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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Central African Republic was 5,330,690 in 2024 vs 574,346 people in Malta in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Central African Republic's population is 5,662,456 people compared to 583,596 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • The Central African Republic's population is 9.7 times bigger than Malta's.
  • The Central African Republic is ranked the 117th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.07% for the Central African Republic vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, the Central African Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.27% per year vs +2.78% in Malta.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Central African Republic has increased from 4.29M people to 5.66M (32% growth), while Malta has grown from 404K to 584K (44.5% growth).
  • The Central African Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.8M people compared to the peak of 593K people in 2033 for Malta.

Central African Republic vs Malta: live population counter

CAR Malta
Current population
5662456
583596
Population rank 117/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.007%
One net population change
2.95 minutes
24.3 minutes
One birth every
2.2 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
10.8 minutes
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
34.2 minutes
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -15,357 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +488 +59
Annual growth/decline +178,269 +21,599
Annual growth/decline rate +3.46% +3.91%
Population growth rate rank 10/197 7/197

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

Central African Republic
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
CAR Malta CAR Malta
1960 1,702,346 326,550 - -
1961 1,734,580 325,250 1.89% -0.4%
1962 1,768,115 323,900 1.93% -0.42%
1963 1,803,063 322,550 1.98% -0.42%
1964 1,839,583 321,250 2.03% -0.4%
1965 1,877,854 318,800 2.08% -0.76%
1966 1,918,082 315,200 2.14% -1.13%
1967 1,960,444 311,550 2.21% -1.16%
1968 2,005,100 307,900 2.28% -1.17%
1969 2,051,515 304,300 2.31% -1.17%
1970 2,097,505 302,650 2.24% -0.54%
1971 2,141,450 302,700 2.1% 0.02%
1972 2,183,769 302,450 1.98% -0.08%
1973 2,226,008 302,200 1.93% -0.08%
1974 2,269,338 301,996 1.95% -0.07%
1975 2,313,916 304,222 1.96% 0.74%
1976 2,348,566 305,774 1.5% 0.51%
1977 2,372,930 306,970 1.04% 0.39%
1978 2,397,961 310,182 1.05% 1.05%
1979 2,423,794 313,342 1.08% 1.02%
1980 2,450,535 316,645 1.1% 1.05%
1981 2,478,402 318,982 1.14% 0.74%
1982 2,507,375 325,898 1.17% 2.17%
1983 2,537,399 330,524 1.2% 1.42%
1984 2,568,610 330,593 1.23% 0.02%
1985 2,600,932 336,452 1.26% 1.77%
1986 2,634,258 342,121 1.28% 1.68%
1987 2,669,155 344,485 1.32% 0.69%
1988 2,713,965 347,325 1.68% 0.82%
1989 2,783,970 350,722 2.58% 0.98%
1990 2,871,910 354,170 3.16% 0.98%
1991 2,963,191 363,845 3.18% 2.73%
1992 3,058,831 367,618 3.23% 1.04%
1993 3,157,839 371,308 3.24% 1%
1994 3,257,954 374,797 3.17% 0.94%
1995 3,348,052 377,419 2.77% 0.7%
1996 3,435,965 379,905 2.63% 0.66%
1997 3,531,700 382,791 2.79% 0.76%
1998 3,628,827 385,287 2.75% 0.65%
1999 3,729,450 387,578 2.77% 0.59%
2000 3,833,416 390,087 2.79% 0.65%
2001 3,919,487 393,028 2.25% 0.75%
2002 4,006,077 395,969 2.21% 0.75%
2003 4,103,086 398,582 2.42% 0.66%
2004 4,192,826 401,268 2.19% 0.67%
2005 4,288,810 403,834 2.29% 0.64%
2006 4,377,579 405,308 2.07% 0.37%
2007 4,462,770 406,724 1.95% 0.35%
2008 4,558,984 409,379 2.16% 0.65%
2009 4,529,047 412,477 -0.66% 0.76%
2010 4,492,995 414,508 -0.8% 0.49%
2011 4,565,021 416,268 1.6% 0.42%
2012 4,610,848 420,028 1% 0.9%
2013 4,642,419 424,810 0.68% 1.14%
2014 4,623,182 433,481 -0.41% 2.04%
2015 4,629,320 444,220 0.13% 2.48%
2016 4,713,663 454,505 1.82% 2.32%
2017 4,793,511 467,106 1.69% 2.77%
2018 4,878,657 483,903 1.78% 3.6%
2019 4,944,703 503,912 1.35% 4.13%
2020 5,026,628 515,490 1.66% 2.3%
2021 5,112,100 518,150 1.7% 0.52%
2022 5,098,039 531,113 -0.28% 2.5%
2023 5,152,421 552,747 1.07% 4.07%
2024 5,330,690 574,346 3.46% 3.91%
2025 5,513,285 580,514 3.43% 1.07%
2026 5,698,988 584,351 3.37% 0.66%
2027 5,888,126 586,444 3.32% 0.36%
2028 6,082,465 588,290 3.3% 0.31%
2029 6,279,729 589,776 3.24% 0.25%
2030 6,478,251 590,973 3.16% 0.2%
2031 6,680,052 591,921 3.12% 0.16%
2032 6,884,143 592,622 3.06% 0.12%
2033 7,089,444 592,974 2.98% 0.06%
2034 7,296,249 592,827 2.92% -0.02%
2035 7,502,585 592,332 2.83% -0.08%
2036 7,707,565 591,668 2.73% -0.11%
2037 7,911,635 590,830 2.65% -0.14%
2038 8,115,865 589,771 2.58% -0.18%
2039 8,321,550 588,528 2.53% -0.21%
2040 8,526,454 587,256 2.46% -0.22%
2041 8,729,074 585,895 2.38% -0.23%
2042 8,931,165 584,467 2.32% -0.24%
2043 9,134,993 582,966 2.28% -0.26%
2044 9,341,761 581,355 2.26% -0.28%
2045 9,550,893 579,693 2.24% -0.29%
2046 9,761,447 577,954 2.2% -0.3%
2047 9,972,759 576,050 2.16% -0.33%
2048 10,186,021 574,050 2.14% -0.35%
2049 10,400,624 572,187 2.11% -0.32%
2050 10,616,749 570,210 2.08% -0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.

Biggest cities by population

CAR
City Population
Bangui 889K
Berberati 76.9K
Bria 35.2K

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