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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Croatia	CAR	Croatia
1960	1,702,346	4,140,181	-	-
1961	1,734,580	4,167,292	1.89%	0.65%
1962	1,768,115	4,196,712	1.93%	0.71%
1963	1,803,063	4,225,675	1.98%	0.69%
1964	1,839,583	4,252,876	2.03%	0.64%
1965	1,877,854	4,280,923	2.08%	0.66%
1966	1,918,082	4,310,701	2.14%	0.7%
1967	1,960,444	4,338,683	2.21%	0.65%
1968	2,005,100	4,365,628	2.28%	0.62%
1969	2,051,515	4,391,490	2.31%	0.59%
1970	2,097,505	4,412,252	2.24%	0.47%
1971	2,141,450	4,431,275	2.1%	0.43%
1972	2,183,769	4,450,564	1.98%	0.44%
1973	2,226,008	4,470,161	1.93%	0.44%
1974	2,269,338	4,490,660	1.95%	0.46%
1975	2,313,916	4,512,082	1.96%	0.48%
1976	2,348,566	4,535,934	1.5%	0.53%
1977	2,372,930	4,559,571	1.04%	0.52%
1978	2,397,961	4,581,085	1.05%	0.47%
1979	2,423,794	4,594,778	1.08%	0.3%
1980	2,450,535	4,599,782	1.1%	0.11%
1981	2,478,402	4,611,509	1.14%	0.25%
1982	2,507,375	4,634,234	1.17%	0.49%
1983	2,537,399	4,658,254	1.2%	0.52%
1984	2,568,610	4,680,285	1.23%	0.47%
1985	2,600,932	4,701,417	1.26%	0.45%
1986	2,634,258	4,721,446	1.28%	0.43%
1987	2,669,155	4,739,745	1.32%	0.39%
1988	2,713,965	4,755,207	1.68%	0.33%
1989	2,783,970	4,767,260	2.58%	0.25%
1990	2,871,910	4,777,368	3.16%	0.21%
1991	2,963,191	4,689,022	3.18%	-1.85%
1992	3,058,831	4,575,818	3.23%	-2.41%
1993	3,157,839	4,600,463	3.24%	0.54%
1994	3,257,954	4,652,024	3.17%	1.12%
1995	3,348,052	4,620,030	2.77%	-0.69%
1996	3,435,965	4,557,097	2.63%	-1.36%
1997	3,531,700	4,534,920	2.79%	-0.49%
1998	3,628,827	4,532,135	2.75%	-0.06%
1999	3,729,450	4,512,597	2.77%	-0.43%
2000	3,833,416	4,468,302	2.79%	-0.98%
2001	3,919,487	4,299,642	2.25%	-3.77%
2002	4,006,077	4,302,174	2.21%	0.06%
2003	4,103,086	4,303,399	2.42%	0.03%
2004	4,192,826	4,304,600	2.19%	0.03%
2005	4,288,810	4,310,145	2.29%	0.13%
2006	4,377,579	4,311,159	2.07%	0.02%
2007	4,462,770	4,310,217	1.95%	-0.02%
2008	4,558,984	4,309,705	2.16%	-0.01%
2009	4,529,047	4,305,181	-0.66%	-0.1%
2010	4,492,995	4,295,427	-0.8%	-0.23%
2011	4,565,021	4,280,622	1.6%	-0.34%
2012	4,610,848	4,260,368	1%	-0.47%
2013	4,642,419	4,233,922	0.68%	-0.62%
2014	4,623,182	4,201,598	-0.41%	-0.76%
2015	4,629,320	4,151,725	0.13%	-1.19%
2016	4,713,663	4,106,867	1.82%	-1.08%
2017	4,793,511	4,041,407	1.69%	-1.59%
2018	4,878,657	3,988,775	1.78%	-1.3%
2019	4,944,703	3,949,390	1.35%	-0.99%
2020	5,026,628	3,914,206	1.66%	-0.89%
2021	5,112,100	3,878,981	1.7%	-0.9%
2022	5,098,039	3,855,641	-0.28%	-0.6%
2023	5,152,421	3,859,686	1.07%	0.1%
2024	5,330,690	3,866,300	3.46%	0.17%
2025	5,513,285	3,839,202	3.43%	-0.7%
2026	5,698,988	3,813,444	3.37%	-0.67%
2027	5,888,126	3,788,509	3.32%	-0.65%
2028	6,082,465	3,764,509	3.3%	-0.63%
2029	6,279,729	3,740,864	3.24%	-0.63%
2030	6,478,251	3,717,091	3.16%	-0.64%
2031	6,680,052	3,693,060	3.12%	-0.65%
2032	6,884,143	3,668,891	3.06%	-0.65%
2033	7,089,444	3,645,252	2.98%	-0.64%
2034	7,296,249	3,621,822	2.92%	-0.64%
2035	7,502,585	3,598,817	2.83%	-0.64%
2036	7,707,565	3,576,022	2.73%	-0.63%
2037	7,911,635	3,552,470	2.65%	-0.66%
2038	8,115,865	3,528,382	2.58%	-0.68%
2039	8,321,550	3,504,319	2.53%	-0.68%
2040	8,526,454	3,480,182	2.46%	-0.69%
2041	8,729,074	3,455,709	2.38%	-0.7%
2042	8,931,165	3,430,926	2.32%	-0.72%
2043	9,134,993	3,406,019	2.28%	-0.73%
2044	9,341,761	3,380,680	2.26%	-0.74%
2045	9,550,893	3,355,131	2.24%	-0.76%
2046	9,761,447	3,329,736	2.2%	-0.76%
2047	9,972,759	3,304,173	2.16%	-0.77%
2048	10,186,021	3,278,352	2.14%	-0.78%
2049	10,400,624	3,252,533	2.11%	-0.79%
2050	10,616,749	3,226,623	2.08%	-0.8%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Croatia lost 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Croatia's population decreased by -312,523 (a 7.53% decline).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Croatia was ranked 117th in 2005 and ranked 129th 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 Croatia will decrease by 16% to 3,226,623 people and rank change from 129th to 139th.