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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Lesotho	CAR	Lesotho
1960	1,702,346	736,500	-	-
1961	1,734,580	758,824	1.89%	3.03%
1962	1,768,115	781,814	1.93%	3.03%
1963	1,803,063	805,373	1.98%	3.01%
1964	1,839,583	829,437	2.03%	2.99%
1965	1,877,854	854,090	2.08%	2.97%
1966	1,918,082	881,870	2.14%	3.25%
1967	1,960,444	913,982	2.21%	3.64%
1968	2,005,100	948,105	2.28%	3.73%
1969	2,051,515	983,202	2.31%	3.7%
1970	2,097,505	1,019,273	2.24%	3.67%
1971	2,141,450	1,056,246	2.1%	3.63%
1972	2,183,769	1,094,063	1.98%	3.58%
1973	2,226,008	1,132,697	1.93%	3.53%
1974	2,269,338	1,172,420	1.95%	3.51%
1975	2,313,916	1,213,643	1.96%	3.52%
1976	2,348,566	1,253,214	1.5%	3.26%
1977	2,372,930	1,289,967	1.04%	2.93%
1978	2,397,961	1,327,240	1.05%	2.89%
1979	2,423,794	1,366,169	1.08%	2.93%
1980	2,450,535	1,406,521	1.1%	2.95%
1981	2,478,402	1,448,069	1.14%	2.95%
1982	2,507,375	1,490,732	1.17%	2.95%
1983	2,537,399	1,534,413	1.2%	2.93%
1984	2,568,610	1,578,986	1.23%	2.9%
1985	2,600,932	1,624,379	1.26%	2.87%
1986	2,634,258	1,666,138	1.28%	2.57%
1987	2,669,155	1,703,390	1.32%	2.24%
1988	2,713,965	1,739,841	1.68%	2.14%
1989	2,783,970	1,775,436	2.58%	2.05%
1990	2,871,910	1,809,696	3.16%	1.93%
1991	2,963,191	1,842,379	3.18%	1.81%
1992	3,058,831	1,873,274	3.23%	1.68%
1993	3,157,839	1,901,793	3.24%	1.52%
1994	3,257,954	1,927,707	3.17%	1.36%
1995	3,348,052	1,951,437	2.77%	1.23%
1996	3,435,965	1,972,418	2.63%	1.08%
1997	3,531,700	1,988,130	2.79%	0.8%
1998	3,628,827	1,998,049	2.75%	0.5%
1999	3,729,450	2,003,234	2.77%	0.26%
2000	3,833,416	2,003,913	2.79%	0.03%
2001	3,919,487	2,000,853	2.25%	-0.15%
2002	4,006,077	1,994,679	2.21%	-0.31%
2003	4,103,086	1,985,059	2.42%	-0.48%
2004	4,192,826	1,971,129	2.19%	-0.7%
2005	4,288,810	1,953,076	2.29%	-0.92%
2006	4,377,579	1,945,063	2.07%	-0.41%
2007	4,462,770	1,953,268	1.95%	0.42%
2008	4,558,984	1,966,541	2.16%	0.68%
2009	4,529,047	1,980,883	-0.66%	0.73%
2010	4,492,995	1,996,251	-0.8%	0.78%
2011	4,565,021	2,014,009	1.6%	0.89%
2012	4,610,848	2,034,354	1%	1.01%
2013	4,642,419	2,056,504	0.68%	1.09%
2014	4,623,182	2,080,089	-0.41%	1.15%
2015	4,629,320	2,104,611	0.13%	1.18%
2016	4,713,663	2,130,422	1.82%	1.23%
2017	4,793,511	2,157,110	1.69%	1.25%
2018	4,878,657	2,183,603	1.78%	1.23%
2019	4,944,703	2,209,405	1.35%	1.18%
2020	5,026,628	2,235,727	1.66%	1.19%
2021	5,112,100	2,261,542	1.7%	1.15%
2022	5,098,039	2,286,110	-0.28%	1.09%
2023	5,152,421	2,311,472	1.07%	1.11%
2024	5,330,690	2,337,423	3.46%	1.12%
2025	5,513,285	2,363,324	3.43%	1.11%
2026	5,698,988	2,389,334	3.37%	1.1%
2027	5,888,126	2,415,365	3.32%	1.09%
2028	6,082,465	2,441,435	3.3%	1.08%
2029	6,279,729	2,467,677	3.24%	1.07%
2030	6,478,251	2,493,816	3.16%	1.06%
2031	6,680,052	2,520,014	3.12%	1.05%
2032	6,884,143	2,546,489	3.06%	1.05%
2033	7,089,444	2,573,106	2.98%	1.05%
2034	7,296,249	2,599,777	2.92%	1.04%
2035	7,502,585	2,626,560	2.83%	1.03%
2036	7,707,565	2,653,503	2.73%	1.03%
2037	7,911,635	2,680,081	2.65%	1%
2038	8,115,865	2,706,197	2.58%	0.97%
2039	8,321,550	2,732,138	2.53%	0.96%
2040	8,526,454	2,757,868	2.46%	0.94%
2041	8,729,074	2,783,361	2.38%	0.92%
2042	8,931,165	2,808,538	2.32%	0.9%
2043	9,134,993	2,833,257	2.28%	0.88%
2044	9,341,761	2,857,499	2.26%	0.86%
2045	9,550,893	2,881,333	2.24%	0.83%
2046	9,761,447	2,904,780	2.2%	0.81%
2047	9,972,759	2,927,859	2.16%	0.79%
2048	10,186,021	2,950,411	2.14%	0.77%
2049	10,400,624	2,972,156	2.11%	0.74%
2050	10,616,749	2,993,080	2.08%	0.7%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2005 and still ranked 144th 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.