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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Maldives	CAR	Maldives
1960	1,702,346	91,189	-	-
1961	1,734,580	93,450	1.89%	2.48%
1962	1,768,115	95,802	1.93%	2.52%
1963	1,803,063	98,222	1.98%	2.53%
1964	1,839,583	100,662	2.03%	2.48%
1965	1,877,854	104,102	2.08%	3.42%
1966	1,918,082	108,507	2.14%	4.23%
1967	1,960,444	112,528	2.21%	3.71%
1968	2,005,100	116,075	2.28%	3.15%
1969	2,051,515	119,564	2.31%	3.01%
1970	2,097,505	123,219	2.24%	3.06%
1971	2,141,450	127,035	2.1%	3.1%
1972	2,183,769	130,968	1.98%	3.1%
1973	2,226,008	134,952	1.93%	3.04%
1974	2,269,338	138,978	1.95%	2.98%
1975	2,313,916	143,158	1.96%	3.01%
1976	2,348,566	147,525	1.5%	3.05%
1977	2,372,930	151,930	1.04%	2.99%
1978	2,397,961	156,159	1.05%	2.78%
1979	2,423,794	160,360	1.08%	2.69%
1980	2,450,535	164,835	1.1%	2.79%
1981	2,478,402	169,532	1.14%	2.85%
1982	2,507,375	174,333	1.17%	2.83%
1983	2,537,399	179,128	1.2%	2.75%
1984	2,568,610	184,198	1.23%	2.83%
1985	2,600,932	190,169	1.26%	3.24%
1986	2,634,258	196,935	1.28%	3.56%
1987	2,669,155	203,944	1.32%	3.56%
1988	2,713,965	210,885	1.68%	3.4%
1989	2,783,970	217,738	2.58%	3.25%
1990	2,871,910	224,762	3.16%	3.23%
1991	2,963,191	231,802	3.18%	3.13%
1992	3,058,831	238,543	3.23%	2.91%
1993	3,157,839	244,884	3.24%	2.66%
1994	3,257,954	250,822	3.17%	2.42%
1995	3,348,052	256,649	2.77%	2.32%
1996	3,435,965	262,347	2.63%	2.22%
1997	3,531,700	267,707	2.79%	2.04%
1998	3,628,827	272,723	2.75%	1.87%
1999	3,729,450	277,412	2.77%	1.72%
2000	3,833,416	282,019	2.79%	1.66%
2001	3,919,487	286,767	2.25%	1.68%
2002	4,006,077	291,616	2.21%	1.69%
2003	4,103,086	296,491	2.42%	1.67%
2004	4,192,826	301,413	2.19%	1.66%
2005	4,288,810	306,429	2.29%	1.66%
2006	4,377,579	313,851	2.07%	2.42%
2007	4,462,770	324,479	1.95%	3.39%
2008	4,558,984	336,170	2.16%	3.6%
2009	4,529,047	348,275	-0.66%	3.6%
2010	4,492,995	360,792	-0.8%	3.59%
2011	4,565,021	373,674	1.6%	3.57%
2012	4,610,848	386,818	1%	3.52%
2013	4,642,419	400,070	0.68%	3.43%
2014	4,623,182	413,617	-0.41%	3.39%
2015	4,629,320	428,154	0.13%	3.51%
2016	4,713,663	443,308	1.82%	3.54%
2017	4,793,511	458,287	1.69%	3.38%
2018	4,878,657	473,099	1.78%	3.23%
2019	4,944,703	487,731	1.35%	3.09%
2020	5,026,628	502,118	1.66%	2.95%
2021	5,112,100	516,154	1.7%	2.8%
2022	5,098,039	524,106	-0.28%	1.54%
2023	5,152,421	525,994	1.07%	0.36%
2024	5,330,690	527,799	3.46%	0.34%
2025	5,513,285	529,677	3.43%	0.36%
2026	5,698,988	531,514	3.37%	0.35%
2027	5,888,126	533,433	3.32%	0.36%
2028	6,082,465	535,502	3.3%	0.39%
2029	6,279,729	537,574	3.24%	0.39%
2030	6,478,251	539,667	3.16%	0.39%
2031	6,680,052	541,929	3.12%	0.42%
2032	6,884,143	544,288	3.06%	0.44%
2033	7,089,444	546,723	2.98%	0.45%
2034	7,296,249	549,162	2.92%	0.45%
2035	7,502,585	551,599	2.83%	0.44%
2036	7,707,565	554,092	2.73%	0.45%
2037	7,911,635	556,637	2.65%	0.46%
2038	8,115,865	559,231	2.58%	0.47%
2039	8,321,550	561,958	2.53%	0.49%
2040	8,526,454	564,800	2.46%	0.51%
2041	8,729,074	567,606	2.38%	0.5%
2042	8,931,165	570,381	2.32%	0.49%
2043	9,134,993	573,138	2.28%	0.48%
2044	9,341,761	575,811	2.26%	0.47%
2045	9,550,893	578,459	2.24%	0.46%
2046	9,761,447	581,026	2.2%	0.44%
2047	9,972,759	583,393	2.16%	0.41%
2048	10,186,021	585,720	2.14%	0.4%
2049	10,400,624	587,988	2.11%	0.39%
2050	10,616,749	589,960	2.08%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.