Central African Republic vs Laos statistics compared

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 122/197), compared with 7.77M in Laos (ranked 103/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 89,112 sq mi for Laos (ranked 43rd vs. 79th).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516), while Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124).

Central African Republic and Laos: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and Laos economies compared

GDP

Central African Republic

Laos

Table

Year	GDP
	CAR	Laos
1960	$112,155,598	-
1961	$123,134,583	-
1962	$124,482,774	-
1963	$129,379,124	-
1964	$142,025,079	-
1965	$150,574,795	-
1966	$157,930,018	-
1967	$163,820,514	-
1968	$191,767,442	-
1969	$188,039,210	-
1970	$189,106,529	-
1971	$201,450,800	-
1972	$230,317,883	-
1973	$271,183,082	-
1974	$281,398,706	-
1975	$378,660,016	-
1976	$451,152,461	-
1977	$507,298,148	-
1978	$610,578,632	-
1979	$700,764,748	-
1980	$797,048,199	-
1981	$694,803,623	-
1982	$748,312,391	-
1983	$658,679,333	-
1984	$637,820,670	$1,757,142,856
1985	$864,849,836	$2,366,666,616
1986	$1,122,265,013	$1,776,842,097
1987	$1,200,991,978	$1,087,273,104
1988	$1,264,899,288	$598,961,269
1989	$1,233,930,281	$714,046,821
1990	$1,440,711,459	$865,559,879
1991	$1,377,374,987	$1,028,087,972
1992	$1,411,917,553	$1,127,806,945
1993	$1,278,781,262	$1,327,748,690
1994	$851,174,357	$1,543,606,345
1995	$1,115,389,674	$1,763,536,305
1996	$1,007,791,127	$1,873,671,550
1997	$937,741,513	$1,747,011,857
1998	$967,338,390	$1,280,177,839
1999	$999,477,511	$1,454,430,642
2000	$916,777,283	$1,731,198,022
2001	$932,648,605	$1,768,619,058
2002	$996,068,145	$1,758,176,653
2003	$1,142,315,523	$2,023,324,407
2004	$1,272,360,517	$2,366,398,120
2005	$1,337,894,379	$2,735,558,735
2006	$1,461,859,762	$3,455,030,061
2007	$1,699,811,295	$4,223,152,739
2008	$1,993,407,888	$5,446,433,157
2009	$2,067,381,665	$5,836,137,330
2010	$2,142,591,540	$7,131,771,015
2011	$2,437,982,705	$8,750,104,617
2012	$2,510,126,512	$10,192,846,339
2013	$1,691,544,110	$11,983,252,627
2014	$1,894,813,389	$13,279,245,886
2015	$1,695,825,714	$14,426,380,126
2016	$1,825,018,145	$15,912,501,723
2017	$2,072,349,973	$17,071,155,481
2018	$2,220,979,146	$18,141,641,090
2019	$2,221,301,351	$18,740,561,513
2020	$2,326,720,900	$18,981,805,250
2021	$2,516,498,412	$18,827,148,531
2022	$2,382,618,615	$15,468,785,204
2023	$2,555,492,086	$15,843,155,731
2024	$2,751,544,520	$16,502,933,121

Central African Republic and Laos economies compared

GDP per capita

Central African Republic

Laos

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	CAR	Laos
1960	$65.9	-
1961	$71	-
1962	$70.4	-
1963	$71.8	-
1964	$77.2	-
1965	$80.2	-
1966	$82.3	-
1967	$83.6	-
1968	$95.6	-
1969	$91.7	-
1970	$90.2	-
1971	$94.1	-
1972	$105.5	-
1973	$121.8	-
1974	$124	-
1975	$163.6	-
1976	$192.1	-
1977	$213.8	-
1978	$254.6	-
1979	$289.1	-
1980	$325	-
1981	$280.3	-
1982	$298.4	-
1983	$259.6	-
1984	$248.3	$483
1985	$333	$633
1986	$426	$462
1987	$450	$274.7
1988	$466	$147.1
1989	$443	$170.4
1990	$502	$200.7
1991	$465	$231.8
1992	$462	$247.3
1993	$405	$283.4
1994	$261.3	$321
1995	$333	$358
1996	$293.3	$371
1997	$265.5	$339
1998	$266.6	$243.9
1999	$268	$272.3
2000	$239.2	$319
2001	$238	$320
2002	$248.6	$313
2003	$278.4	$355
2004	$303	$409
2005	$312	$466
2006	$334	$579
2007	$381	$697
2008	$437	$886
2009	$456	$935
2010	$477	$1,126
2011	$534	$1,362
2012	$544	$1,564
2013	$364	$1,813
2014	$410	$1,981
2015	$366	$2,121
2016	$387	$2,303
2017	$432	$2,432
2018	$455	$2,545
2019	$449	$2,589
2020	$463	$2,584
2021	$492	$2,526
2022	$467	$2,046
2023	$496	$2,067
2024	$516	$2,124

Central African Republic vs. Laos life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Central African Republic

Laos

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	CAR	Laos
1950	35.4	38.9
1951	35.8	39.2
1952	36.2	39.4
1953	36.6	39.7
1954	37	40
1955	37.4	40.3
1956	37.8	40.6
1957	38.3	40.9
1958	38.7	41.2
1959	39.1	40.7
1960	39.6	41
1961	40.1	41.3
1962	40.6	42.3
1963	41.1	41.5
1964	41.6	41.9
1965	42.2	42.2
1966	42.8	42.3
1967	43.4	42.9
1968	44	43.2
1969	44.6	43.5
1970	45.2	43.8
1971	45.8	44.1
1972	46.3	44.4
1973	46.9	44.7
1974	47.4	45.9
1975	47.9	46.1
1976	48.4	46
1977	48.8	46.4
1978	49.2	46.8
1979	49.5	47.5
1980	49.8	48.6
1981	50	49.2
1982	50.2	49.9
1983	50.3	50.5
1984	50.4	51
1985	50.5	51.6
1986	50.4	52.1
1987	50.4	52.6
1988	50.2	53.1
1989	50.1	53.6
1990	49.9	54
1991	49.6	54.7
1992	49.2	55.1
1993	48.9	55.6
1994	48.5	55.8
1995	48.1	56.3
1996	47.7	56.8
1997	47.3	57.3
1998	47.1	57.5
1999	46.9	57.9
2000	46.6	58.3
2001	46.7	58.9
2002	46.8	59.3
2003	47.3	59.6
2004	47.7	60.1
2005	48.2	60.7
2006	48.7	61.1
2007	49.3	61.7
2008	49.9	62.2
2009	14.7	63
2010	46.9	63.7
2011	50.1	64.5
2012	51.3	65.1
2013	49.5	65.7
2014	40.3	66.3
2015	51.9	66.7
2016	51	67
2017	45.2	67.3
2018	52.3	67.6
2019	31.5	67.9
2020	50.6	68.3
2021	40.3	67.8
2022	18.8	68.7
2023	57.4	69
2024	57.7	69.2
2025	57.9	69.5

Central African Republic and Laos population clocks and comparison

Population

Central African Republic

Laos

Table

Year	Population
	CAR	Laos
1960	1,702,346	2,121,514
1961	1,734,580	2,169,796
1962	1,768,115	2,219,910
1963	1,803,063	2,271,061
1964	1,839,583	2,322,826
1965	1,877,854	2,376,200
1966	1,918,082	2,431,084
1967	1,960,444	2,487,715
1968	2,005,100	2,546,377
1969	2,051,515	2,606,959
1970	2,097,505	2,669,702
1971	2,141,450	2,734,628
1972	2,183,769	2,801,660
1973	2,226,008	2,870,573
1974	2,269,338	2,939,761
1975	2,313,916	3,005,521
1976	2,348,566	3,064,876
1977	2,372,930	3,118,923
1978	2,397,961	3,171,740
1979	2,423,794	3,228,202
1980	2,450,535	3,292,573
1981	2,478,402	3,366,631
1982	2,507,375	3,450,026
1983	2,537,399	3,541,001
1984	2,568,610	3,637,843
1985	2,600,932	3,739,985
1986	2,634,258	3,846,715
1987	2,669,155	3,957,612
1988	2,713,965	4,072,601
1989	2,783,970	4,190,974
1990	2,871,910	4,311,955
1991	2,963,191	4,435,118
1992	3,058,831	4,559,646
1993	3,157,839	4,685,060
1994	3,257,954	4,809,220
1995	3,348,052	4,929,409
1996	3,435,965	5,045,678
1997	3,531,700	5,152,011
1998	3,628,827	5,248,266
1999	3,729,450	5,340,784
2000	3,833,416	5,431,212
2001	3,919,487	5,521,482
2002	4,006,077	5,610,889
2003	4,103,086	5,697,945
2004	4,192,826	5,781,626
2005	4,288,810	5,869,523
2006	4,377,579	5,963,200
2007	4,462,770	6,056,236
2008	4,558,984	6,148,969
2009	4,529,047	6,241,642
2010	4,492,995	6,334,194
2011	4,565,021	6,426,590
2012	4,610,848	6,518,978
2013	4,642,419	6,611,385
2014	4,623,182	6,703,172
2015	4,629,320	6,801,645
2016	4,713,663	6,908,802
2017	4,793,511	7,018,147
2018	4,878,657	7,128,045
2019	4,944,703	7,237,636
2020	5,026,628	7,346,533
2021	5,112,100	7,453,194
2022	5,098,039	7,559,007
2023	5,152,421	7,664,993
2024	5,330,690	7,769,819

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and Laos

Fertility rate

Central African Republic

Laos

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	Laos
1960	5.95	6.29
1961	5.96	6.31
1962	5.97	6.31
1963	5.99	6.32
1964	6.01	6.31
1965	6.03	6.32
1966	6.06	6.31
1967	6.08	6.31
1968	6.1	6.3
1969	6.06	6.3
1970	6.03	6.31
1971	5.99	6.3
1972	5.96	6.28
1973	5.93	6.28
1974	5.9	6.29
1975	5.88	6.29
1976	5.94	6.29
1977	5.99	6.29
1978	6.04	6.3
1979	6.09	6.31
1980	6.13	6.33
1981	6.17	6.35
1982	6.16	6.37
1983	6.15	6.38
1984	6.14	6.37
1985	6.12	6.33
1986	6.11	6.26
1987	6.12	6.21
1988	6.1	6.16
1989	6.07	6.1
1990	6.05	6.06
1991	6.03	5.99
1992	5.96	5.9
1993	5.93	5.8
1994	5.92	5.6
1995	5.94	5.36
1996	5.96	5.15
1997	5.92	4.96
1998	5.89	4.79
1999	5.88	4.64
2000	5.85	4.43
2001	5.81	4.29
2002	5.79	4.13
2003	5.8	4.02
2004	5.78	3.9
2005	5.81	3.69
2006	5.84	3.56
2007	5.87	3.44
2008	5.9	3.33
2009	5.94	3.23
2010	5.96	3.14
2011	6.01	3.05
2012	6.05	2.95
2013	6.08	2.87
2014	6.1	2.8
2015	6.13	2.8
2016	6.13	2.74
2017	6.13	2.69
2018	6.11	2.63
2019	6.09	2.59
2020	6.06	2.54
2021	6.05	2.49
2022	6.02	2.46
2023	6.01	2.42

Central African Republic and Laos demographics compared

Median age

Central African Republic

Laos

Table

Year	Median age, years
	CAR	Laos
1960	20.3	19.2
1961	20.1	19.2
1962	19.9	19.1
1963	19.7	19
1964	19.6	19
1965	19.4	18.9
1966	19.3	18.9
1967	19.2	18.9
1968	19	18.8
1969	18.9	18.8
1970	18.9	18.7
1971	18.8	18.7
1972	18.7	18.7
1973	18.6	18.7
1974	18.6	18.6
1975	18.5	18.5
1976	18.5	18.4
1977	18.5	18.3
1978	18.5	18.1
1979	18.5	18
1980	18.5	17.9
1981	18.4	17.9
1982	18.4	17.8
1983	18.3	17.8
1984	18.3	17.8
1985	18.3	17.8
1986	18.2	17.8
1987	18.1	17.8
1988	18	17.9
1989	17.9	17.9
1990	17.8	17.9
1991	17.6	17.9
1992	17.5	17.9
1993	17.5	17.9
1994	17.4	17.9
1995	17.3	17.9
1996	17.2	17.9
1997	17.1	18
1998	17.1	18
1999	17.1	18
2000	17.1	18.1
2001	17.1	18.2
2002	17.1	18.4
2003	17.2	18.5
2004	17.2	18.7
2005	17.2	18.9
2006	17.1	19.2
2007	17.1	19.6
2008	17	20
2009	16.9	20.5
2010	16.7	21
2011	16.6	21.4
2012	16.3	21.9
2013	16	22.3
2014	15.6	22.7
2015	15.4	23
2016	15.4	23.3
2017	15.4	23.6
2018	15.4	23.8
2019	15.4	24.1
2020	15.4	24.4
2021	15.4	24.7
2022	15.3	25
2023	15.3	25.3
2024	15.4	25.6

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