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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Ghana	CAR	Ghana
1960	1,702,346	6,961,215	-	-
1961	1,734,580	7,162,667	1.89%	2.89%
1962	1,768,115	7,337,375	1.93%	2.44%
1963	1,803,063	7,514,714	1.98%	2.42%
1964	1,839,583	7,695,739	2.03%	2.41%
1965	1,877,854	7,882,606	2.08%	2.43%
1966	1,918,082	8,074,521	2.14%	2.43%
1967	1,960,444	8,271,913	2.21%	2.44%
1968	2,005,100	8,475,729	2.28%	2.46%
1969	2,051,515	8,690,383	2.31%	2.53%
1970	2,097,505	8,925,813	2.24%	2.71%
1971	2,141,450	9,176,264	2.1%	2.81%
1972	2,183,769	9,438,187	1.98%	2.85%
1973	2,226,008	9,714,617	1.93%	2.93%
1974	2,269,338	10,000,523	1.95%	2.94%
1975	2,313,916	10,294,308	1.96%	2.94%
1976	2,348,566	10,594,913	1.5%	2.92%
1977	2,372,930	10,911,871	1.04%	2.99%
1978	2,397,961	11,248,450	1.05%	3.08%
1979	2,423,794	11,597,255	1.08%	3.1%
1980	2,450,535	11,941,448	1.1%	2.97%
1981	2,478,402	12,281,712	1.14%	2.85%
1982	2,507,375	12,643,819	1.17%	2.95%
1983	2,537,399	13,029,836	1.2%	3.05%
1984	2,568,610	13,370,590	1.23%	2.62%
1985	2,600,932	13,661,229	1.26%	2.17%
1986	2,634,258	13,965,217	1.28%	2.23%
1987	2,669,155	14,289,108	1.32%	2.32%
1988	2,713,965	14,636,568	1.68%	2.43%
1989	2,783,970	15,006,813	2.58%	2.53%
1990	2,871,910	15,394,648	3.16%	2.58%
1991	2,963,191	15,787,496	3.18%	2.55%
1992	3,058,831	16,184,855	3.23%	2.52%
1993	3,157,839	16,589,519	3.24%	2.5%
1994	3,257,954	16,993,190	3.17%	2.43%
1995	3,348,052	17,399,017	2.77%	2.39%
1996	3,435,965	17,810,181	2.63%	2.36%
1997	3,531,700	18,238,958	2.79%	2.41%
1998	3,628,827	18,688,036	2.75%	2.46%
1999	3,729,450	19,149,864	2.77%	2.47%
2000	3,833,416	19,637,087	2.79%	2.54%
2001	3,919,487	20,167,069	2.25%	2.7%
2002	4,006,077	20,729,388	2.21%	2.79%
2003	4,103,086	21,296,705	2.42%	2.74%
2004	4,192,826	21,868,298	2.19%	2.68%
2005	4,288,810	22,449,438	2.29%	2.66%
2006	4,377,579	23,040,702	2.07%	2.63%
2007	4,462,770	23,642,279	1.95%	2.61%
2008	4,558,984	24,249,946	2.16%	2.57%
2009	4,529,047	24,862,664	-0.66%	2.53%
2010	4,492,995	25,474,995	-0.8%	2.46%
2011	4,565,021	26,095,088	1.6%	2.43%
2012	4,610,848	26,734,268	1%	2.45%
2013	4,642,419	27,386,193	0.68%	2.44%
2014	4,623,182	28,041,592	-0.41%	2.39%
2015	4,629,320	28,696,068	0.13%	2.33%
2016	4,713,663	29,356,742	1.82%	2.3%
2017	4,793,511	30,008,354	1.69%	2.22%
2018	4,878,657	30,637,585	1.78%	2.1%
2019	4,944,703	31,258,945	1.35%	2.03%
2020	5,026,628	31,887,809	1.66%	2.01%
2021	5,112,100	32,518,665	1.7%	1.98%
2022	5,098,039	33,149,152	-0.28%	1.94%
2023	5,152,421	33,787,914	1.07%	1.93%
2024	5,330,690	34,427,414	3.46%	1.89%
2025	5,513,285	35,064,273	3.43%	1.85%
2026	5,698,988	35,697,555	3.37%	1.81%
2027	5,888,126	36,328,265	3.32%	1.77%
2028	6,082,465	36,959,310	3.3%	1.74%
2029	6,279,729	37,589,709	3.24%	1.71%
2030	6,478,251	38,222,075	3.16%	1.68%
2031	6,680,052	38,856,804	3.12%	1.66%
2032	6,884,143	39,492,788	3.06%	1.64%
2033	7,089,444	40,132,720	2.98%	1.62%
2034	7,296,249	40,774,152	2.92%	1.6%
2035	7,502,585	41,412,555	2.83%	1.57%
2036	7,707,565	42,047,450	2.73%	1.53%
2037	7,911,635	42,682,177	2.65%	1.51%
2038	8,115,865	43,314,971	2.58%	1.48%
2039	8,321,550	43,942,852	2.53%	1.45%
2040	8,526,454	44,568,346	2.46%	1.42%
2041	8,729,074	45,190,628	2.38%	1.4%
2042	8,931,165	45,808,597	2.32%	1.37%
2043	9,134,993	46,421,960	2.28%	1.34%
2044	9,341,761	47,030,351	2.26%	1.31%
2045	9,550,893	47,634,271	2.24%	1.28%
2046	9,761,447	48,231,602	2.2%	1.25%
2047	9,972,759	48,823,456	2.16%	1.23%
2048	10,186,021	49,408,506	2.14%	1.2%
2049	10,400,624	49,984,435	2.11%	1.17%
2050	10,616,749	50,553,041	2.08%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Ghana was ranked 48th in 2006 and ranked 47th 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 Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.