Central African Republic vs Rwanda statistics compared

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 122/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 43rd vs. 146th).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Central African Republic and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

Central African Republic

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	CAR	Rwanda
1960	$112,155,598	$119,000,024
1961	$123,134,583	$122,000,016
1962	$124,482,774	$125,000,008
1963	$129,379,124	$128,000,000
1964	$142,025,079	$129,999,994
1965	$150,574,795	$148,799,980
1966	$157,930,018	$124,525,703
1967	$163,820,514	$159,560,018
1968	$191,767,442	$172,200,018
1969	$188,039,210	$188,700,037
1970	$189,106,529	$219,900,006
1971	$201,450,800	$222,952,504
1972	$230,317,883	$246,457,838
1973	$271,183,082	$290,746,157
1974	$281,398,706	$308,458,423
1975	$378,660,016	$571,863,500
1976	$451,152,461	$637,753,853
1977	$507,298,148	$746,650,613
1978	$610,578,632	$905,709,076
1979	$700,764,748	$1,109,346,131
1980	$797,048,199	$1,254,765,642
1981	$694,803,623	$1,407,062,527
1982	$748,312,391	$1,407,243,139
1983	$658,679,333	$1,479,687,587
1984	$637,820,670	$1,587,413,084
1985	$864,849,836	$1,715,626,331
1986	$1,122,265,013	$1,944,710,684
1987	$1,200,991,978	$2,157,432,668
1988	$1,264,899,288	$2,395,492,687
1989	$1,233,930,281	$2,405,022,593
1990	$1,440,711,459	$2,550,185,679
1991	$1,377,374,987	$1,911,600,237
1992	$1,411,917,553	$2,029,026,962
1993	$1,278,781,262	$1,971,525,712
1994	$851,174,357	$753,636,370
1995	$1,115,389,674	$1,293,535,193
1996	$1,007,791,127	$1,382,334,879
1997	$937,741,513	$1,851,558,197
1998	$967,338,390	$1,989,343,546
1999	$999,477,511	$2,157,108,263
2000	$916,777,283	$2,068,836,754
2001	$932,648,605	$1,966,600,715
2002	$996,068,145	$1,966,003,468
2003	$1,142,315,523	$2,138,237,279
2004	$1,272,360,517	$2,376,496,067
2005	$1,337,894,379	$2,933,819,766
2006	$1,461,859,762	$3,319,784,539
2007	$1,699,811,295	$4,070,507,895
2008	$1,993,407,888	$5,179,854,065
2009	$2,067,381,665	$5,674,476,969
2010	$2,142,591,540	$6,124,756,654
2011	$2,437,982,705	$6,884,913,658
2012	$2,510,126,512	$7,654,761,045
2013	$1,691,544,110	$7,819,964,024
2014	$1,894,813,389	$8,238,966,120
2015	$1,695,825,714	$8,543,760,206
2016	$1,825,018,145	$8,695,272,061
2017	$2,072,349,973	$9,252,833,894
2018	$2,220,979,146	$9,637,904,519
2019	$2,221,301,351	$10,349,300,277
2020	$2,326,720,900	$10,174,386,855
2021	$2,516,498,412	$11,078,787,095
2022	$2,382,618,615	$13,316,161,006
2023	$2,555,492,086	$14,331,722,700
2024	$2,751,544,520	$14,251,642,231

Central African Republic and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

Central African Republic

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	CAR	Rwanda
1960	$65.9	$39.4
1961	$71	$39.3
1962	$70.4	$39.2
1963	$71.8	$39.3
1964	$77.2	$39
1965	$80.2	$43.5
1966	$82.3	$35.4
1967	$83.6	$44
1968	$95.6	$46
1969	$91.7	$48.9
1970	$90.2	$55.2
1971	$94.1	$54.4
1972	$105.5	$58.4
1973	$121.8	$66.9
1974	$124	$68.9
1975	$163.6	$124.1
1976	$192.1	$134.4
1977	$213.8	$152.7
1978	$254.6	$179.9
1979	$289.1	$213.8
1980	$325	$234.4
1981	$280.3	$254.6
1982	$298.4	$246.4
1983	$259.6	$250.6
1984	$248.3	$259.9
1985	$333	$271.6
1986	$426	$297.7
1987	$450	$320
1988	$466	$344
1989	$443	$335
1990	$502	$346
1991	$465	$254
1992	$462	$264.1
1993	$405	$247
1994	$261.3	$111
1995	$333	$228
1996	$293.3	$206
1997	$265.5	$238.7
1998	$266.6	$246.2
1999	$268	$264.7
2000	$239.2	$251.9
2001	$238	$237.3
2002	$248.6	$234
2003	$278.4	$249
2004	$303	$269.5
2005	$312	$324
2006	$334	$357
2007	$381	$426
2008	$437	$528
2009	$456	$564
2010	$477	$594
2011	$534	$651
2012	$544	$707
2013	$364	$705
2014	$410	$725
2015	$366	$734
2016	$387	$730
2017	$432	$758
2018	$455	$772
2019	$449	$810
2020	$463	$779
2021	$492	$830
2022	$467	$975
2023	$496	$1,027
2024	$516	$1,000

Central African Republic vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Central African Republic

Rwanda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	CAR	Rwanda
1950	35.4	43.2
1951	35.8	43.5
1952	36.2	43.8
1953	36.6	44.1
1954	37	44.4
1955	37.4	44.8
1956	37.8	45.2
1957	38.3	45.6
1958	38.7	46.1
1959	39.1	46.5
1960	39.6	47
1961	40.1	47.5
1962	40.6	47.8
1963	41.1	44
1964	41.6	48.1
1965	42.2	48.2
1966	42.8	48.1
1967	43.4	48
1968	44	47.7
1969	44.6	47.4
1970	45.2	47.1
1971	45.8	46.8
1972	46.3	46.3
1973	46.9	45.9
1974	47.4	45.6
1975	47.9	45.3
1976	48.4	45.3
1977	48.8	45.6
1978	49.2	46.2
1979	49.5	47.1
1980	49.8	48.1
1981	50	49.2
1982	50.2	50.2
1983	50.3	50.9
1984	50.4	51.4
1985	50.5	51.7
1986	50.4	51.7
1987	50.4	51.5
1988	50.2	50.9
1989	50.1	49.5
1990	49.9	47.8
1991	49.6	46.2
1992	49.2	44.4
1993	48.9	42.9
1994	48.5	12.2
1995	48.1	41.5
1996	47.7	42.5
1997	47.3	42
1998	47.1	43.1
1999	46.9	45.7
2000	46.6	47.8
2001	46.7	49.5
2002	46.8	51.3
2003	47.3	53.5
2004	47.7	55.5
2005	48.2	57
2006	48.7	58.3
2007	49.3	59.5
2008	49.9	60.6
2009	14.7	61.8
2010	46.9	62.8
2011	50.1	63.5
2012	51.3	64.2
2013	49.5	64.7
2014	40.3	65.1
2015	51.9	65.4
2016	51	65.7
2017	45.2	66.1
2018	52.3	66.4
2019	31.5	66.7
2020	50.6	67
2021	40.3	66.8
2022	18.8	67.5
2023	57.4	67.8
2024	57.7	68
2025	57.9	68.2

Central African Republic and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

Central African Republic

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	CAR	Rwanda
1960	1,702,346	3,022,294
1961	1,734,580	3,106,779
1962	1,768,115	3,186,025
1963	1,803,063	3,258,890
1964	1,839,583	3,334,834
1965	1,877,854	3,423,210
1966	1,918,082	3,521,626
1967	1,960,444	3,629,577
1968	2,005,100	3,744,010
1969	2,051,515	3,861,271
1970	2,097,505	3,980,669
1971	2,141,450	4,100,044
1972	2,183,769	4,220,335
1973	2,226,008	4,345,047
1974	2,269,338	4,474,228
1975	2,313,916	4,607,728
1976	2,348,566	4,745,954
1977	2,372,930	4,888,240
1978	2,397,961	5,035,171
1979	2,423,794	5,189,541
1980	2,450,535	5,353,259
1981	2,478,402	5,527,230
1982	2,507,375	5,711,549
1983	2,537,399	5,905,311
1984	2,568,610	6,107,627
1985	2,600,932	6,317,228
1986	2,634,258	6,531,881
1987	2,669,155	6,749,493
1988	2,713,965	6,968,071
1989	2,783,970	7,184,706
1990	2,871,910	7,375,307
1991	2,963,191	7,526,966
1992	3,058,831	7,683,266
1993	3,157,839	7,981,132
1994	3,257,954	6,792,352
1995	3,348,052	5,674,118
1996	3,435,965	6,708,764
1997	3,531,700	7,755,238
1998	3,628,827	8,081,681
1999	3,729,450	8,147,912
2000	3,833,416	8,213,931
2001	3,919,487	8,287,094
2002	4,006,077	8,400,180
2003	4,103,086	8,586,875
2004	4,192,826	8,816,844
2005	4,288,810	9,054,528
2006	4,377,579	9,299,246
2007	4,462,770	9,549,933
2008	4,558,984	9,804,269
2009	4,529,047	10,060,432
2010	4,492,995	10,317,553
2011	4,565,021	10,573,733
2012	4,610,848	10,829,901
2013	4,642,419	11,093,340
2014	4,623,182	11,364,757
2015	4,629,320	11,640,022
2016	4,713,663	11,919,183
2017	4,793,511	12,202,060
2018	4,878,657	12,487,996
2019	4,944,703	12,776,103
2020	5,026,628	13,065,837
2021	5,112,100	13,355,260
2022	5,098,039	13,651,030
2023	5,152,421	13,954,471
2024	5,330,690	14,256,567

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and Rwanda

Fertility rate

Central African Republic

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	Rwanda
1960	5.95	8.28
1961	5.96	8.28
1962	5.97	8.27
1963	5.99	8.27
1964	6.01	8.27
1965	6.03	8.25
1966	6.06	8.23
1967	6.08	8.21
1968	6.1	8.19
1969	6.06	8.18
1970	6.03	8.15
1971	5.99	8.09
1972	5.96	8.09
1973	5.93	8.09
1974	5.9	8.1
1975	5.88	8.1
1976	5.94	8.12
1977	5.99	8.14
1978	6.04	8.16
1979	6.09	8.13
1980	6.13	8.12
1981	6.17	8.1
1982	6.16	8.06
1983	6.15	8
1984	6.14	7.91
1985	6.12	7.79
1986	6.11	7.61
1987	6.12	7.43
1988	6.1	7.23
1989	6.07	7.03
1990	6.05	6.8
1991	6.03	6.62
1992	5.96	6.54
1993	5.93	6.48
1994	5.92	6.42
1995	5.94	6.35
1996	5.96	6.29
1997	5.92	6.24
1998	5.89	6.17
1999	5.88	6.06
2000	5.85	5.97
2001	5.81	5.89
2002	5.79	5.82
2003	5.8	5.74
2004	5.78	5.64
2005	5.81	5.5
2006	5.84	5.34
2007	5.87	5.14
2008	5.9	4.92
2009	5.94	4.71
2010	5.96	4.52
2011	6.01	4.33
2012	6.05	4.2
2013	6.08	4.14
2014	6.1	4.12
2015	6.13	4.11
2016	6.13	4.11
2017	6.13	4.08
2018	6.11	4.05
2019	6.09	3.99
2020	6.06	3.91
2021	6.05	3.84
2022	6.02	3.78
2023	6.01	3.7

Central African Republic and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

Central African Republic

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	CAR	Rwanda
1960	20.3	15.5
1961	20.1	15.1
1962	19.9	14.9
1963	19.7	14.8
1964	19.6	14.7
1965	19.4	14.8
1966	19.3	14.9
1967	19.2	15.1
1968	19	15.3
1969	18.9	15.5
1970	18.9	15.7
1971	18.8	15.9
1972	18.7	16
1973	18.6	16.2
1974	18.6	16.3
1975	18.5	16.4
1976	18.5	16.5
1977	18.5	16.6
1978	18.5	16.6
1979	18.5	16.5
1980	18.5	16.5
1981	18.4	16.4
1982	18.4	16.2
1983	18.3	16.1
1984	18.3	16
1985	18.3	15.8
1986	18.2	15.7
1987	18.1	15.6
1988	18	15.6
1989	17.9	15.5
1990	17.8	15.5
1991	17.6	15.5
1992	17.5	15.6
1993	17.5	15.7
1994	17.4	15
1995	17.3	14.3
1996	17.2	14.6
1997	17.1	14.8
1998	17.1	15.3
1999	17.1	15.8
2000	17.1	16.3
2001	17.1	16.8
2002	17.1	17.1
2003	17.2	17.4
2004	17.2	17.6
2005	17.2	17.8
2006	17.1	18
2007	17.1	18.1
2008	17	18.3
2009	16.9	18.4
2010	16.7	18.5
2011	16.6	18.7
2012	16.3	18.8
2013	16	19
2014	15.6	19.1
2015	15.4	19.3
2016	15.4	19.4
2017	15.4	19.6
2018	15.4	19.7
2019	15.4	19.8
2020	15.4	19.9
2021	15.4	20
2022	15.3	20.3
2023	15.3	20.5
2024	15.4	20.8

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