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Central African Republic vs Egypt statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 122/197), compared with 117M in Egypt (ranked 13/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 384,345 sq mi for Egypt (ranked 43rd vs. 29th).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and Egypt ranks 42/197 ($389B). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516), while Egypt ranks 137/197 ($3,338).

Main facts and rankings

CAR Egypt
Population
5662456
119759833
Population rank 117/197 13/197
GDP
$2.75B
2024
$389B
2024
GDP rank 171/197 42/197
GDP per capita
$516
2024
$3,338
2024
GDP per capita rank 194/197 137/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,264
2024
$19,094
2024
Government debt
$1.67B
2024
$354B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
58.3%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$313
2024
$3,036
2024
Government debt per person rank 178/185 99/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,261
2025
$1,826
2025
Land area
240,534 sq mi
2025
384,345 sq mi
2025
Population density
22.2 ppl/mi²
2024
303 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
6.01
2023
2.75
2023
Median age
15.4 years
2024
25.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
57.9 years
2025
72 years
2025

Central African Republic and Egypt: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and Egypt economies compared

GDP
Central African Republic

Egypt
Year GDP
CAR Egypt
1960 $112,155,598 $4,206,270,352
1961 $123,134,583 $4,494,575,611
1962 $124,482,774 $4,035,462,027
1963 $129,379,124 $4,187,146,232
1964 $142,025,079 $4,709,245,762
1965 $150,574,795 $4,948,667,540
1966 $157,930,018 $5,278,005,612
1967 $163,820,514 $5,605,484,299
1968 $191,767,442 $5,932,242,991
1969 $188,039,210 $6,524,455,206
1970 $189,106,529 $8,042,200,452
1971 $201,450,800 $8,609,283,346
1972 $230,317,883 $9,299,638,056
1973 $271,183,082 $10,098,534,613
1974 $281,398,706 $9,228,963,225
1975 $378,660,016 $11,632,178,869
1976 $451,152,461 $13,315,988,083
1977 $507,298,148 $14,400,806,876
1978 $610,578,632 $14,811,704,063
1979 $700,764,748 $18,020,571,429
1980 $797,048,199 $21,669,908,176
1981 $694,803,623 $22,136,081,081
1982 $748,312,391 $27,655,172,414
1983 $658,679,333 $30,966,239,814
1984 $637,820,670 $33,971,188,992
1985 $864,849,836 $39,053,502,251
1986 $1,122,265,013 $41,253,507,951
1987 $1,200,991,978 $40,455,616,654
1988 $1,264,899,288 $34,980,124,929
1989 $1,233,930,281 $39,756,299,050
1990 $1,440,711,459 $42,978,914,311
1991 $1,377,374,987 $37,387,836,491
1992 $1,411,917,553 $41,855,986,519
1993 $1,278,781,262 $46,578,631,453
1994 $851,174,357 $51,897,983,393
1995 $1,115,389,674 $60,159,245,060
1996 $1,007,791,127 $67,629,716,981
1997 $937,741,513 $78,436,578,171
1998 $967,338,390 $84,828,807,556
1999 $999,477,511 $90,710,704,807
2000 $916,777,283 $99,838,543,960
2001 $932,648,605 $96,684,636,119
2002 $996,068,145 $85,146,067,416
2003 $1,142,315,523 $80,288,461,538
2004 $1,272,360,517 $78,782,467,532
2005 $1,337,894,379 $89,660,339,660
2006 $1,461,859,762 $107,426,086,957
2007 $1,699,811,295 $130,437,828,371
2008 $1,993,407,888 $162,818,181,818
2009 $2,067,381,665 $189,147,005,445
2010 $2,142,591,540 $218,983,666,062
2011 $2,437,982,705 $235,989,672,978
2012 $2,510,126,512 $279,116,666,667
2013 $1,691,544,110 $288,434,108,527
2014 $1,894,813,389 $305,595,408,895
2015 $1,695,825,714 $329,366,576,819
2016 $1,825,018,145 $332,441,717,791
2017 $2,072,349,973 $248,362,771,739
2018 $2,220,979,146 $262,588,632,527
2019 $2,221,301,351 $318,678,815,490
2020 $2,326,720,900 $383,817,841,547
2021 $2,516,498,412 $424,671,765,456
2022 $2,382,618,615 $476,747,720,365
2023 $2,555,492,086 $395,926,075,163
2024 $2,751,544,520 $389,059,911,004

Central African Republic and Egypt economies compared

GDP per capita
Central African Republic

Egypt
Year GDP per capita
CAR Egypt
1960 $65.9 $156.4
1961 $71 $162.8
1962 $70.4 $142.4
1963 $71.8 $143.9
1964 $77.2 $157.7
1965 $80.2 $161.6
1966 $82.3 $168.1
1967 $83.6 $174.1
1968 $95.6 $179.8
1969 $91.7 $193
1970 $90.2 $232.3
1971 $94.1 $243
1972 $105.5 $256.5
1973 $121.8 $272.2
1974 $124 $243.1
1975 $163.6 $299.2
1976 $192.1 $335
1977 $213.8 $353
1978 $254.6 $355
1979 $289.1 $421
1980 $325 $493
1981 $280.3 $490
1982 $298.4 $596
1983 $259.6 $648
1984 $248.3 $690
1985 $333 $770
1986 $426 $790
1987 $450 $754
1988 $466 $634
1989 $443 $701
1990 $502 $736
1991 $465 $623
1992 $462 $681
1993 $405 $740
1994 $261.3 $807
1995 $333 $916
1996 $293.3 $1,009
1997 $265.5 $1,146
1998 $266.6 $1,213
1999 $268 $1,268
2000 $239.2 $1,366
2001 $238 $1,295
2002 $248.6 $1,117
2003 $278.4 $1,031
2004 $303 $991
2005 $312 $1,106
2006 $334 $1,299
2007 $381 $1,548
2008 $437 $1,896
2009 $456 $2,162
2010 $477 $2,455
2011 $534 $2,591
2012 $544 $2,996
2013 $364 $3,026
2014 $410 $3,133
2015 $366 $3,307
2016 $387 $3,271
2017 $432 $2,395
2018 $455 $2,485
2019 $449 $2,963
2020 $463 $3,511
2021 $492 $3,827
2022 $467 $4,233
2023 $496 $3,457
2024 $516 $3,338

Central African Republic vs. Egypt life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Central African Republic

Egypt
Year Life expectancy, years
CAR Egypt
1950 35.4 34
1951 35.8 35.3
1952 36.2 36.6
1953 36.6 37.9
1954 37 39.1
1955 37.4 40.2
1956 37.8 41
1957 38.3 42.1
1958 38.7 42.9
1959 39.1 43.7
1960 39.6 44.4
1961 40.1 45.1
1962 40.6 45.8
1963 41.1 46.5
1964 41.6 47.1
1965 42.2 47.6
1966 42.8 48
1967 43.4 48.1
1968 44 48.6
1969 44.6 48.7
1970 45.2 49
1971 45.8 49.5
1972 46.3 49.9
1973 46.9 50.1
1974 47.4 51
1975 47.9 51.7
1976 48.4 52.5
1977 48.8 53.3
1978 49.2 54.1
1979 49.5 54.9
1980 49.8 55.7
1981 50 56.5
1982 50.2 57.2
1983 50.3 58
1984 50.4 58.7
1985 50.5 59.4
1986 50.4 60.1
1987 50.4 60.7
1988 50.2 61.4
1989 50.1 61.9
1990 49.9 62.5
1991 49.6 63.1
1992 49.2 63.6
1993 48.9 64.1
1994 48.5 64.7
1995 48.1 65.2
1996 47.7 65.7
1997 47.3 66.2
1998 47.1 66.6
1999 46.9 67
2000 46.6 67.3
2001 46.7 67.6
2002 46.8 67.8
2003 47.3 68
2004 47.7 68.2
2005 48.2 68.4
2006 48.7 68.5
2007 49.3 68.6
2008 49.9 68.8
2009 14.7 68.9
2010 46.9 69.1
2011 50.1 69.2
2012 51.3 69.5
2013 49.5 69.6
2014 40.3 69.9
2015 51.9 70.1
2016 51 70.4
2017 45.2 70.7
2018 52.3 71
2019 31.5 71.2
2020 50.6 69.8
2021 40.3 69
2022 18.8 71
2023 57.4 71.6
2024 57.7 71.8
2025 57.9 72

Central African Republic and Egypt population clocks and comparison

Population
Central African Republic

Egypt
Year Population
CAR Egypt
1960 1,702,346 26,896,479
1961 1,734,580 27,600,898
1962 1,768,115 28,337,013
1963 1,803,063 29,091,869
1964 1,839,583 29,858,922
1965 1,877,854 30,629,174
1966 1,918,082 31,406,541
1967 1,960,444 32,196,360
1968 2,005,100 32,998,319
1969 2,051,515 33,811,615
1970 2,097,505 34,623,990
1971 2,141,450 35,433,368
1972 2,183,769 36,258,328
1973 2,226,008 37,102,043
1974 2,269,338 37,969,667
1975 2,313,916 38,875,327
1976 2,348,566 39,795,557
1977 2,372,930 40,748,870
1978 2,397,961 41,761,431
1979 2,423,794 42,818,628
1980 2,450,535 43,950,413
1981 2,478,402 45,147,224
1982 2,507,375 46,407,611
1983 2,537,399 47,786,402
1984 2,568,610 49,247,334
1985 2,600,932 50,734,968
1986 2,634,258 52,206,295
1987 2,669,155 53,674,435
1988 2,713,965 55,187,681
1989 2,783,970 56,710,642
1990 2,871,910 58,396,618
1991 2,963,191 60,028,997
1992 3,058,831 61,480,660
1993 3,157,839 62,915,681
1994 3,257,954 64,285,589
1995 3,348,052 65,652,622
1996 3,435,965 67,028,048
1997 3,531,700 68,431,740
1998 3,628,827 69,943,294
1999 3,729,450 71,520,954
2000 3,833,416 73,083,284
2001 3,919,487 74,652,029
2002 4,006,077 76,239,137
2003 4,103,086 77,853,548
2004 4,192,826 79,477,443
2005 4,288,810 81,101,004
2006 4,377,579 82,700,403
2007 4,462,770 84,276,225
2008 4,558,984 85,864,789
2009 4,529,047 87,501,636
2010 4,492,995 89,196,072
2011 4,565,021 91,093,059
2012 4,610,848 93,161,001
2013 4,642,419 95,333,553
2014 4,623,182 97,528,654
2015 4,629,320 99,597,342
2016 4,713,663 101,644,589
2017 4,793,511 103,696,057
2018 4,878,657 105,682,094
2019 4,944,703 107,553,158
2020 5,026,628 109,315,124
2021 5,112,100 110,957,008
2022 5,098,039 112,618,250
2023 5,152,421 114,535,772
2024 5,330,690 116,538,258

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and Egypt

Fertility rate
Central African Republic

Egypt
Year Fertility rate
CAR Egypt
1960 5.95 6.79
1961 5.96 6.76
1962 5.97 6.71
1963 5.99 6.65
1964 6.01 6.54
1965 6.03 6.39
1966 6.06 6.31
1967 6.08 6.25
1968 6.1 6.19
1969 6.06 6.12
1970 6.03 6.06
1971 5.99 5.99
1972 5.96 5.93
1973 5.93 5.84
1974 5.9 5.78
1975 5.88 5.75
1976 5.94 5.73
1977 5.99 5.68
1978 6.04 5.63
1979 6.09 5.57
1980 6.13 5.49
1981 6.17 5.37
1982 6.16 5.33
1983 6.15 5.31
1984 6.14 5.21
1985 6.12 5.12
1986 6.11 5
1987 6.12 4.91
1988 6.1 4.83
1989 6.07 4.68
1990 6.05 4.51
1991 6.03 4.32
1992 5.96 4.15
1993 5.93 3.99
1994 5.92 3.87
1995 5.94 3.76
1996 5.96 3.7
1997 5.92 3.68
1998 5.89 3.68
1999 5.88 3.6
2000 5.85 3.51
2001 5.81 3.46
2002 5.79 3.41
2003 5.8 3.35
2004 5.78 3.28
2005 5.81 3.25
2006 5.84 3.22
2007 5.87 3.24
2008 5.9 3.24
2009 5.94 3.26
2010 5.96 3.3
2011 6.01 3.31
2012 6.05 3.4
2013 6.08 3.49
2014 6.1 3.49
2015 6.13 3.5
2016 6.13 3.35
2017 6.13 3.31
2018 6.11 3.02
2019 6.09 2.87
2020 6.06 2.85
2021 6.05 2.75
2022 6.02 2.75
2023 6.01 2.75

Central African Republic and Egypt demographics compared

Median age
Central African Republic

Egypt
Year Median age, years
CAR Egypt
1960 20.3 19.7
1961 20.1 19.5
1962 19.9 19.3
1963 19.7 19.2
1964 19.6 19.1
1965 19.4 19
1966 19.3 19
1967 19.2 19.1
1968 19 19.1
1969 18.9 19.1
1970 18.9 19.2
1971 18.8 19.2
1972 18.7 19.2
1973 18.6 19.2
1974 18.6 19.3
1975 18.5 19.3
1976 18.5 19.3
1977 18.5 19.3
1978 18.5 19.3
1979 18.5 19.3
1980 18.5 19.3
1981 18.4 19.3
1982 18.4 19.3
1983 18.3 19.3
1984 18.3 19.3
1985 18.3 19.4
1986 18.2 19.4
1987 18.1 19.4
1988 18 19.4
1989 17.9 19.4
1990 17.8 19.5
1991 17.6 19.6
1992 17.5 19.7
1993 17.5 19.9
1994 17.4 20
1995 17.3 20.1
1996 17.2 20.3
1997 17.1 20.5
1998 17.1 20.7
1999 17.1 20.9
2000 17.1 21.2
2001 17.1 21.4
2002 17.1 21.6
2003 17.2 21.8
2004 17.2 22.1
2005 17.2 22.3
2006 17.1 22.5
2007 17.1 22.7
2008 17 22.9
2009 16.9 23.1
2010 16.7 23.3
2011 16.6 23.4
2012 16.3 23.6
2013 16 23.7
2014 15.6 23.8
2015 15.4 23.9
2016 15.4 24
2017 15.4 24.1
2018 15.4 24.2
2019 15.4 24.4
2020 15.4 24.5
2021 15.4 24.7
2022 15.3 24.8
2023 15.3 25
2024 15.4 25.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

CAR Egypt
GNI, Atlas method
$2.75B
2024
$409B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
17.9%
2025
28.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.83%
2023
3.93%
2015
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.29%
2023
0.87%
2023
Armed forces personnel
10,000
2020
836,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.62%
2025
-12.1%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.9%
2017
6.75%
2023
Services, % of GDP
40.5%
2024
48.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.8%
2024
32.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
42.8
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
33.1%
2021
24.6%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2021
4.2%
2021
Number of billionaires n/a
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
246
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$42.6B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$480M
2023
$44.9B
2024
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$29.6B
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,000
2019
13,026,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports n/a
12.2%
2020
Banked people share
13.7%
2017
43.1%
2024

Energy

CAR Egypt
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
928 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$20
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.37 megatons
2023
249.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.07 tons
2023
2.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
94.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
90.9%
2022
6.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
2.23%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
20.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
1,493 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
96.5%
2021
12.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
96.2%
2021
7.19%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
17.6%
2023
100%
2023

Society

CAR Egypt
% of world population
0.07%
2024
1.43%
2024
Annual migration change
-15,357
2024
+123,884
2024
Urban population
44.1%
2024
43.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.54 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.28 ft
2025
Quality of life index
0
2025
40
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
24
2024
30
2024
Higher education index
3
2025
72
2025
Homicides per 100K people
20.1
2016
1.34
2017
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
37.7
2019
10.1
2019
Visa free countries
61
2025
65
2025
Adult literacy rate
37.5%
2020
79.5%
2022
English speaking
3%
2025
40%
2023
People using the Internet
7.51%
2019
72.7%
2023

Health

CAR Egypt
Government health expenditure per capita
$47.9
2022
$171
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$22.8
2022
$92
2022
Life expectancy
57.9 years
2025
72 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
35.6%
2022
1.52%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.02
2021
0.68
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
22.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
692
2023
17
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
92.2
2023
17.5
2023
Obesity rate
9.57%
2022
45.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.6%
2024
22.4%
2024
Air quality index
7
2025
13
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
24.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.75 liters
2020
0.13 liters
2020

Territory

CAR Egypt
% of world land
0.42%
2025
0.67%
2025
Land area per capita
45,122 sq mi
2024
3,298 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
21,887 sq mi
2025
15,668 sq mi
2025
Forest area
85,765 sq mi
2025
173.7 sq mi
2025
Roads length
14,913 mi
2018
202,101 mi
2024

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