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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Moldova	CAR	Moldova
1960	1,702,346	2,058,020	-	-
1961	1,734,580	2,103,327	1.89%	2.2%
1962	1,768,115	2,147,227	1.93%	2.09%
1963	1,803,063	2,188,895	1.98%	1.94%
1964	1,839,583	2,228,000	2.03%	1.79%
1965	1,877,854	2,265,287	2.08%	1.67%
1966	1,918,082	2,301,871	2.14%	1.61%
1967	1,960,444	2,337,695	2.21%	1.56%
1968	2,005,100	2,373,073	2.28%	1.51%
1969	2,051,515	2,408,469	2.31%	1.49%
1970	2,097,505	2,437,590	2.24%	1.21%
1971	2,141,450	2,460,611	2.1%	0.94%
1972	2,183,769	2,484,742	1.98%	0.98%
1973	2,226,008	2,510,584	1.93%	1.04%
1974	2,269,338	2,538,164	1.95%	1.1%
1975	2,313,916	2,566,998	1.96%	1.14%
1976	2,348,566	2,596,491	1.5%	1.15%
1977	2,372,930	2,626,298	1.04%	1.15%
1978	2,397,961	2,656,211	1.05%	1.14%
1979	2,423,794	2,683,035	1.08%	1.01%
1980	2,450,535	2,708,675	1.1%	0.96%
1981	2,478,402	2,735,987	1.14%	1.01%
1982	2,507,375	2,763,101	1.17%	0.99%
1983	2,537,399	2,791,207	1.2%	1.02%
1984	2,568,610	2,820,518	1.23%	1.05%
1985	2,600,932	2,850,787	1.26%	1.07%
1986	2,634,258	2,883,057	1.28%	1.13%
1987	2,669,155	2,916,306	1.32%	1.15%
1988	2,713,965	2,948,891	1.68%	1.12%
1989	2,783,970	2,970,039	2.58%	0.72%
1990	2,871,910	2,977,912	3.16%	0.27%
1991	2,963,191	2,981,566	3.18%	0.12%
1992	3,058,831	2,980,965	3.23%	-0.02%
1993	3,157,839	2,975,966	3.24%	-0.17%
1994	3,257,954	2,966,745	3.17%	-0.31%
1995	3,348,052	2,953,200	2.77%	-0.46%
1996	3,435,965	2,947,293	2.63%	-0.2%
1997	3,531,700	2,936,413	2.79%	-0.37%
1998	3,628,827	2,935,227	2.75%	-0.04%
1999	3,729,450	2,930,622	2.77%	-0.16%
2000	3,833,416	2,924,668	2.79%	-0.2%
2001	3,919,487	2,918,135	2.25%	-0.22%
2002	4,006,077	2,911,385	2.21%	-0.23%
2003	4,103,086	2,903,198	2.42%	-0.28%
2004	4,192,826	2,896,023	2.19%	-0.25%
2005	4,288,810	2,888,985	2.29%	-0.24%
2006	4,377,579	2,880,967	2.07%	-0.28%
2007	4,462,770	2,874,299	1.95%	-0.23%
2008	4,558,984	2,868,833	2.16%	-0.19%
2009	4,529,047	2,865,213	-0.66%	-0.13%
2010	4,492,995	2,862,354	-0.8%	-0.1%
2011	4,565,021	2,860,699	1.6%	-0.06%
2012	4,610,848	2,860,324	1%	-0.01%
2013	4,642,419	2,859,558	0.68%	-0.03%
2014	4,623,182	2,857,815	-0.41%	-0.06%
2015	4,629,320	2,835,978	0.13%	-0.76%
2016	4,713,663	2,803,186	1.82%	-1.16%
2017	4,793,511	2,755,189	1.69%	-1.71%
2018	4,878,657	2,707,203	1.78%	-1.74%
2019	4,944,703	2,664,224	1.35%	-1.59%
2020	5,026,628	2,635,130	1.66%	-1.09%
2021	5,112,100	2,595,809	1.7%	-1.49%
2022	5,098,039	2,528,654	-0.28%	-2.59%
2023	5,152,421	2,457,783	1.07%	-2.8%
2024	5,330,690	2,402,306	3.46%	-2.26%
2025	5,513,285	2,371,543	3.43%	-1.28%
2026	5,698,988	2,343,963	3.37%	-1.16%
2027	5,888,126	2,321,110	3.32%	-0.97%
2028	6,082,465	2,298,239	3.3%	-0.99%
2029	6,279,729	2,275,251	3.24%	-1%
2030	6,478,251	2,252,131	3.16%	-1.02%
2031	6,680,052	2,229,191	3.12%	-1.02%
2032	6,884,143	2,206,559	3.06%	-1.02%
2033	7,089,444	2,183,929	2.98%	-1.03%
2034	7,296,249	2,161,282	2.92%	-1.04%
2035	7,502,585	2,138,754	2.83%	-1.04%
2036	7,707,565	2,116,659	2.73%	-1.03%
2037	7,911,635	2,095,127	2.65%	-1.02%
2038	8,115,865	2,074,054	2.58%	-1.01%
2039	8,321,550	2,053,352	2.53%	-1%
2040	8,526,454	2,033,323	2.46%	-0.98%
2041	8,729,074	2,014,222	2.38%	-0.94%
2042	8,931,165	1,995,750	2.32%	-0.92%
2043	9,134,993	1,977,688	2.28%	-0.9%
2044	9,341,761	1,960,241	2.26%	-0.88%
2045	9,550,893	1,943,187	2.24%	-0.87%
2046	9,761,447	1,926,432	2.2%	-0.86%
2047	9,972,759	1,910,142	2.16%	-0.85%
2048	10,186,021	1,894,069	2.14%	-0.84%
2049	10,400,624	1,877,822	2.11%	-0.86%
2050	10,616,749	1,861,554	2.08%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Central African Republic's population will grow by 86.2% to 10,616,749 people with a rank change from 117th to 96th. The population of Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.