Central African Republic vs Chad statistics compared

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 122/197), compared with 20.3M in Chad (ranked 65/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 486,180 sq mi for Chad (ranked 43rd vs. 21st).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and Chad ranks 127/197 ($20.6B). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516), while Chad ranks 175/197 ($1,016).

Central African Republic and Chad: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and Chad economies compared

GDP

Central African Republic

Chad

Table

Year	GDP
	CAR	Chad
1960	$112,155,598	$313,582,728
1961	$123,134,583	$333,975,336
1962	$124,482,774	$357,635,713
1963	$129,379,124	$371,767,002
1964	$142,025,079	$392,247,518
1965	$150,574,795	$416,926,303
1966	$157,930,018	$432,794,922
1967	$163,820,514	$449,826,323
1968	$191,767,442	$453,980,096
1969	$188,039,210	$471,635,622
1970	$189,106,529	$469,266,737
1971	$201,450,800	$501,866,730
1972	$230,317,883	$585,427,547
1973	$271,183,082	$647,199,483
1974	$281,398,706	$652,532,795
1975	$378,660,016	$864,602,105
1976	$451,152,461	$866,044,962
1977	$507,298,148	$935,360,465
1978	$610,578,632	$1,113,920,124
1979	$700,764,748	$1,004,316,496
1980	$797,048,199	$1,033,002,404
1981	$694,803,623	$876,937,558
1982	$748,312,391	$834,369,860
1983	$658,679,333	$832,415,806
1984	$637,820,670	$919,103,735
1985	$864,849,836	$1,033,069,709
1986	$1,122,265,013	$1,067,828,246
1987	$1,200,991,978	$1,163,426,852
1988	$1,264,899,288	$1,482,597,298
1989	$1,233,930,281	$1,433,686,312
1990	$1,440,711,459	$1,738,605,558
1991	$1,377,374,987	$1,877,137,982
1992	$1,411,917,553	$1,881,847,670
1993	$1,278,781,262	$1,463,251,164
1994	$851,174,357	$1,179,837,963
1995	$1,115,389,674	$1,445,919,895
1996	$1,007,791,127	$1,607,345,356
1997	$937,741,513	$1,544,689,577
1998	$967,338,390	$1,744,794,531
1999	$999,477,511	$1,534,673,583
2000	$916,777,283	$1,388,506,772
2001	$932,648,605	$1,710,843,377
2002	$996,068,145	$1,997,005,709
2003	$1,142,315,523	$2,742,815,072
2004	$1,272,360,517	$4,422,855,661
2005	$1,337,894,379	$8,655,892,393
2006	$1,461,859,762	$9,709,626,596
2007	$1,699,811,295	$10,865,385,132
2008	$1,993,407,888	$13,385,593,990
2009	$2,067,381,665	$12,317,614,054
2010	$2,142,591,540	$14,058,506,664
2011	$2,437,982,705	$16,685,349,674
2012	$2,510,126,512	$17,892,228,570
2013	$1,691,544,110	$17,865,316,886
2014	$1,894,813,389	$18,144,336,904
2015	$1,695,825,714	$14,559,599,500
2016	$1,825,018,145	$13,026,289,836
2017	$2,072,349,973	$13,349,041,409
2018	$2,220,979,146	$15,327,000,249
2019	$2,221,301,351	$14,905,517,743
2020	$2,326,720,900	$14,932,897,821
2021	$2,516,498,412	$16,871,937,698
2022	$2,382,618,615	$17,828,508,290
2023	$2,555,492,086	$19,107,685,021
2024	$2,751,544,520	$20,625,711,665

Central African Republic and Chad economies compared

GDP per capita

Central African Republic

Chad

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	CAR	Chad
1960	$65.9	$102.8
1961	$71	$107.3
1962	$70.4	$112.6
1963	$71.8	$114.7
1964	$77.2	$118.6
1965	$80.2	$123.6
1966	$82.3	$125.8
1967	$83.6	$128.2
1968	$95.6	$126.9
1969	$91.7	$129.2
1970	$90.2	$125.9
1971	$94.1	$131.8
1972	$105.5	$150.4
1973	$121.8	$162.4
1974	$124	$160
1975	$163.6	$207.5
1976	$192.1	$203.7
1977	$213.8	$215.9
1978	$254.6	$252.5
1979	$289.1	$222.9
1980	$325	$228.8
1981	$280.3	$194
1982	$298.4	$176.1
1983	$259.6	$167.2
1984	$248.3	$182.2
1985	$333	$202.7
1986	$426	$203.4
1987	$450	$213.9
1988	$466	$263.5
1989	$443	$246.4
1990	$502	$290.6
1991	$465	$302
1992	$462	$290.6
1993	$405	$220.7
1994	$261.3	$173.9
1995	$333	$204
1996	$293.3	$216.9
1997	$265.5	$201.4
1998	$266.6	$219.8
1999	$268	$186.6
2000	$239.2	$163.1
2001	$238	$194.3
2002	$248.6	$219.1
2003	$278.4	$289.1
2004	$303	$446
2005	$312	$838
2006	$334	$907
2007	$381	$980
2008	$437	$1,166
2009	$456	$1,036
2010	$477	$1,142
2011	$534	$1,308
2012	$544	$1,354
2013	$364	$1,305
2014	$410	$1,279
2015	$366	$994
2016	$387	$862
2017	$432	$854
2018	$455	$949
2019	$449	$893
2020	$463	$867
2021	$492	$946
2022	$467	$966
2023	$496	$989
2024	$516	$1,016

Central African Republic vs. Chad life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Central African Republic

Chad

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	CAR	Chad
1950	35.4	35.2
1951	35.8	35.5
1952	36.2	35.9
1953	36.6	36.3
1954	37	36.8
1955	37.4	37.3
1956	37.8	37.9
1957	38.3	38.3
1958	38.7	38.7
1959	39.1	39
1960	39.6	39.2
1961	40.1	39.4
1962	40.6	39.6
1963	41.1	39.9
1964	41.6	40.1
1965	42.2	40.1
1966	42.8	40.1
1967	43.4	40.4
1968	44	40.7
1969	44.6	41
1970	45.2	41.4
1971	45.8	40.9
1972	46.3	41.9
1973	46.9	42.4
1974	47.4	42.6
1975	47.9	42.7
1976	48.4	42.7
1977	48.8	42.9
1978	49.2	43
1979	49.5	43.2
1980	49.8	43.5
1981	50	43.5
1982	50.2	43.9
1983	50.3	44.4
1984	50.4	44.7
1985	50.5	45.3
1986	50.4	45.6
1987	50.4	43.1
1988	50.2	46.4
1989	50.1	46.4
1990	49.9	45.1
1991	49.6	46.6
1992	49.2	46.8
1993	48.9	47
1994	48.5	47.1
1995	48.1	47.5
1996	47.7	47.6
1997	47.3	47.8
1998	47.1	47.8
1999	46.9	47.9
2000	46.6	47.9
2001	46.7	48.3
2002	46.8	48.4
2003	47.3	48.6
2004	47.7	48.7
2005	48.2	48.9
2006	48.7	48.7
2007	49.3	49.2
2008	49.9	49.5
2009	14.7	49.8
2010	46.9	50.1
2011	50.1	50.4
2012	51.3	50.8
2013	49.5	51.1
2014	40.3	51.1
2015	51.9	51.3
2016	51	51.6
2017	45.2	51.9
2018	52.3	52.4
2019	31.5	53
2020	50.6	53.1
2021	40.3	53.1
2022	18.8	54.5
2023	57.4	55.1
2024	57.7	55.2
2025	57.9	55.4

Central African Republic and Chad population clocks and comparison

Population

Central African Republic

Chad

Table

Year	Population
	CAR	Chad
1960	1,702,346	3,049,838
1961	1,734,580	3,111,947
1962	1,768,115	3,175,598
1963	1,803,063	3,240,905
1964	1,839,583	3,307,479
1965	1,877,854	3,374,220
1966	1,918,082	3,440,903
1967	1,960,444	3,508,512
1968	2,005,100	3,578,231
1969	2,051,515	3,651,113
1970	2,097,505	3,727,828
1971	2,141,450	3,807,316
1972	2,183,769	3,893,252
1973	2,226,008	3,985,909
1974	2,269,338	4,078,356
1975	2,313,916	4,167,234
1976	2,348,566	4,251,297
1977	2,372,930	4,331,667
1978	2,397,961	4,411,366
1979	2,423,794	4,505,384
1980	2,450,535	4,515,453
1981	2,478,402	4,520,959
1982	2,507,375	4,738,483
1983	2,537,399	4,979,130
1984	2,568,610	5,045,145
1985	2,600,932	5,096,269
1986	2,634,258	5,251,069
1987	2,669,155	5,438,309
1988	2,713,965	5,625,602
1989	2,783,970	5,819,586
1990	2,871,910	5,982,833
1991	2,963,191	6,205,676
1992	3,058,831	6,474,656
1993	3,157,839	6,629,146
1994	3,257,954	6,783,450
1995	3,348,052	7,089,064
1996	3,435,965	7,410,108
1997	3,531,700	7,670,366
1998	3,628,827	7,938,840
1999	3,729,450	8,222,705
2000	3,833,416	8,512,093
2001	3,919,487	8,804,124
2002	4,006,077	9,116,192
2003	4,103,086	9,487,833
2004	4,192,826	9,920,036
2005	4,288,810	10,328,092
2006	4,377,579	10,706,424
2007	4,462,770	11,081,660
2008	4,558,984	11,476,296
2009	4,529,047	11,893,754
2010	4,492,995	12,312,575
2011	4,565,021	12,754,997
2012	4,610,848	13,210,998
2013	4,642,419	13,691,079
2014	4,623,182	14,188,678
2015	4,629,320	14,647,621
2016	4,713,663	15,114,655
2017	4,793,511	15,622,759
2018	4,878,657	16,156,531
2019	4,944,703	16,685,223
2020	5,026,628	17,224,679
2021	5,112,100	17,828,273
2022	5,098,039	18,455,316
2023	5,152,421	19,319,064
2024	5,330,690	20,299,123

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and Chad

Fertility rate

Central African Republic

Chad

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	Chad
1960	5.95	6.25
1961	5.96	6.27
1962	5.97	6.29
1963	5.99	6.3
1964	6.01	6.32
1965	6.03	6.34
1966	6.06	6.36
1967	6.08	6.39
1968	6.1	6.43
1969	6.06	6.48
1970	6.03	6.53
1971	5.99	6.58
1972	5.96	6.85
1973	5.93	6.87
1974	5.9	6.86
1975	5.88	6.88
1976	5.94	6.89
1977	5.99	6.9
1978	6.04	6.89
1979	6.09	6.91
1980	6.13	6.91
1981	6.17	6.94
1982	6.16	6.96
1983	6.15	6.98
1984	6.14	7.02
1985	6.12	7.04
1986	6.11	7.07
1987	6.12	7.11
1988	6.1	7.15
1989	6.07	7.19
1990	6.05	7.22
1991	6.03	7.26
1992	5.96	7.3
1993	5.93	7.34
1994	5.92	7.31
1995	5.94	7.29
1996	5.96	7.29
1997	5.92	7.27
1998	5.89	7.27
1999	5.88	7.26
2000	5.85	7.25
2001	5.81	7.23
2002	5.79	7.2
2003	5.8	7.18
2004	5.78	7.16
2005	5.81	7.13
2006	5.84	7.12
2007	5.87	7.09
2008	5.9	7.06
2009	5.94	7.02
2010	5.96	6.99
2011	6.01	6.95
2012	6.05	6.91
2013	6.08	6.84
2014	6.1	6.78
2015	6.13	6.71
2016	6.13	6.62
2017	6.13	6.54
2018	6.11	6.46
2019	6.09	6.41
2020	6.06	6.35
2021	6.05	6.26
2022	6.02	6.22
2023	6.01	6.12

Central African Republic and Chad demographics compared

Median age

Central African Republic

Chad

Table

Year	Median age, years
	CAR	Chad
1960	20.3	19.9
1961	20.1	19.8
1962	19.9	19.6
1963	19.7	19.5
1964	19.6	19.4
1965	19.4	19.2
1966	19.3	19.1
1967	19.2	19
1968	19	18.8
1969	18.9	18.7
1970	18.9	18.6
1971	18.8	18.5
1972	18.7	18.3
1973	18.6	18.2
1974	18.6	18
1975	18.5	17.9
1976	18.5	17.7
1977	18.5	17.5
1978	18.5	17.3
1979	18.5	17.1
1980	18.5	16.7
1981	18.4	16.2
1982	18.4	16.6
1983	18.3	17
1984	18.3	16.7
1985	18.3	16.3
1986	18.2	16.3
1987	18.1	16.4
1988	18	16.5
1989	17.9	16.5
1990	17.8	16.3
1991	17.6	16.3
1992	17.5	16.4
1993	17.5	16.2
1994	17.4	15.9
1995	17.3	16
1996	17.2	16.1
1997	17.1	15.9
1998	17.1	15.8
1999	17.1	15.7
2000	17.1	15.6
2001	17.1	15.5
2002	17.1	15.4
2003	17.2	15.5
2004	17.2	15.7
2005	17.2	15.7
2006	17.1	15.7
2007	17.1	15.6
2008	17	15.6
2009	16.9	15.6
2010	16.7	15.6
2011	16.6	15.6
2012	16.3	15.6
2013	16	15.7
2014	15.6	15.7
2015	15.4	15.7
2016	15.4	15.7
2017	15.4	15.8
2018	15.4	15.8
2019	15.4	15.9
2020	15.4	16
2021	15.4	16.1
2022	15.3	16.2
2023	15.3	16.5
2024	15.4	16.8

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