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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Mauritius	CAR	Mauritius
1960	1,702,346	680,331	-	-
1961	1,734,580	680,757	1.89%	0.06%
1962	1,768,115	700,349	1.93%	2.88%
1963	1,803,063	718,861	1.98%	2.64%
1964	1,839,583	736,381	2.03%	2.44%
1965	1,877,854	753,000	2.08%	2.26%
1966	1,918,082	768,813	2.14%	2.1%
1967	1,960,444	783,917	2.21%	1.96%
1968	2,005,100	798,413	2.28%	1.85%
1969	2,051,515	812,405	2.31%	1.75%
1970	2,097,505	826,000	2.24%	1.67%
1971	2,141,450	839,230	2.1%	1.6%
1972	2,183,769	852,053	1.98%	1.53%
1973	2,226,008	864,819	1.93%	1.5%
1974	2,269,338	878,042	1.95%	1.53%
1975	2,313,916	892,000	1.96%	1.59%
1976	2,348,566	906,507	1.5%	1.63%
1977	2,372,930	921,379	1.04%	1.64%
1978	2,397,961	933,499	1.05%	1.32%
1979	2,423,794	949,888	1.08%	1.76%
1980	2,450,535	966,039	1.1%	1.7%
1981	2,478,402	980,462	1.14%	1.49%
1982	2,507,375	992,521	1.17%	1.23%
1983	2,537,399	1,001,691	1.2%	0.92%
1984	2,568,610	1,012,221	1.23%	1.05%
1985	2,600,932	1,020,528	1.26%	0.82%
1986	2,634,258	1,028,360	1.28%	0.77%
1987	2,669,155	1,036,082	1.32%	0.75%
1988	2,713,965	1,043,239	1.68%	0.69%
1989	2,783,970	1,051,260	2.58%	0.77%
1990	2,871,910	1,058,775	3.16%	0.71%
1991	2,963,191	1,070,266	3.18%	1.09%
1992	3,058,831	1,084,441	3.23%	1.32%
1993	3,157,839	1,097,374	3.24%	1.19%
1994	3,257,954	1,112,846	3.17%	1.41%
1995	3,348,052	1,122,457	2.77%	0.86%
1996	3,435,965	1,133,996	2.63%	1.03%
1997	3,531,700	1,148,284	2.79%	1.26%
1998	3,628,827	1,160,421	2.75%	1.06%
1999	3,729,450	1,175,267	2.77%	1.28%
2000	3,833,416	1,186,873	2.79%	0.99%
2001	3,919,487	1,196,287	2.25%	0.79%
2002	4,006,077	1,204,621	2.21%	0.7%
2003	4,103,086	1,213,370	2.42%	0.73%
2004	4,192,826	1,221,003	2.19%	0.63%
2005	4,288,810	1,228,254	2.29%	0.59%
2006	4,377,579	1,233,996	2.07%	0.47%
2007	4,462,770	1,239,630	1.95%	0.46%
2008	4,558,984	1,244,121	2.16%	0.36%
2009	4,529,047	1,247,429	-0.66%	0.27%
2010	4,492,995	1,250,400	-0.8%	0.24%
2011	4,565,021	1,252,404	1.6%	0.16%
2012	4,610,848	1,255,882	1%	0.28%
2013	4,642,419	1,258,927	0.68%	0.24%
2014	4,623,182	1,261,208	-0.41%	0.18%
2015	4,629,320	1,262,879	0.13%	0.13%
2016	4,713,663	1,263,747	1.82%	0.07%
2017	4,793,511	1,264,887	1.69%	0.09%
2018	4,878,657	1,265,577	1.78%	0.05%
2019	4,944,703	1,265,985	1.35%	0.03%
2020	5,026,628	1,266,014	1.66%	0.002%
2021	5,112,100	1,266,334	1.7%	0.03%
2022	5,098,039	1,262,523	-0.28%	-0.3%
2023	5,152,421	1,261,041	1.07%	-0.12%
2024	5,330,690	1,259,509	3.46%	-0.12%
2025	5,513,285	1,256,649	3.43%	-0.23%
2026	5,698,988	1,253,457	3.37%	-0.25%
2027	5,888,126	1,250,062	3.32%	-0.27%
2028	6,082,465	1,246,502	3.3%	-0.28%
2029	6,279,729	1,242,774	3.24%	-0.3%
2030	6,478,251	1,238,963	3.16%	-0.31%
2031	6,680,052	1,234,965	3.12%	-0.32%
2032	6,884,143	1,230,623	3.06%	-0.35%
2033	7,089,444	1,225,970	2.98%	-0.38%
2034	7,296,249	1,220,995	2.92%	-0.41%
2035	7,502,585	1,215,701	2.83%	-0.43%
2036	7,707,565	1,210,085	2.73%	-0.46%
2037	7,911,635	1,204,158	2.65%	-0.49%
2038	8,115,865	1,197,926	2.58%	-0.52%
2039	8,321,550	1,191,299	2.53%	-0.55%
2040	8,526,454	1,184,262	2.46%	-0.59%
2041	8,729,074	1,176,870	2.38%	-0.62%
2042	8,931,165	1,169,165	2.32%	-0.65%
2043	9,134,993	1,161,119	2.28%	-0.69%
2044	9,341,761	1,152,733	2.26%	-0.72%
2045	9,550,893	1,144,071	2.24%	-0.75%
2046	9,761,447	1,135,101	2.2%	-0.78%
2047	9,972,759	1,125,881	2.16%	-0.81%
2048	10,186,021	1,116,431	2.14%	-0.84%
2049	10,400,624	1,106,794	2.11%	-0.86%
2050	10,616,749	1,097,042	2.08%	-0.88%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Mauritius gained 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -6,230 (a 0.49% decline).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2005 and ranked 157th 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 Mauritius will decrease by 12.7% to 1,097,042 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.