Population in Australia compared to the Central African Republic: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and the Central African Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	CAR	Australia	CAR
1960	10,276,477	1,702,346	-	-
1961	10,483,000	1,734,580	2.01%	1.89%
1962	10,742,000	1,768,115	2.47%	1.93%
1963	10,950,000	1,803,063	1.94%	1.98%
1964	11,167,000	1,839,583	1.98%	2.03%
1965	11,388,000	1,877,854	1.98%	2.08%
1966	11,651,000	1,918,082	2.31%	2.14%
1967	11,799,000	1,960,444	1.27%	2.21%
1968	12,009,000	2,005,100	1.78%	2.28%
1969	12,263,000	2,051,515	2.12%	2.31%
1970	12,507,000	2,097,505	1.99%	2.24%
1971	12,937,000	2,141,450	3.44%	2.1%
1972	13,177,000	2,183,769	1.86%	1.98%
1973	13,380,000	2,226,008	1.54%	1.93%
1974	13,723,000	2,269,338	2.56%	1.95%
1975	13,893,000	2,313,916	1.24%	1.96%
1976	14,033,000	2,348,566	1.01%	1.5%
1977	14,192,000	2,372,930	1.13%	1.04%
1978	14,358,000	2,397,961	1.17%	1.05%
1979	14,514,000	2,423,794	1.09%	1.08%
1980	14,692,000	2,450,535	1.23%	1.1%
1981	14,923,260	2,478,402	1.57%	1.14%
1982	15,184,247	2,507,375	1.75%	1.17%
1983	15,393,472	2,537,399	1.38%	1.2%
1984	15,579,391	2,568,610	1.21%	1.23%
1985	15,788,312	2,600,932	1.34%	1.26%
1986	16,018,350	2,634,258	1.46%	1.28%
1987	16,263,874	2,669,155	1.53%	1.32%
1988	16,532,164	2,713,965	1.65%	1.68%
1989	16,814,416	2,783,970	1.71%	2.58%
1990	17,065,128	2,871,910	1.49%	3.16%
1991	17,284,036	2,963,191	1.28%	3.18%
1992	17,478,635	3,058,831	1.13%	3.23%
1993	17,634,808	3,157,839	0.89%	3.24%
1994	17,805,468	3,257,954	0.97%	3.17%
1995	18,004,882	3,348,052	1.12%	2.77%
1996	18,224,767	3,435,965	1.22%	2.63%
1997	18,423,037	3,531,700	1.09%	2.79%
1998	18,607,584	3,628,827	1%	2.75%
1999	18,812,264	3,729,450	1.1%	2.77%
2000	19,028,802	3,833,416	1.15%	2.79%
2001	19,274,701	3,919,487	1.29%	2.25%
2002	19,495,210	4,006,077	1.14%	2.21%
2003	19,720,737	4,103,086	1.16%	2.42%
2004	19,932,722	4,192,826	1.07%	2.19%
2005	20,176,844	4,288,810	1.22%	2.29%
2006	20,450,966	4,377,579	1.36%	2.07%
2007	20,827,622	4,462,770	1.84%	1.95%
2008	21,249,199	4,558,984	2.02%	2.16%
2009	21,691,653	4,529,047	2.08%	-0.66%
2010	22,031,750	4,492,995	1.57%	-0.8%
2011	22,340,024	4,565,021	1.4%	1.6%
2012	22,733,465	4,610,848	1.76%	1%
2013	23,128,129	4,642,419	1.74%	0.68%
2014	23,475,686	4,623,182	1.5%	-0.41%
2015	23,815,995	4,629,320	1.45%	0.13%
2016	24,190,907	4,713,663	1.57%	1.82%
2017	24,592,588	4,793,511	1.66%	1.69%
2018	24,963,258	4,878,657	1.51%	1.78%
2019	25,334,826	4,944,703	1.49%	1.35%
2020	25,649,248	5,026,628	1.24%	1.66%
2021	25,685,412	5,112,100	0.14%	1.7%
2022	26,014,399	5,098,039	1.28%	-0.28%
2023	26,652,777	5,152,421	2.45%	1.07%
2024	27,204,809	5,330,690	2.07%	3.46%
2025	27,470,426	5,513,285	0.98%	3.43%
2026	27,728,157	5,698,988	0.94%	3.37%
2027	27,979,877	5,888,126	0.91%	3.32%
2028	28,228,958	6,082,465	0.89%	3.3%
2029	28,471,054	6,279,729	0.86%	3.24%
2030	28,707,292	6,478,251	0.83%	3.16%
2031	28,940,769	6,680,052	0.81%	3.12%
2032	29,169,013	6,884,143	0.79%	3.06%
2033	29,392,748	7,089,444	0.77%	2.98%
2034	29,614,137	7,296,249	0.75%	2.92%
2035	29,835,307	7,502,585	0.75%	2.83%
2036	30,056,752	7,707,565	0.74%	2.73%
2037	30,273,692	7,911,635	0.72%	2.65%
2038	30,488,994	8,115,865	0.71%	2.58%
2039	30,703,245	8,321,550	0.7%	2.53%
2040	30,916,122	8,526,454	0.69%	2.46%
2041	31,132,858	8,729,074	0.7%	2.38%
2042	31,352,893	8,931,165	0.71%	2.32%
2043	31,572,750	9,134,993	0.7%	2.28%
2044	31,790,565	9,341,761	0.69%	2.26%
2045	32,009,555	9,550,893	0.69%	2.24%
2046	32,232,946	9,761,447	0.7%	2.2%
2047	32,452,651	9,972,759	0.68%	2.16%
2048	32,672,016	10,186,021	0.68%	2.14%
2049	32,891,546	10,400,624	0.67%	2.11%
2050	33,105,190	10,616,749	0.65%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while the Central African Republic gained 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while the Central African Republic's population increased by 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. The Central African Republic was ranked 118th in 2005 and ranked 117th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of the Central African Republic will increase by 87.5% to 10,616,749 people and rank change from 117th to 96th.