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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Curacao	CAR	Curacao
1960	1,702,346	124,826	-	-
1961	1,734,580	126,125	1.89%	1.04%
1962	1,768,115	128,414	1.93%	1.81%
1963	1,803,063	130,860	1.98%	1.9%
1964	1,839,583	133,148	2.03%	1.75%
1965	1,877,854	135,266	2.08%	1.59%
1966	1,918,082	136,682	2.14%	1.05%
1967	1,960,444	138,140	2.21%	1.07%
1968	2,005,100	140,298	2.28%	1.56%
1969	2,051,515	142,581	2.31%	1.63%
1970	2,097,505	144,739	2.24%	1.51%
1971	2,141,450	147,389	2.1%	1.83%
1972	2,183,769	147,710	1.98%	0.22%
1973	2,226,008	146,912	1.93%	-0.54%
1974	2,269,338	148,351	1.95%	0.98%
1975	2,313,916	149,129	1.96%	0.52%
1976	2,348,566	149,399	1.5%	0.18%
1977	2,372,930	149,459	1.04%	0.04%
1978	2,397,961	148,341	1.05%	-0.75%
1979	2,423,794	147,851	1.08%	-0.33%
1980	2,450,535	148,041	1.1%	0.13%
1981	2,478,402	148,629	1.14%	0.4%
1982	2,507,375	150,101	1.17%	0.99%
1983	2,537,399	151,159	1.2%	0.7%
1984	2,568,610	151,940	1.23%	0.52%
1985	2,600,932	152,711	1.26%	0.51%
1986	2,634,258	152,662	1.28%	-0.03%
1987	2,669,155	151,456	1.32%	-0.79%
1988	2,713,965	149,254	1.68%	-1.45%
1989	2,783,970	146,937	2.58%	-1.55%
1990	2,871,910	145,400	3.16%	-1.05%
1991	2,963,191	144,403	3.18%	-0.69%
1992	3,058,831	143,912	3.23%	-0.34%
1993	3,157,839	144,299	3.24%	0.27%
1994	3,257,954	144,630	3.17%	0.23%
1995	3,348,052	145,139	2.77%	0.35%
1996	3,435,965	146,306	2.63%	0.8%
1997	3,531,700	146,956	2.79%	0.44%
1998	3,628,827	144,472	2.75%	-1.69%
1999	3,729,450	139,428	2.77%	-3.49%
2000	3,833,416	133,860	2.79%	-3.99%
2001	3,919,487	129,047	2.25%	-3.6%
2002	4,006,077	129,205	2.21%	0.12%
2003	4,103,086	131,897	2.42%	2.08%
2004	4,192,826	134,192	2.19%	1.74%
2005	4,288,810	137,658	2.29%	2.58%
2006	4,377,579	141,239	2.07%	2.6%
2007	4,462,770	144,056	1.95%	1.99%
2008	4,558,984	145,880	2.16%	1.27%
2009	4,529,047	146,833	-0.66%	0.65%
2010	4,492,995	148,703	-0.8%	1.27%
2011	4,565,021	150,831	1.6%	1.43%
2012	4,610,848	152,088	1%	0.83%
2013	4,642,419	153,822	0.68%	1.14%
2014	4,623,182	155,909	-0.41%	1.36%
2015	4,629,320	157,980	0.13%	1.33%
2016	4,713,663	159,664	1.82%	1.07%
2017	4,793,511	160,175	1.69%	0.32%
2018	4,878,657	159,336	1.78%	-0.52%
2019	4,944,703	157,441	1.35%	-1.19%
2020	5,026,628	154,947	1.66%	-1.58%
2021	5,112,100	152,369	1.7%	-1.66%
2022	5,098,039	149,996	-0.28%	-1.56%
2023	5,152,421	155,800	1.07%	3.87%
2024	5,330,690	155,900	3.46%	0.06%
2025	5,513,285	155,910	3.43%	0.007%
2026	5,698,988	155,878	3.37%	-0.02%
2027	5,888,126	155,806	3.32%	-0.05%
2028	6,082,465	155,710	3.3%	-0.06%
2029	6,279,729	155,558	3.24%	-0.1%
2030	6,478,251	155,356	3.16%	-0.13%
2031	6,680,052	155,112	3.12%	-0.16%
2032	6,884,143	154,845	3.06%	-0.17%
2033	7,089,444	154,546	2.98%	-0.19%
2034	7,296,249	154,200	2.92%	-0.22%
2035	7,502,585	153,844	2.83%	-0.23%
2036	7,707,565	153,444	2.73%	-0.26%
2037	7,911,635	153,028	2.65%	-0.27%
2038	8,115,865	152,600	2.58%	-0.28%
2039	8,321,550	152,140	2.53%	-0.3%
2040	8,526,454	151,635	2.46%	-0.33%
2041	8,729,074	151,130	2.38%	-0.33%
2042	8,931,165	150,608	2.32%	-0.35%
2043	9,134,993	150,071	2.28%	-0.36%
2044	9,341,761	149,519	2.26%	-0.37%
2045	9,550,893	148,941	2.24%	-0.39%
2046	9,761,447	148,367	2.2%	-0.39%
2047	9,972,759	147,763	2.16%	-0.41%
2048	10,186,021	147,130	2.14%	-0.43%
2049	10,400,624	146,495	2.11%	-0.43%
2050	10,616,749	145,829	2.08%	-0.45%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Curacao gained 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Curacao's population decreased by -2,070 (a 1.31% decline).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Curacao was ranked 179th in 2005 and still ranked 179th 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 Curacao will decrease by 6.47% to 145,829 people and rank change from 179th to 180th.