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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Libya	CAR	Libya
1960	1,702,346	1,492,890	-	-
1961	1,734,580	1,555,699	1.89%	4.21%
1962	1,768,115	1,621,960	1.93%	4.26%
1963	1,803,063	1,690,457	1.98%	4.22%
1964	1,839,583	1,753,691	2.03%	3.74%
1965	1,877,854	1,804,015	2.08%	2.87%
1966	1,918,082	1,849,063	2.14%	2.5%
1967	1,960,444	1,898,199	2.21%	2.66%
1968	2,005,100	1,952,781	2.28%	2.88%
1969	2,051,515	2,014,293	2.31%	3.15%
1970	2,097,505	2,082,589	2.24%	3.39%
1971	2,141,450	2,153,534	2.1%	3.41%
1972	2,183,769	2,226,091	1.98%	3.37%
1973	2,226,008	2,314,193	1.93%	3.96%
1974	2,269,338	2,432,211	1.95%	5.1%
1975	2,313,916	2,571,556	1.96%	5.73%
1976	2,348,566	2,721,237	1.5%	5.82%
1977	2,372,930	2,881,533	1.04%	5.89%
1978	2,397,961	3,052,526	1.05%	5.93%
1979	2,423,794	3,233,846	1.08%	5.94%
1980	2,450,535	3,424,378	1.1%	5.89%
1981	2,478,402	3,621,486	1.14%	5.76%
1982	2,507,375	3,724,765	1.17%	2.85%
1983	2,537,399	3,718,961	1.2%	-0.16%
1984	2,568,610	3,773,633	1.23%	1.47%
1985	2,600,932	3,898,745	1.26%	3.32%
1986	2,634,258	4,017,403	1.28%	3.04%
1987	2,669,155	4,129,739	1.32%	2.8%
1988	2,713,965	4,237,755	1.68%	2.62%
1989	2,783,970	4,342,920	2.58%	2.48%
1990	2,871,910	4,445,239	3.16%	2.36%
1991	2,963,191	4,544,400	3.18%	2.23%
1992	3,058,831	4,640,352	3.23%	2.11%
1993	3,157,839	4,733,045	3.24%	2%
1994	3,257,954	4,822,037	3.17%	1.88%
1995	3,348,052	4,906,843	2.77%	1.76%
1996	3,435,965	4,987,393	2.63%	1.64%
1997	3,531,700	5,064,639	2.79%	1.55%
1998	3,628,827	5,140,704	2.75%	1.5%
1999	3,729,450	5,218,038	2.77%	1.5%
2000	3,833,416	5,305,021	2.79%	1.67%
2001	3,919,487	5,403,639	2.25%	1.86%
2002	4,006,077	5,508,410	2.21%	1.94%
2003	4,103,086	5,619,398	2.42%	2.01%
2004	4,192,826	5,736,693	2.19%	2.09%
2005	4,288,810	5,858,798	2.29%	2.13%
2006	4,377,579	5,980,211	2.07%	2.07%
2007	4,462,770	6,104,380	1.95%	2.08%
2008	4,558,984	6,235,430	2.16%	2.15%
2009	4,529,047	6,366,686	-0.66%	2.11%
2010	4,492,995	6,497,839	-0.8%	2.06%
2011	4,565,021	6,343,203	1.6%	-2.38%
2012	4,610,848	6,179,328	1%	-2.58%
2013	4,642,419	6,304,628	0.68%	2.03%
2014	4,623,182	6,427,252	-0.41%	1.94%
2015	4,629,320	6,531,819	0.13%	1.63%
2016	4,713,663	6,632,126	1.82%	1.54%
2017	4,793,511	6,738,770	1.69%	1.61%
2018	4,878,657	6,849,055	1.78%	1.64%
2019	4,944,703	6,951,033	1.35%	1.49%
2020	5,026,628	7,045,399	1.66%	1.36%
2021	5,112,100	7,135,175	1.7%	1.27%
2022	5,098,039	7,223,805	-0.28%	1.24%
2023	5,152,421	7,305,659	1.07%	1.13%
2024	5,330,690	7,381,023	3.46%	1.03%
2025	5,513,285	7,458,547	3.43%	1.05%
2026	5,698,988	7,539,842	3.37%	1.09%
2027	5,888,126	7,627,487	3.32%	1.16%
2028	6,082,465	7,716,839	3.3%	1.17%
2029	6,279,729	7,802,209	3.24%	1.11%
2030	6,478,251	7,885,801	3.16%	1.07%
2031	6,680,052	7,969,103	3.12%	1.06%
2032	6,884,143	8,048,491	3.06%	1%
2033	7,089,444	8,126,634	2.98%	0.97%
2034	7,296,249	8,206,611	2.92%	0.98%
2035	7,502,585	8,283,950	2.83%	0.94%
2036	7,707,565	8,357,480	2.73%	0.89%
2037	7,911,635	8,431,722	2.65%	0.89%
2038	8,115,865	8,506,595	2.58%	0.89%
2039	8,321,550	8,579,849	2.53%	0.86%
2040	8,526,454	8,651,409	2.46%	0.83%
2041	8,729,074	8,719,609	2.38%	0.79%
2042	8,931,165	8,786,619	2.32%	0.77%
2043	9,134,993	8,854,384	2.28%	0.77%
2044	9,341,761	8,920,015	2.26%	0.74%
2045	9,550,893	8,983,943	2.24%	0.72%
2046	9,761,447	9,043,667	2.2%	0.66%
2047	9,972,759	9,098,399	2.16%	0.61%
2048	10,186,021	9,154,058	2.14%	0.61%
2049	10,400,624	9,208,602	2.11%	0.6%
2050	10,616,749	9,260,603	2.08%	0.56%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Libya gained 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Libya's population increased by 992,030 (a 15.2% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Libya was ranked 104th in 2005 and ranked 105th 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 Libya will increase by 23.1% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.