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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	DR Congo	CAR	DR Congo
1960	1,702,346	15,264,846	-	-
1961	1,734,580	15,662,374	1.89%	2.6%
1962	1,768,115	16,075,724	1.93%	2.64%
1963	1,803,063	16,507,599	1.98%	2.69%
1964	1,839,583	16,955,327	2.03%	2.71%
1965	1,877,854	17,427,802	2.08%	2.79%
1966	1,918,082	17,931,929	2.14%	2.89%
1967	1,960,444	18,462,782	2.21%	2.96%
1968	2,005,100	19,012,189	2.28%	2.98%
1969	2,051,515	19,570,445	2.31%	2.94%
1970	2,097,505	20,137,436	2.24%	2.9%
1971	2,141,450	20,695,569	2.1%	2.77%
1972	2,183,769	21,251,160	1.98%	2.68%
1973	2,226,008	21,827,665	1.93%	2.71%
1974	2,269,338	22,418,878	1.95%	2.71%
1975	2,313,916	23,021,101	1.96%	2.69%
1976	2,348,566	23,624,031	1.5%	2.62%
1977	2,372,930	24,229,061	1.04%	2.56%
1978	2,397,961	24,992,689	1.05%	3.15%
1979	2,423,794	25,886,782	1.08%	3.58%
1980	2,450,535	26,711,099	1.1%	3.18%
1981	2,478,402	27,500,515	1.14%	2.96%
1982	2,507,375	28,338,190	1.17%	3.05%
1983	2,537,399	29,250,963	1.2%	3.22%
1984	2,568,610	30,245,081	1.23%	3.4%
1985	2,600,932	31,264,816	1.26%	3.37%
1986	2,634,258	32,265,196	1.28%	3.2%
1987	2,669,155	33,298,904	1.32%	3.2%
1988	2,713,965	34,382,752	1.68%	3.25%
1989	2,783,970	35,486,866	2.58%	3.21%
1990	2,871,910	36,684,063	3.16%	3.37%
1991	2,963,191	37,925,817	3.18%	3.38%
1992	3,058,831	39,228,910	3.23%	3.44%
1993	3,157,839	40,656,336	3.24%	3.64%
1994	3,257,954	42,626,876	3.17%	4.85%
1995	3,348,052	44,433,704	2.77%	4.24%
1996	3,435,965	45,296,124	2.63%	1.94%
1997	3,531,700	46,029,902	2.79%	1.62%
1998	3,628,827	47,297,600	2.75%	2.75%
1999	3,729,450	48,912,971	2.77%	3.42%
2000	3,833,416	50,507,442	2.79%	3.26%
2001	3,919,487	52,132,646	2.25%	3.22%
2002	4,006,077	53,750,524	2.21%	3.1%
2003	4,103,086	55,343,867	2.42%	2.96%
2004	4,192,826	56,997,741	2.19%	2.99%
2005	4,288,810	58,775,724	2.29%	3.12%
2006	4,377,579	60,615,908	2.07%	3.13%
2007	4,462,770	62,477,752	1.95%	3.07%
2008	4,558,984	64,390,664	2.16%	3.06%
2009	4,529,047	66,412,044	-0.66%	3.14%
2010	4,492,995	68,563,038	-0.8%	3.24%
2011	4,565,021	70,849,311	1.6%	3.33%
2012	4,610,848	73,254,618	1%	3.39%
2013	4,642,419	75,789,395	0.68%	3.46%
2014	4,623,182	78,403,242	-0.41%	3.45%
2015	4,629,320	81,035,531	0.13%	3.36%
2016	4,713,663	83,956,415	1.82%	3.6%
2017	4,793,511	87,083,398	1.69%	3.72%
2018	4,878,657	90,047,644	1.78%	3.4%
2019	4,944,703	92,947,442	1.35%	3.22%
2020	5,026,628	95,989,998	1.66%	3.27%
2021	5,112,100	99,148,932	1.7%	3.29%
2022	5,098,039	102,396,968	-0.28%	3.28%
2023	5,152,421	105,789,731	1.07%	3.31%
2024	5,330,690	109,276,265	3.46%	3.3%
2025	5,513,285	112,832,475	3.43%	3.25%
2026	5,698,988	116,452,162	3.37%	3.21%
2027	5,888,126	120,129,744	3.32%	3.16%
2028	6,082,465	123,871,555	3.3%	3.11%
2029	6,279,729	127,674,141	3.24%	3.07%
2030	6,478,251	131,532,201	3.16%	3.02%
2031	6,680,052	135,447,495	3.12%	2.98%
2032	6,884,143	139,408,613	3.06%	2.92%
2033	7,089,444	143,414,031	2.98%	2.87%
2034	7,296,249	147,468,142	2.92%	2.83%
2035	7,502,585	151,560,102	2.83%	2.77%
2036	7,707,565	155,689,453	2.73%	2.72%
2037	7,911,635	159,848,574	2.65%	2.67%
2038	8,115,865	164,045,610	2.58%	2.63%
2039	8,321,550	168,296,695	2.53%	2.59%
2040	8,526,454	172,595,578	2.46%	2.55%
2041	8,729,074	176,946,261	2.38%	2.52%
2042	8,931,165	181,350,407	2.32%	2.49%
2043	9,134,993	185,805,168	2.28%	2.46%
2044	9,341,761	190,312,004	2.26%	2.43%
2045	9,550,893	194,865,386	2.24%	2.39%
2046	9,761,447	199,464,487	2.2%	2.36%
2047	9,972,759	204,105,925	2.16%	2.33%
2048	10,186,021	208,783,692	2.14%	2.29%
2049	10,400,624	213,497,692	2.11%	2.26%
2050	10,616,749	218,246,073	2.08%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th 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 the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.