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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Laos	CAR	Laos
1960	1,702,346	2,121,514	-	-
1961	1,734,580	2,169,796	1.89%	2.28%
1962	1,768,115	2,219,910	1.93%	2.31%
1963	1,803,063	2,271,061	1.98%	2.3%
1964	1,839,583	2,322,826	2.03%	2.28%
1965	1,877,854	2,376,200	2.08%	2.3%
1966	1,918,082	2,431,084	2.14%	2.31%
1967	1,960,444	2,487,715	2.21%	2.33%
1968	2,005,100	2,546,377	2.28%	2.36%
1969	2,051,515	2,606,959	2.31%	2.38%
1970	2,097,505	2,669,702	2.24%	2.41%
1971	2,141,450	2,734,628	2.1%	2.43%
1972	2,183,769	2,801,660	1.98%	2.45%
1973	2,226,008	2,870,573	1.93%	2.46%
1974	2,269,338	2,939,761	1.95%	2.41%
1975	2,313,916	3,005,521	1.96%	2.24%
1976	2,348,566	3,064,876	1.5%	1.97%
1977	2,372,930	3,118,923	1.04%	1.76%
1978	2,397,961	3,171,740	1.05%	1.69%
1979	2,423,794	3,228,202	1.08%	1.78%
1980	2,450,535	3,292,573	1.1%	1.99%
1981	2,478,402	3,366,631	1.14%	2.25%
1982	2,507,375	3,450,026	1.17%	2.48%
1983	2,537,399	3,541,001	1.2%	2.64%
1984	2,568,610	3,637,843	1.23%	2.73%
1985	2,600,932	3,739,985	1.26%	2.81%
1986	2,634,258	3,846,715	1.28%	2.85%
1987	2,669,155	3,957,612	1.32%	2.88%
1988	2,713,965	4,072,601	1.68%	2.91%
1989	2,783,970	4,190,974	2.58%	2.91%
1990	2,871,910	4,311,955	3.16%	2.89%
1991	2,963,191	4,435,118	3.18%	2.86%
1992	3,058,831	4,559,646	3.23%	2.81%
1993	3,157,839	4,685,060	3.24%	2.75%
1994	3,257,954	4,809,220	3.17%	2.65%
1995	3,348,052	4,929,409	2.77%	2.5%
1996	3,435,965	5,045,678	2.63%	2.36%
1997	3,531,700	5,152,011	2.79%	2.11%
1998	3,628,827	5,248,266	2.75%	1.87%
1999	3,729,450	5,340,784	2.77%	1.76%
2000	3,833,416	5,431,212	2.79%	1.69%
2001	3,919,487	5,521,482	2.25%	1.66%
2002	4,006,077	5,610,889	2.21%	1.62%
2003	4,103,086	5,697,945	2.42%	1.55%
2004	4,192,826	5,781,626	2.19%	1.47%
2005	4,288,810	5,869,523	2.29%	1.52%
2006	4,377,579	5,963,200	2.07%	1.6%
2007	4,462,770	6,056,236	1.95%	1.56%
2008	4,558,984	6,148,969	2.16%	1.53%
2009	4,529,047	6,241,642	-0.66%	1.51%
2010	4,492,995	6,334,194	-0.8%	1.48%
2011	4,565,021	6,426,590	1.6%	1.46%
2012	4,610,848	6,518,978	1%	1.44%
2013	4,642,419	6,611,385	0.68%	1.42%
2014	4,623,182	6,703,172	-0.41%	1.39%
2015	4,629,320	6,801,645	0.13%	1.47%
2016	4,713,663	6,908,802	1.82%	1.58%
2017	4,793,511	7,018,147	1.69%	1.58%
2018	4,878,657	7,128,045	1.78%	1.57%
2019	4,944,703	7,237,636	1.35%	1.54%
2020	5,026,628	7,346,533	1.66%	1.5%
2021	5,112,100	7,453,194	1.7%	1.45%
2022	5,098,039	7,559,007	-0.28%	1.42%
2023	5,152,421	7,664,993	1.07%	1.4%
2024	5,330,690	7,769,819	3.46%	1.37%
2025	5,513,285	7,873,043	3.43%	1.33%
2026	5,698,988	7,974,020	3.37%	1.28%
2027	5,888,126	8,072,924	3.32%	1.24%
2028	6,082,465	8,169,794	3.3%	1.2%
2029	6,279,729	8,264,394	3.24%	1.16%
2030	6,478,251	8,357,024	3.16%	1.12%
2031	6,680,052	8,447,769	3.12%	1.09%
2032	6,884,143	8,536,450	3.06%	1.05%
2033	7,089,444	8,622,824	2.98%	1.01%
2034	7,296,249	8,706,826	2.92%	0.97%
2035	7,502,585	8,788,759	2.83%	0.94%
2036	7,707,565	8,868,880	2.73%	0.91%
2037	7,911,635	8,947,241	2.65%	0.88%
2038	8,115,865	9,023,864	2.58%	0.86%
2039	8,321,550	9,097,889	2.53%	0.82%
2040	8,526,454	9,168,998	2.46%	0.78%
2041	8,729,074	9,238,108	2.38%	0.75%
2042	8,931,165	9,305,405	2.32%	0.73%
2043	9,134,993	9,370,049	2.28%	0.69%
2044	9,341,761	9,432,310	2.26%	0.66%
2045	9,550,893	9,492,501	2.24%	0.64%
2046	9,761,447	9,550,341	2.2%	0.61%
2047	9,972,759	9,605,804	2.16%	0.58%
2048	10,186,021	9,659,037	2.14%	0.55%
2049	10,400,624	9,709,614	2.11%	0.52%
2050	10,616,749	9,757,279	2.08%	0.49%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Laos was ranked 103rd in 2005 and still ranked 103rd 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 Laos will increase by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.