Population of Central African Republic
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2024) |
Date | 12 Jan 2025 |
The current population of Central African Republic is 5,442,498 as of February 11, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Central African Republic is projected at 5,330,690, or 5.33 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Central African Republic is projected at 5,152,421, or 5.15 million people for the year 2023.
Central African Republic ranks 122nd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Central African Republic is ranked 38th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.
- Population
- Growth rate
- Net change
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
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1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
1950 | 1,426,515 | 1,438,057 | 23,085 | 1.605 | 0.0577 |
1951 | 1,449,600 | 1,461,251 | 23,301 | 1.595 | 0.0576 |
1952 | 1,472,901 | 1,484,824 | 23,846 | 1.606 | 0.0575 |
1953 | 1,496,747 | 1,508,948 | 24,403 | 1.617 | 0.0573 |
1954 | 1,521,150 | 1,533,757 | 25,215 | 1.644 | 0.0571 |
1955 | 1,546,365 | 1,559,363 | 25,996 | 1.667 | 0.0569 |
1956 | 1,572,361 | 1,585,846 | 26,970 | 1.701 | 0.0567 |
1957 | 1,599,331 | 1,613,277 | 27,892 | 1.729 | 0.0566 |
1958 | 1,627,223 | 1,641,670 | 28,895 | 1.760 | 0.0564 |
1959 | 1,656,118 | 1,671,331 | 30,426 | 1.821 | 0.0564 |
1960 | 1,686,544 | 1,702,346 | 31,604 | 1.857 | 0.0565 |
1961 | 1,718,148 | 1,734,580 | 32,864 | 1.895 | 0.0566 |
1962 | 1,751,012 | 1,768,115 | 34,206 | 1.935 | 0.0566 |
1963 | 1,785,218 | 1,803,063 | 35,690 | 1.979 | 0.0565 |
1964 | 1,820,908 | 1,839,583 | 37,351 | 2.030 | 0.0564 |
1965 | 1,858,259 | 1,877,854 | 39,191 | 2.087 | 0.0563 |
1966 | 1,897,450 | 1,918,082 | 41,265 | 2.151 | 0.0563 |
1967 | 1,938,715 | 1,960,444 | 43,457 | 2.217 | 0.0564 |
1968 | 1,982,172 | 2,005,100 | 45,856 | 2.287 | 0.0566 |
1969 | 2,028,028 | 2,051,515 | 46,975 | 2.290 | 0.0567 |
1970 | 2,075,003 | 2,097,505 | 45,004 | 2.146 | 0.0568 |
1971 | 2,120,007 | 2,141,450 | 42,885 | 2.003 | 0.0568 |
1972 | 2,162,892 | 2,183,769 | 41,753 | 1.912 | 0.0568 |
1973 | 2,204,645 | 2,226,008 | 42,726 | 1.919 | 0.0568 |
1974 | 2,247,371 | 2,269,338 | 43,935 | 1.936 | 0.0568 |
1975 | 2,291,306 | 2,313,916 | 45,221 | 1.954 | 0.0568 |
1976 | 2,336,527 | 2,348,566 | 24,077 | 1.025 | 0.0567 |
1977 | 2,360,604 | 2,372,930 | 24,653 | 1.039 | 0.0563 |
1978 | 2,385,257 | 2,397,961 | 25,408 | 1.060 | 0.0559 |
1979 | 2,410,665 | 2,423,794 | 26,259 | 1.083 | 0.0555 |
1980 | 2,436,924 | 2,450,535 | 27,222 | 1.111 | 0.0551 |
1981 | 2,464,146 | 2,478,402 | 28,512 | 1.150 | 0.0547 |
1982 | 2,492,658 | 2,507,375 | 29,434 | 1.174 | 0.0544 |
1983 | 2,522,092 | 2,537,399 | 30,615 | 1.207 | 0.0540 |
1984 | 2,552,707 | 2,568,610 | 31,805 | 1.238 | 0.0537 |
1985 | 2,584,512 | 2,600,932 | 32,841 | 1.263 | 0.0534 |
1986 | 2,617,353 | 2,634,258 | 33,809 | 1.283 | 0.0531 |
1987 | 2,651,162 | 2,669,155 | 35,986 | 1.348 | 0.0529 |
1988 | 2,687,148 | 2,713,965 | 53,635 | 1.976 | 0.0528 |
1989 | 2,740,783 | 2,783,970 | 86,375 | 3.103 | 0.0532 |
1990 | 2,827,158 | 2,871,910 | 89,503 | 3.117 | 0.0539 |
1991 | 2,916,661 | 2,963,191 | 93,061 | 3.141 | 0.0547 |
1992 | 3,009,722 | 3,058,831 | 98,217 | 3.211 | 0.0556 |
1993 | 3,107,939 | 3,157,839 | 99,800 | 3.161 | 0.0565 |
1994 | 3,207,739 | 3,257,954 | 100,429 | 3.083 | 0.0574 |
1995 | 3,308,168 | 3,348,052 | 79,767 | 2.383 | 0.0581 |
1996 | 3,387,935 | 3,435,965 | 96,060 | 2.796 | 0.0588 |
1997 | 3,483,995 | 3,531,700 | 95,409 | 2.702 | 0.0596 |
1998 | 3,579,404 | 3,628,827 | 98,845 | 2.724 | 0.0604 |
1999 | 3,678,249 | 3,729,450 | 102,401 | 2.746 | 0.0612 |
2000 | 3,780,650 | 3,833,416 | 105,533 | 2.753 | 0.0621 |
2001 | 3,886,183 | 3,919,487 | 66,608 | 1.699 | 0.0627 |
2002 | 3,952,791 | 4,006,077 | 106,573 | 2.660 | 0.0632 |
2003 | 4,059,364 | 4,103,086 | 87,444 | 2.131 | 0.0639 |
2004 | 4,146,808 | 4,192,826 | 92,036 | 2.195 | 0.0645 |
2005 | 4,238,844 | 4,288,810 | 99,933 | 2.330 | 0.0651 |
2006 | 4,338,777 | 4,377,579 | 77,604 | 1.773 | 0.0656 |
2007 | 4,416,381 | 4,462,770 | 92,779 | 2.079 | 0.0660 |
2008 | 4,509,160 | 4,558,984 | 99,647 | 2.186 | 0.0666 |
2009 | 4,608,807 | 4,529,047 | -159,521 | -3.523 | 0.0653 |
2010 | 4,449,286 | 4,492,995 | 87,419 | 1.946 | 0.0640 |
2011 | 4,536,705 | 4,565,021 | 56,633 | 1.241 | 0.0642 |
2012 | 4,593,338 | 4,610,848 | 35,020 | 0.760 | 0.0640 |
2013 | 4,628,358 | 4,642,419 | 28,122 | 0.606 | 0.0637 |
2014 | 4,656,480 | 4,623,182 | -66,596 | -1.441 | 0.0626 |
2015 | 4,589,884 | 4,629,320 | 78,873 | 1.704 | 0.0620 |
2016 | 4,668,757 | 4,713,663 | 89,813 | 1.905 | 0.0624 |
2017 | 4,758,570 | 4,793,511 | 69,881 | 1.458 | 0.0627 |
2018 | 4,828,451 | 4,878,657 | 100,412 | 2.058 | 0.0631 |
2019 | 4,928,863 | 4,944,703 | 31,681 | 0.641 | 0.0633 |
2020 | 4,960,544 | 5,026,628 | 132,169 | 2.630 | 0.0637 |
2021 | 5,092,713 | 5,112,100 | 38,774 | 0.758 | 0.0643 |
2022 | 5,131,487 | 5,098,039 | -66,895 | -1.312 | 0.0636 |
2023 | 5,064,592 | 5,152,421 | 175,657 | 3.410 | 0.0637 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
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1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
2024 | 5,240,249 | 5,330,690 | 180,881 | 3.394 | 0.0653 |
2025 | 5,421,130 | 5,513,282 | 184,304 | 3.343 | 0.0670 |
2026 | 5,605,434 | 5,698,984 | 187,100 | 3.283 | 0.0687 |
2027 | 5,792,534 | 5,888,123 | 191,177 | 3.247 | 0.0704 |
2028 | 5,983,711 | 6,082,465 | 197,507 | 3.247 | 0.0721 |
2029 | 6,181,218 | 6,279,732 | 197,028 | 3.138 | 0.0739 |
2030 | 6,378,246 | 6,478,245 | 199,999 | 3.087 | 0.0756 |
2031 | 6,578,245 | 6,680,057 | 203,625 | 3.048 | 0.0774 |
2032 | 6,781,870 | 6,884,139 | 204,537 | 2.971 | 0.0791 |
2033 | 6,986,407 | 7,089,443 | 206,072 | 2.907 | 0.0809 |
2034 | 7,192,479 | 7,296,247 | 207,536 | 2.845 | 0.0827 |
2035 | 7,400,015 | 7,502,587 | 205,144 | 2.734 | 0.0844 |
2036 | 7,605,159 | 7,707,561 | 204,804 | 2.657 | 0.0862 |
2037 | 7,809,963 | 7,911,631 | 203,336 | 2.570 | 0.0879 |
2038 | 8,013,299 | 8,115,863 | 205,127 | 2.528 | 0.0895 |
2039 | 8,218,426 | 8,321,556 | 206,259 | 2.479 | 0.0912 |
2040 | 8,424,685 | 8,526,455 | 203,540 | 2.387 | 0.0929 |
2041 | 8,628,225 | 8,729,074 | 201,697 | 2.311 | 0.0945 |
2042 | 8,829,922 | 8,931,163 | 202,481 | 2.267 | 0.0962 |
2043 | 9,032,403 | 9,134,996 | 205,185 | 2.246 | 0.0978 |
2044 | 9,237,588 | 9,341,762 | 208,348 | 2.230 | 0.0995 |
2045 | 9,445,936 | 9,550,893 | 209,914 | 2.198 | 0.1012 |
2046 | 9,655,850 | 9,761,444 | 211,188 | 2.164 | 0.1029 |
2047 | 9,867,038 | 9,972,764 | 211,452 | 2.120 | 0.1046 |
2048 | 10,078,490 | 10,186,017 | 215,054 | 2.111 | 0.1063 |
2049 | 10,293,544 | 10,400,626 | 214,163 | 2.059 | 0.1081 |
2050 | 10,507,707 | 10,616,753 | 218,091 | 2.054 | 0.1099 |
2051 | 10,725,798 | 10,834,361 | 217,126 | 2.004 | 0.1116 |
2052 | 10,942,924 | 11,052,358 | 218,868 | 1.980 | 0.1134 |
2053 | 11,161,792 | 11,271,690 | 219,795 | 1.950 | 0.1153 |
2054 | 11,381,587 | 11,491,188 | 219,202 | 1.908 | 0.1171 |
2055 | 11,600,789 | 11,710,159 | 218,741 | 1.868 | 0.1189 |
2056 | 11,819,530 | 11,928,607 | 218,154 | 1.829 | 0.1208 |
2057 | 12,037,684 | 12,146,810 | 218,253 | 1.797 | 0.1226 |
2058 | 12,255,937 | 12,364,354 | 216,834 | 1.754 | 0.1244 |
2059 | 12,472,771 | 12,580,147 | 214,753 | 1.707 | 0.1263 |
2060 | 12,687,524 | 12,794,248 | 213,448 | 1.668 | 0.1281 |
2061 | 12,900,972 | 13,005,374 | 208,805 | 1.606 | 0.1299 |
2062 | 13,109,777 | 13,214,263 | 208,972 | 1.581 | 0.1316 |
2063 | 13,318,749 | 13,423,522 | 209,545 | 1.561 | 0.1334 |
2064 | 13,528,294 | 13,629,237 | 201,885 | 1.481 | 0.1352 |
2065 | 13,730,179 | 13,830,255 | 200,153 | 1.447 | 0.1369 |
2066 | 13,930,332 | 14,030,004 | 199,344 | 1.421 | 0.1386 |
2067 | 14,129,676 | 14,229,120 | 198,888 | 1.398 | 0.1403 |
2068 | 14,328,564 | 14,425,337 | 193,547 | 1.342 | 0.1420 |
2069 | 14,522,111 | 14,618,133 | 192,044 | 1.314 | 0.1437 |
2070 | 14,714,155 | 14,809,844 | 191,377 | 1.292 | 0.1453 |
2071 | 14,905,532 | 14,997,824 | 184,583 | 1.231 | 0.1470 |
2072 | 15,090,115 | 15,178,490 | 176,751 | 1.164 | 0.1486 |
2073 | 15,266,866 | 15,355,547 | 177,362 | 1.155 | 0.1501 |
2074 | 15,444,228 | 15,528,202 | 167,949 | 1.082 | 0.1516 |
2075 | 15,612,177 | 15,697,683 | 171,013 | 1.089 | 0.1531 |
2076 | 15,783,190 | 15,868,014 | 169,648 | 1.069 | 0.1547 |
2077 | 15,952,838 | 16,035,525 | 165,375 | 1.031 | 0.1562 |
2078 | 16,118,213 | 16,196,829 | 157,232 | 0.971 | 0.1577 |
2079 | 16,275,445 | 16,350,362 | 149,834 | 0.916 | 0.1591 |
2080 | 16,425,279 | 16,502,027 | 153,496 | 0.930 | 0.1605 |
2081 | 16,578,775 | 16,652,248 | 146,946 | 0.882 | 0.1619 |
2082 | 16,725,721 | 16,799,360 | 147,279 | 0.877 | 0.1633 |
2083 | 16,873,000 | 16,945,083 | 144,166 | 0.851 | 0.1647 |
2084 | 17,017,166 | 17,086,351 | 138,370 | 0.810 | 0.1661 |
2085 | 17,155,536 | 17,221,559 | 132,046 | 0.767 | 0.1674 |
2086 | 17,287,582 | 17,354,298 | 133,432 | 0.769 | 0.1687 |
2087 | 17,421,014 | 17,483,566 | 125,103 | 0.716 | 0.1700 |
2088 | 17,546,117 | 17,607,042 | 121,850 | 0.692 | 0.1713 |
2089 | 17,667,967 | 17,724,407 | 112,880 | 0.637 | 0.1725 |
2090 | 17,780,847 | 17,838,607 | 115,519 | 0.648 | 0.1737 |
2091 | 17,896,366 | 17,951,022 | 109,313 | 0.609 | 0.1749 |
2092 | 18,005,679 | 18,059,046 | 106,734 | 0.591 | 0.1760 |
2093 | 18,112,413 | 18,162,242 | 99,657 | 0.549 | 0.1772 |
2094 | 18,212,070 | 18,261,242 | 98,344 | 0.539 | 0.1783 |
2095 | 18,310,414 | 18,358,755 | 96,683 | 0.527 | 0.1794 |
2096 | 18,407,097 | 18,451,738 | 89,283 | 0.484 | 0.1804 |
2097 | 18,496,380 | 18,538,428 | 84,096 | 0.454 | 0.1815 |
2098 | 18,580,476 | 18,622,113 | 83,275 | 0.447 | 0.1825 |
2099 | 18,663,751 | 18,703,140 | 78,778 | 0.421 | 0.1835 |
2100 | 18,742,529 | 18,779,149 | 73,241 | 0.390 | 0.1845 |