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 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Costa Rica gained 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 308,009 (a 6.33% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Costa Rica was ranked 119th in 2006 and ranked 126th 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 Costa Rica will increase by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th.