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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Kenya	CAR	Kenya
1960	1,702,346	7,695,307	-	-
1961	1,734,580	7,987,770	1.89%	3.8%
1962	1,768,115	8,299,308	1.93%	3.9%
1963	1,803,063	8,627,971	1.98%	3.96%
1964	1,839,583	8,973,535	2.03%	4.01%
1965	1,877,854	9,338,078	2.08%	4.06%
1966	1,918,082	9,717,816	2.14%	4.07%
1967	1,960,444	10,111,057	2.21%	4.05%
1968	2,005,100	10,518,823	2.28%	4.03%
1969	2,051,515	10,939,695	2.31%	4%
1970	2,097,505	11,368,791	2.24%	3.92%
1971	2,141,450	11,788,904	2.1%	3.7%
1972	2,183,769	12,206,060	1.98%	3.54%
1973	2,226,008	12,634,835	1.93%	3.51%
1974	2,269,338	13,070,078	1.95%	3.44%
1975	2,313,916	13,511,671	1.96%	3.38%
1976	2,348,566	13,957,623	1.5%	3.3%
1977	2,372,930	14,428,819	1.04%	3.38%
1978	2,397,961	14,934,126	1.05%	3.5%
1979	2,423,794	15,460,666	1.08%	3.53%
1980	2,450,535	16,018,459	1.1%	3.61%
1981	2,478,402	16,601,507	1.14%	3.64%
1982	2,507,375	17,206,175	1.17%	3.64%
1983	2,537,399	17,846,374	1.2%	3.72%
1984	2,568,610	18,514,906	1.23%	3.75%
1985	2,600,932	19,201,768	1.26%	3.71%
1986	2,634,258	19,901,646	1.28%	3.64%
1987	2,669,155	20,616,096	1.32%	3.59%
1988	2,713,965	21,356,219	1.68%	3.59%
1989	2,783,970	22,118,434	2.58%	3.57%
1990	2,871,910	22,892,651	3.16%	3.5%
1991	2,963,191	23,646,514	3.18%	3.29%
1992	3,058,831	24,382,460	3.23%	3.11%
1993	3,157,839	25,117,188	3.24%	3.01%
1994	3,257,954	25,857,130	3.17%	2.95%
1995	3,348,052	26,601,751	2.77%	2.88%
1996	3,435,965	27,344,211	2.63%	2.79%
1997	3,531,700	28,101,768	2.79%	2.77%
1998	3,628,827	28,888,057	2.75%	2.8%
1999	3,729,450	29,733,408	2.77%	2.93%
2000	3,833,416	30,642,890	2.79%	3.06%
2001	3,919,487	31,619,170	2.25%	3.19%
2002	4,006,077	32,629,808	2.21%	3.2%
2003	4,103,086	33,652,223	2.42%	3.13%
2004	4,192,826	34,713,455	2.19%	3.15%
2005	4,288,810	35,796,484	2.29%	3.12%
2006	4,377,579	36,904,008	2.07%	3.09%
2007	4,462,770	38,036,349	1.95%	3.07%
2008	4,558,984	39,206,351	2.16%	3.08%
2009	4,529,047	40,408,891	-0.66%	3.07%
2010	4,492,995	41,598,567	-0.8%	2.94%
2011	4,565,021	42,758,461	1.6%	2.79%
2012	4,610,848	43,888,303	1%	2.64%
2013	4,642,419	44,986,791	0.68%	2.5%
2014	4,623,182	46,051,440	-0.41%	2.37%
2015	4,629,320	47,088,526	0.13%	2.25%
2016	4,713,663	48,139,687	1.82%	2.23%
2017	4,793,511	49,197,766	1.69%	2.2%
2018	4,878,657	50,207,107	1.78%	2.05%
2019	4,944,703	51,202,827	1.35%	1.98%
2020	5,026,628	52,217,334	1.66%	1.98%
2021	5,112,100	53,219,166	1.7%	1.92%
2022	5,098,039	54,252,461	-0.28%	1.94%
2023	5,152,421	55,339,003	1.07%	2%
2024	5,330,690	56,432,944	3.46%	1.98%
2025	5,513,285	57,532,489	3.43%	1.95%
2026	5,698,988	58,636,403	3.37%	1.92%
2027	5,888,126	59,745,751	3.32%	1.89%
2028	6,082,465	60,860,444	3.3%	1.87%
2029	6,279,729	61,979,186	3.24%	1.84%
2030	6,478,251	63,102,241	3.16%	1.81%
2031	6,680,052	64,230,108	3.12%	1.79%
2032	6,884,143	65,359,031	3.06%	1.76%
2033	7,089,444	66,484,805	2.98%	1.72%
2034	7,296,249	67,604,628	2.92%	1.68%
2035	7,502,585	68,715,909	2.83%	1.64%
2036	7,707,565	69,818,887	2.73%	1.61%
2037	7,911,635	70,910,404	2.65%	1.56%
2038	8,115,865	71,990,929	2.58%	1.52%
2039	8,321,550	73,057,760	2.53%	1.48%
2040	8,526,454	74,108,858	2.46%	1.44%
2041	8,729,074	75,144,357	2.38%	1.4%
2042	8,931,165	76,161,719	2.32%	1.35%
2043	9,134,993	77,159,121	2.28%	1.31%
2044	9,341,761	78,134,979	2.26%	1.26%
2045	9,550,893	79,088,832	2.24%	1.22%
2046	9,761,447	80,022,371	2.2%	1.18%
2047	9,972,759	80,938,635	2.16%	1.15%
2048	10,186,021	81,837,657	2.14%	1.11%
2049	10,400,624	82,721,766	2.11%	1.08%
2050	10,616,749	83,593,232	2.08%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th 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 Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.