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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	France	CAR	France
1960	1,702,346	47,412,964	-	-
1961	1,734,580	47,905,982	1.89%	1.04%
1962	1,768,115	48,389,516	1.93%	1.01%
1963	1,803,063	48,877,567	1.98%	1.01%
1964	1,839,583	49,401,492	2.03%	1.07%
1965	1,877,854	49,877,725	2.08%	0.96%
1966	1,918,082	50,311,637	2.14%	0.87%
1967	1,960,444	50,722,791	2.21%	0.82%
1968	2,005,100	51,112,980	2.28%	0.77%
1969	2,051,515	51,536,014	2.31%	0.83%
1970	2,097,505	52,007,169	2.24%	0.91%
1971	2,141,450	52,499,553	2.1%	0.95%
1972	2,183,769	52,962,356	1.98%	0.88%
1973	2,226,008	53,392,161	1.93%	0.81%
1974	2,269,338	53,746,571	1.95%	0.66%
1975	2,313,916	54,002,853	1.96%	0.48%
1976	2,348,566	54,232,383	1.5%	0.43%
1977	2,372,930	54,486,467	1.04%	0.47%
1978	2,397,961	54,734,030	1.05%	0.45%
1979	2,423,794	54,979,851	1.08%	0.45%
1980	2,450,535	55,274,184	1.1%	0.54%
1981	2,478,402	55,603,353	1.14%	0.6%
1982	2,507,375	55,806,789	1.17%	0.37%
1983	2,537,399	56,108,330	1.2%	0.54%
1984	2,568,610	56,383,085	1.23%	0.49%
1985	2,600,932	56,665,619	1.26%	0.5%
1986	2,634,258	56,956,002	1.28%	0.51%
1987	2,669,155	57,266,167	1.32%	0.54%
1988	2,713,965	57,598,186	1.68%	0.58%
1989	2,783,970	57,943,062	2.58%	0.6%
1990	2,871,910	58,261,012	3.16%	0.55%
1991	2,963,191	58,554,242	3.18%	0.5%
1992	3,058,831	58,846,584	3.23%	0.5%
1993	3,157,839	59,103,094	3.24%	0.44%
1994	3,257,954	59,324,863	3.17%	0.38%
1995	3,348,052	59,541,294	2.77%	0.36%
1996	3,435,965	59,754,504	2.63%	0.36%
1997	3,531,700	59,968,066	2.79%	0.36%
1998	3,628,827	60,190,684	2.75%	0.37%
1999	3,729,450	60,501,986	2.77%	0.52%
2000	3,833,416	60,918,661	2.79%	0.69%
2001	3,919,487	61,364,377	2.25%	0.73%
2002	4,006,077	61,812,142	2.21%	0.73%
2003	4,103,086	62,249,855	2.42%	0.71%
2004	4,192,826	62,707,588	2.19%	0.74%
2005	4,288,810	63,180,854	2.29%	0.75%
2006	4,377,579	63,622,342	2.07%	0.7%
2007	4,462,770	64,016,890	1.95%	0.62%
2008	4,558,984	64,375,116	2.16%	0.56%
2009	4,529,047	64,706,436	-0.66%	0.51%
2010	4,492,995	65,026,211	-0.8%	0.49%
2011	4,565,021	65,340,830	1.6%	0.48%
2012	4,610,848	65,657,659	1%	0.48%
2013	4,642,419	65,997,932	0.68%	0.52%
2014	4,623,182	66,312,067	-0.41%	0.48%
2015	4,629,320	66,548,272	0.13%	0.36%
2016	4,713,663	66,724,104	1.82%	0.26%
2017	4,793,511	66,918,020	1.69%	0.29%
2018	4,878,657	67,158,348	1.78%	0.36%
2019	4,944,703	67,382,061	1.35%	0.33%
2020	5,026,628	67,601,110	1.66%	0.33%
2021	5,112,100	67,842,811	1.7%	0.36%
2022	5,098,039	68,184,457	-0.28%	0.5%
2023	5,152,421	68,372,286	1.07%	0.28%
2024	5,330,690	68,551,653	3.46%	0.26%
2025	5,513,285	68,657,003	3.43%	0.15%
2026	5,698,988	68,755,474	3.37%	0.14%
2027	5,888,126	68,850,103	3.32%	0.14%
2028	6,082,465	68,943,198	3.3%	0.14%
2029	6,279,729	69,035,594	3.24%	0.13%
2030	6,478,251	69,127,642	3.16%	0.13%
2031	6,680,052	69,217,432	3.12%	0.13%
2032	6,884,143	69,307,184	3.06%	0.13%
2033	7,089,444	69,397,148	2.98%	0.13%
2034	7,296,249	69,488,653	2.92%	0.13%
2035	7,502,585	69,581,145	2.83%	0.13%
2036	7,707,565	69,671,156	2.73%	0.13%
2037	7,911,635	69,759,529	2.65%	0.13%
2038	8,115,865	69,842,775	2.58%	0.12%
2039	8,321,550	69,916,407	2.53%	0.11%
2040	8,526,454	69,983,876	2.46%	0.1%
2041	8,729,074	70,049,466	2.38%	0.09%
2042	8,931,165	70,112,592	2.32%	0.09%
2043	9,134,993	70,166,082	2.28%	0.08%
2044	9,341,761	70,208,621	2.26%	0.06%
2045	9,550,893	70,243,515	2.24%	0.05%
2046	9,761,447	70,267,943	2.2%	0.03%
2047	9,972,759	70,282,782	2.16%	0.02%
2048	10,186,021	70,289,191	2.14%	0.009%
2049	10,400,624	70,285,150	2.11%	-0.006%
2050	10,616,749	70,273,103	2.08%	-0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while France gained 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while France's population increased by 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. France was ranked 20th in 2006 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.21% to 70,273,103 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.