Cameroon vs Central African Republic statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 5.33M in The Central African Republic (ranked 122/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 240,534 sq mi for The Central African Republic (ranked 52nd vs. 43rd).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516).

Cameroon and Central African Republic: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Central African Republic economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	CAR
1960	$614,206,068	$112,155,598
1961	$652,777,608	$123,134,583
1962	$694,247,864	$124,482,774
1963	$718,320,845	$129,379,124
1964	$776,650,177	$142,025,079
1965	$814,083,266	$150,574,795
1966	$851,112,535	$157,930,018
1967	$936,175,260	$163,820,514
1968	$1,046,191,218	$191,767,442
1969	$1,100,551,489	$188,039,210
1970	$1,151,216,993	$189,106,529
1971	$1,236,941,394	$201,450,800
1972	$1,498,251,890	$230,317,883
1973	$1,901,393,361	$271,183,082
1974	$2,157,415,533	$281,398,706
1975	$2,857,037,371	$378,660,016
1976	$2,898,090,002	$451,152,461
1977	$3,394,664,024	$507,298,148
1978	$4,662,852,583	$610,578,632
1979	$5,919,002,983	$700,764,748
1980	$6,674,569,047	$797,048,199
1981	$6,610,938,617	$694,803,623
1982	$6,611,255,964	$748,312,391
1983	$6,870,200,010	$658,679,333
1984	$7,311,938,026	$637,820,670
1985	$8,544,810,498	$864,849,836
1986	$11,857,056,199	$1,122,265,013
1987	$13,049,659,981	$1,200,991,978
1988	$12,236,057,362	$1,264,899,288
1989	$11,012,566,195	$1,233,930,281
1990	$12,314,482,628	$1,440,711,459
1991	$11,840,192,296	$1,377,374,987
1992	$12,071,775,335	$1,411,917,553
1993	$16,181,814,713	$1,278,781,262
1994	$8,902,446,252	$851,174,357
1995	$10,864,772,471	$1,115,389,674
1996	$11,093,538,846	$1,007,791,127
1997	$10,789,458,433	$937,741,513
1998	$11,298,144,990	$967,338,390
1999	$11,565,826,465	$999,477,511
2000	$10,566,579,295	$916,777,283
2001	$10,953,485,349	$932,648,605
2002	$12,417,251,350	$996,068,145
2003	$15,970,315,035	$1,142,315,523
2004	$18,826,214,136	$1,272,360,517
2005	$19,509,852,207	$1,337,894,379
2006	$20,910,512,975	$1,461,859,762
2007	$23,928,250,433	$1,699,811,295
2008	$27,715,142,033	$1,993,407,888
2009	$27,932,970,317	$2,067,381,665
2010	$27,507,501,821	$2,142,591,540
2011	$30,630,910,495	$2,437,982,705
2012	$30,155,062,329	$2,510,126,512
2013	$33,728,621,180	$1,691,544,110
2014	$36,386,544,706	$1,894,813,389
2015	$32,210,233,020	$1,695,825,714
2016	$33,814,337,044	$1,825,018,145
2017	$36,098,547,033	$2,072,349,973
2018	$39,955,552,190	$2,220,979,146
2019	$39,667,757,528	$2,221,301,351
2020	$40,773,241,177	$2,326,720,900
2021	$45,011,937,347	$2,516,498,412
2022	$44,347,206,073	$2,382,618,615
2023	$49,279,410,983	$2,555,492,086
2024	$51,326,764,685	$2,751,544,520

Cameroon and Central African Republic economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	CAR
1960	$119.1	$65.9
1961	$124.6	$71
1962	$130	$70.4
1963	$131.6	$71.8
1964	$139.2	$77.2
1965	$142.7	$80.2
1966	$145.8	$82.3
1967	$156.6	$83.6
1968	$170.8	$95.6
1969	$175.2	$91.7
1970	$178.5	$90.2
1971	$186.7	$94.1
1972	$220.1	$105.5
1973	$271.8	$121.8
1974	$299.9	$124
1975	$386	$163.6
1976	$381	$192.1
1977	$435	$213.8
1978	$582	$254.6
1979	$718	$289.1
1980	$784	$325
1981	$750	$280.3
1982	$732	$298.4
1983	$746	$259.6
1984	$772	$248.3
1985	$875	$333
1986	$1,179	$426
1987	$1,258	$450
1988	$1,145	$466
1989	$1,001	$443
1990	$1,087	$502
1991	$1,015	$465
1992	$1,005	$462
1993	$1,310	$405
1994	$701	$261.3
1995	$832	$333
1996	$827	$293.3
1997	$783	$265.5
1998	$799	$266.6
1999	$796	$268
2000	$709	$239.2
2001	$715	$238
2002	$790	$248.6
2003	$988	$278.4
2004	$1,133	$303
2005	$1,143	$312
2006	$1,191	$334
2007	$1,326	$381
2008	$1,492	$437
2009	$1,461	$456
2010	$1,399	$477
2011	$1,514	$534
2012	$1,449	$544
2013	$1,576	$364
2014	$1,649	$410
2015	$1,415	$366
2016	$1,442	$387
2017	$1,496	$432
2018	$1,611	$455
2019	$1,555	$449
2020	$1,556	$463
2021	$1,672	$492
2022	$1,605	$467
2023	$1,737	$496
2024	$1,762	$516

Cameroon vs. Central African Republic life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	CAR
1950	33.1	35.4
1951	33.9	35.8
1952	34.6	36.2
1953	35.5	36.6
1954	36.5	37
1955	37.5	37.4
1956	38.4	37.8
1957	38.3	38.3
1958	39.1	38.7
1959	39.8	39.1
1960	34.7	39.6
1961	35.2	40.1
1962	42.6	40.6
1963	43.1	41.1
1964	43.6	41.6
1965	44.2	42.2
1966	44.8	42.8
1967	45.6	43.4
1968	46.4	44
1969	47.2	44.6
1970	48	45.2
1971	48.6	45.8
1972	49.1	46.3
1973	49.5	46.9
1974	49.7	47.4
1975	49.9	47.9
1976	50	48.4
1977	50.1	48.8
1978	50.3	49.2
1979	50.5	49.5
1980	50.9	49.8
1981	51.2	50
1982	51.8	50.2
1983	52.4	50.3
1984	52.9	50.4
1985	53.5	50.5
1986	53.6	50.4
1987	54.2	50.4
1988	54.4	50.2
1989	54.4	50.1
1990	54.3	49.9
1991	54.2	49.6
1992	54.1	49.2
1993	53.9	48.9
1994	53.5	48.5
1995	53.3	48.1
1996	53.2	47.7
1997	53.1	47.3
1998	53	47.1
1999	53.2	46.9
2000	53.3	46.6
2001	53.6	46.7
2002	53.9	46.8
2003	54.3	47.3
2004	54.6	47.7
2005	54.9	48.2
2006	55.3	48.7
2007	55.7	49.3
2008	56.1	49.9
2009	56.5	14.7
2010	57	46.9
2011	57.5	50.1
2012	58.2	51.3
2013	58.7	49.5
2014	59.1	40.3
2015	59.7	51.9
2016	60.3	51
2017	60.8	45.2
2018	61.2	52.3
2019	61.7	31.5
2020	61.7	50.6
2021	61.1	40.3
2022	62.4	18.8
2023	63.7	57.4
2024	64	57.7
2025	64.2	57.9

Cameroon and Central African Republic population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	CAR
1960	5,159,057	1,702,346
1961	5,239,273	1,734,580
1962	5,338,620	1,768,115
1963	5,456,623	1,803,063
1964	5,578,257	1,839,583
1965	5,704,686	1,877,854
1966	5,837,295	1,918,082
1967	5,977,318	1,960,444
1968	6,125,863	2,005,100
1969	6,283,462	2,051,515
1970	6,449,793	2,097,505
1971	6,624,408	2,141,450
1972	6,806,872	2,183,769
1973	6,996,660	2,226,008
1974	7,193,583	2,269,338
1975	7,397,120	2,313,916
1976	7,597,962	2,348,566
1977	7,796,501	2,372,930
1978	8,011,921	2,397,961
1979	8,239,641	2,423,794
1980	8,512,219	2,450,535
1981	8,816,377	2,478,402
1982	9,028,678	2,507,375
1983	9,215,397	2,537,399
1984	9,475,078	2,568,610
1985	9,761,730	2,600,932
1986	10,060,342	2,634,258
1987	10,370,749	2,669,155
1988	10,684,968	2,713,965
1989	11,002,745	2,783,970
1990	11,331,821	2,871,910
1991	11,667,180	2,963,191
1992	12,006,353	3,058,831
1993	12,353,131	3,157,839
1994	12,704,903	3,257,954
1995	13,058,516	3,348,052
1996	13,414,757	3,435,965
1997	13,775,214	3,531,700
1998	14,144,860	3,628,827
1999	14,525,140	3,729,450
2000	14,912,631	3,833,416
2001	15,309,490	3,919,487
2002	15,725,528	4,006,077
2003	16,160,340	4,103,086
2004	16,610,487	4,192,826
2005	17,074,594	4,288,810
2006	17,550,407	4,377,579
2007	18,049,896	4,462,770
2008	18,574,056	4,558,984
2009	19,113,974	4,529,047
2010	19,668,066	4,492,995
2011	20,232,304	4,565,021
2012	20,809,529	4,610,848
2013	21,402,376	4,642,419
2014	22,059,893	4,623,182
2015	22,763,414	4,629,320
2016	23,454,161	4,713,663
2017	24,128,601	4,793,511
2018	24,806,383	4,878,657
2019	25,506,095	4,944,703
2020	26,210,558	5,026,628
2021	26,915,758	5,112,100
2022	27,632,771	5,098,039
2023	28,372,687	5,152,421
2024	29,123,744	5,330,690

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Central African Republic

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	CAR
1960	5.73	5.95
1961	5.73	5.96
1962	5.73	5.97
1963	5.73	5.99
1964	5.74	6.01
1965	5.8	6.03
1966	5.85	6.06
1967	5.95	6.08
1968	6.04	6.1
1969	6.14	6.06
1970	6.2	6.03
1971	6.26	5.99
1972	6.29	5.96
1973	6.33	5.93
1974	6.36	5.9
1975	6.4	5.88
1976	6.45	5.94
1977	6.51	5.99
1978	6.55	6.04
1979	6.58	6.09
1980	6.61	6.13
1981	6.61	6.17
1982	6.59	6.16
1983	6.58	6.15
1984	6.56	6.14
1985	6.56	6.12
1986	6.57	6.11
1987	6.54	6.12
1988	6.48	6.1
1989	6.41	6.07
1990	6.36	6.05
1991	6.32	6.03
1992	6.26	5.96
1993	6.16	5.93
1994	6.04	5.92
1995	5.92	5.94
1996	5.8	5.96
1997	5.71	5.92
1998	5.66	5.89
1999	5.6	5.88
2000	5.51	5.85
2001	5.44	5.81
2002	5.44	5.79
2003	5.43	5.8
2004	5.44	5.78
2005	5.42	5.81
2006	5.37	5.84
2007	5.34	5.87
2008	5.29	5.9
2009	5.24	5.94
2010	5.15	5.96
2011	5.05	6.01
2012	4.98	6.05
2013	4.91	6.08
2014	4.84	6.1
2015	4.84	6.13
2016	4.84	6.13
2017	4.8	6.13
2018	4.74	6.11
2019	4.65	6.09
2020	4.56	6.06
2021	4.47	6.05
2022	4.4	6.02
2023	4.32	6.01

Cameroon and Central African Republic demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	CAR
1960	20.5	20.3
1961	20.3	20.1
1962	20.1	19.9
1963	20.1	19.7
1964	20	19.6
1965	19.9	19.4
1966	19.8	19.3
1967	19.7	19.2
1968	19.5	19
1969	19.4	18.9
1970	19.2	18.9
1971	19	18.8
1972	18.9	18.7
1973	18.8	18.6
1974	18.6	18.6
1975	18.5	18.5
1976	18.3	18.5
1977	18.2	18.5
1978	18	18.5
1979	17.9	18.5
1980	17.8	18.5
1981	17.8	18.4
1982	17.5	18.4
1983	17.3	18.3
1984	17.1	18.3
1985	17.1	18.3
1986	17	18.2
1987	16.9	18.1
1988	16.9	18
1989	16.8	17.9
1990	16.8	17.8
1991	16.8	17.6
1992	16.8	17.5
1993	16.8	17.5
1994	16.9	17.4
1995	16.9	17.3
1996	17	17.2
1997	17.1	17.1
1998	17.1	17.1
1999	17.2	17.1
2000	17.3	17.1
2001	17.4	17.1
2002	17.5	17.1
2003	17.5	17.2
2004	17.6	17.2
2005	17.6	17.2
2006	17.7	17.1
2007	17.7	17.1
2008	17.8	17
2009	17.8	16.9
2010	17.9	16.7
2011	17.9	16.6
2012	18	16.3
2013	18.1	16
2014	18.2	15.6
2015	18.3	15.4
2016	18.3	15.4
2017	18.4	15.4
2018	18.4	15.4
2019	18.5	15.4
2020	18.5	15.4
2021	18.6	15.4
2022	18.7	15.3
2023	18.8	15.3
2024	19	15.4

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