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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Mali	CAR	Mali
1960	1,702,346	5,402,550	-	-
1961	1,734,580	5,482,283	1.89%	1.48%
1962	1,768,115	5,563,917	1.93%	1.49%
1963	1,803,063	5,646,605	1.98%	1.49%
1964	1,839,583	5,730,125	2.03%	1.48%
1965	1,877,854	5,815,487	2.08%	1.49%
1966	1,918,082	5,902,204	2.14%	1.49%
1967	1,960,444	5,990,906	2.21%	1.5%
1968	2,005,100	6,082,979	2.28%	1.54%
1969	2,051,515	6,177,704	2.31%	1.56%
1970	2,097,505	6,276,472	2.24%	1.6%
1971	2,141,450	6,377,944	2.1%	1.62%
1972	2,183,769	6,483,726	1.98%	1.66%
1973	2,226,008	6,597,106	1.93%	1.75%
1974	2,269,338	6,715,436	1.95%	1.79%
1975	2,313,916	6,837,261	1.96%	1.81%
1976	2,348,566	6,960,979	1.5%	1.81%
1977	2,372,930	7,090,979	1.04%	1.87%
1978	2,397,961	7,229,651	1.05%	1.96%
1979	2,423,794	7,375,266	1.08%	2.01%
1980	2,450,535	7,530,515	1.1%	2.1%
1981	2,478,402	7,692,766	1.14%	2.15%
1982	2,507,375	7,860,194	1.17%	2.18%
1983	2,537,399	8,034,400	1.2%	2.22%
1984	2,568,610	8,208,599	1.23%	2.17%
1985	2,600,932	8,374,663	1.26%	2.02%
1986	2,634,258	8,531,277	1.28%	1.87%
1987	2,669,155	8,681,164	1.32%	1.76%
1988	2,713,965	8,833,996	1.68%	1.76%
1989	2,783,970	8,999,938	2.58%	1.88%
1990	2,871,910	9,178,830	3.16%	1.99%
1991	2,963,191	9,362,888	3.18%	2.01%
1992	3,058,831	9,553,540	3.23%	2.04%
1993	3,157,839	9,754,786	3.24%	2.11%
1994	3,257,954	9,967,031	3.17%	2.18%
1995	3,348,052	10,185,365	2.77%	2.19%
1996	3,435,965	10,407,278	2.63%	2.18%
1997	3,531,700	10,646,495	2.79%	2.3%
1998	3,628,827	10,919,573	2.75%	2.56%
1999	3,729,450	11,227,415	2.77%	2.82%
2000	3,833,416	11,559,290	2.79%	2.96%
2001	3,919,487	11,912,158	2.25%	3.05%
2002	4,006,077	12,288,050	2.21%	3.16%
2003	4,103,086	12,684,955	2.42%	3.23%
2004	4,192,826	13,102,409	2.19%	3.29%
2005	4,288,810	13,538,647	2.29%	3.33%
2006	4,377,579	13,990,139	2.07%	3.33%
2007	4,462,770	14,457,775	1.95%	3.34%
2008	4,558,984	14,940,782	2.16%	3.34%
2009	4,529,047	15,435,539	-0.66%	3.31%
2010	4,492,995	15,945,198	-0.8%	3.3%
2011	4,565,021	16,469,049	1.6%	3.29%
2012	4,610,848	16,957,033	1%	2.96%
2013	4,642,419	17,459,615	0.68%	2.96%
2014	4,623,182	18,020,267	-0.41%	3.21%
2015	4,629,320	18,593,022	0.13%	3.18%
2016	4,713,663	19,191,289	1.82%	3.22%
2017	4,793,511	19,813,011	1.69%	3.24%
2018	4,878,657	20,442,030	1.78%	3.17%
2019	4,944,703	21,068,405	1.35%	3.06%
2020	5,026,628	21,713,836	1.66%	3.06%
2021	5,112,100	22,388,630	1.7%	3.11%
2022	5,098,039	23,072,640	-0.28%	3.06%
2023	5,152,421	23,769,127	1.07%	3.02%
2024	5,330,690	24,478,595	3.46%	2.98%
2025	5,513,285	25,198,817	3.43%	2.94%
2026	5,698,988	25,932,275	3.37%	2.91%
2027	5,888,126	26,679,171	3.32%	2.88%
2028	6,082,465	27,440,613	3.3%	2.85%
2029	6,279,729	28,215,513	3.24%	2.82%
2030	6,478,251	29,002,864	3.16%	2.79%
2031	6,680,052	29,804,545	3.12%	2.76%
2032	6,884,143	30,618,893	3.06%	2.73%
2033	7,089,444	31,442,801	2.98%	2.69%
2034	7,296,249	32,276,672	2.92%	2.65%
2035	7,502,585	33,118,344	2.83%	2.61%
2036	7,707,565	33,967,889	2.73%	2.57%
2037	7,911,635	34,823,450	2.65%	2.52%
2038	8,115,865	35,685,576	2.58%	2.48%
2039	8,321,550	36,549,487	2.53%	2.42%
2040	8,526,454	37,413,641	2.46%	2.36%
2041	8,729,074	38,280,868	2.38%	2.32%
2042	8,931,165	39,151,280	2.32%	2.27%
2043	9,134,993	40,026,317	2.28%	2.24%
2044	9,341,761	40,902,500	2.26%	2.19%
2045	9,550,893	41,778,984	2.24%	2.14%
2046	9,761,447	42,655,642	2.2%	2.1%
2047	9,972,759	43,530,852	2.16%	2.05%
2048	10,186,021	44,405,715	2.14%	2.01%
2049	10,400,624	45,279,772	2.11%	1.97%
2050	10,616,749	46,154,079	2.08%	1.93%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Mali gained 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Mali's population increased by 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Mali was ranked 66th in 2005 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 79% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.