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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Chad	CAR	Chad
1960	1,702,346	3,049,838	-	-
1961	1,734,580	3,111,947	1.89%	2.04%
1962	1,768,115	3,175,598	1.93%	2.05%
1963	1,803,063	3,240,905	1.98%	2.06%
1964	1,839,583	3,307,479	2.03%	2.05%
1965	1,877,854	3,374,220	2.08%	2.02%
1966	1,918,082	3,440,903	2.14%	1.98%
1967	1,960,444	3,508,512	2.21%	1.96%
1968	2,005,100	3,578,231	2.28%	1.99%
1969	2,051,515	3,651,113	2.31%	2.04%
1970	2,097,505	3,727,828	2.24%	2.1%
1971	2,141,450	3,807,316	2.1%	2.13%
1972	2,183,769	3,893,252	1.98%	2.26%
1973	2,226,008	3,985,909	1.93%	2.38%
1974	2,269,338	4,078,356	1.95%	2.32%
1975	2,313,916	4,167,234	1.96%	2.18%
1976	2,348,566	4,251,297	1.5%	2.02%
1977	2,372,930	4,331,667	1.04%	1.89%
1978	2,397,961	4,411,366	1.05%	1.84%
1979	2,423,794	4,505,384	1.08%	2.13%
1980	2,450,535	4,515,453	1.1%	0.22%
1981	2,478,402	4,520,959	1.14%	0.12%
1982	2,507,375	4,738,483	1.17%	4.81%
1983	2,537,399	4,979,130	1.2%	5.08%
1984	2,568,610	5,045,145	1.23%	1.33%
1985	2,600,932	5,096,269	1.26%	1.01%
1986	2,634,258	5,251,069	1.28%	3.04%
1987	2,669,155	5,438,309	1.32%	3.57%
1988	2,713,965	5,625,602	1.68%	3.44%
1989	2,783,970	5,819,586	2.58%	3.45%
1990	2,871,910	5,982,833	3.16%	2.81%
1991	2,963,191	6,205,676	3.18%	3.72%
1992	3,058,831	6,474,656	3.23%	4.33%
1993	3,157,839	6,629,146	3.24%	2.39%
1994	3,257,954	6,783,450	3.17%	2.33%
1995	3,348,052	7,089,064	2.77%	4.51%
1996	3,435,965	7,410,108	2.63%	4.53%
1997	3,531,700	7,670,366	2.79%	3.51%
1998	3,628,827	7,938,840	2.75%	3.5%
1999	3,729,450	8,222,705	2.77%	3.58%
2000	3,833,416	8,512,093	2.79%	3.52%
2001	3,919,487	8,804,124	2.25%	3.43%
2002	4,006,077	9,116,192	2.21%	3.54%
2003	4,103,086	9,487,833	2.42%	4.08%
2004	4,192,826	9,920,036	2.19%	4.56%
2005	4,288,810	10,328,092	2.29%	4.11%
2006	4,377,579	10,706,424	2.07%	3.66%
2007	4,462,770	11,081,660	1.95%	3.5%
2008	4,558,984	11,476,296	2.16%	3.56%
2009	4,529,047	11,893,754	-0.66%	3.64%
2010	4,492,995	12,312,575	-0.8%	3.52%
2011	4,565,021	12,754,997	1.6%	3.59%
2012	4,610,848	13,210,998	1%	3.58%
2013	4,642,419	13,691,079	0.68%	3.63%
2014	4,623,182	14,188,678	-0.41%	3.63%
2015	4,629,320	14,647,621	0.13%	3.23%
2016	4,713,663	15,114,655	1.82%	3.19%
2017	4,793,511	15,622,759	1.69%	3.36%
2018	4,878,657	16,156,531	1.78%	3.42%
2019	4,944,703	16,685,223	1.35%	3.27%
2020	5,026,628	17,224,679	1.66%	3.23%
2021	5,112,100	17,828,273	1.7%	3.5%
2022	5,098,039	18,455,316	-0.28%	3.52%
2023	5,152,421	19,319,064	1.07%	4.68%
2024	5,330,690	20,299,123	3.46%	5.07%
2025	5,513,285	21,003,694	3.43%	3.47%
2026	5,698,988	21,560,377	3.37%	2.65%
2027	5,888,126	22,175,373	3.32%	2.85%
2028	6,082,465	22,847,740	3.3%	3.03%
2029	6,279,729	23,526,035	3.24%	2.97%
2030	6,478,251	24,207,481	3.16%	2.9%
2031	6,680,052	24,897,231	3.12%	2.85%
2032	6,884,143	25,596,224	3.06%	2.81%
2033	7,089,444	26,297,830	2.98%	2.74%
2034	7,296,249	26,997,395	2.92%	2.66%
2035	7,502,585	27,697,268	2.83%	2.59%
2036	7,707,565	28,410,489	2.73%	2.58%
2037	7,911,635	29,132,961	2.65%	2.54%
2038	8,115,865	29,856,451	2.58%	2.48%
2039	8,321,550	30,584,696	2.53%	2.44%
2040	8,526,454	31,307,329	2.46%	2.36%
2041	8,729,074	32,035,111	2.38%	2.32%
2042	8,931,165	32,777,662	2.32%	2.32%
2043	9,134,993	33,525,238	2.28%	2.28%
2044	9,341,761	34,272,313	2.26%	2.23%
2045	9,550,893	35,026,384	2.24%	2.2%
2046	9,761,447	35,788,056	2.2%	2.17%
2047	9,972,759	36,546,910	2.16%	2.12%
2048	10,186,021	37,317,460	2.14%	2.11%
2049	10,400,624	38,088,916	2.11%	2.07%
2050	10,616,749	38,857,671	2.08%	2.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Chad gained 4,408,231 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Chad's population increased by 6,452,443 (a 42.7% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Chad was ranked 76th in 2006 and ranked 64th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Central African Republic's population will grow by 86.2% to 10,616,749 people with a rank change from 117th to 96th. The population of Chad will increase by 80.2% to 38,857,671 people and rank change from 64th to 52nd.