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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Iceland	CAR	Iceland
1960	1,702,346	175,574	-	-
1961	1,734,580	179,029	1.89%	1.97%
1962	1,768,115	182,378	1.93%	1.87%
1963	1,803,063	185,653	1.98%	1.8%
1964	1,839,583	188,983	2.03%	1.79%
1965	1,877,854	192,286	2.08%	1.75%
1966	1,918,082	195,570	2.14%	1.71%
1967	1,960,444	198,751	2.21%	1.63%
1968	2,005,100	201,488	2.28%	1.38%
1969	2,051,515	203,369	2.31%	0.93%
1970	2,097,505	204,438	2.24%	0.53%
1971	2,141,450	206,098	2.1%	0.81%
1972	2,183,769	209,137	1.98%	1.47%
1973	2,226,008	212,317	1.93%	1.52%
1974	2,269,338	215,209	1.95%	1.36%
1975	2,313,916	217,979	1.96%	1.29%
1976	2,348,566	220,154	1.5%	1%
1977	2,372,930	221,799	1.04%	0.75%
1978	2,397,961	223,537	1.05%	0.78%
1979	2,423,794	225,735	1.08%	0.98%
1980	2,450,535	228,138	1.1%	1.06%
1981	2,478,402	230,755	1.14%	1.15%
1982	2,507,375	233,860	1.17%	1.35%
1983	2,537,399	236,977	1.2%	1.33%
1984	2,568,610	239,511	1.23%	1.07%
1985	2,600,932	241,405	1.26%	0.79%
1986	2,634,258	243,180	1.28%	0.74%
1987	2,669,155	245,859	1.32%	1.1%
1988	2,713,965	249,740	1.68%	1.58%
1989	2,783,970	252,852	2.58%	1.25%
1990	2,871,910	254,826	3.16%	0.78%
1991	2,963,191	257,797	3.18%	1.17%
1992	3,058,831	261,057	3.23%	1.26%
1993	3,157,839	263,725	3.24%	1.02%
1994	3,257,954	266,021	3.17%	0.87%
1995	3,348,052	267,468	2.77%	0.54%
1996	3,435,965	268,916	2.63%	0.54%
1997	3,531,700	271,128	2.79%	0.82%
1998	3,628,827	274,047	2.75%	1.08%
1999	3,729,450	277,381	2.77%	1.22%
2000	3,833,416	281,205	2.79%	1.38%
2001	3,919,487	284,968	2.25%	1.34%
2002	4,006,077	287,523	2.21%	0.9%
2003	4,103,086	289,521	2.42%	0.69%
2004	4,192,826	292,074	2.19%	0.88%
2005	4,288,810	296,734	2.29%	1.6%
2006	4,377,579	303,782	2.07%	2.38%
2007	4,462,770	311,566	1.95%	2.56%
2008	4,558,984	317,414	2.16%	1.88%
2009	4,529,047	318,499	-0.66%	0.34%
2010	4,492,995	318,041	-0.8%	-0.14%
2011	4,565,021	319,014	1.6%	0.31%
2012	4,610,848	320,716	1%	0.53%
2013	4,642,419	323,764	0.68%	0.95%
2014	4,623,182	327,386	-0.41%	1.12%
2015	4,629,320	330,815	0.13%	1.05%
2016	4,713,663	335,439	1.82%	1.4%
2017	4,793,511	343,400	1.69%	2.37%
2018	4,878,657	352,721	1.78%	2.71%
2019	4,944,703	360,563	1.35%	2.22%
2020	5,026,628	366,463	1.66%	1.64%
2021	5,112,100	372,520	1.7%	1.65%
2022	5,098,039	382,003	-0.28%	2.55%
2023	5,152,421	385,663	1.07%	0.96%
2024	5,330,690	386,506	3.46%	0.22%
2025	5,513,285	391,286	3.43%	1.24%
2026	5,698,988	395,277	3.37%	1.02%
2027	5,888,126	398,729	3.32%	0.87%
2028	6,082,465	401,867	3.3%	0.79%
2029	6,279,729	404,639	3.24%	0.69%
2030	6,478,251	407,090	3.16%	0.61%
2031	6,680,052	409,307	3.12%	0.54%
2032	6,884,143	411,279	3.06%	0.48%
2033	7,089,444	413,059	2.98%	0.43%
2034	7,296,249	414,660	2.92%	0.39%
2035	7,502,585	416,153	2.83%	0.36%
2036	7,707,565	417,573	2.73%	0.34%
2037	7,911,635	418,847	2.65%	0.31%
2038	8,115,865	419,997	2.58%	0.27%
2039	8,321,550	421,032	2.53%	0.25%
2040	8,526,454	421,924	2.46%	0.21%
2041	8,729,074	422,688	2.38%	0.18%
2042	8,931,165	423,370	2.32%	0.16%
2043	9,134,993	424,023	2.28%	0.15%
2044	9,341,761	424,570	2.26%	0.13%
2045	9,550,893	424,909	2.24%	0.08%
2046	9,761,447	425,115	2.2%	0.05%
2047	9,972,759	425,264	2.16%	0.03%
2048	10,186,021	425,359	2.14%	0.02%
2049	10,400,624	425,409	2.11%	0.01%
2050	10,616,749	425,404	2.08%	-0.001%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Iceland gained 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 59,875 (a 17.8% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2006 and ranked 173rd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd.