235	50,359	1.895	0.05
1989	2,682,414	2,724,109	83,390	3.061	0.05
1990	2,765,804	2,809,221	86,834	3.091	0.05
1991	2,852,638	2,898,052	90,829	3.134	0.05
1992	2,943,467	2,991,727	96,521	3.227	0.05
1993	3,039,988	3,089,146	98,316	3.183	0.06
1994	3,138,304	3,187,844	99,080	3.108	0.06
1995	3,237,384	3,276,706	78,645	2.400	0.06
1996	3,316,029	3,363,570	95,082	2.827	0.06
1997	3,411,111	3,458,472	94,721	2.739	0.06
1998	3,505,832	3,555,064	98,463	2.770	0.06
1999	3,604,295	3,655,360	102,130	2.794	0.06
2000	3,706,425	3,759,170	105,490	2.806	0.06
2001	3,811,915	3,844,773	65,715	1.709	0.06
2002	3,877,630	3,930,648	106,036	2.698	0.06
2003	3,983,666	4,026,841	86,351	2.144	0.06
2004	4,070,017	4,115,138	90,242	2.193	0.06
2005	4,160,259	4,208,834	97,151	2.308	0.06
2006	4,257,410	4,294,352	73,885	1.721	0.06
2007	4,331,295	4,375,569	88,548	2.024	0.07
2008	4,419,843	4,467,233	94,780	2.122	0.07
2009	4,514,623	4,564,540	99,834	2.187	0.07
2010	4,614,457	4,660,067	91,220	1.958	0.07
2011	4,705,677	4,732,022	52,690	1.113	0.07
2012	4,758,367	4,773,306	29,877	0.626	0.07
2013	4,788,244	4,802,428	28,369	0.591	0.07
2014	4,816,613	4,798,734	-35,757	-0.745	0.07
2015	4,780,856	4,819,333	76,954	1.597	0.06
2016	4,857,810	4,904,177	92,735	1.891	0.07
2017	4,950,545	4,996,741	92,392	1.849	0.07
2018	5,042,937	5,094,780	103,686	2.035	0.07
2019	5,146,623	5,209,324	125,403	2.407	0.07
2020	5,272,026	5,343,020	141,988	2.658	0.07
2021	5,414,014	5,457,154	86,281	1.581	0.07

Central African Republic population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	5,500,295	5,579,144	157,697	2.827	0.07
2023	5,657,992	5,742,315	168,647	2.937	0.07
2024	5,826,639	5,915,627	177,977	3.009	0.07
2025	6,004,616	6,097,449	185,666	3.045	0.07
2026	6,190,282	6,286,949	193,335	3.075	0.08
2027	6,383,617	6,483,409	199,584	3.079	0.08
2028	6,583,201	6,685,708	205,015	3.067	0.08
2029	6,788,216	6,892,981	209,531	3.040	0.08
2030	6,997,747	7,104,274	213,053	2.999	0.08
2031	7,210,800	7,318,809	216,017	2.952	0.08
2032	7,426,817	7,535,935	218,236	2.896	0.09
2033	7,645,053	7,755,423	220,741	2.846	0.09
2034	7,865,794	7,977,059	222,529	2.790	0.09
2035	8,088,323	8,200,171	223,696	2.728	0.09
2036	8,312,019	8,423,550	223,062	2.648	0.09
2037	8,535,081	8,646,900	223,638	2.586	0.10
2038	8,758,719	8,870,492	223,546	2.520	0.10
2039	8,982,265	9,093,368	222,205	2.444	0.10
2040	9,204,470	9,316,419	223,898	2.403	0.10
2041	9,428,368	9,540,435	224,134	2.349	0.10
2042	9,652,502	9,763,939	222,874	2.283	0.10
2043	9,875,376	9,986,569	222,387	2.227	0.11
2044	10,097,763	10,208,909	222,292	2.178	0.11
2045	10,320,055	10,430,913	221,716	2.126	0.11
2046	10,541,771	10,652,537	221,531	2.080	0.11
2047	10,763,302	10,873,819	221,035	2.033	0.11
2048	10,984,337	11,094,632	220,590	1.988	0.12
2049	11,204,927	11,314,636	219,418	1.939	0.12
2050	11,424,345	11,533,423	218,156	1.892	0.12
2051	11,642,501	11,751,240	217,478	1.851	0.12
2052	11,859,979	11,968,909	217,861	1.820	0.12
2053	12,077,840	12,186,151	216,623	1.778	0.12
2054	12,294,463	12,402,737	216,548	1.746	0.13
2055	12,511,011	12,618,199	214,376	1.699	0.13
2056	12,725,387	12,831,980	213,186	1.661	0.13
2057	12,938,573	13,043,647	210,147	1.611	0.13
2058	13,148,720	13,253,169	208,899	1.576	0.13
2059	13,357,619	13,459,710	204,182	1.517	0.13
2060	13,561,801	13,663,439	203,275	1.488	0.14
2061	13,765,076	13,865,763	201,374	1.452	0.14
2062	13,966,450	14,065,076	197,251	1.402	0.14
2063	14,163,701	14,261,449	195,495	1.371	0.14
2064	14,359,196	14,455,640	192,889	1.334	0.14
2065	14,552,085	14,646,420	188,670	1.288	0.14
2066	14,740,755	14,834,646	187,781	1.266	0.15
2067	14,928,536	15,019,951	182,830	1.217	0.15
2068	15,111,366	15,200,225	177,718	1.169	0.15
2069	15,289,084	15,376,563	174,957	1.138	0.15
2070	15,464,041	15,549,585	171,088	1.100	0.15
2071	15,635,129	15,718,380	166,502	1.059	0.15
2072	15,801,631	15,883,217	163,172	1.027	0.15
2073	15,964,803	16,043,970	158,334	0.987	0.16
2074	16,123,137	16,200,657	155,041	0.957	0.16
2075	16,278,178	16,353,652	150,948	0.923	0.16
2076	16,429,126	16,502,513	146,773	0.889	0.16
2077	16,575,899	16,647,196	142,593	0.857	0.16
2078	16,718,492	16,787,129	137,275	0.818	0.16
2079	16,855,767	16,922,262	132,989	0.786	0.16
2080	16,988,756	17,052,982	128,452	0.753	0.16
2081	17,117,208	17,179,017	123,618	0.720	0.16
2082	17,240,826	17,301,001	120,350	0.696	0.17
2083	17,361,176	17,419,409	116,466	0.669	0.17
2084	17,477,642	17,534,178	113,072	0.645	0.17
2085	17,590,714	17,645,132	108,837	0.617	0.17
2086	17,699,551	17,752,103	105,104	0.592	0.17
2087	17,804,655	17,855,659	102,008	0.571	0.17
2088	17,906,663	17,954,874	96,422	0.537	0.17
2089	18,003,085	18,048,573	90,977	0.504	0.17
2090	18,094,062	18,138,089	88,053	0.485	0.17
2091	18,182,115	18,223,519	82,808	0.454	0.17
2092	18,264,923	18,303,782	77,717	0.425	0.18
2093	18,342,640	18,379,781	74,282	0.404	0.18
2094	18,416,922	18,451,788	69,733	0.378	0.18
2095	18,486,655	18,519,344	65,378	0.353	0.18
2096	18,552,033	18,582,684	61,303	0.330	0.18
2097	18,613,336	18,641,628	56,585	0.304	0.18
2098	18,669,921	18,696,433	53,024	0.284	0.18
2099	18,722,945	18,747,112	48,334	0.258	0.18
2100	18,771,279	18,793,631	44,705	0.238	0.18