Central African Republic vs France statistics compared

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 122/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 43rd vs. 48th).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Central African Republic and France: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and France economies compared

GDP

Central African Republic

France

Table

Year	GDP
	CAR	France
1960	$112,155,598	$61,756,878,990
1961	$123,134,583	$66,806,595,975
1962	$124,482,774	$74,888,595,286
1963	$129,379,124	$83,957,182,115
1964	$142,025,079	$93,079,224,076
1965	$150,574,795	$100,522,559,916
1966	$157,930,018	$108,928,356,519
1967	$163,820,514	$117,751,396,249
1968	$191,767,442	$128,427,504,709
1969	$188,039,210	$140,361,802,782
1970	$189,106,529	$146,926,998,937
1971	$201,450,800	$164,238,872,973
1972	$230,317,883	$201,621,751,625
1973	$271,183,082	$262,343,828,816
1974	$281,398,706	$283,102,178,123
1975	$378,660,016	$356,780,728,163
1976	$451,152,461	$368,488,292,816
1977	$507,298,148	$406,736,454,934
1978	$610,578,632	$501,724,418,605
1979	$700,764,748	$608,218,624,730
1980	$797,048,199	$694,529,183,483
1981	$694,803,623	$609,184,791,792
1982	$748,312,391	$578,152,310,610
1983	$658,679,333	$553,356,312,936
1984	$637,820,670	$525,033,325,828
1985	$864,849,836	$547,220,981,165
1986	$1,122,265,013	$764,946,585,851
1987	$1,200,991,978	$926,320,855,615
1988	$1,264,899,288	$1,010,827,662,152
1989	$1,233,930,281	$1,016,742,237,302
1990	$1,440,711,459	$1,257,649,439,827
1991	$1,377,374,987	$1,258,961,748,634
1992	$1,411,917,553	$1,389,663,073,110
1993	$1,278,781,262	$1,314,383,368,080
1994	$851,174,357	$1,385,822,778,828
1995	$1,115,389,674	$1,595,219,345,512
1996	$1,007,791,127	$1,598,889,216,566
1997	$937,741,513	$1,449,392,222,971
1998	$967,338,390	$1,496,906,382,032
1999	$999,477,511	$1,486,915,879,702
2000	$916,777,283	$1,360,959,069,477
2001	$932,648,605	$1,370,376,677,299
2002	$996,068,145	$1,492,427,756,382
2003	$1,142,315,523	$1,835,095,983,049
2004	$1,272,360,517	$2,109,792,297,237
2005	$1,337,894,379	$2,192,146,403,028
2006	$1,461,859,762	$2,317,861,544,691
2007	$1,699,811,295	$2,655,816,911,867
2008	$1,993,407,888	$2,926,802,941,586
2009	$2,067,381,665	$2,700,075,882,519
2010	$2,142,591,540	$2,646,230,027,988
2011	$2,437,982,705	$2,870,408,553,990
2012	$2,510,126,512	$2,683,007,095,787
2013	$1,691,544,110	$2,816,077,607,875
2014	$1,894,813,389	$2,861,236,112,552
2015	$1,695,825,714	$2,442,483,452,643
2016	$1,825,018,145	$2,470,407,619,777
2017	$2,072,349,973	$2,588,868,323,335
2018	$2,220,979,146	$2,781,576,320,884
2019	$2,221,301,351	$2,722,793,515,172
2020	$2,326,720,900	$2,647,926,055,110
2021	$2,516,498,412	$2,966,433,692,008
2022	$2,382,618,615	$2,796,302,210,399
2023	$2,555,492,086	$3,051,831,611,385
2024	$2,751,544,520	$3,162,079,073,496

Central African Republic and France economies compared

GDP per capita

Central African Republic

France

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	CAR	France
1960	$65.9	$1,303
1961	$71	$1,395
1962	$70.4	$1,548
1963	$71.8	$1,718
1964	$77.2	$1,884
1965	$80.2	$2,015
1966	$82.3	$2,165
1967	$83.6	$2,321
1968	$95.6	$2,513
1969	$91.7	$2,724
1970	$90.2	$2,825
1971	$94.1	$3,128
1972	$105.5	$3,807
1973	$121.8	$4,914
1974	$124	$5,267
1975	$163.6	$6,607
1976	$192.1	$6,795
1977	$213.8	$7,465
1978	$254.6	$9,167
1979	$289.1	$11,063
1980	$325	$12,565
1981	$280.3	$10,956
1982	$298.4	$10,360
1983	$259.6	$9,862
1984	$248.3	$9,312
1985	$333	$9,657
1986	$426	$13,430
1987	$450	$16,176
1988	$466	$17,550
1989	$443	$17,547
1990	$502	$21,586
1991	$465	$21,501
1992	$462	$23,615
1993	$405	$22,239
1994	$261.3	$23,360
1995	$333	$26,792
1996	$293.3	$26,758
1997	$265.5	$24,169
1998	$266.6	$24,869
1999	$268	$24,576
2000	$239.2	$22,341
2001	$238	$22,332
2002	$248.6	$24,145
2003	$278.4	$29,480
2004	$303	$33,645
2005	$312	$34,696
2006	$334	$36,432
2007	$381	$41,486
2008	$437	$45,465
2009	$456	$41,728
2010	$477	$40,695
2011	$534	$43,930
2012	$544	$40,864
2013	$364	$42,669
2014	$410	$43,148
2015	$366	$36,702
2016	$387	$37,024
2017	$432	$38,687
2018	$455	$41,418
2019	$449	$40,408
2020	$463	$39,170
2021	$492	$43,725
2022	$467	$41,083
2023	$496	$44,691
2024	$516	$46,150

Central African Republic vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Central African Republic

France

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	CAR	France
1950	35.4	66.4
1951	35.8	66.1
1952	36.2	67.4
1953	36.6	67.3
1954	37	68.2
1955	37.4	68.4
1956	37.8	68.5
1957	38.3	68.9
1958	38.7	70.1
1959	39.1	70.2
1960	39.6	70.4
1961	40.1	71
1962	40.6	70.5
1963	41.1	70.3
1964	41.6	71.3
1965	42.2	71.1
1966	42.8	71.5
1967	43.4	71.5
1968	44	71.5
1969	44.6	71.2
1970	45.2	72.1
1971	45.8	72.1
1972	46.3	72.3
1973	46.9	72.5
1974	47.4	72.8
1975	47.9	72.9
1976	48.4	73.1
1977	48.8	73.7
1978	49.2	73.8
1979	49.5	74.1
1980	49.8	74.2
1981	50	74.4
1982	50.2	74.8
1983	50.3	74.7
1984	50.4	75.2
1985	50.5	75.3
1986	50.4	75.6
1987	50.4	76.1
1988	50.2	76.4
1989	50.1	76.5
1990	49.9	76.8
1991	49.6	77
1992	49.2	77.3
1993	48.9	77.3
1994	48.5	77.8
1995	48.1	77.9
1996	47.7	78.1
1997	47.3	78.4
1998	47.1	78.6
1999	46.9	78.7
2000	46.6	79
2001	46.7	79.2
2002	46.8	79.4
2003	47.3	79.4
2004	47.7	80.3
2005	48.2	80.3
2006	48.7	80.7
2007	49.3	81
2008	49.9	81
2009	14.7	81.2
2010	46.9	81.4
2011	50.1	81.8
2012	51.3	81.7
2013	49.5	82
2014	40.3	82.4
2015	51.9	82.1
2016	51	82.4
2017	45.2	82.4
2018	52.3	82.6
2019	31.5	82.7
2020	50.6	82.2
2021	40.3	82.3
2022	18.8	82.5
2023	57.4	83.3
2024	57.7	83.5
2025	57.9	83.6

Central African Republic and France population clocks and comparison

Population

Central African Republic

France

Table

Year	Population
	CAR	France
1960	1,702,346	47,412,964
1961	1,734,580	47,905,982
1962	1,768,115	48,389,516
1963	1,803,063	48,877,567
1964	1,839,583	49,401,492
1965	1,877,854	49,877,725
1966	1,918,082	50,311,637
1967	1,960,444	50,722,791
1968	2,005,100	51,112,980
1969	2,051,515	51,536,014
1970	2,097,505	52,007,169
1971	2,141,450	52,499,553
1972	2,183,769	52,962,356
1973	2,226,008	53,392,161
1974	2,269,338	53,746,571
1975	2,313,916	54,002,853
1976	2,348,566	54,232,383
1977	2,372,930	54,486,467
1978	2,397,961	54,734,030
1979	2,423,794	54,979,851
1980	2,450,535	55,274,184
1981	2,478,402	55,603,353
1982	2,507,375	55,806,789
1983	2,537,399	56,108,330
1984	2,568,610	56,383,085
1985	2,600,932	56,665,619
1986	2,634,258	56,956,002
1987	2,669,155	57,266,167
1988	2,713,965	57,598,186
1989	2,783,970	57,943,062
1990	2,871,910	58,261,012
1991	2,963,191	58,554,242
1992	3,058,831	58,846,584
1993	3,157,839	59,103,094
1994	3,257,954	59,324,863
1995	3,348,052	59,541,294
1996	3,435,965	59,754,504
1997	3,531,700	59,968,066
1998	3,628,827	60,190,684
1999	3,729,450	60,501,986
2000	3,833,416	60,918,661
2001	3,919,487	61,364,377
2002	4,006,077	61,812,142
2003	4,103,086	62,249,855
2004	4,192,826	62,707,588
2005	4,288,810	63,180,854
2006	4,377,579	63,622,342
2007	4,462,770	64,016,890
2008	4,558,984	64,375,116
2009	4,529,047	64,706,436
2010	4,492,995	65,026,211
2011	4,565,021	65,340,830
2012	4,610,848	65,657,659
2013	4,642,419	65,997,932
2014	4,623,182	66,312,067
2015	4,629,320	66,548,272
2016	4,713,663	66,724,104
2017	4,793,511	66,918,020
2018	4,878,657	67,158,348
2019	4,944,703	67,382,061
2020	5,026,628	67,601,110
2021	5,112,100	67,842,811
2022	5,098,039	68,065,015
2023	5,152,421	68,287,487
2024	5,330,690	68,516,699

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and France

Fertility rate

Central African Republic

France

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	France
1960	5.95	2.85
1961	5.96	2.87
1962	5.97	2.89
1963	5.99	2.89
1964	6.01	2.87
1965	6.03	2.84
1966	6.06	2.8
1967	6.08	2.75
1968	6.1	2.69
1969	6.06	2.62
1970	6.03	2.55
1971	5.99	2.47
1972	5.96	2.38
1973	5.93	2.28
1974	5.9	2.18
1975	5.88	2.09
1976	5.94	2.01
1977	5.99	1.94
1978	6.04	1.89
1979	6.09	1.87
1980	6.13	1.85
1981	6.17	1.85
1982	6.16	1.86
1983	6.15	1.86
1984	6.14	1.86
1985	6.12	1.86
1986	6.11	1.85
1987	6.12	1.83
1988	6.1	1.81
1989	6.07	1.79
1990	6.05	1.77
1991	6.03	1.75
1992	5.96	1.74
1993	5.93	1.73
1994	5.92	1.73
1995	5.94	1.74
1996	5.96	1.75
1997	5.92	1.77
1998	5.89	1.78
1999	5.88	1.81
2000	5.85	1.89
2001	5.81	1.9
2002	5.79	1.88
2003	5.8	1.89
2004	5.78	1.92
2005	5.81	1.94
2006	5.84	2
2007	5.87	1.98
2008	5.9	2.01
2009	5.94	2
2010	5.96	2.03
2011	6.01	2.01
2012	6.05	2.01
2013	6.08	1.99
2014	6.1	2
2015	6.13	1.96
2016	6.13	1.92
2017	6.13	1.89
2018	6.11	1.87
2019	6.09	1.86
2020	6.06	1.83
2021	6.05	1.84
2022	6.02	1.79
2023	6.01	1.66

Central African Republic and France demographics compared

Median age

Central African Republic

France

Table

Year	Median age, years
	CAR	France
1960	20.3	32.8
1961	20.1	32.8
1962	19.9	32.9
1963	19.7	32.8
1964	19.6	32.8
1965	19.4	32.7
1966	19.3	32.7
1967	19.2	32.7
1968	19	32.6
1969	18.9	32.5
1970	18.9	32.4
1971	18.8	32.2
1972	18.7	32
1973	18.6	31.8
1974	18.6	31.7
1975	18.5	31.6
1976	18.5	31.7
1977	18.5	31.9
1978	18.5	32.1
1979	18.5	32.3
1980	18.5	32.4
1981	18.4	32.6
1982	18.4	32.8
1983	18.3	33
1984	18.3	33.3
1985	18.3	33.5
1986	18.2	33.7
1987	18.1	34
1988	18	34.2
1989	17.9	34.5
1990	17.8	34.7
1991	17.6	35
1992	17.5	35.3
1993	17.5	35.6
1994	17.4	35.9
1995	17.3	36.2
1996	17.2	36.5
1997	17.1	36.8
1998	17.1	37.1
1999	17.1	37.4
2000	17.1	37.7
2001	17.1	37.9
2002	17.1	38.2
2003	17.2	38.4
2004	17.2	38.6
2005	17.2	38.9
2006	17.1	39.1
2007	17.1	39.4
2008	17	39.6
2009	16.9	39.8
2010	16.7	40
2011	16.6	40.3
2012	16.3	40.5
2013	16	40.8
2014	15.6	41
2015	15.4	41.2
2016	15.4	41.4
2017	15.4	41.6
2018	15.4	41.9
2019	15.4	42.1
2020	15.4	42.3
2021	15.4	42.4
2022	15.3	42.6
2023	15.3	42.8
2024	15.4	43

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