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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Gabon	CAR	Gabon
1960	1,702,346	512,316	-	-
1961	1,734,580	518,266	1.89%	1.16%
1962	1,768,115	524,649	1.93%	1.23%
1963	1,803,063	531,452	1.98%	1.3%
1964	1,839,583	538,657	2.03%	1.36%
1965	1,877,854	546,308	2.08%	1.42%
1966	1,918,082	554,463	2.14%	1.49%
1967	1,960,444	563,108	2.21%	1.56%
1968	2,005,100	572,257	2.28%	1.62%
1969	2,051,515	583,276	2.31%	1.93%
1970	2,097,505	595,846	2.24%	2.16%
1971	2,141,450	608,348	2.1%	2.1%
1972	2,183,769	620,960	1.98%	2.07%
1973	2,226,008	633,995	1.93%	2.1%
1974	2,269,338	647,691	1.95%	2.16%
1975	2,313,916	662,197	1.96%	2.24%
1976	2,348,566	677,628	1.5%	2.33%
1977	2,372,930	693,984	1.04%	2.41%
1978	2,397,961	711,245	1.05%	2.49%
1979	2,423,794	729,375	1.08%	2.55%
1980	2,450,535	748,389	1.1%	2.61%
1981	2,478,402	768,385	1.14%	2.67%
1982	2,507,375	789,286	1.17%	2.72%
1983	2,537,399	811,005	1.2%	2.75%
1984	2,568,610	833,501	1.23%	2.77%
1985	2,600,932	856,726	1.26%	2.79%
1986	2,634,258	880,705	1.28%	2.8%
1987	2,669,155	905,479	1.32%	2.81%
1988	2,713,965	931,020	1.68%	2.82%
1989	2,783,970	957,138	2.58%	2.81%
1990	2,871,910	983,734	3.16%	2.78%
1991	2,963,191	1,010,818	3.18%	2.75%
1992	3,058,831	1,038,380	3.23%	2.73%
1993	3,157,839	1,066,405	3.24%	2.7%
1994	3,257,954	1,094,720	3.17%	2.66%
1995	3,348,052	1,123,213	2.77%	2.6%
1996	3,435,965	1,152,015	2.63%	2.56%
1997	3,531,700	1,181,439	2.79%	2.55%
1998	3,628,827	1,211,736	2.75%	2.56%
1999	3,729,450	1,243,016	2.77%	2.58%
2000	3,833,416	1,275,572	2.79%	2.62%
2001	3,919,487	1,309,589	2.25%	2.67%
2002	4,006,077	1,345,135	2.21%	2.71%
2003	4,103,086	1,382,350	2.42%	2.77%
2004	4,192,826	1,421,609	2.19%	2.84%
2005	4,288,810	1,463,495	2.29%	2.95%
2006	4,377,579	1,508,337	2.07%	3.06%
2007	4,462,770	1,556,237	1.95%	3.18%
2008	4,558,984	1,607,175	2.16%	3.27%
2009	4,529,047	1,661,556	-0.66%	3.38%
2010	4,492,995	1,719,879	-0.8%	3.51%
2011	4,565,021	1,781,985	1.6%	3.61%
2012	4,610,848	1,846,889	1%	3.64%
2013	4,642,419	1,913,059	0.68%	3.58%
2014	4,623,182	1,978,399	-0.41%	3.42%
2015	4,629,320	2,040,989	0.13%	3.16%
2016	4,713,663	2,100,306	1.82%	2.91%
2017	4,793,511	2,156,900	1.69%	2.69%
2018	4,878,657	2,212,318	1.78%	2.57%
2019	4,944,703	2,267,706	1.35%	2.5%
2020	5,026,628	2,322,539	1.66%	2.42%
2021	5,112,100	2,376,722	1.7%	2.33%
2022	5,098,039	2,430,747	-0.28%	2.27%
2023	5,152,421	2,484,789	1.07%	2.22%
2024	5,330,690	2,538,952	3.46%	2.18%
2025	5,513,285	2,593,130	3.43%	2.13%
2026	5,698,988	2,647,397	3.37%	2.09%
2027	5,888,126	2,701,860	3.32%	2.06%
2028	6,082,465	2,756,474	3.3%	2.02%
2029	6,279,729	2,811,348	3.24%	1.99%
2030	6,478,251	2,866,668	3.16%	1.97%
2031	6,680,052	2,922,503	3.12%	1.95%
2032	6,884,143	2,978,812	3.06%	1.93%
2033	7,089,444	3,035,711	2.98%	1.91%
2034	7,296,249	3,093,221	2.92%	1.89%
2035	7,502,585	3,151,467	2.83%	1.88%
2036	7,707,565	3,210,584	2.73%	1.88%
2037	7,911,635	3,270,304	2.65%	1.86%
2038	8,115,865	3,330,507	2.58%	1.84%
2039	8,321,550	3,391,378	2.53%	1.83%
2040	8,526,454	3,452,985	2.46%	1.82%
2041	8,729,074	3,515,218	2.38%	1.8%
2042	8,931,165	3,577,745	2.32%	1.78%
2043	9,134,993	3,640,570	2.28%	1.76%
2044	9,341,761	3,703,794	2.26%	1.74%
2045	9,550,893	3,767,430	2.24%	1.72%
2046	9,761,447	3,831,211	2.2%	1.69%
2047	9,972,759	3,894,840	2.16%	1.66%
2048	10,186,021	3,958,294	2.14%	1.63%
2049	10,400,624	4,021,470	2.11%	1.6%
2050	10,616,749	4,084,535	2.08%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Gabon gained 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Gabon's population increased by 595,732 (a 29.2% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Gabon was ranked 147th in 2005 and ranked 142nd 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 Gabon will increase by 54.9% to 4,084,535 people and rank change from 142nd to 133rd.