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Population in the Central African Republic compared to the Marshall Islands: 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 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Central African Republic's population is 5,662,456 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.

Population statistics:

  • The Central African Republic's population is 156.1 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
  • The Central African Republic is ranked the 117th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for the Central African Republic vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, the Central African Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.27% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Central African Republic has increased from 4.29M people to 5.66M (32% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
  • The Central African Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.8M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.

Central African Republic vs Marshall Islands: live population counter

CAR Marshall Islands
Current population
5662456
36281
Population rank 117/197 192/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.0004%
One net population change
2.95 minutes
6.85 hours
One birth every
2.2 minutes
10.7 hours
One death every
10.8 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
34.2 minutes
4.96 hours
Annual migration change -15,357 -1,765
Daily growth/decline +488 -4
Annual growth/decline +178,269 -1,279
Annual growth/decline rate +3.46% -3.29%
Population growth rate rank 10/197 197/197

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

Central African Republic
Population

Growth rate
Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
CAR Marshall Islands CAR Marshall Islands
1960 1,702,346 14,703 - -
1961 1,734,580 15,219 1.89% 3.51%
1962 1,768,115 15,755 1.93% 3.52%
1963 1,803,063 16,302 1.98% 3.47%
1964 1,839,583 16,852 2.03% 3.37%
1965 1,877,854 17,402 2.08% 3.26%
1966 1,918,082 17,927 2.14% 3.02%
1967 1,960,444 18,655 2.21% 4.06%
1968 2,005,100 19,862 2.28% 6.47%
1969 2,051,515 21,305 2.31% 7.27%
1970 2,097,505 22,530 2.24% 5.75%
1971 2,141,450 23,366 2.1% 3.71%
1972 2,183,769 23,992 1.98% 2.68%
1973 2,226,008 24,581 1.93% 2.45%
1974 2,269,338 25,296 1.95% 2.91%
1975 2,313,916 26,154 1.96% 3.39%
1976 2,348,566 27,021 1.5% 3.31%
1977 2,372,930 27,906 1.04% 3.28%
1978 2,397,961 28,809 1.05% 3.24%
1979 2,423,794 29,738 1.08% 3.22%
1980 2,450,535 30,774 1.1% 3.48%
1981 2,478,402 32,017 1.14% 4.04%
1982 2,507,375 33,397 1.17% 4.31%
1983 2,537,399 34,811 1.2% 4.23%
1984 2,568,610 36,264 1.23% 4.17%
1985 2,600,932 37,761 1.26% 4.13%
1986 2,634,258 39,286 1.28% 4.04%
1987 2,669,155 40,828 1.32% 3.93%
1988 2,713,965 42,321 1.68% 3.66%
1989 2,783,970 43,586 2.58% 2.99%
1990 2,871,910 44,629 3.16% 2.39%
1991 2,963,191 45,568 3.18% 2.1%
1992 3,058,831 46,388 3.23% 1.8%
1993 3,157,839 47,093 3.24% 1.52%
1994 3,257,954 47,712 3.17% 1.31%
1995 3,348,052 48,266 2.77% 1.16%
1996 3,435,965 48,775 2.63% 1.05%
1997 3,531,700 49,259 2.79% 0.99%
1998 3,628,827 49,717 2.75% 0.93%
1999 3,729,450 50,202 2.77% 0.98%
2000 3,833,416 50,706 2.79% 1%
2001 3,919,487 51,123 2.25% 0.82%
2002 4,006,077 51,425 2.21% 0.59%
2003 4,103,086 51,639 2.42% 0.42%
2004 4,192,826 51,791 2.19% 0.29%
2005 4,288,810 51,906 2.29% 0.22%
2006 4,377,579 51,992 2.07% 0.17%
2007 4,462,770 52,035 1.95% 0.08%
2008 4,558,984 52,030 2.16% -0.01%
2009 4,529,047 52,019 -0.66% -0.02%
2010 4,492,995 52,044 -0.8% 0.05%
2011 4,565,021 51,907 1.6% -0.26%
2012 4,610,848 51,419 1% -0.94%
2013 4,642,419 50,681 0.68% -1.44%
2014 4,623,182 49,796 -0.41% -1.75%
2015 4,629,320 48,800 0.13% -2%
2016 4,713,663 47,709 1.82% -2.24%
2017 4,793,511 46,529 1.69% -2.47%
2018 4,878,657 45,285 1.78% -2.67%
2019 4,944,703 44,007 1.35% -2.82%
2020 5,026,628 42,706 1.66% -2.96%
2021 5,112,100 41,367 1.7% -3.14%
2022 5,098,039 40,077 -0.28% -3.12%
2023 5,152,421 38,827 1.07% -3.12%
2024 5,330,690 37,548 3.46% -3.29%
2025 5,513,285 36,281 3.43% -3.37%
2026 5,698,988 35,078 3.37% -3.32%
2027 5,888,126 33,976 3.32% -3.14%
2028 6,082,465 32,977 3.3% -2.94%
2029 6,279,729 32,054 3.24% -2.8%
2030 6,478,251 31,191 3.16% -2.69%
2031 6,680,052 30,420 3.12% -2.47%
2032 6,884,143 29,740 3.06% -2.23%
2033 7,089,444 29,142 2.98% -2.01%
2034 7,296,249 28,608 2.92% -1.83%
2035 7,502,585 28,147 2.83% -1.61%
2036 7,707,565 27,751 2.73% -1.41%
2037 7,911,635 27,405 2.65% -1.25%
2038 8,115,865 27,092 2.58% -1.14%
2039 8,321,550 26,836 2.53% -0.94%
2040 8,526,454 26,598 2.46% -0.89%
2041 8,729,074 26,396 2.38% -0.76%
2042 8,931,165 26,217 2.32% -0.68%
2043 9,134,993 26,054 2.28% -0.62%
2044 9,341,761 25,913 2.26% -0.54%
2045 9,550,893 25,777 2.24% -0.52%
2046 9,761,447 25,653 2.2% -0.48%
2047 9,972,759 25,543 2.16% -0.43%
2048 10,186,021 25,429 2.14% -0.45%
2049 10,400,624 25,311 2.11% -0.46%
2050 10,616,749 25,195 2.08% -0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.

Biggest cities by population

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

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