Central African Republic vs Iraq statistics compared

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 122/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 43rd vs. 57th).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Central African Republic and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and Iraq economies compared

GDP

Central African Republic

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP
	CAR	Iraq
1960	$112,155,598	$1,537,252,193
1961	$123,134,583	$1,671,960,965
1962	$124,482,774	$1,784,174,541
1963	$129,379,124	$1,805,901,510
1964	$142,025,079	$2,136,408,198
1965	$150,574,795	$2,335,785,506
1966	$157,930,018	$2,530,306,096
1967	$163,820,514	$2,551,522,656
1968	$191,767,442	$2,896,598,841
1969	$188,039,210	$3,007,758,797
1970	$189,106,529	$3,281,318,687
1971	$201,450,800	$3,865,346,535
1972	$230,317,883	$4,113,848,002
1973	$271,183,082	$5,134,367,778
1974	$281,398,706	$11,516,762,614
1975	$378,660,016	$13,458,516,763
1976	$451,152,461	$17,754,825,601
1977	$507,298,148	$19,838,130,715
1978	$610,578,632	$23,762,275,652
1979	$700,764,748	$37,816,457,839
1980	$797,048,199	$52,569,000,000
1981	$694,803,623	$37,823,000,000
1982	$748,312,391	$42,382,333,333
1983	$658,679,333	$40,712,903,226
1984	$637,820,670	$46,938,387,097
1985	$864,849,836	$48,425,161,290
1986	$1,122,265,013	$47,264,516,129
1987	$1,200,991,978	$56,774,193,548
1988	$1,264,899,288	$62,684,516,129
1989	$1,233,930,281	$65,831,935,484
1990	$1,440,711,459	$180,408,064,516
1991	$1,377,374,987	$407,796,350
1992	$1,411,917,553	$553,671,958
1993	$1,278,781,262	$1,031,944,881
1994	$851,174,357	$3,991,349,283
1995	$1,115,389,674	$12,894,029,888
1996	$1,007,791,127	$10,433,698,621
1997	$937,741,513	$20,764,857,056
1998	$967,338,390	$20,617,405,044
1999	$999,477,511	$36,881,601,584
2000	$916,777,283	$48,364,250,944
2001	$932,648,605	$36,176,430,129
2002	$996,068,145	$32,928,454,672
2003	$1,142,315,523	$21,921,569,479
2004	$1,272,360,517	$36,633,669,269
2005	$1,337,894,379	$50,065,104,668
2006	$1,461,859,762	$65,147,051,918
2007	$1,699,811,295	$88,837,057,320
2008	$1,993,407,888	$131,614,434,154
2009	$2,067,381,665	$111,657,580,326
2010	$2,142,591,540	$138,516,722,650
2011	$2,437,982,705	$185,749,664,444
2012	$2,510,126,512	$218,002,476,129
2013	$1,691,544,110	$234,637,675,129
2014	$1,894,813,389	$228,415,656,175
2015	$1,695,825,714	$166,774,104,959
2016	$1,825,018,145	$166,743,557,748
2017	$2,072,349,973	$187,217,660,051
2018	$2,220,979,146	$227,367,469,034
2019	$2,221,301,351	$233,636,097,800
2020	$2,326,720,900	$180,898,797,517
2021	$2,516,498,412	$209,691,945,713
2022	$2,382,618,615	$287,372,232,138
2023	$2,555,492,086	$268,881,051,644
2024	$2,751,544,520	$279,641,257,615

Central African Republic and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita

Central African Republic

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	CAR	Iraq
1960	$65.9	$218.9
1961	$71	$232.4
1962	$70.4	$240.7
1963	$71.8	$235.5
1964	$77.2	$269.4
1965	$80.2	$284.8
1966	$82.3	$298.2
1967	$83.6	$290.6
1968	$95.6	$319
1969	$91.7	$320
1970	$90.2	$337
1971	$94.1	$384
1972	$105.5	$394
1973	$121.8	$476
1974	$124	$1,031
1975	$163.6	$1,166
1976	$192.1	$1,489
1977	$213.8	$1,609
1978	$254.6	$1,863
1979	$289.1	$2,871
1980	$325	$3,868
1981	$280.3	$2,700
1982	$298.4	$2,942
1983	$259.6	$2,743
1984	$248.3	$3,066
1985	$333	$3,088
1986	$426	$2,940
1987	$450	$3,436
1988	$466	$3,707
1989	$443	$3,791
1990	$502	$10,261
1991	$465	$23
1992	$462	$30.3
1993	$405	$53.7
1994	$261.3	$198.2
1995	$333	$619
1996	$293.3	$485
1997	$265.5	$936
1998	$266.6	$901
1999	$268	$1,560
2000	$239.2	$1,980
2001	$238	$1,436
2002	$248.6	$1,266
2003	$278.4	$818
2004	$303	$1,328
2005	$312	$1,762
2006	$334	$2,277
2007	$381	$3,129
2008	$437	$4,543
2009	$456	$3,715
2010	$477	$4,462
2011	$534	$5,776
2012	$544	$6,478
2013	$364	$6,650
2014	$410	$6,249
2015	$366	$4,440
2016	$387	$4,334
2017	$432	$4,759
2018	$455	$5,647
2019	$449	$5,672
2020	$463	$4,295
2021	$492	$4,868
2022	$467	$6,521
2023	$496	$5,965
2024	$516	$6,074

Central African Republic vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Central African Republic

Iraq

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	CAR	Iraq
1950	35.4	37.4
1951	35.8	39
1952	36.2	40.5
1953	36.6	42.1
1954	37	43.5
1955	37.4	45
1956	37.8	46.4
1957	38.3	47.7
1958	38.7	49
1959	39.1	49.7
1960	39.6	51.5
1961	40.1	52.3
1962	40.6	53.5
1963	41.1	54.4
1964	41.6	55.2
1965	42.2	56.4
1966	42.8	57.3
1967	43.4	58.4
1968	44	59
1969	44.6	59.6
1970	45.2	60.5
1971	45.8	61.3
1972	46.3	61.8
1973	46.9	62.3
1974	47.4	61
1975	47.9	61.4
1976	48.4	63.6
1977	48.8	63.9
1978	49.2	64.2
1979	49.5	64.4
1980	49.8	60.9
1981	50	58.7
1982	50.2	59
1983	50.3	59.3
1984	50.4	59.5
1985	50.5	59.8
1986	50.4	60
1987	50.4	60.3
1988	50.2	56.7
1989	50.1	57.5
1990	49.9	57.6
1991	49.6	61.3
1992	49.2	65.3
1993	48.9	65.3
1994	48.5	65
1995	48.1	64.8
1996	47.7	64.6
1997	47.3	64.2
1998	47.1	64.4
1999	46.9	64.5
2000	46.6	64.9
2001	46.7	65.3
2002	46.8	65.7
2003	47.3	64.8
2004	47.7	64.6
2005	48.2	64.9
2006	48.7	64
2007	49.3	64.4
2008	49.9	66.5
2009	14.7	67.8
2010	46.9	68.1
2011	50.1	68.4
2012	51.3	68.8
2013	49.5	69
2014	40.3	69.7
2015	51.9	70
2016	51	68.7
2017	45.2	69.8
2018	52.3	71.1
2019	31.5	71.2
2020	50.6	69.7
2021	40.3	70.7
2022	18.8	72
2023	57.4	72.3
2024	57.7	72.4
2025	57.9	72.5

Central African Republic and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population

Central African Republic

Iraq

Table

Year	Population
	CAR	Iraq
1960	1,702,346	7,022,052
1961	1,734,580	7,194,553
1962	1,768,115	7,413,875
1963	1,803,063	7,667,928
1964	1,839,583	7,929,566
1965	1,877,854	8,202,140
1966	1,918,082	8,485,104
1967	1,960,444	8,778,869
1968	2,005,100	9,085,016
1969	2,051,515	9,403,356
1970	2,097,505	9,735,611
1971	2,141,450	10,077,809
1972	2,183,769	10,430,164
1973	2,226,008	10,795,869
1974	2,269,338	11,167,761
1975	2,313,916	11,543,639
1976	2,348,566	11,927,651
1977	2,372,930	12,331,046
1978	2,397,961	12,753,355
1979	2,423,794	13,170,365
1980	2,450,535	13,591,992
1981	2,478,402	14,006,381
1982	2,507,375	14,406,083
1983	2,537,399	14,840,555
1984	2,568,610	15,310,733
1985	2,600,932	15,683,430
1986	2,634,258	16,074,145
1987	2,669,155	16,521,049
1988	2,713,965	16,908,819
1989	2,783,970	17,364,542
1990	2,871,910	17,581,206
1991	2,963,191	17,767,253
1992	3,058,831	18,300,845
1993	3,157,839	19,201,195
1994	3,257,954	20,139,807
1995	3,348,052	20,825,860
1996	3,435,965	21,501,321
1997	3,531,700	22,176,593
1998	3,628,827	22,884,399
1999	3,729,450	23,636,527
2000	3,833,416	24,424,056
2001	3,919,487	25,197,840
2002	4,006,077	26,006,559
2003	4,103,086	26,802,659
2004	4,192,826	27,577,878
2005	4,288,810	28,407,448
2006	4,377,579	28,616,515
2007	4,462,770	28,391,607
2008	4,558,984	28,971,036
2009	4,529,047	30,058,206
2010	4,492,995	31,045,366
2011	4,565,021	32,161,424
2012	4,610,848	33,654,842
2013	4,642,419	35,281,989
2014	4,623,182	36,550,059
2015	4,629,320	37,560,535
2016	4,713,663	38,469,627
2017	4,793,511	39,337,353
2018	4,878,657	40,265,624
2019	4,944,703	41,192,171
2020	5,026,628	42,116,605
2021	5,112,100	43,071,211
2022	5,098,039	44,070,551
2023	5,152,421	45,074,049
2024	5,330,690	46,042,015

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and Iraq

Fertility rate

Central African Republic

Iraq

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	Iraq
1960	5.95	5.3
1961	5.96	5.8
1962	5.97	6.99
1963	5.99	7.01
1964	6.01	7.01
1965	6.03	7.02
1966	6.06	7.02
1967	6.08	7.03
1968	6.1	7.06
1969	6.06	7.08
1970	6.03	7.07
1971	5.99	7.06
1972	5.96	7.02
1973	5.93	6.99
1974	5.9	6.95
1975	5.88	6.91
1976	5.94	6.86
1977	5.99	6.8
1978	6.04	6.73
1979	6.09	6.66
1980	6.13	6.59
1981	6.17	6.53
1982	6.16	6.46
1983	6.15	6.39
1984	6.14	6.32
1985	6.12	6.25
1986	6.11	6.18
1987	6.12	6.11
1988	6.1	6.05
1989	6.07	5.99
1990	6.05	5.93
1991	6.03	5.83
1992	5.96	5.72
1993	5.93	5.61
1994	5.92	5.49
1995	5.94	5.36
1996	5.96	5.25
1997	5.92	5.19
1998	5.89	5.11
1999	5.88	5.04
2000	5.85	4.92
2001	5.81	4.8
2002	5.79	4.67
2003	5.8	4.58
2004	5.78	4.53
2005	5.81	4.45
2006	5.84	4.46
2007	5.87	4.4
2008	5.9	4.37
2009	5.94	4.38
2010	5.96	4.46
2011	6.01	4.59
2012	6.05	4.54
2013	6.08	4.44
2014	6.1	4.31
2015	6.13	4.08
2016	6.13	3.84
2017	6.13	3.64
2018	6.11	3.55
2019	6.09	3.48
2020	6.06	3.42
2021	6.05	3.36
2022	6.02	3.29
2023	6.01	3.25

Central African Republic and Iraq demographics compared

Median age

Central African Republic

Iraq

Table

Year	Median age, years
	CAR	Iraq
1960	20.3	20.4
1961	20.1	20.4
1962	19.9	20.1
1963	19.7	19.8
1964	19.6	19.5
1965	19.4	19.3
1966	19.3	19
1967	19.2	18.7
1968	19	18.5
1969	18.9	18.3
1970	18.9	18.1
1971	18.8	17.9
1972	18.7	17.7
1973	18.6	17.5
1974	18.6	17.2
1975	18.5	17
1976	18.5	16.7
1977	18.5	16.6
1978	18.5	16.6
1979	18.5	16.5
1980	18.5	16.5
1981	18.4	16.5
1982	18.4	16.5
1983	18.3	16.6
1984	18.3	16.6
1985	18.3	16.7
1986	18.2	16.8
1987	18.1	16.9
1988	18	16.9
1989	17.9	17
1990	17.8	17.1
1991	17.6	17.2
1992	17.5	17.3
1993	17.5	17.3
1994	17.4	17.4
1995	17.3	17.5
1996	17.2	17.6
1997	17.1	17.7
1998	17.1	17.8
1999	17.1	17.9
2000	17.1	17.9
2001	17.1	18
2002	17.1	18.1
2003	17.2	18.2
2004	17.2	18.3
2005	17.2	18.5
2006	17.1	18.6
2007	17.1	18.7
2008	17	18.8
2009	16.9	18.9
2010	16.7	19
2011	16.6	19.1
2012	16.3	19.2
2013	16	19.3
2014	15.6	19.4
2015	15.4	19.5
2016	15.4	19.7
2017	15.4	19.9
2018	15.4	20.1
2019	15.4	20.4
2020	15.4	20.6
2021	15.4	20.9
2022	15.3	21.1
2023	15.3	21.4
2024	15.4	21.6

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