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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Costa Rica	CAR	Costa Rica
1960	1,702,346	1,327,496	-	-
1961	1,734,580	1,377,920	1.89%	3.8%
1962	1,768,115	1,429,445	1.93%	3.74%
1963	1,803,063	1,481,604	1.98%	3.65%
1964	1,839,583	1,533,960	2.03%	3.53%
1965	1,877,854	1,586,208	2.08%	3.41%
1966	1,918,082	1,638,116	2.14%	3.27%
1967	1,960,444	1,689,523	2.21%	3.14%
1968	2,005,100	1,739,731	2.28%	2.97%
1969	2,051,515	1,789,276	2.31%	2.85%
1970	2,097,505	1,838,949	2.24%	2.78%
1971	2,141,450	1,888,539	2.1%	2.7%
1972	2,183,769	1,938,248	1.98%	2.63%
1973	2,226,008	1,988,343	1.93%	2.58%
1974	2,269,338	2,039,643	1.95%	2.58%
1975	2,313,916	2,092,719	1.96%	2.6%
1976	2,348,566	2,147,774	1.5%	2.63%
1977	2,372,930	2,205,025	1.04%	2.67%
1978	2,397,961	2,264,510	1.05%	2.7%
1979	2,423,794	2,326,490	1.08%	2.74%
1980	2,450,535	2,390,633	1.1%	2.76%
1981	2,478,402	2,456,637	1.14%	2.76%
1982	2,507,375	2,524,806	1.17%	2.77%
1983	2,537,399	2,595,153	1.2%	2.79%
1984	2,568,610	2,667,595	1.23%	2.79%
1985	2,600,932	2,741,894	1.26%	2.79%
1986	2,634,258	2,817,216	1.28%	2.75%
1987	2,669,155	2,892,699	1.32%	2.68%
1988	2,713,965	2,968,103	1.68%	2.61%
1989	2,783,970	3,043,827	2.58%	2.55%
1990	2,871,910	3,121,706	3.16%	2.56%
1991	2,963,191	3,202,176	3.18%	2.58%
1992	3,058,831	3,284,258	3.23%	2.56%
1993	3,157,839	3,367,434	3.24%	2.53%
1994	3,257,954	3,451,122	3.17%	2.49%
1995	3,348,052	3,535,176	2.77%	2.44%
1996	3,435,965	3,619,013	2.63%	2.37%
1997	3,531,700	3,701,711	2.79%	2.29%
1998	3,628,827	3,782,838	2.75%	2.19%
1999	3,729,450	3,862,101	2.77%	2.1%
2000	3,833,416	3,937,739	2.79%	1.96%
2001	3,919,487	4,008,947	2.25%	1.81%
2002	4,006,077	4,075,705	2.21%	1.67%
2003	4,103,086	4,138,784	2.42%	1.55%
2004	4,192,826	4,200,078	2.19%	1.48%
2005	4,288,810	4,261,240	2.29%	1.46%
2006	4,377,579	4,321,340	2.07%	1.41%
2007	4,462,770	4,380,248	1.95%	1.36%
2008	4,558,984	4,440,056	2.16%	1.37%
2009	4,529,047	4,499,791	-0.66%	1.35%
2010	4,492,995	4,555,962	-0.8%	1.25%
2011	4,565,021	4,609,833	1.6%	1.18%
2012	4,610,848	4,663,934	1%	1.17%
2013	4,642,419	4,716,147	0.68%	1.12%
2014	4,623,182	4,767,119	-0.41%	1.08%
2015	4,629,320	4,818,038	0.13%	1.07%
2016	4,713,663	4,866,998	1.82%	1.02%
2017	4,793,511	4,913,177	1.69%	0.95%
2018	4,878,657	4,957,818	1.78%	0.91%
2019	4,944,703	4,999,553	1.35%	0.84%
2020	5,026,628	5,034,320	1.66%	0.7%
2021	5,112,100	5,059,988	1.7%	0.51%
2022	5,098,039	5,081,765	-0.28%	0.43%
2023	5,152,421	5,105,525	1.07%	0.47%
2024	5,330,690	5,129,910	3.46%	0.48%
2025	5,513,285	5,152,946	3.43%	0.45%
2026	5,698,988	5,174,780	3.37%	0.42%
2027	5,888,126	5,195,555	3.32%	0.4%
2028	6,082,465	5,215,247	3.3%	0.38%
2029	6,279,729	5,233,877	3.24%	0.36%
2030	6,478,251	5,251,495	3.16%	0.34%
2031	6,680,052	5,268,137	3.12%	0.32%
2032	6,884,143	5,283,807	3.06%	0.3%
2033	7,089,444	5,298,514	2.98%	0.28%
2034	7,296,249	5,312,162	2.92%	0.26%
2035	7,502,585	5,324,698	2.83%	0.24%
2036	7,707,565	5,336,133	2.73%	0.21%
2037	7,911,635	5,346,408	2.65%	0.19%
2038	8,115,865	5,355,519	2.58%	0.17%
2039	8,321,550	5,363,363	2.53%	0.15%
2040	8,526,454	5,369,806	2.46%	0.12%
2041	8,729,074	5,374,934	2.38%	0.1%
2042	8,931,165	5,378,670	2.32%	0.07%
2043	9,134,993	5,380,915	2.28%	0.04%
2044	9,341,761	5,381,720	2.26%	0.01%
2045	9,550,893	5,381,014	2.24%	-0.01%
2046	9,761,447	5,378,757	2.2%	-0.04%
2047	9,972,759	5,374,945	2.16%	-0.07%
2048	10,186,021	5,369,577	2.14%	-0.1%
2049	10,400,624	5,362,651	2.11%	-0.13%
2050	10,616,749	5,354,148	2.08%	-0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Costa Rica gained 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 352,446 (a 7.32% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Costa Rica was ranked 120th in 2005 and ranked 126th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Central African Republic's population will grow by 87.5% to 10,616,749 people with a rank change from 117th to 96th. The population of Costa Rica will increase by 3.55% to 5,354,148 people and rank change from 126th to 127th.