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Population in the Central African Republic compared to Kuwait: 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 4,973,861 people in Kuwait in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Central African Republic's population is 5,662,456 people compared to 5,128,257 in Kuwait.

Population statistics:

  • The Central African Republic's population is 1.1 times bigger than Kuwait's.
  • The Central African Republic is ranked the 117th most populous country in the world, while Kuwait is the 127th.
  • The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.07% for the Central African Republic vs 0.06% for Kuwait.
  • For the last 10 years, the Central African Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.27% per year vs +3.25% in Kuwait.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Central African Republic has increased from 4.29M people to 5.66M (32% growth), while Kuwait has grown from 2.24M to 5.13M (129.3% growth).
  • The Central African Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.8M people compared to the peak of 9.68M people in 2100 for Kuwait.

Central African Republic vs Kuwait: live population counter

CAR Kuwait
Current population
5662456
5128257
Population rank 117/197 127/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.06%
One net population change
2.95 minutes
4.36 minutes
One birth every
2.2 minutes
10.5 minutes
One death every
10.8 minutes
1.18 hours
One migration net change every
34.2 minutes
8.53 minutes
Annual migration change -15,357 +61,624
Daily growth/decline +488 +330
Annual growth/decline +178,269 +120,441
Annual growth/decline rate +3.46% +2.48%
Population growth rate rank 10/197 29/197

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

Central African Republic
Population

Growth rate
Kuwait
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
CAR Kuwait CAR Kuwait
1960 1,702,346 311,060 - -
1961 1,734,580 345,945 1.89% 11.2%
1962 1,768,115 384,995 1.93% 11.3%
1963 1,803,063 427,694 1.98% 11.1%
1964 1,839,583 473,115 2.03% 10.6%
1965 1,877,854 521,174 2.08% 10.2%
1966 1,918,082 572,590 2.14% 9.87%
1967 1,960,444 628,089 2.21% 9.69%
1968 2,005,100 687,716 2.28% 9.49%
1969 2,051,515 749,452 2.31% 8.98%
1970 2,097,505 809,114 2.24% 7.96%
1971 2,141,450 865,076 2.1% 6.92%
1972 2,183,769 920,352 1.98% 6.39%
1973 2,226,008 977,654 1.93% 6.23%
1974 2,269,338 1,038,346 1.95% 6.21%
1975 2,313,916 1,104,863 1.96% 6.41%
1976 2,348,566 1,178,711 1.5% 6.68%
1977 2,372,930 1,258,023 1.04% 6.73%
1978 2,397,961 1,340,319 1.05% 6.54%
1979 2,423,794 1,423,514 1.08% 6.21%
1980 2,450,535 1,504,782 1.1% 5.71%
1981 2,478,402 1,583,426 1.14% 5.23%
1982 2,507,375 1,662,480 1.17% 4.99%
1983 2,537,399 1,744,295 1.2% 4.92%
1984 2,568,610 1,820,688 1.23% 4.38%
1985 2,600,932 1,894,242 1.26% 4.04%
1986 2,634,258 1,972,520 1.28% 4.13%
1987 2,669,155 2,052,994 1.32% 4.08%
1988 2,713,965 2,134,707 1.68% 3.98%
1989 2,783,970 2,217,468 2.58% 3.88%
1990 2,871,910 1,684,819 3.16% -24%
1991 2,963,191 1,351,399 3.18% -19.8%
1992 3,058,831 1,634,961 3.23% 21%
1993 3,157,839 1,672,151 3.24% 2.27%
1994 3,257,954 1,664,361 3.17% -0.47%
1995 3,348,052 1,681,513 2.77% 1.03%
1996 3,435,965 1,730,246 2.63% 2.9%
1997 3,531,700 1,787,683 2.79% 3.32%
1998 3,628,827 1,844,302 2.75% 3.17%
1999 3,729,450 1,900,030 2.77% 3.02%
2000 3,833,416 1,954,709 2.79% 2.88%
2001 3,919,487 2,008,121 2.25% 2.73%
2002 4,006,077 2,059,974 2.21% 2.58%
2003 4,103,086 2,109,881 2.42% 2.42%
2004 4,192,826 2,157,320 2.19% 2.25%
2005 4,288,810 2,236,788 2.29% 3.68%
2006 4,377,579 2,364,733 2.07% 5.72%
2007 4,462,770 2,507,887 1.95% 6.05%
2008 4,558,984 2,651,421 2.16% 5.72%
2009 4,529,047 2,795,484 -0.66% 5.43%
2010 4,492,995 2,943,372 -0.8% 5.29%
2011 4,565,021 3,132,814 1.6% 6.44%
2012 4,610,848 3,337,109 1% 6.52%
2013 4,642,419 3,507,844 0.68% 5.12%
2014 4,623,182 3,665,876 -0.41% 4.51%
2015 4,629,320 3,834,574 0.13% 4.6%
2016 4,713,663 4,004,096 1.82% 4.42%
2017 4,793,511 4,154,812 1.69% 3.76%
2018 4,878,657 4,323,515 1.78% 4.06%
2019 4,944,703 4,442,316 1.35% 2.75%
2020 5,026,628 4,400,267 1.66% -0.95%
2021 5,112,100 4,360,865 1.7% -0.9%
2022 5,098,039 4,589,643 -0.28% 5.25%
2023 5,152,421 4,853,420 1.07% 5.75%
2024 5,330,690 4,973,861 3.46% 2.48%
2025 5,513,285 5,066,162 3.43% 1.86%
2026 5,698,988 5,143,465 3.37% 1.53%
2027 5,888,126 5,209,589 3.32% 1.29%
2028 6,082,465 5,266,597 3.3% 1.09%
2029 6,279,729 5,318,118 3.24% 0.98%
2030 6,478,251 5,366,659 3.16% 0.91%
2031 6,680,052 5,414,485 3.12% 0.89%
2032 6,884,143 5,463,178 3.06% 0.9%
2033 7,089,444 5,512,705 2.98% 0.91%
2034 7,296,249 5,563,035 2.92% 0.91%
2035 7,502,585 5,614,091 2.83% 0.92%
2036 7,707,565 5,665,789 2.73% 0.92%
2037 7,911,635 5,718,074 2.65% 0.92%
2038 8,115,865 5,770,901 2.58% 0.92%
2039 8,321,550 5,824,158 2.53% 0.92%
2040 8,526,454 5,877,719 2.46% 0.92%
2041 8,729,074 5,931,576 2.38% 0.92%
2042 8,931,165 5,985,681 2.32% 0.91%
2043 9,134,993 6,039,888 2.28% 0.91%
2044 9,341,761 6,094,155 2.26% 0.9%
2045 9,550,893 6,148,424 2.24% 0.89%
2046 9,761,447 6,202,560 2.2% 0.88%
2047 9,972,759 6,256,606 2.16% 0.87%
2048 10,186,021 6,310,637 2.14% 0.86%
2049 10,400,624 6,364,604 2.11% 0.86%
2050 10,616,749 6,418,538 2.08% 0.85%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Kuwait gained 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Kuwait's population increased by 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Kuwait was ranked 140th in 2005 and ranked 127th 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 Kuwait will increase by 25.2% to 6,418,538 people and rank change from 127th to 117th.

Biggest cities by population

CAR
City Population
Bangui 889K
Berberati 76.9K
Bria 35.2K
Kuwait
City Population
Kuwait 2.99M
Al Wafrah 10K

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