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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Ireland	CAR	Ireland
1960	1,702,346	2,828,600	-	-
1961	1,734,580	2,824,400	1.89%	-0.15%
1962	1,768,115	2,836,050	1.93%	0.41%
1963	1,803,063	2,852,650	1.98%	0.59%
1964	1,839,583	2,866,550	2.03%	0.49%
1965	1,877,854	2,877,300	2.08%	0.38%
1966	1,918,082	2,888,800	2.14%	0.4%
1967	1,960,444	2,902,450	2.21%	0.47%
1968	2,005,100	2,915,550	2.28%	0.45%
1969	2,051,515	2,932,650	2.31%	0.59%
1970	2,097,505	2,957,250	2.24%	0.84%
1971	2,141,450	2,992,050	2.1%	1.18%
1972	2,183,769	3,036,850	1.98%	1.5%
1973	2,226,008	3,085,950	1.93%	1.62%
1974	2,269,338	3,137,500	1.95%	1.67%
1975	2,313,916	3,189,550	1.96%	1.66%
1976	2,348,566	3,238,050	1.5%	1.52%
1977	2,372,930	3,282,200	1.04%	1.36%
1978	2,397,961	3,329,100	1.05%	1.43%
1979	2,423,794	3,373,750	1.08%	1.34%
1980	2,450,535	3,412,800	1.1%	1.16%
1981	2,478,402	3,453,000	1.14%	1.18%
1982	2,507,375	3,485,800	1.17%	0.95%
1983	2,537,399	3,510,600	1.2%	0.71%
1984	2,568,610	3,532,423	1.23%	0.62%
1985	2,600,932	3,538,082	1.26%	0.16%
1986	2,634,258	3,539,690	1.28%	0.05%
1987	2,669,155	3,540,057	1.32%	0.01%
1988	2,713,965	3,524,949	1.68%	-0.43%
1989	2,783,970	3,511,009	2.58%	-0.4%
1990	2,871,910	3,513,974	3.16%	0.08%
1991	2,963,191	3,534,235	3.18%	0.58%
1992	3,058,831	3,558,430	3.23%	0.68%
1993	3,157,839	3,576,261	3.24%	0.5%
1994	3,257,954	3,590,386	3.17%	0.39%
1995	3,348,052	3,608,841	2.77%	0.51%
1996	3,435,965	3,637,510	2.63%	0.79%
1997	3,531,700	3,674,171	2.79%	1.01%
1998	3,628,827	3,712,696	2.75%	1.05%
1999	3,729,450	3,754,786	2.77%	1.13%
2000	3,833,416	3,805,174	2.79%	1.34%
2001	3,919,487	3,866,243	2.25%	1.6%
2002	4,006,077	3,931,947	2.21%	1.7%
2003	4,103,086	3,996,521	2.42%	1.64%
2004	4,192,826	4,070,262	2.19%	1.85%
2005	4,288,810	4,159,914	2.29%	2.2%
2006	4,377,579	4,273,591	2.07%	2.73%
2007	4,462,770	4,398,942	1.95%	2.93%
2008	4,558,984	4,489,544	2.16%	2.06%
2009	4,529,047	4,535,375	-0.66%	1.02%
2010	4,492,995	4,560,155	-0.8%	0.55%
2011	4,565,021	4,580,084	1.6%	0.44%
2012	4,610,848	4,599,533	1%	0.42%
2013	4,642,419	4,623,816	0.68%	0.53%
2014	4,623,182	4,657,740	-0.41%	0.73%
2015	4,629,320	4,701,957	0.13%	0.95%
2016	4,713,663	4,762,722	1.82%	1.29%
2017	4,793,511	4,827,445	1.69%	1.36%
2018	4,878,657	4,898,022	1.78%	1.46%
2019	4,944,703	4,976,456	1.35%	1.6%
2020	5,026,628	5,039,747	1.66%	1.27%
2021	5,112,100	5,110,585	1.7%	1.41%
2022	5,098,039	5,212,836	-0.28%	2%
2023	5,152,421	5,311,538	1.07%	1.89%
2024	5,330,690	5,395,790	3.46%	1.59%
2025	5,513,285	5,450,228	3.43%	1.01%
2026	5,698,988	5,500,449	3.37%	0.92%
2027	5,888,126	5,547,627	3.32%	0.86%
2028	6,082,465	5,592,524	3.3%	0.81%
2029	6,279,729	5,634,478	3.24%	0.75%
2030	6,478,251	5,673,099	3.16%	0.69%
2031	6,680,052	5,709,621	3.12%	0.64%
2032	6,884,143	5,744,973	3.06%	0.62%
2033	7,089,444	5,778,467	2.98%	0.58%
2034	7,296,249	5,809,870	2.92%	0.54%
2035	7,502,585	5,839,208	2.83%	0.5%
2036	7,707,565	5,867,278	2.73%	0.48%
2037	7,911,635	5,895,280	2.65%	0.48%
2038	8,115,865	5,922,778	2.58%	0.47%
2039	8,321,550	5,948,562	2.53%	0.44%
2040	8,526,454	5,973,408	2.46%	0.42%
2041	8,729,074	5,997,971	2.38%	0.41%
2042	8,931,165	6,020,298	2.32%	0.37%
2043	9,134,993	6,040,050	2.28%	0.33%
2044	9,341,761	6,058,494	2.26%	0.31%
2045	9,550,893	6,075,441	2.24%	0.28%
2046	9,761,447	6,089,704	2.2%	0.23%
2047	9,972,759	6,102,050	2.16%	0.2%
2048	10,186,021	6,113,677	2.14%	0.19%
2049	10,400,624	6,123,367	2.11%	0.16%
2050	10,616,749	6,129,969	2.08%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Ireland gained 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Ireland's population increased by 738,242 (a 15.5% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2006 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people and rank change from 121st to 119th.