Central African Republic vs South Africa statistics compared

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 122/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 43rd vs. 24th).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Central African Republic and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Central African Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	CAR	South Africa
1960	$112,155,598	$8,748,596,501
1961	$123,134,583	$9,225,996,310
1962	$124,482,774	$9,813,996,074
1963	$129,379,124	$10,854,195,658
1964	$142,025,079	$11,955,995,218
1965	$150,574,795	$13,068,994,772
1966	$157,930,018	$14,211,394,315
1967	$163,820,514	$15,821,393,671
1968	$191,767,442	$17,124,793,150
1969	$188,039,210	$19,256,992,297
1970	$189,106,529	$21,218,391,513
1971	$201,450,800	$23,411,076,638
1972	$230,317,883	$24,515,919,217
1973	$271,183,082	$33,262,772,008
1974	$281,398,706	$41,389,186,095
1975	$378,660,016	$42,906,905,672
1976	$451,152,461	$41,150,460,288
1977	$507,298,148	$45,328,411,332
1978	$610,578,632	$51,607,412,902
1979	$700,764,748	$63,038,658,089
1980	$797,048,199	$89,411,864,402
1981	$694,803,623	$93,141,472,164
1982	$748,312,391	$85,904,057,409
1983	$658,679,333	$96,204,110,942
1984	$637,820,670	$84,870,163,366
1985	$864,849,836	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,122,265,013	$73,354,771,399
1987	$1,200,991,978	$96,535,763,418
1988	$1,264,899,288	$103,976,831,871
1989	$1,233,930,281	$108,055,624,082
1990	$1,440,711,459	$126,048,140,142
1991	$1,377,374,987	$135,203,698,238
1992	$1,411,917,553	$146,956,150,987
1993	$1,278,781,262	$147,194,747,566
1994	$851,174,357	$153,512,712,382
1995	$1,115,389,674	$171,735,933,897
1996	$1,007,791,127	$163,234,925,381
1997	$937,741,513	$168,978,057,328
1998	$967,338,390	$152,982,984,557
1999	$999,477,511	$151,516,957,079
2000	$916,777,283	$151,752,757,215
2001	$932,648,605	$135,429,905,923
2002	$996,068,145	$129,087,556,612
2003	$1,142,315,523	$197,018,965,309
2004	$1,272,360,517	$255,806,908,595
2005	$1,337,894,379	$288,867,217,197
2006	$1,461,859,762	$303,858,675,364
2007	$1,699,811,295	$333,077,117,254
2008	$1,993,407,888	$316,131,258,616
2009	$2,067,381,665	$329,754,060,647
2010	$2,142,591,540	$417,363,822,802
2011	$2,437,982,705	$458,199,494,831
2012	$2,510,126,512	$434,400,545,086
2013	$1,691,544,110	$400,886,013,596
2014	$1,894,813,389	$381,198,869,776
2015	$1,695,825,714	$346,709,790,459
2016	$1,825,018,145	$323,585,509,674
2017	$2,072,349,973	$381,448,814,653
2018	$2,220,979,146	$405,260,723,893
2019	$2,221,301,351	$389,330,032,224
2020	$2,326,720,900	$337,974,655,408
2021	$2,516,498,412	$420,886,877,629
2022	$2,382,618,615	$406,920,004,594
2023	$2,555,492,086	$380,699,271,816
2024	$2,751,544,520	$400,260,724,226

Central African Republic and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Central African Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	CAR	South Africa
1960	$65.9	$532
1961	$71	$546
1962	$70.4	$563
1963	$71.8	$605
1964	$77.2	$646
1965	$80.2	$685
1966	$82.3	$722
1967	$83.6	$779
1968	$95.6	$817
1969	$91.7	$891
1970	$90.2	$952
1971	$94.1	$1,020
1972	$105.5	$1,038
1973	$121.8	$1,369
1974	$124	$1,656
1975	$163.6	$1,670
1976	$192.1	$1,559
1977	$213.8	$1,671
1978	$254.6	$1,852
1979	$289.1	$2,202
1980	$325	$3,029
1981	$280.3	$3,050
1982	$298.4	$2,717
1983	$259.6	$2,938
1984	$248.3	$2,504
1985	$333	$1,839
1986	$426	$2,027
1987	$450	$2,586
1988	$466	$2,702
1989	$443	$2,727
1990	$502	$3,093
1991	$465	$3,243
1992	$462	$3,462
1993	$405	$3,400
1994	$261.3	$3,489
1995	$333	$3,856
1996	$293.3	$3,618
1997	$265.5	$3,700
1998	$266.6	$3,310
1999	$268	$3,242
2000	$239.2	$3,218
2001	$238	$2,847
2002	$248.6	$2,688
2003	$278.4	$4,062
2004	$303	$5,221
2005	$312	$5,837
2006	$334	$6,077
2007	$381	$6,592
2008	$437	$6,185
2009	$456	$6,375
2010	$477	$7,973
2011	$534	$8,646
2012	$544	$8,077
2013	$364	$7,332
2014	$410	$6,857
2015	$366	$6,112
2016	$387	$5,651
2017	$432	$6,618
2018	$455	$6,914
2019	$449	$6,534
2020	$463	$5,581
2021	$492	$6,843
2022	$467	$6,523
2023	$496	$6,023
2024	$516	$6,253

Central African Republic vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Central African Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	CAR	South Africa
1950	35.4	43.1
1951	35.8	44.1
1952	36.2	45
1953	36.6	46.1
1954	37	47.1
1955	37.4	48.2
1956	37.8	49.2
1957	38.3	50.2
1958	38.7	51.1
1959	39.1	51.9
1960	39.6	52.6
1961	40.1	53.1
1962	40.6	53.6
1963	41.1	53.9
1964	41.6	54.2
1965	42.2	54.4
1966	42.8	54.7
1967	43.4	55
1968	44	55.2
1969	44.6	55.4
1970	45.2	55.7
1971	45.8	56
1972	46.3	56.4
1973	46.9	56.7
1974	47.4	57.1
1975	47.9	57.6
1976	48.4	58
1977	48.8	58.5
1978	49.2	59
1979	49.5	59.5
1980	49.8	60
1981	50	60.4
1982	50.2	60.9
1983	50.3	61.4
1984	50.4	61.8
1985	50.5	62.2
1986	50.4	62.4
1987	50.4	62.7
1988	50.2	62.9
1989	50.1	63
1990	49.9	62.9
1991	49.6	63
1992	49.2	62.8
1993	48.9	62.6
1994	48.5	62.1
1995	48.1	61.6
1996	47.7	61.1
1997	47.3	60.5
1998	47.1	59.9
1999	46.9	59.2
2000	46.6	58.4
2001	46.7	57.2
2002	46.8	55.6
2003	47.3	54.2
2004	47.7	54
2005	48.2	53.9
2006	48.7	54.2
2007	49.3	54.9
2008	49.9	56
2009	14.7	57.4
2010	46.9	58.9
2011	50.1	60.6
2012	51.3	61.7
2013	49.5	62.4
2014	40.3	63.2
2015	51.9	64.1
2016	51	64.7
2017	45.2	65.4
2018	52.3	65.7
2019	31.5	66.1
2020	50.6	65.2
2021	40.3	62
2022	18.8	65.5
2023	57.4	66.1
2024	57.7	66.3
2025	57.9	66.5

Central African Republic and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Central African Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	CAR	South Africa
1960	1,702,346	16,440,172
1961	1,734,580	16,908,035
1962	1,768,115	17,418,522
1963	1,803,063	17,954,564
1964	1,839,583	18,511,361
1965	1,877,854	19,089,380
1966	1,918,082	19,690,087
1967	1,960,444	20,314,066
1968	2,005,100	20,957,287
1969	2,051,515	21,614,676
1970	2,097,505	22,279,984
1971	2,141,450	22,942,143
1972	2,183,769	23,609,456
1973	2,226,008	24,294,263
1974	2,269,338	24,989,108
1975	2,313,916	25,690,940
1976	2,348,566	26,395,450
1977	2,372,930	27,118,952
1978	2,397,961	27,869,507
1979	2,423,794	28,634,162
1980	2,450,535	29,518,857
1981	2,478,402	30,541,044
1982	2,507,375	31,615,339
1983	2,537,399	32,739,304
1984	2,568,610	33,892,788
1985	2,600,932	35,042,093
1986	2,634,258	36,180,515
1987	2,669,155	37,326,190
1988	2,713,965	38,480,649
1989	2,783,970	39,628,575
1990	2,871,910	40,746,268
1991	2,963,191	41,687,898
1992	3,058,831	42,443,509
1993	3,157,839	43,297,156
1994	3,257,954	44,004,139
1995	3,348,052	44,541,554
1996	3,435,965	45,123,018
1997	3,531,700	45,666,838
1998	3,628,827	46,223,880
1999	3,729,450	46,730,335
2000	3,833,416	47,159,719
2001	3,919,487	47,566,800
2002	4,006,077	48,019,415
2003	4,103,086	48,500,348
2004	4,192,826	48,991,421
2005	4,288,810	49,490,033
2006	4,377,579	49,998,277
2007	4,462,770	50,528,584
2008	4,558,984	51,114,599
2009	4,529,047	51,728,516
2010	4,492,995	52,344,051
2011	4,565,021	52,995,205
2012	4,610,848	53,782,567
2013	4,642,419	54,678,791
2014	4,623,182	55,594,838
2015	4,629,320	56,723,537
2016	4,713,663	57,259,551
2017	4,793,511	57,635,162
2018	4,878,657	58,613,001
2019	4,944,703	59,587,885
2020	5,026,628	60,562,381
2021	5,112,100	61,502,603
2022	5,098,039	62,378,410
2023	5,152,421	63,212,384
2024	5,330,690	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and South Africa

Fertility rate

Central African Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	South Africa
1960	5.95	6.11
1961	5.96	6.08
1962	5.97	6.05
1963	5.99	6.01
1964	6.01	5.96
1965	6.03	5.89
1966	6.06	5.91
1967	6.08	5.85
1968	6.1	5.78
1969	6.06	5.72
1970	6.03	5.63
1971	5.99	5.57
1972	5.96	5.49
1973	5.93	5.41
1974	5.9	5.3
1975	5.88	5.19
1976	5.94	5.07
1977	5.99	4.94
1978	6.04	4.85
1979	6.09	4.82
1980	6.13	4.78
1981	6.17	4.71
1982	6.16	4.7
1983	6.15	4.63
1984	6.14	4.57
1985	6.12	4.5
1986	6.11	4.41
1987	6.12	4.35
1988	6.1	4.18
1989	6.07	3.98
1990	6.05	3.72
1991	6.03	3.62
1992	5.96	3.48
1993	5.93	3.37
1994	5.92	3.26
1995	5.94	3.17
1996	5.96	2.99
1997	5.92	2.73
1998	5.89	2.63
1999	5.88	2.56
2000	5.85	2.41
2001	5.81	2.37
2002	5.79	2.32
2003	5.8	2.36
2004	5.78	2.44
2005	5.81	2.51
2006	5.84	2.55
2007	5.87	2.55
2008	5.9	2.68
2009	5.94	2.5
2010	5.96	2.44
2011	6.01	2.44
2012	6.05	2.45
2013	6.08	2.43
2014	6.1	2.42
2015	6.13	2.36
2016	6.13	2.26
2017	6.13	2.28
2018	6.11	2.27
2019	6.09	2.26
2020	6.06	2.26
2021	6.05	2.25
2022	6.02	2.23
2023	6.01	2.22

Central African Republic and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Central African Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	CAR	South Africa
1960	20.3	19
1961	20.1	19
1962	19.9	18.9
1963	19.7	18.9
1964	19.6	18.9
1965	19.4	18.8
1966	19.3	18.8
1967	19.2	18.8
1968	19	18.8
1969	18.9	18.8
1970	18.9	18.8
1971	18.8	18.8
1972	18.7	18.8
1973	18.6	18.8
1974	18.6	18.9
1975	18.5	18.9
1976	18.5	19
1977	18.5	19.1
1978	18.5	19.2
1979	18.5	19.3
1980	18.5	19.4
1981	18.4	19.6
1982	18.4	19.8
1983	18.3	20
1984	18.3	20.2
1985	18.3	20.4
1986	18.2	20.5
1987	18.1	20.7
1988	18	20.9
1989	17.9	21.1
1990	17.8	21.3
1991	17.6	21.5
1992	17.5	21.5
1993	17.5	21.9
1994	17.4	22
1995	17.3	21.5
1996	17.2	21.2
1997	17.1	21.2
1998	17.1	21.4
1999	17.1	21.6
2000	17.1	21.9
2001	17.1	22.2
2002	17.1	22.4
2003	17.2	22.8
2004	17.2	23.1
2005	17.2	23.3
2006	17.1	23.5
2007	17.1	23.8
2008	17	24
2009	16.9	24.3
2010	16.7	24.6
2011	16.6	25
2012	16.3	25.3
2013	16	25.7
2014	15.6	26
2015	15.4	26.4
2016	15.4	26.7
2017	15.4	27
2018	15.4	27.5
2019	15.4	27.9
2020	15.4	28.3
2021	15.4	28.6
2022	15.3	28.9
2023	15.3	29.2
2024	15.4	29.5

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