Armenia vs Central African Republic Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Armenia vs the Central African Republic

Table

Year	Median age
	Armenia	CAR
1960	23	20.3
1961	22.9	20.1
1962	22.7	19.9
1963	22.5	19.7
1964	22.2	19.6
1965	21.8	19.4
1966	21.4	19.3
1967	21.1	19.2
1968	21.1	19
1969	21.1	18.9
1970	21.2	18.9
1971	21.4	18.8
1972	21.5	18.7
1973	21.7	18.6
1974	21.9	18.6
1975	22.2	18.5
1976	22.4	18.5
1977	22.5	18.5
1978	22.7	18.5
1979	23	18.5
1980	23.3	18.5
1981	23.7	18.4
1982	24	18.4
1983	24.4	18.3
1984	24.7	18.3
1985	25.1	18.3
1986	25.4	18.2
1987	25.7	18.1
1988	26	18
1989	26.3	17.9
1990	26.5	17.8
1991	26.7	17.6
1992	26.9	17.5
1993	27.2	17.5
1994	27.5	17.4
1995	27.8	17.3
1996	28.1	17.2
1997	28.3	17.1
1998	28.7	17.1
1999	29.1	17.1
2000	29.6	17.1
2001	30	17.1
2002	30.3	17.1
2003	30.6	17.2
2004	30.8	17.2
2005	31	17.2
2006	31.3	17.1
2007	31.5	17.1
2008	31.8	17
2009	32.1	16.9
2010	32.4	16.7
2011	32.7	16.6
2012	33	16.3
2013	33.2	16
2014	33.5	15.6
2015	33.8	15.4
2016	34.1	15.4
2017	34.5	15.4
2018	34.9	15.4
2019	35.6	15.4
2020	36.1	15.4
2021	36.6	15.4
2022	36.9	15.3
2023	36.9	15.3
2024	37.1	15.4
2025	37.6	15.5
2026	38.2	15.6
2027	38.8	15.8
2028	39.3	16
2029	39.9	16.1
2030	40.5	16.2
2031	41	16.3
2032	41.6	16.4
2033	42.1	16.5
2034	42.6	16.5
2035	43.1	16.6
2036	43.6	16.7
2037	44	16.9
2038	44.4	17
2039	44.8	17.2
2040	45.1	17.4
2041	45.4	17.6
2042	45.6	17.9
2043	45.8	18.2
2044	46	18.4
2045	46.1	18.7
2046	46.1	19
2047	46.2	19.3
2048	46.2	19.6
2049	46.2	19.9
2050	46.2	20.2

In 1960, the median age in Armenia was 23 years compared to 20.3 years in the Central African Republic. As of 2024, the median age had changed to 37.1 years in Armenia and to 15.4 years in the Central African Republic.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Armenia is expected to increased to around 46.2 years by 2050 compared to 20.2 years in the Central African Republic. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Armenia		CAR
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	3.06%	2.87%	9.35%	9.21%
5-9	3.35%	3.12%	7.84%	7.68%
10-14	3.57%	3.27%	7.52%	7.4%
15-19	3.25%	3.11%	6.1%	6.15%
20-24	3.03%	3.05%	4.88%	5.3%
25-29	3.24%	3.31%	3.44%	4.03%
30-34	3.96%	4.21%	2.27%	2.86%
35-39	3.96%	4.4%	1.53%	2.13%
40-44	3.45%	3.98%	1.13%	1.57%
45-49	2.82%	3.37%	0.88%	1.2%
50-54	2.44%	3.04%	0.82%	1.2%
55-59	2.49%	3.22%	0.72%	1.12%
60-64	2.79%	3.94%	0.59%	0.91%
65-69	2.25%	3.4%	0.45%	0.63%
70-74	1.41%	2.34%	0.28%	0.37%
75-79	0.68%	1.3%	0.12%	0.16%
80+	0.67%	1.65%	0.06%	0.09%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Armenia has low demographic potential with 46.4% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 84% and high potential in the Central African Republic.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Armenia			CAR
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	76%	66%	10%	81.3%	73.4%	7.93%
1961	79%	69.4%	9.68%	82.2%	74.3%	7.9%
1962	80.9%	71.6%	9.33%	83.1%	75.2%	7.89%
1963	81.8%	72.7%	9%	84.1%	76.2%	7.9%
1964	82%	73.2%	8.75%	84.8%	76.9%	7.89%
1965	81.9%	73.3%	8.57%	85%	77.2%	7.85%
1966	81.4%	72.9%	8.47%	85%	77.2%	7.8%
1967	80.6%	72.1%	8.44%	85.1%	77.3%	7.74%
1968	79.5%	71.1%	8.47%	85.2%	77.5%	7.68%
1969	78.2%	69.7%	8.53%	85.4%	77.8%	7.63%
1970	76.5%	67.9%	8.6%	85.7%	78.1%	7.59%
1971	74.5%	65.8%	8.67%	86.2%	78.6%	7.57%
1972	72.1%	63.4%	8.71%	86.8%	79.2%	7.57%
1973	69.6%	60.9%	8.73%	87.4%	79.8%	7.57%
1974	66.9%	58.2%	8.74%	87.9%	80.3%	7.57%
1975	64.3%	55.5%	8.74%	88.3%	80.7%	7.57%
1976	61.8%	53.1%	8.68%	88.4%	80.8%	7.57%
1977	59.8%	51.3%	8.55%	88.1%	80.6%	7.57%
1978	58.2%	49.9%	8.39%	87.9%	80.4%	7.54%
1979	56.8%	48.6%	8.28%	87.8%	80.3%	7.48%
1980	55.7%	47.4%	8.21%	87.7%	80.3%	7.4%
1981	54.8%	46.8%	8.05%	87.7%	80.4%	7.28%
1982	54.3%	46.4%	7.86%	87.6%	80.5%	7.14%
1983	54.1%	46.3%	7.73%	87.5%	80.6%	6.98%
1984	54.1%	46.5%	7.61%	87.5%	80.7%	6.8%
1985	54.2%	46.7%	7.49%	87.6%	80.9%	6.62%
1986	54.4%	46.9%	7.41%	87.7%	81.3%	6.43%
1987	54.6%	47.2%	7.4%	88%	81.8%	6.24%
1988	54.8%	47.4%	7.46%	88.6%	82.5%	6.04%
1989	54.7%	47.1%	7.58%	89.4%	83.6%	5.84%
1990	54.8%	46.9%	7.84%	90.5%	84.8%	5.66%
1991	55.6%	47.3%	8.27%	91.5%	86%	5.49%
1992	58%	48.9%	9.09%	92.2%	86.9%	5.34%
1993	61.5%	51.2%	10.3%	92.6%	87.4%	5.2%
1994	63.7%	52.4%	11.4%	92.7%	87.6%	5.06%
1995	64.7%	52.4%	12.3%	92.9%	88%	4.94%
1996	64.6%	51.6%	13%	93.1%	88.2%	4.83%
1997	64.1%	50.5%	13.6%	92.9%	88.2%	4.72%
1998	61.8%	47.9%	13.9%	92.6%	87.9%	4.62%
1999	58.1%	44.1%	14%	92.1%	87.5%	4.53%
2000	54.8%	40.7%	14.2%	91.5%	87%	4.44%
2001	52.5%	37.9%	14.6%	91.2%	86.8%	4.35%
2002	51.1%	36%	15.1%	90.7%	86.4%	4.27%
2003	50%	34.4%	15.6%	90.1%	85.9%	4.21%
2004	49%	32.9%	16.1%	89.8%	85.6%	4.16%
2005	47.8%	31.4%	16.4%	89.5%	85.4%	4.11%
2006	46.5%	29.9%	16.6%	89.6%	85.6%	4.08%
2007	45.1%	28.7%	16.4%	90.1%	86%	4.07%
2008	44%	28%	16.1%	90.4%	86.4%	4.06%
2009	43.3%	27.7%	15.6%	90.9%	87.1%	3.81%
2010	42.9%	27.6%	15.3%	91.6%	88%	3.56%
2011	42.9%	27.7%	15.2%	93%	89.4%	3.6%
2012	43.1%	27.9%	15.3%	95.3%	91.6%	3.67%
2013	43.6%	28.2%	15.4%	98%	94.2%	3.75%
2014	44.2%	28.7%	15.5%	101.5%	97.6%	3.84%
2015	45%	29.2%	15.8%	103.9%	99.9%	3.98%
2016	45.9%	29.7%	16.3%	104.2%	100.1%	4.15%
2017	46.8%	30.1%	16.8%	104.6%	100.3%	4.29%
2018	47.4%	30.1%	17.3%	105%	100.5%	4.43%
2019	47.8%	30%	17.8%	105%	100.5%	4.49%
2020	48.2%	29.9%	18.3%	104.5%	100%	4.5%
2021	48.5%	29.8%	18.7%	105%	100.5%	4.56%
2022	48.8%	29.5%	19.2%	105.6%	101.2%	4.41%
2023	48.7%	29.1%	19.6%	105.2%	100.9%	4.3%
2024	49.1%	28.7%	20.4%	104.7%	100.3%	4.4%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Armenia increased from 49% to 49.1% between 2004 and 2024.

In the Central African Republic, the ratio of dependent people increased from 89.8% to 104.7% between 2004 and 2024 with an increased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Armenia	CAR
1960	56.8%	55.2%
1961	55.9%	54.9%
1962	55.3%	54.6%
1963	55%	54.3%
1964	55%	54.1%
1965	55%	54%
1966	55.1%	54%
1967	55.4%	54%
1968	55.7%	54%
1969	56.1%	53.9%
1970	56.7%	53.9%
1971	57.3%	53.7%
1972	58.1%	53.5%
1973	59%	53.4%
1974	59.9%	53.2%
1975	60.9%	53.1%
1976	61.8%	53.1%
1977	62.6%	53.2%
1978	63.2%	53.2%
1979	63.8%	53.2%
1980	64.2%	53.3%
1981	64.6%	53.3%
1982	64.8%	53.3%
1983	64.9%	53.3%
1984	64.9%	53.3%
1985	64.8%	53.3%
1986	64.8%	53.3%
1987	64.7%	53.2%
1988	64.6%	53%
1989	64.7%	52.8%
1990	64.6%	52.5%
1991	64.3%	52.2%
1992	63.3%	52%
1993	61.9%	51.9%
1994	61.1%	51.9%
1995	60.7%	51.8%
1996	60.8%	51.8%
1997	60.9%	51.8%
1998	61.8%	51.9%
1999	63.2%	52.1%
2000	64.6%	52.2%
2001	65.6%	52.3%
2002	66.2%	52.4%
2003	66.7%	52.6%
2004	67.1%	52.7%
2005	67.7%	52.8%
2006	68.3%	52.7%
2007	68.9%	52.6%
2008	69.4%	52.5%
2009	69.8%	52.4%
2010	70%	52.2%
2011	70%	51.8%
2012	69.9%	51.2%
2013	69.6%	50.5%
2014	69.3%	49.6%
2015	69%	49%
2016	68.5%	49%
2017	68.1%	48.9%
2018	67.8%	48.8%
2019	67.7%	48.8%
2020	67.5%	48.9%
2021	67.4%	48.8%
2022	67.2%	48.6%
2023	67.2%	48.7%
2024	67.1%	48.8%
2025	66.6%	49.1%
2026	66.1%	49.5%
2027	65.8%	49.9%
2028	65.5%	50.2%
2029	65.3%	50.5%
2030	65.1%	50.6%
2031	65.1%	50.7%
2032	65%	50.9%
2033	65%	51%
2034	65%	51.2%
2035	65%	51.4%
2036	65%	51.6%
2037	65%	51.9%
2038	65%	52.4%
2039	65%	53%
2040	64.9%	53.7%
2041	64.9%	54.4%
2042	64.7%	55.1%
2043	64.5%	55.7%
2044	64.2%	56.4%
2045	63.9%	57.1%
2046	63.4%	57.7%
2047	63%	58.4%
2048	62.5%	59%
2049	62%	59.6%
2050	61.4%	60.1%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 67.1% to 67.1% in Armenia and from 52.7% to 48.8% in the Central African Republic.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Armenia	CAR
1960	37.5%	40.5%
1961	38.7%	40.8%
1962	39.6%	41.1%
1963	40%	41.4%
1964	40.2%	41.6%
1965	40.3%	41.7%
1966	40.2%	41.7%
1967	39.9%	41.8%
1968	39.6%	41.9%
1969	39.1%	41.9%
1970	38.5%	42.1%
1971	37.7%	42.2%
1972	36.8%	42.4%
1973	35.9%	42.6%
1974	34.9%	42.7%
1975	33.8%	42.9%
1976	32.8%	42.9%
1977	32.1%	42.8%
1978	31.5%	42.8%
1979	31%	42.8%
1980	30.5%	42.8%
1981	30.2%	42.8%
1982	30.1%	42.9%
1983	30.1%	43%
1984	30.2%	43%
1985	30.3%	43.2%
1986	30.4%	43.3%
1987	30.5%	43.5%
1988	30.6%	43.8%
1989	30.4%	44.1%
1990	30.3%	44.5%
1991	30.4%	44.9%
1992	31%	45.2%
1993	31.7%	45.4%
1994	32%	45.5%
1995	31.8%	45.6%
1996	31.3%	45.7%
1997	30.8%	45.7%
1998	29.6%	45.7%
1999	27.9%	45.6%
2000	26.3%	45.5%
2001	24.9%	45.4%
2002	23.8%	45.3%
2003	22.9%	45.2%
2004	22.1%	45.1%
2005	21.2%	45.1%
2006	20.4%	45.1%
2007	19.8%	45.3%
2008	19.4%	45.4%
2009	19.3%	45.6%
2010	19.3%	45.9%
2011	19.4%	46.3%
2012	19.5%	46.9%
2013	19.7%	47.6%
2014	19.9%	48.5%
2015	20.1%	49%
2016	20.3%	49%
2017	20.5%	49%
2018	20.5%	49%
2019	20.3%	49%
2020	20.2%	48.9%
2021	20%	49%
2022	19.9%	49.2%
2023	19.5%	49.2%
2024	19.2%	49%
2025	19%	48.7%
2026	18.7%	48.2%
2027	18.4%	47.8%
2028	18%	47.5%
2029	17.7%	47.2%
2030	17.3%	47.1%
2031	17%	46.9%
2032	16.7%	46.8%
2033	16.4%	46.7%
2034	16.1%	46.5%
2035	15.9%	46.3%
2036	15.7%	46.1%
2037	15.5%	45.8%
2038	15.3%	45.3%
2039	15.1%	44.7%
2040	15%	44.1%
2041	14.8%	43.5%
2042	14.7%	42.8%
2043	14.7%	42.2%
2044	14.6%	41.5%
2045	14.6%	40.9%
2046	14.6%	40.2%
2047	14.6%	39.6%
2048	14.6%	39%
2049	14.6%	38.4%
2050	14.6%	37.9%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 19.2% in Armenia and 49% in The Central African Republic. Birth rates in Armenia compared to The Central African Republic .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Armenia	CAR
1960	5.69%	4.37%
1961	5.4%	4.34%
1962	5.16%	4.31%
1963	4.95%	4.29%
1964	4.81%	4.27%
1965	4.71%	4.24%
1966	4.67%	4.22%
1967	4.68%	4.18%
1968	4.72%	4.15%
1969	4.79%	4.12%
1970	4.87%	4.09%
1971	4.97%	4.07%
1972	5.06%	4.05%
1973	5.15%	4.04%
1974	5.24%	4.03%
1975	5.32%	4.02%
1976	5.36%	4.02%
1977	5.35%	4.02%
1978	5.3%	4.01%
1979	5.28%	3.98%
1980	5.27%	3.94%
1981	5.2%	3.88%
1982	5.1%	3.81%
1983	5.02%	3.72%
1984	4.94%	3.63%
1985	4.86%	3.53%
1986	4.8%	3.43%
1987	4.79%	3.32%
1988	4.82%	3.21%
1989	4.9%	3.09%
1990	5.07%	2.97%
1991	5.32%	2.87%
1992	5.75%	2.78%
1993	6.35%	2.7%
1994	6.94%	2.63%
1995	7.46%	2.56%
1996	7.88%	2.5%
1997	8.28%	2.45%
1998	8.6%	2.4%
1999	8.85%	2.36%
2000	9.15%	2.32%
2001	9.55%	2.28%
2002	10%	2.24%
2003	10.4%	2.22%
2004	10.8%	2.19%
2005	11.1%	2.17%
2006	11.3%	2.15%
2007	11.3%	2.14%
2008	11.2%	2.13%
2009	10.9%	2%
2010	10.7%	1.86%
2011	10.6%	1.87%
2012	10.7%	1.88%
2013	10.7%	1.9%
2014	10.8%	1.91%
2015	10.9%	1.95%
2016	11.1%	2.03%
2017	11.4%	2.1%
2018	11.7%	2.16%
2019	12%	2.19%
2020	12.3%	2.2%
2021	12.6%	2.22%
2022	12.9%	2.14%
2023	13.2%	2.1%
2024	13.7%	2.15%
2025	14.4%	2.2%
2026	15.2%	2.24%
2027	15.9%	2.27%
2028	16.5%	2.29%
2029	17.1%	2.31%
2030	17.5%	2.33%
2031	17.9%	2.33%
2032	18.3%	2.34%
2033	18.6%	2.34%
2034	18.9%	2.34%
2035	19.1%	2.33%
2036	19.3%	2.32%
2037	19.5%	2.3%
2038	19.7%	2.27%
2039	19.9%	2.24%
2040	20.1%	2.2%
2041	20.3%	2.15%
2042	20.6%	2.11%
2043	20.8%	2.08%
2044	21.2%	2.06%
2045	21.5%	2.04%
2046	22%	2.03%
2047	22.4%	2.02%
2048	22.9%	2.02%
2049	23.4%	2.03%
2050	23.9%	2.04%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 13.7% in Armenia and 2.15% in the Central African Republic. Life expectancy in Armenia compared to the Central African Republic .