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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Central African Republic was 5,330,690 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Central African Republic's population is 5,662,456 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • The Central African Republic's population is 41 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • The Central African Republic is ranked the 117th most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for the Central African Republic vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, the Central African Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.27% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Central African Republic has increased from 4.29M people to 5.66M (32% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • The Central African Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.8M people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.

Central African Republic vs Kiribati: live population counter

CAR Kiribati
Current population
5662456
138067
Population rank 117/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.002%
One net population change
2.95 minutes
4.41 hours
One birth every
2.2 minutes
2.56 hours
One death every
10.8 minutes
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
34.2 minutes
18.6 hours
Annual migration change -15,357 -471
Daily growth/decline +488 +5
Annual growth/decline +178,269 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate +3.46% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 10/197 74/197

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

Central African Republic
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
CAR Kiribati CAR Kiribati
1960 1,702,346 47,157 - -
1961 1,734,580 48,323 1.89% 2.47%
1962 1,768,115 49,538 1.93% 2.51%
1963 1,803,063 50,791 1.98% 2.53%
1964 1,839,583 52,088 2.03% 2.55%
1965 1,877,854 53,439 2.08% 2.59%
1966 1,918,082 54,425 2.14% 1.85%
1967 1,960,444 54,996 2.21% 1.05%
1968 2,005,100 55,529 2.28% 0.97%
1969 2,051,515 56,360 2.31% 1.5%
1970 2,097,505 57,510 2.24% 2.04%
1971 2,141,450 58,652 2.1% 1.99%
1972 2,183,769 59,778 1.98% 1.92%
1973 2,226,008 60,824 1.93% 1.75%
1974 2,269,338 61,219 1.95% 0.65%
1975 2,313,916 60,987 1.96% -0.38%
1976 2,348,566 60,661 1.5% -0.53%
1977 2,372,930 60,267 1.04% -0.65%
1978 2,397,961 59,864 1.05% -0.67%
1979 2,423,794 60,172 1.08% 0.51%
1980 2,450,535 61,148 1.1% 1.62%
1981 2,478,402 62,121 1.14% 1.59%
1982 2,507,375 63,134 1.17% 1.63%
1983 2,537,399 64,169 1.2% 1.64%
1984 2,568,610 65,228 1.23% 1.65%
1985 2,600,932 66,496 1.26% 1.94%
1986 2,634,258 68,059 1.28% 2.35%
1987 2,669,155 69,733 1.32% 2.46%
1988 2,713,965 71,427 1.68% 2.43%
1989 2,783,970 73,147 2.58% 2.41%
1990 2,871,910 74,855 3.16% 2.34%
1991 2,963,191 76,367 3.18% 2.02%
1992 3,058,831 77,641 3.23% 1.67%
1993 3,157,839 78,841 3.24% 1.55%
1994 3,257,954 80,021 3.17% 1.5%
1995 3,348,052 81,234 2.77% 1.52%
1996 3,435,965 82,623 2.63% 1.71%
1997 3,531,700 84,147 2.79% 1.84%
1998 3,628,827 85,657 2.75% 1.79%
1999 3,729,450 87,126 2.77% 1.71%
2000 3,833,416 88,613 2.79% 1.71%
2001 3,919,487 90,335 2.25% 1.94%
2002 4,006,077 92,264 2.21% 2.14%
2003 4,103,086 94,175 2.42% 2.07%
2004 4,192,826 96,085 2.19% 2.03%
2005 4,288,810 98,035 2.29% 2.03%
2006 4,377,579 100,017 2.07% 2.02%
2007 4,462,770 102,068 1.95% 2.05%
2008 4,558,984 104,222 2.16% 2.11%
2009 4,529,047 106,467 -0.66% 2.15%
2010 4,492,995 108,704 -0.8% 2.1%
2011 4,565,021 110,647 1.6% 1.79%
2012 4,610,848 112,284 1% 1.48%
2013 4,642,419 113,838 0.68% 1.38%
2014 4,623,182 115,326 -0.41% 1.31%
2015 4,629,320 116,815 0.13% 1.29%
2016 4,713,663 118,478 1.82% 1.42%
2017 4,793,511 120,275 1.69% 1.52%
2018 4,878,657 122,084 1.78% 1.5%
2019 4,944,703 123,921 1.35% 1.5%
2020 5,026,628 126,099 1.66% 1.76%
2021 5,112,100 128,377 1.7% 1.81%
2022 5,098,039 130,469 -0.28% 1.63%
2023 5,152,421 132,530 1.07% 1.58%
2024 5,330,690 134,518 3.46% 1.5%
2025 5,513,285 136,501 3.43% 1.47%
2026 5,698,988 138,451 3.37% 1.43%
2027 5,888,126 140,405 3.32% 1.41%
2028 6,082,465 142,335 3.3% 1.37%
2029 6,279,729 144,231 3.24% 1.33%
2030 6,478,251 146,130 3.16% 1.32%
2031 6,680,052 148,028 3.12% 1.3%
2032 6,884,143 149,915 3.06% 1.27%
2033 7,089,444 151,768 2.98% 1.24%
2034 7,296,249 153,602 2.92% 1.21%
2035 7,502,585 155,447 2.83% 1.2%
2036 7,707,565 157,316 2.73% 1.2%
2037 7,911,635 159,188 2.65% 1.19%
2038 8,115,865 161,050 2.58% 1.17%
2039 8,321,550 162,895 2.53% 1.15%
2040 8,526,454 164,711 2.46% 1.11%
2041 8,729,074 166,508 2.38% 1.09%
2042 8,931,165 168,325 2.32% 1.09%
2043 9,134,993 170,182 2.28% 1.1%
2044 9,341,761 172,012 2.26% 1.08%
2045 9,550,893 173,818 2.24% 1.05%
2046 9,761,447 175,629 2.2% 1.04%
2047 9,972,759 177,392 2.16% 1%
2048 10,186,021 179,152 2.14% 0.99%
2049 10,400,624 180,915 2.11% 0.98%
2050 10,616,749 182,629 2.08% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

Biggest cities by population

CAR
City Population
Bangui 889K
Berberati 76.9K
Bria 35.2K
Kiribati
City Population
South Tarawa 63.4K
London 1.9K

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