Central African Republic vs Nigeria statistics compared

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 122/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 43rd vs. 30th).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Central African Republic and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Central African Republic

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	CAR	Nigeria
1960	$112,155,598	$4,196,174,502
1961	$123,134,583	$4,467,287,893
1962	$124,482,774	$4,909,399,176
1963	$129,379,124	$5,165,590,254
1964	$142,025,079	$5,552,931,319
1965	$150,574,795	$5,874,537,650
1966	$157,930,018	$6,366,917,453
1967	$163,820,514	$5,203,237,919
1968	$191,767,442	$5,200,997,920
1969	$188,039,210	$6,634,317,346
1970	$189,106,529	$12,546,094,982
1971	$201,450,800	$9,181,769,912
1972	$230,317,883	$12,274,416,018
1973	$271,183,082	$15,162,871,287
1974	$281,398,706	$24,846,641,318
1975	$378,660,016	$27,778,934,625
1976	$451,152,461	$36,308,883,249
1977	$507,298,148	$36,035,407,725
1978	$610,578,632	$36,527,862,209
1979	$700,764,748	$47,259,911,894
1980	$797,048,199	$64,201,788,123
1981	$694,803,623	$164,475,209,516
1982	$748,312,391	$142,769,363,314
1983	$658,679,333	$97,094,911,792
1984	$637,820,670	$73,484,359,521
1985	$864,849,836	$73,745,821,158
1986	$1,122,265,013	$54,805,852,581
1987	$1,200,991,978	$52,676,041,931
1988	$1,264,899,288	$49,648,470,440
1989	$1,233,930,281	$44,003,061,108
1990	$1,440,711,459	$54,035,795,388
1991	$1,377,374,987	$59,526,833,412
1992	$1,411,917,553	$52,058,181,854
1993	$1,278,781,262	$56,721,051,402
1994	$851,174,357	$80,399,613,064
1995	$1,115,389,674	$140,919,776,986
1996	$1,007,791,127	$185,730,236,700
1997	$937,741,513	$200,850,397,618
1998	$967,338,390	$218,416,200,673
1999	$999,477,511	$59,145,077,039
2000	$916,777,283	$69,171,451,627
2001	$932,648,605	$73,557,840,064
2002	$996,068,145	$95,054,059,303
2003	$1,142,315,523	$104,738,954,264
2004	$1,272,360,517	$135,764,731,646
2005	$1,337,894,379	$175,670,569,969
2006	$1,461,859,762	$238,454,997,161
2007	$1,699,811,295	$278,260,846,800
2008	$1,993,407,888	$339,476,276,258
2009	$2,067,381,665	$295,008,835,381
2010	$2,142,591,540	$366,990,417,129
2011	$2,437,982,705	$414,466,676,831
2012	$2,510,126,512	$463,971,018,239
2013	$1,691,544,110	$520,117,180,314
2014	$1,894,813,389	$574,183,763,412
2015	$1,695,825,714	$493,026,682,801
2016	$1,825,018,145	$404,649,125,252
2017	$2,072,349,973	$375,745,731,053
2018	$2,220,979,146	$421,739,251,509
2019	$2,221,301,351	$474,517,490,844
2020	$2,326,720,900	$432,198,898,468
2021	$2,516,498,412	$440,833,635,874
2022	$2,382,618,615	$477,403,400,101
2023	$2,555,492,086	$363,846,332,835
2024	$2,751,544,520	$187,759,703,100

Central African Republic and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Central African Republic

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	CAR	Nigeria
1960	$65.9	$93.1
1961	$71	$97.1
1962	$70.4	$104.5
1963	$71.8	$107.7
1964	$77.2	$113.3
1965	$80.2	$117.3
1966	$82.3	$124.4
1967	$83.6	$99.5
1968	$95.6	$97.3
1969	$91.7	$121.4
1970	$90.2	$224.5
1971	$94.1	$160.5
1972	$105.5	$209.5
1973	$121.8	$252.4
1974	$124	$403
1975	$163.6	$438
1976	$192.1	$556
1977	$213.8	$536
1978	$254.6	$527
1979	$289.1	$661
1980	$325	$870
1981	$280.3	$2,162
1982	$298.4	$1,822
1983	$259.6	$1,207
1984	$248.3	$890
1985	$333	$869
1986	$426	$628
1987	$450	$588
1988	$466	$540
1989	$443	$465
1990	$502	$556
1991	$465	$597
1992	$462	$509
1993	$405	$540
1994	$261.3	$745
1995	$333	$1,272
1996	$293.3	$1,633
1997	$265.5	$1,720
1998	$266.6	$1,822
1999	$268	$481
2000	$239.2	$547
2001	$238	$566
2002	$248.6	$712
2003	$278.4	$763
2004	$303	$962
2005	$312	$1,211
2006	$334	$1,600
2007	$381	$1,816
2008	$437	$2,154
2009	$456	$1,820
2010	$477	$2,202
2011	$534	$2,418
2012	$544	$2,633
2013	$364	$2,873
2014	$410	$3,089
2015	$366	$2,586
2016	$387	$2,070
2017	$432	$1,876
2018	$455	$2,058
2019	$449	$2,265
2020	$463	$2,020
2021	$492	$2,017
2022	$467	$2,139
2023	$496	$1,597
2024	$516	$807

Central African Republic vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Central African Republic

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	CAR	Nigeria
1950	35.4	35.5
1951	35.8	35.7
1952	36.2	35.9
1953	36.6	36
1954	37	36.2
1955	37.4	36.3
1956	37.8	36.5
1957	38.3	36.6
1958	38.7	36.8
1959	39.1	37
1960	39.6	37.2
1961	40.1	37.4
1962	40.6	37.6
1963	41.1	37.8
1964	41.6	38
1965	42.2	38.2
1966	42.8	38.4
1967	43.4	37.5
1968	44	38.6
1969	44.6	38.9
1970	45.2	40
1971	45.8	40.6
1972	46.3	41.3
1973	46.9	41.8
1974	47.4	42.5
1975	47.9	43.1
1976	48.4	44.2
1977	48.8	44.8
1978	49.2	45.3
1979	49.5	45.7
1980	49.8	46
1981	50	46.3
1982	50.2	46.4
1983	50.3	46.4
1984	50.4	46.3
1985	50.5	46.2
1986	50.4	46
1987	50.4	45.9
1988	50.2	45.8
1989	50.1	45.8
1990	49.9	45.7
1991	49.6	45.5
1992	49.2	45.6
1993	48.9	45.8
1994	48.5	45.7
1995	48.1	45.9
1996	47.7	45.8
1997	47.3	46
1998	47.1	46.1
1999	46.9	46.6
2000	46.6	47.1
2001	46.7	47.5
2002	46.8	48
2003	47.3	48.6
2004	47.7	49.1
2005	48.2	49.5
2006	48.7	49.9
2007	49.3	50.4
2008	49.9	50.7
2009	14.7	51.1
2010	46.9	51.3
2011	50.1	51.5
2012	51.3	51.7
2013	49.5	51.8
2014	40.3	51.9
2015	51.9	51.9
2016	51	52.2
2017	45.2	52.4
2018	52.3	52.7
2019	31.5	53
2020	50.6	53.1
2021	40.3	53.5
2022	18.8	54.1
2023	57.4	54.5
2024	57.7	54.6
2025	57.9	54.8

Central African Republic and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Central African Republic

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	CAR	Nigeria
1960	1,702,346	45,053,782
1961	1,734,580	45,989,310
1962	1,768,115	46,965,292
1963	1,803,063	47,973,575
1964	1,839,583	49,012,016
1965	1,877,854	50,086,764
1966	1,918,082	51,188,234
1967	1,960,444	52,293,065
1968	2,005,100	53,432,783
1969	2,051,515	54,631,914
1970	2,097,505	55,893,838
1971	2,141,450	57,214,684
1972	2,183,769	58,601,748
1973	2,226,008	60,082,139
1974	2,269,338	61,679,144
1975	2,313,916	63,410,815
1976	2,348,566	65,258,009
1977	2,372,930	67,234,590
1978	2,397,961	69,326,532
1979	2,423,794	71,498,242
1980	2,450,535	73,764,641
1981	2,478,402	76,068,103
1982	2,507,375	78,378,701
1983	2,537,399	80,438,260
1984	2,568,610	82,526,443
1985	2,600,932	84,897,973
1986	2,634,258	87,235,953
1987	2,669,155	89,591,716
1988	2,713,965	92,020,090
1989	2,783,970	94,531,014
1990	2,871,910	97,120,925
1991	2,963,191	99,720,162
1992	3,058,831	102,372,770
1993	3,157,839	105,122,069
1994	3,257,954	107,935,714
1995	3,348,052	110,819,428
1996	3,435,965	113,754,779
1997	3,531,700	116,754,792
1998	3,628,827	119,846,254
1999	3,729,450	123,047,320
2000	3,833,416	126,382,494
2001	3,919,487	129,862,595
2002	4,006,077	133,471,989
2003	4,103,086	137,202,644
2004	4,192,826	141,057,045
2005	4,288,810	145,017,253
2006	4,377,579	149,077,334
2007	4,462,770	153,267,261
2008	4,558,984	157,595,014
2009	4,529,047	162,049,464
2010	4,492,995	166,642,886
2011	4,565,021	171,379,598
2012	4,610,848	176,200,625
2013	4,642,419	181,049,443
2014	4,623,182	185,896,915
2015	4,629,320	190,671,878
2016	4,713,663	195,443,700
2017	4,793,511	200,254,579
2018	4,878,657	204,938,755
2019	4,944,703	209,485,641
2020	5,026,628	213,996,181
2021	5,112,100	218,529,286
2022	5,098,039	223,150,896
2023	5,152,421	227,882,945
2024	5,330,690	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Central African Republic

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	Nigeria
1960	5.95	6.36
1961	5.96	6.35
1962	5.97	6.36
1963	5.99	6.35
1964	6.01	6.36
1965	6.03	6.37
1966	6.06	6.39
1967	6.08	6.4
1968	6.1	6.42
1969	6.06	6.44
1970	6.03	6.47
1971	5.99	6.53
1972	5.96	6.58
1973	5.93	6.63
1974	5.9	6.7
1975	5.88	6.77
1976	5.94	6.81
1977	5.99	6.86
1978	6.04	6.92
1979	6.09	6.89
1980	6.13	6.85
1981	6.17	6.82
1982	6.16	6.8
1983	6.15	6.78
1984	6.14	6.7
1985	6.12	6.62
1986	6.11	6.56
1987	6.12	6.5
1988	6.1	6.5
1989	6.07	6.49
1990	6.05	6.46
1991	6.03	6.43
1992	5.96	6.39
1993	5.93	6.35
1994	5.92	6.32
1995	5.94	6.27
1996	5.96	6.22
1997	5.92	6.14
1998	5.89	6.07
1999	5.88	6.08
2000	5.85	6.12
2001	5.81	6.13
2002	5.79	6.12
2003	5.8	6.1
2004	5.78	6.09
2005	5.81	6.06
2006	5.84	6.05
2007	5.87	6.03
2008	5.9	6.02
2009	5.94	5.99
2010	5.96	5.95
2011	6.01	5.89
2012	6.05	5.8
2013	6.08	5.69
2014	6.1	5.62
2015	6.13	5.5
2016	6.13	5.34
2017	6.13	5.18
2018	6.11	5.02
2019	6.09	4.86
2020	6.06	4.7
2021	6.05	4.64
2022	6.02	4.55
2023	6.01	4.48

Central African Republic and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Central African Republic

Nigeria

Table

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

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