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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Congo	CAR	Congo
1960	1,702,346	1,056,732	-	-
1961	1,734,580	1,084,389	1.89%	2.62%
1962	1,768,115	1,113,175	1.93%	2.65%
1963	1,803,063	1,143,263	1.98%	2.7%
1964	1,839,583	1,174,816	2.03%	2.76%
1965	1,877,854	1,207,880	2.08%	2.81%
1966	1,918,082	1,242,534	2.14%	2.87%
1967	1,960,444	1,278,691	2.21%	2.91%
1968	2,005,100	1,316,519	2.28%	2.96%
1969	2,051,515	1,356,182	2.31%	3.01%
1970	2,097,505	1,397,638	2.24%	3.06%
1971	2,141,450	1,441,039	2.1%	3.11%
1972	2,183,769	1,486,468	1.98%	3.15%
1973	2,226,008	1,533,680	1.93%	3.18%
1974	2,269,338	1,582,301	1.95%	3.17%
1975	2,313,916	1,627,032	1.96%	2.83%
1976	2,348,566	1,667,225	1.5%	2.47%
1977	2,372,930	1,707,568	1.04%	2.42%
1978	2,397,961	1,748,089	1.05%	2.37%
1979	2,423,794	1,788,524	1.08%	2.31%
1980	2,450,535	1,828,985	1.1%	2.26%
1981	2,478,402	1,869,759	1.14%	2.23%
1982	2,507,375	1,910,430	1.17%	2.18%
1983	2,537,399	1,950,321	1.2%	2.09%
1984	2,568,610	1,999,528	1.23%	2.52%
1985	2,600,932	2,059,311	1.26%	2.99%
1986	2,634,258	2,120,602	1.28%	2.98%
1987	2,669,155	2,183,473	1.32%	2.96%
1988	2,713,965	2,247,653	1.68%	2.94%
1989	2,783,970	2,313,558	2.58%	2.93%
1990	2,871,910	2,380,560	3.16%	2.9%
1991	2,963,191	2,449,229	3.18%	2.88%
1992	3,058,831	2,519,465	3.23%	2.87%
1993	3,157,839	2,595,124	3.24%	3%
1994	3,257,954	2,673,144	3.17%	3.01%
1995	3,348,052	2,749,461	2.77%	2.85%
1996	3,435,965	2,826,785	2.63%	2.81%
1997	3,531,700	2,887,862	2.79%	2.16%
1998	3,628,827	2,952,061	2.75%	2.22%
1999	3,729,450	3,032,874	2.77%	2.74%
2000	3,833,416	3,151,345	2.79%	3.91%
2001	3,919,487	3,272,537	2.25%	3.85%
2002	4,006,077	3,350,771	2.21%	2.39%
2003	4,103,086	3,445,753	2.42%	2.83%
2004	4,192,826	3,565,554	2.19%	3.48%
2005	4,288,810	3,696,393	2.29%	3.67%
2006	4,377,579	3,837,409	2.07%	3.81%
2007	4,462,770	3,980,430	1.95%	3.73%
2008	4,558,984	4,113,517	2.16%	3.34%
2009	4,529,047	4,281,219	-0.66%	4.08%
2010	4,492,995	4,462,290	-0.8%	4.23%
2011	4,565,021	4,609,724	1.6%	3.3%
2012	4,610,848	4,740,450	1%	2.84%
2013	4,642,419	4,857,099	0.68%	2.46%
2014	4,623,182	4,975,880	-0.41%	2.45%
2015	4,629,320	5,097,581	0.13%	2.45%
2016	4,713,663	5,222,536	1.82%	2.45%
2017	4,793,511	5,351,011	1.69%	2.46%
2018	4,878,657	5,483,118	1.78%	2.47%
2019	4,944,703	5,616,661	1.35%	2.44%
2020	5,026,628	5,752,791	1.66%	2.42%
2021	5,112,100	5,892,183	1.7%	2.42%
2022	5,098,039	6,035,104	-0.28%	2.43%
2023	5,152,421	6,182,885	1.07%	2.45%
2024	5,330,690	6,332,961	3.46%	2.43%
2025	5,513,285	6,484,427	3.43%	2.39%
2026	5,698,988	6,637,777	3.37%	2.36%
2027	5,888,126	6,794,288	3.32%	2.36%
2028	6,082,465	6,953,966	3.3%	2.35%
2029	6,279,729	7,116,456	3.24%	2.34%
2030	6,478,251	7,282,261	3.16%	2.33%
2031	6,680,052	7,452,405	3.12%	2.34%
2032	6,884,143	7,626,474	3.06%	2.34%
2033	7,089,444	7,802,988	2.98%	2.31%
2034	7,296,249	7,981,338	2.92%	2.29%
2035	7,502,585	8,160,723	2.83%	2.25%
2036	7,707,565	8,341,706	2.73%	2.22%
2037	7,911,635	8,524,798	2.65%	2.19%
2038	8,115,865	8,709,719	2.58%	2.17%
2039	8,321,550	8,896,164	2.53%	2.14%
2040	8,526,454	9,083,959	2.46%	2.11%
2041	8,729,074	9,274,654	2.38%	2.1%
2042	8,931,165	9,466,745	2.32%	2.07%
2043	9,134,993	9,658,834	2.28%	2.03%
2044	9,341,761	9,850,493	2.26%	1.98%
2045	9,550,893	10,041,891	2.24%	1.94%
2046	9,761,447	10,234,360	2.2%	1.92%
2047	9,972,759	10,427,899	2.16%	1.89%
2048	10,186,021	10,621,379	2.14%	1.86%
2049	10,400,624	10,813,639	2.11%	1.81%
2050	10,616,749	11,006,454	2.08%	1.78%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while the Congo gained 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while the Congo's population increased by 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. The Congo was ranked 125th in 2006 and ranked 109th 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 the Congo will increase by 65.8% to 11,006,454 people and rank change from 109th to 95th.