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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Equatorial Guinea	CAR	Equatorial Guinea
1960	1,702,346	269,807	-	-
1961	1,734,580	274,896	1.89%	1.89%
1962	1,768,115	280,286	1.93%	1.96%
1963	1,803,063	285,965	1.98%	2.03%
1964	1,839,583	291,942	2.03%	2.09%
1965	1,877,854	298,238	2.08%	2.16%
1966	1,918,082	304,859	2.14%	2.22%
1967	1,960,444	311,805	2.21%	2.28%
1968	2,005,100	318,849	2.28%	2.26%
1969	2,051,515	322,517	2.31%	1.15%
1970	2,097,505	320,803	2.24%	-0.53%
1971	2,141,450	315,940	2.1%	-1.52%
1972	2,183,769	309,468	1.98%	-2.05%
1973	2,226,008	302,281	1.93%	-2.32%
1974	2,269,338	294,953	1.95%	-2.42%
1975	2,313,916	287,901	1.96%	-2.39%
1976	2,348,566	281,031	1.5%	-2.39%
1977	2,372,930	276,779	1.04%	-1.51%
1978	2,397,961	276,531	1.05%	-0.09%
1979	2,423,794	279,846	1.08%	1.2%
1980	2,450,535	288,644	1.1%	3.14%
1981	2,478,402	303,252	1.14%	5.06%
1982	2,507,375	322,216	1.17%	6.25%
1983	2,537,399	343,421	1.2%	6.58%
1984	2,568,610	364,899	1.23%	6.25%
1985	2,600,932	385,547	1.26%	5.66%
1986	2,634,258	404,728	1.28%	4.98%
1987	2,669,155	422,522	1.32%	4.4%
1988	2,713,965	439,651	1.68%	4.05%
1989	2,783,970	456,808	2.58%	3.9%
1990	2,871,910	474,274	3.16%	3.82%
1991	2,963,191	492,217	3.18%	3.78%
1992	3,058,831	510,770	3.23%	3.77%
1993	3,157,839	530,023	3.24%	3.77%
1994	3,257,954	550,138	3.17%	3.8%
1995	3,348,052	571,264	2.77%	3.84%
1996	3,435,965	593,492	2.63%	3.89%
1997	3,531,700	616,893	2.79%	3.94%
1998	3,628,827	641,474	2.75%	3.98%
1999	3,729,450	667,214	2.77%	4.01%
2000	3,833,416	703,279	2.79%	5.41%
2001	3,919,487	749,836	2.25%	6.62%
2002	4,006,077	797,957	2.21%	6.42%
2003	4,103,086	847,862	2.42%	6.25%
2004	4,192,826	899,917	2.19%	6.14%
2005	4,288,810	947,367	2.29%	5.27%
2006	4,377,579	990,343	2.07%	4.54%
2007	4,462,770	1,036,044	1.95%	4.61%
2008	4,558,984	1,084,530	2.16%	4.68%
2009	4,529,047	1,135,673	-0.66%	4.72%
2010	4,492,995	1,189,085	-0.8%	4.7%
2011	4,565,021	1,241,835	1.6%	4.44%
2012	4,610,848	1,293,483	1%	4.16%
2013	4,642,419	1,346,218	0.68%	4.08%
2014	4,623,182	1,399,828	-0.41%	3.98%
2015	4,629,320	1,453,923	0.13%	3.86%
2016	4,713,663	1,508,186	1.82%	3.73%
2017	4,793,511	1,562,396	1.69%	3.59%
2018	4,878,657	1,616,422	1.78%	3.46%
2019	4,944,703	1,670,177	1.35%	3.33%
2020	5,026,628	1,716,468	1.66%	2.77%
2021	5,112,100	1,758,786	1.7%	2.47%
2022	5,098,039	1,803,545	-0.28%	2.54%
2023	5,152,421	1,847,549	1.07%	2.44%
2024	5,330,690	1,892,516	3.46%	2.43%
2025	5,513,285	1,938,427	3.43%	2.43%
2026	5,698,988	1,984,463	3.37%	2.37%
2027	5,888,126	2,030,749	3.32%	2.33%
2028	6,082,465	2,077,253	3.3%	2.29%
2029	6,279,729	2,123,699	3.24%	2.24%
2030	6,478,251	2,170,434	3.16%	2.2%
2031	6,680,052	2,218,077	3.12%	2.2%
2032	6,884,143	2,267,025	3.06%	2.21%
2033	7,089,444	2,315,991	2.98%	2.16%
2034	7,296,249	2,364,847	2.92%	2.11%
2035	7,502,585	2,414,263	2.83%	2.09%
2036	7,707,565	2,463,880	2.73%	2.06%
2037	7,911,635	2,513,955	2.65%	2.03%
2038	8,115,865	2,564,843	2.58%	2.02%
2039	8,321,550	2,615,417	2.53%	1.97%
2040	8,526,454	2,665,575	2.46%	1.92%
2041	8,729,074	2,715,477	2.38%	1.87%
2042	8,931,165	2,764,764	2.32%	1.82%
2043	9,134,993	2,813,769	2.28%	1.77%
2044	9,341,761	2,862,511	2.26%	1.73%
2045	9,550,893	2,911,227	2.24%	1.7%
2046	9,761,447	2,959,088	2.2%	1.64%
2047	9,972,759	3,005,551	2.16%	1.57%
2048	10,186,021	3,051,480	2.14%	1.53%
2049	10,400,624	3,097,625	2.11%	1.51%
2050	10,616,749	3,143,719	2.08%	1.49%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Equatorial Guinea gained 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Equatorial Guinea's population increased by 476,782 (a 31.6% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th in 2006 and ranked 148th 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 Equatorial Guinea will increase by 58.4% to 3,143,719 people and rank change from 148th to 140th.