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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Malaysia	CAR	Malaysia
1960	1,702,346	7,956,197	-	-
1961	1,734,580	8,164,443	1.89%	2.62%
1962	1,768,115	8,380,172	1.93%	2.64%
1963	1,803,063	8,602,160	1.98%	2.65%
1964	1,839,583	8,828,406	2.03%	2.63%
1965	1,877,854	9,056,408	2.08%	2.58%
1966	1,918,082	9,284,688	2.14%	2.52%
1967	1,960,444	9,507,099	2.21%	2.4%
1968	2,005,100	9,725,281	2.28%	2.29%
1969	2,051,515	9,947,597	2.31%	2.29%
1970	2,097,505	10,178,802	2.24%	2.32%
1971	2,141,450	10,423,453	2.1%	2.4%
1972	2,183,769	10,676,835	1.98%	2.43%
1973	2,226,008	10,935,621	1.93%	2.42%
1974	2,269,338	11,200,906	1.95%	2.43%
1975	2,313,916	11,471,914	1.96%	2.42%
1976	2,348,566	11,750,097	1.5%	2.42%
1977	2,372,930	12,035,713	1.04%	2.43%
1978	2,397,961	12,328,157	1.05%	2.43%
1979	2,423,794	12,627,862	1.08%	2.43%
1980	2,450,535	12,983,363	1.1%	2.82%
1981	2,478,402	13,399,203	1.14%	3.2%
1982	2,507,375	13,832,798	1.17%	3.24%
1983	2,537,399	14,285,907	1.2%	3.28%
1984	2,568,610	14,759,009	1.23%	3.31%
1985	2,600,932	15,252,258	1.26%	3.34%
1986	2,634,258	15,760,419	1.28%	3.33%
1987	2,669,155	16,276,737	1.32%	3.28%
1988	2,713,965	16,796,605	1.68%	3.19%
1989	2,783,970	17,314,997	2.58%	3.09%
1990	2,871,910	17,833,171	3.16%	2.99%
1991	2,963,191	18,342,464	3.18%	2.86%
1992	3,058,831	18,834,572	3.23%	2.68%
1993	3,157,839	19,322,664	3.24%	2.59%
1994	3,257,954	19,820,446	3.17%	2.58%
1995	3,348,052	20,330,599	2.77%	2.57%
1996	3,435,965	20,850,087	2.63%	2.56%
1997	3,531,700	21,375,218	2.79%	2.52%
1998	3,628,827	21,906,713	2.75%	2.49%
1999	3,729,450	22,435,531	2.77%	2.41%
2000	3,833,416	22,967,816	2.79%	2.37%
2001	3,919,487	23,526,538	2.25%	2.43%
2002	4,006,077	24,102,477	2.21%	2.45%
2003	4,103,086	24,679,602	2.42%	2.39%
2004	4,192,826	25,256,772	2.19%	2.34%
2005	4,288,810	25,836,071	2.29%	2.29%
2006	4,377,579	26,417,909	2.07%	2.25%
2007	4,462,770	26,998,389	1.95%	2.2%
2008	4,558,984	27,570,059	2.16%	2.12%
2009	4,529,047	28,124,778	-0.66%	2.01%
2010	4,492,995	28,655,776	-0.8%	1.89%
2011	4,565,021	29,162,039	1.6%	1.77%
2012	4,610,848	29,662,831	1%	1.72%
2013	4,642,419	30,174,265	0.68%	1.72%
2014	4,623,182	30,696,137	-0.41%	1.73%
2015	4,629,320	31,232,798	0.13%	1.75%
2016	4,713,663	31,789,685	1.82%	1.78%
2017	4,793,511	32,355,644	1.69%	1.78%
2018	4,878,657	32,910,967	1.78%	1.72%
2019	4,944,703	33,440,596	1.35%	1.61%
2020	5,026,628	33,889,558	1.66%	1.34%
2021	5,112,100	34,282,399	1.7%	1.16%
2022	5,098,039	34,695,493	-0.28%	1.2%
2023	5,152,421	35,126,298	1.07%	1.24%
2024	5,330,690	35,557,673	3.46%	1.23%
2025	5,513,285	35,977,838	3.43%	1.18%
2026	5,698,988	36,385,119	3.37%	1.13%
2027	5,888,126	36,785,089	3.32%	1.1%
2028	6,082,465	37,182,773	3.3%	1.08%
2029	6,279,729	37,574,292	3.24%	1.05%
2030	6,478,251	37,961,722	3.16%	1.03%
2031	6,680,052	38,347,786	3.12%	1.02%
2032	6,884,143	38,728,383	3.06%	0.99%
2033	7,089,444	39,097,871	2.98%	0.95%
2034	7,296,249	39,457,849	2.92%	0.92%
2035	7,502,585	39,814,834	2.83%	0.9%
2036	7,707,565	40,166,904	2.73%	0.88%
2037	7,911,635	40,512,289	2.65%	0.86%
2038	8,115,865	40,853,318	2.58%	0.84%
2039	8,321,550	41,185,892	2.53%	0.81%
2040	8,526,454	41,509,646	2.46%	0.79%
2041	8,729,074	41,828,594	2.38%	0.77%
2042	8,931,165	42,144,474	2.32%	0.76%
2043	9,134,993	42,455,952	2.28%	0.74%
2044	9,341,761	42,754,140	2.26%	0.7%
2045	9,550,893	43,038,205	2.24%	0.66%
2046	9,761,447	43,313,754	2.2%	0.64%
2047	9,972,759	43,580,459	2.16%	0.62%
2048	10,186,021	43,831,577	2.14%	0.58%
2049	10,400,624	44,065,538	2.11%	0.53%
2050	10,616,749	44,289,765	2.08%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Central African Republic's population will grow by 86.2% to 10,616,749 people with a rank change from 117th to 96th. The population of Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.