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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Ethiopia	CAR	Ethiopia
1960	1,702,346	21,376,693	-	-
1961	1,734,580	21,906,102	1.89%	2.48%
1962	1,768,115	22,465,126	1.93%	2.55%
1963	1,803,063	23,051,637	1.98%	2.61%
1964	1,839,583	23,666,548	2.03%	2.67%
1965	1,877,854	24,310,612	2.08%	2.72%
1966	1,918,082	24,952,689	2.14%	2.64%
1967	1,960,444	25,620,276	2.21%	2.68%
1968	2,005,100	26,337,930	2.28%	2.8%
1969	2,051,515	27,072,571	2.31%	2.79%
1970	2,097,505	27,829,128	2.24%	2.79%
1971	2,141,450	28,600,106	2.1%	2.77%
1972	2,183,769	29,374,608	1.98%	2.71%
1973	2,226,008	30,166,785	1.93%	2.7%
1974	2,269,338	30,957,273	1.95%	2.62%
1975	2,313,916	31,723,252	1.96%	2.47%
1976	2,348,566	32,534,418	1.5%	2.56%
1977	2,372,930	33,167,272	1.04%	1.95%
1978	2,397,961	33,734,592	1.05%	1.71%
1979	2,423,794	34,238,652	1.08%	1.49%
1980	2,450,535	34,428,514	1.1%	0.55%
1981	2,478,402	35,304,012	1.14%	2.54%
1982	2,507,375	36,701,290	1.17%	3.96%
1983	2,537,399	37,740,817	1.2%	2.83%
1984	2,568,610	38,735,722	1.23%	2.64%
1985	2,600,932	39,842,136	1.26%	2.86%
1986	2,634,258	41,037,656	1.28%	3%
1987	2,669,155	42,460,039	1.32%	3.47%
1988	2,713,965	44,150,825	1.68%	3.98%
1989	2,783,970	45,879,690	2.58%	3.92%
1990	2,871,910	47,609,755	3.16%	3.77%
1991	2,963,191	49,717,198	3.18%	4.43%
1992	3,058,831	51,853,747	3.23%	4.3%
1993	3,157,839	53,708,891	3.24%	3.58%
1994	3,257,954	55,611,508	3.17%	3.54%
1995	3,348,052	57,537,335	2.77%	3.46%
1996	3,435,965	59,467,635	2.63%	3.35%
1997	3,531,700	61,404,539	2.79%	3.26%
1998	3,628,827	63,363,524	2.75%	3.19%
1999	3,729,450	65,374,561	2.77%	3.17%
2000	3,833,416	67,411,494	2.79%	3.12%
2001	3,919,487	69,487,762	2.25%	3.08%
2002	4,006,077	71,635,517	2.21%	3.09%
2003	4,103,086	73,832,663	2.42%	3.07%
2004	4,192,826	76,077,206	2.19%	3.04%
2005	4,288,810	78,367,470	2.29%	3.01%
2006	4,377,579	80,703,490	2.07%	2.98%
2007	4,462,770	83,103,217	1.95%	2.97%
2008	4,558,984	85,543,668	2.16%	2.94%
2009	4,529,047	88,007,636	-0.66%	2.88%
2010	4,492,995	90,538,514	-0.8%	2.88%
2011	4,565,021	93,149,970	1.6%	2.88%
2012	4,610,848	95,798,767	1%	2.84%
2013	4,642,419	98,438,751	0.68%	2.76%
2014	4,623,182	101,115,610	-0.41%	2.72%
2015	4,629,320	103,867,135	0.13%	2.72%
2016	4,713,663	106,718,162	1.82%	2.74%
2017	4,793,511	109,666,481	1.69%	2.76%
2018	4,878,657	112,664,152	1.78%	2.73%
2019	4,944,703	115,737,383	1.35%	2.73%
2020	5,026,628	118,917,671	1.66%	2.75%
2021	5,112,100	122,138,588	1.7%	2.71%
2022	5,098,039	125,384,287	-0.28%	2.66%
2023	5,152,421	128,691,692	1.07%	2.64%
2024	5,330,690	132,059,767	3.46%	2.62%
2025	5,513,285	135,472,043	3.43%	2.58%
2026	5,698,988	138,902,180	3.37%	2.53%
2027	5,888,126	142,364,798	3.32%	2.49%
2028	6,082,465	145,841,255	3.3%	2.44%
2029	6,279,729	149,336,056	3.24%	2.4%
2030	6,478,251	152,855,352	3.16%	2.36%
2031	6,680,052	156,382,425	3.12%	2.31%
2032	6,884,143	159,923,895	3.06%	2.26%
2033	7,089,444	163,453,311	2.98%	2.21%
2034	7,296,249	166,978,790	2.92%	2.16%
2035	7,502,585	170,532,952	2.83%	2.13%
2036	7,707,565	174,097,772	2.73%	2.09%
2037	7,911,635	177,661,132	2.65%	2.05%
2038	8,115,865	181,235,892	2.58%	2.01%
2039	8,321,550	184,835,102	2.53%	1.99%
2040	8,526,454	188,450,900	2.46%	1.96%
2041	8,729,074	192,068,629	2.38%	1.92%
2042	8,931,165	195,695,295	2.32%	1.89%
2043	9,134,993	199,347,978	2.28%	1.87%
2044	9,341,761	203,014,368	2.26%	1.84%
2045	9,550,893	206,673,625	2.24%	1.8%
2046	9,761,447	210,337,847	2.2%	1.77%
2047	9,972,759	214,023,504	2.16%	1.75%
2048	10,186,021	217,710,204	2.14%	1.72%
2049	10,400,624	221,377,329	2.11%	1.68%
2050	10,616,749	225,021,865	2.08%	1.65%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2005 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.