Central African Republic vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 121/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 43rd vs. 60th).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and Zimbabwe ranks 102/197 ($41.5B). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 195/197 ($516), while Zimbabwe ranks 148/197 ($2,497).

Central African Republic and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Central African Republic

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	CAR	Zimbabwe
1960	$112,155,598	$1,053,528,036
1961	$123,134,583	$1,097,206,526
1962	$124,482,774	$1,118,172,226
1963	$129,379,124	$1,160,103,724
1964	$142,025,079	$1,217,759,447
1965	$150,574,795	$1,312,105,394
1966	$157,930,018	$1,282,403,936
1967	$163,820,514	$1,397,715,282
1968	$191,767,442	$1,480,355,355
1969	$188,039,210	$1,748,891,294
1970	$189,106,529	$1,885,168,339
1971	$201,450,800	$2,179,828,710
1972	$230,317,883	$2,679,096,597
1973	$271,183,082	$3,311,043,292
1974	$281,398,706	$3,984,194,614
1975	$378,660,016	$4,373,532,601
1976	$451,152,461	$4,320,576,877
1977	$507,298,148	$4,366,610,469
1978	$610,578,632	$4,353,822,343
1979	$700,764,748	$5,180,102,910
1980	$797,048,199	$6,682,278,300
1981	$694,803,623	$8,015,464,252
1982	$748,312,391	$8,544,060,905
1983	$658,679,333	$7,768,031,182
1984	$637,820,670	$6,355,369,172
1985	$864,849,836	$5,640,137,575
1986	$1,122,265,013	$6,220,698,247
1987	$1,200,991,978	$6,744,657,033
1988	$1,264,899,288	$7,818,774,177
1989	$1,233,930,281	$8,290,553,535
1990	$1,440,711,459	$8,788,301,546
1991	$1,377,374,987	$8,646,000,000
1992	$1,411,917,553	$6,755,000,000
1993	$1,278,781,262	$6,567,250,000
1994	$851,174,357	$6,894,250,000
1995	$1,115,389,674	$7,115,000,000
1996	$1,007,791,127	$8,557,500,000
1997	$937,741,513	$8,534,000,000
1998	$967,338,390	$6,405,250,000
1999	$999,477,511	$6,861,500,000
2000	$916,777,283	$6,693,250,000
2001	$932,648,605	$6,780,750,000
2002	$996,068,145	$6,345,250,000
2003	$1,142,315,523	$5,730,500,000
2004	$1,272,360,517	$5,808,500,000
2005	$1,337,894,379	$5,758,250,000
2006	$1,461,859,762	$5,446,750,000
2007	$1,699,811,295	$5,294,750,000
2008	$1,993,407,888	$4,418,000,000
2009	$2,067,381,665	$9,670,750,000
2010	$2,142,591,540	$12,047,750,000
2011	$2,437,982,705	$14,109,000,000
2012	$2,510,126,512	$17,123,500,000
2013	$1,691,544,110	$19,100,750,000
2014	$1,894,813,389	$19,505,500,000
2015	$1,695,825,714	$19,973,250,000
2016	$1,825,018,145	$20,559,250,000
2017	$2,072,349,973	$51,035,657,371
2018	$2,220,979,146	$34,141,666,667
2019	$2,221,301,351	$33,357,695,635
2020	$2,326,720,900	$31,980,334,561
2021	$2,516,498,412	$41,287,673,690
2022	$2,382,618,615	$40,757,561,709
2023	$2,555,492,086	$35,871,779,681
2024	$2,751,494,281	$41,539,411,516

Central African Republic and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Central African Republic

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	CAR	Zimbabwe
1960	$65.9	$276.6
1961	$71	$279.2
1962	$70.4	$275.7
1963	$71.8	$277.1
1964	$77.2	$281.9
1965	$80.2	$294.3
1966	$82.3	$278.7
1967	$83.6	$294.4
1968	$95.6	$302
1969	$91.7	$346
1970	$90.2	$361
1971	$94.1	$406
1972	$105.5	$483
1973	$121.8	$579
1974	$124	$674
1975	$163.6	$717
1976	$192.1	$687
1977	$213.8	$677
1978	$254.6	$665
1979	$289.1	$779
1980	$325	$949
1981	$280.3	$1,069
1982	$298.4	$1,096
1983	$259.6	$959
1984	$248.3	$757
1985	$333	$649
1986	$426	$693
1987	$450	$726
1988	$466	$816
1989	$443	$840
1990	$502	$867
1991	$465	$831
1992	$462	$631
1993	$405	$605
1994	$261.3	$634
1995	$333	$648
1996	$293.3	$767
1997	$265.5	$751
1998	$266.6	$552
1999	$268	$582
2000	$239.2	$563
2001	$238	$566
2002	$248.6	$525
2003	$278.4	$468
2004	$303	$470
2005	$312	$461
2006	$334	$431
2007	$381	$414
2008	$437	$341
2009	$456	$736
2010	$477	$902
2011	$534	$1,038
2012	$544	$1,239
2013	$364	$1,363
2014	$410	$1,373
2015	$366	$1,387
2016	$387	$1,408
2017	$432	$3,445
2018	$455	$2,271
2019	$449	$2,184
2020	$463	$2,060
2021	$492	$2,614
2022	$467	$2,536
2023	$496	$2,195
2024	$516	$2,497

Central African Republic vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Central African Republic

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	CAR	Zimbabwe
1950	35.4	49.4
1951	35.8	49.8
1952	36.2	50.2
1953	36.6	50.6
1954	37	51
1955	37.4	51.4
1956	37.8	51.8
1957	38.3	52.2
1958	38.7	52.6
1959	39.1	53
1960	39.6	53.5
1961	40.1	54
1962	40.6	54.5
1963	41.1	54.9
1964	41.6	55.4
1965	42.2	55.9
1966	42.8	56.4
1967	43.4	56.8
1968	44	57.1
1969	44.6	57.5
1970	45.2	57.8
1971	45.8	58
1972	46.3	58.2
1973	46.9	58.1
1974	47.4	58.2
1975	47.9	58.2
1976	48.4	57.6
1977	48.8	57
1978	49.2	54.7
1979	49.5	54.9
1980	49.8	59.1
1981	50	59.4
1982	50.2	59.9
1983	50.3	60
1984	50.4	60.6
1985	50.5	60.9
1986	50.4	61
1987	50.4	60.7
1988	50.2	60.2
1989	50.1	59.4
1990	49.9	58.3
1991	49.6	57
1992	49.2	55.6
1993	48.9	54
1994	48.5	52.5
1995	48.1	51.1
1996	47.7	49
1997	47.3	48.5
1998	47.1	47.6
1999	46.9	46.4
2000	46.6	46
2001	46.7	44.5
2002	46.8	45.9
2003	47.3	45.4
2004	47.7	46
2005	48.2	46.6
2006	48.7	47.1
2007	49.3	47.6
2008	49.9	48.5
2009	14.7	49.7
2010	46.9	51.9
2011	50.1	53.9
2012	51.3	55.4
2013	49.5	56.8
2014	40.3	58.1
2015	51.9	59
2016	51	59.8
2017	45.2	60.3
2018	52.3	60.9
2019	31.5	61.1
2020	50.6	61.5
2021	40.3	60.1
2022	18.8	62.4
2023	57.4	62.8
2024	57.7	63.1
2025	57.9	63.3
2026	58.2	63.6

Central African Republic and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Central African Republic

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	CAR	Zimbabwe
1960	1,702,346	3,809,389
1961	1,734,580	3,930,401
1962	1,768,115	4,055,959
1963	1,803,063	4,185,877
1964	1,839,583	4,320,006
1965	1,877,854	4,458,462
1966	1,918,082	4,601,217
1967	1,960,444	4,748,307
1968	2,005,100	4,900,440
1969	2,051,515	5,058,181
1970	2,097,505	5,215,918
1971	2,141,450	5,374,712
1972	2,183,769	5,542,445
1973	2,226,008	5,720,404
1974	2,269,338	5,908,328
1975	2,313,916	6,098,658
1976	2,348,566	6,287,105
1977	2,372,930	6,449,512
1978	2,397,961	6,543,575
1979	2,423,794	6,647,556
1980	2,450,535	7,041,303
1981	2,478,402	7,498,635
1982	2,507,375	7,796,496
1983	2,537,399	8,098,404
1984	2,568,610	8,391,488
1985	2,600,932	8,686,813
1986	2,634,258	8,982,578
1987	2,669,155	9,284,644
1988	2,713,965	9,583,094
1989	2,783,970	9,864,798
1990	2,871,910	10,137,281
1991	2,963,191	10,404,816
1992	3,058,831	10,702,700
1993	3,157,839	10,860,288
1994	3,257,954	10,873,148
1995	3,348,052	10,974,599
1996	3,435,965	11,158,360
1997	3,531,700	11,369,827
1998	3,628,827	11,594,297
1999	3,729,450	11,783,458
2000	3,833,416	11,892,055
2001	3,919,487	11,971,901
2002	4,006,077	12,087,653
2003	4,103,086	12,232,323
2004	4,192,826	12,365,896
2005	4,288,810	12,483,432
2006	4,377,579	12,636,445
2007	4,462,770	12,804,058
2008	4,558,984	12,959,149
2009	4,529,047	13,142,790
2010	4,492,995	13,356,548
2011	4,565,021	13,595,424
2012	4,610,848	13,817,887
2013	4,642,419	14,013,808
2014	4,623,182	14,207,359
2015	4,629,320	14,399,013
2016	4,713,663	14,600,294
2017	4,793,511	14,812,482
2018	4,878,657	15,034,452
2019	4,944,703	15,271,368
2020	5,026,628	15,526,888
2021	5,112,100	15,797,210
2022	5,098,039	16,069,056
2023	5,152,421	16,340,822
2024	5,330,690	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Central African Republic

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	Zimbabwe
1960	5.95	7.2
1961	5.96	7.21
1962	5.97	7.23
1963	5.99	7.23
1964	6.01	7.23
1965	6.03	7.23
1966	6.06	7.2
1967	6.08	7.16
1968	6.1	7.11
1969	6.06	7.04
1970	6.03	6.98
1971	5.99	6.94
1972	5.96	6.94
1973	5.93	6.94
1974	5.9	6.88
1975	5.88	6.83
1976	5.94	6.77
1977	5.99	6.71
1978	6.04	6.66
1979	6.09	6.59
1980	6.13	6.52
1981	6.17	6.45
1982	6.16	6.33
1983	6.15	6.2
1984	6.14	6.04
1985	6.12	5.87
1986	6.11	5.69
1987	6.12	5.5
1988	6.1	5.28
1989	6.07	5.07
1990	6.05	4.88
1991	6.03	4.72
1992	5.96	4.57
1993	5.93	4.39
1994	5.92	4.28
1995	5.94	4.15
1996	5.96	4.11
1997	5.92	4.08
1998	5.89	4.07
1999	5.88	4.06
2000	5.85	4.01
2001	5.81	3.98
2002	5.79	3.93
2003	5.8	3.86
2004	5.78	3.78
2005	5.81	3.69
2006	5.84	3.64
2007	5.87	3.68
2008	5.9	3.78
2009	5.94	3.95
2010	5.96	4.04
2011	6.01	4.13
2012	6.05	4.13
2013	6.08	4.11
2014	6.1	4.01
2015	6.13	3.91
2016	6.13	3.83
2017	6.13	3.77
2018	6.11	3.74
2019	6.09	3.75
2020	6.06	3.75
2021	6.05	3.77
2022	6.02	3.77
2023	6.01	3.72

Central African Republic and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Central African Republic

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	CAR	Zimbabwe
1960	20.3	16.4
1961	20.1	16.2
1962	19.9	16
1963	19.7	15.8
1964	19.6	15.7
1965	19.4	15.7
1966	19.3	15.7
1967	19.2	15.7
1968	19	15.7
1969	18.9	15.7
1970	18.9	15.7
1971	18.8	15.8
1972	18.7	15.8
1973	18.6	15.8
1974	18.6	15.9
1975	18.5	15.9
1976	18.5	15.8
1977	18.5	15.8
1978	18.5	15.7
1979	18.5	15.6
1980	18.5	15.6
1981	18.4	15.7
1982	18.4	15.8
1983	18.3	15.8
1984	18.3	15.8
1985	18.3	15.9
1986	18.2	15.9
1987	18.1	15.9
1988	18	15.9
1989	17.9	16.1
1990	17.8	16.3
1991	17.6	16.5
1992	17.5	16.4
1993	17.5	16.3
1994	17.4	16.4
1995	17.3	16.6
1996	17.2	16.9
1997	17.1	17.2
1998	17.1	17.5
1999	17.1	17.7
2000	17.1	17.8
2001	17.1	18
2002	17.1	18.1
2003	17.2	18.2
2004	17.2	18.3
2005	17.2	18.3
2006	17.1	18.5
2007	17.1	18.5
2008	17	18.5
2009	16.9	18.4
2010	16.7	18.3
2011	16.6	18.2
2012	16.3	18.1
2013	16	18
2014	15.6	18
2015	15.4	18
2016	15.4	18
2017	15.4	18.1
2018	15.4	18.2
2019	15.4	18.3
2020	15.4	18.5
2021	15.4	18.6
2022	15.3	18.7
2023	15.3	18.9
2024	15.4	19

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