The latest officially reported population of the Central African Republic was 5,330,690 in 2024 vs 54,500,091 people in Myanmar in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Central African Republic's population is 5,662,456 people compared to 55,119,090 in Myanmar.
Population statistics:
- Myanmar's population is 9.73 times bigger than the Central African Republic's.
- The Central African Republic is ranked the 117th most populous country in the world, while Myanmar is the 27th.
- The countries together account for 0.74% of the world: 0.07% for the Central African Republic vs 0.67% for Myanmar.
- For the last 10 years, the Central African Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.27% per year vs +0.74% in Myanmar.
- Since 2005, the population of the Central African Republic has increased from 4.29M people to 5.66M (32% growth), while Myanmar has grown from 47.4M to 55.1M (16.2% growth).
- The Central African Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.8M people compared to the peak of 58.6M people in 2049 for Myanmar.
Central African Republic vs Myanmar: live population counter
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| Current population |
5662456
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55119090
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| Population rank | 117/197 | 27/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.67% |
| One net population change |
2.95 minutes
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1.43 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.2 minutes
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34.9 seconds
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| One death every |
10.8 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
34.2 minutes
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13.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -15,357 | -37,979 |
| Daily growth/decline | +488 | +1,004 |
| Annual growth/decline | +178,269 | +366,293 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.46% | +0.68% |
| Population growth rate rank | 10/197 | 121/197 |
the Central African Republic and Myanmar: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,702,346 | 21,730,250 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,734,580 | 22,210,581 | 1.89% | 2.21% |
| 1962 | 1,768,115 | 22,704,719 | 1.93% | 2.22% |
| 1963 | 1,803,063 | 23,213,408 | 1.98% | 2.24% |
| 1964 | 1,839,583 | 23,737,315 | 2.03% | 2.26% |
| 1965 | 1,877,854 | 24,279,431 | 2.08% | 2.28% |
| 1966 | 1,918,082 | 24,836,496 | 2.14% | 2.29% |
| 1967 | 1,960,444 | 25,406,429 | 2.21% | 2.29% |
| 1968 | 2,005,100 | 25,989,662 | 2.28% | 2.3% |
| 1969 | 2,051,515 | 26,585,112 | 2.31% | 2.29% |
| 1970 | 2,097,505 | 27,193,016 | 2.24% | 2.29% |
| 1971 | 2,141,450 | 27,807,219 | 2.1% | 2.26% |
| 1972 | 2,183,769 | 28,428,324 | 1.98% | 2.23% |
| 1973 | 2,226,008 | 29,026,388 | 1.93% | 2.1% |
| 1974 | 2,269,338 | 29,598,167 | 1.95% | 1.97% |
| 1975 | 2,313,916 | 30,176,565 | 1.96% | 1.95% |
| 1976 | 2,348,566 | 30,758,811 | 1.5% | 1.93% |
| 1977 | 2,372,930 | 31,355,966 | 1.04% | 1.94% |
| 1978 | 2,397,961 | 31,972,976 | 1.05% | 1.97% |
| 1979 | 2,423,794 | 32,596,550 | 1.08% | 1.95% |
| 1980 | 2,450,535 | 33,227,204 | 1.1% | 1.93% |
| 1981 | 2,478,402 | 33,858,783 | 1.14% | 1.9% |
| 1982 | 2,507,375 | 34,482,965 | 1.17% | 1.84% |
| 1983 | 2,537,399 | 35,162,715 | 1.2% | 1.97% |
| 1984 | 2,568,610 | 35,899,313 | 1.23% | 2.09% |
| 1985 | 2,600,932 | 36,622,827 | 1.26% | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 2,634,258 | 37,314,878 | 1.28% | 1.89% |
| 1987 | 2,669,155 | 37,971,594 | 1.32% | 1.76% |
| 1988 | 2,713,965 | 38,600,927 | 1.68% | 1.66% |
| 1989 | 2,783,970 | 39,214,618 | 2.58% | 1.59% |
| 1990 | 2,871,910 | 39,817,251 | 3.16% | 1.54% |
| 1991 | 2,963,191 | 40,394,154 | 3.18% | 1.45% |
| 1992 | 3,058,831 | 40,950,342 | 3.23% | 1.38% |
| 1993 | 3,157,839 | 41,502,429 | 3.24% | 1.35% |
| 1994 | 3,257,954 | 42,055,143 | 3.17% | 1.33% |
| 1995 | 3,348,052 | 42,605,338 | 2.77% | 1.31% |
| 1996 | 3,435,965 | 43,154,860 | 2.63% | 1.29% |
| 1997 | 3,531,700 | 43,708,798 | 2.79% | 1.28% |
| 1998 | 3,628,827 | 44,257,793 | 2.75% | 1.26% |
| 1999 | 3,729,450 | 44,787,724 | 2.77% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 3,833,416 | 45,290,841 | 2.79% | 1.12% |
| 2001 | 3,919,487 | 45,771,139 | 2.25% | 1.06% |
| 2002 | 4,006,077 | 46,232,653 | 2.21% | 1.01% |
| 2003 | 4,103,086 | 46,667,192 | 2.42% | 0.94% |
| 2004 | 4,192,826 | 47,068,772 | 2.19% | 0.86% |
| 2005 | 4,288,810 | 47,438,365 | 2.29% | 0.79% |
| 2006 | 4,377,579 | 47,785,135 | 2.07% | 0.73% |
| 2007 | 4,462,770 | 48,125,043 | 1.95% | 0.71% |
| 2008 | 4,558,984 | 48,390,793 | 2.16% | 0.55% |
| 2009 | 4,529,047 | 48,660,459 | -0.66% | 0.56% |
| 2010 | 4,492,995 | 49,024,382 | -0.8% | 0.75% |
| 2011 | 4,565,021 | 49,419,820 | 1.6% | 0.81% |
| 2012 | 4,610,848 | 49,837,446 | 1% | 0.85% |
| 2013 | 4,642,419 | 50,262,658 | 0.68% | 0.85% |
| 2014 | 4,623,182 | 50,681,634 | -0.41% | 0.83% |
| 2015 | 4,629,320 | 51,089,056 | 0.13% | 0.8% |
| 2016 | 4,713,663 | 51,495,696 | 1.82% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 4,793,511 | 51,894,938 | 1.69% | 0.78% |
| 2018 | 4,878,657 | 52,272,247 | 1.78% | 0.73% |
| 2019 | 4,944,703 | 52,640,713 | 1.35% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 5,026,628 | 53,016,522 | 1.66% | 0.71% |
| 2021 | 5,112,100 | 53,387,102 | 1.7% | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 5,098,039 | 53,756,787 | -0.28% | 0.69% |
| 2023 | 5,152,421 | 54,133,798 | 1.07% | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 5,330,690 | 54,500,091 | 3.46% | 0.68% |
| 2025 | 5,513,285 | 54,850,652 | 3.43% | 0.64% |
| 2026 | 5,698,988 | 55,184,831 | 3.37% | 0.61% |
| 2027 | 5,888,126 | 55,502,494 | 3.32% | 0.58% |
| 2028 | 6,082,465 | 55,802,778 | 3.3% | 0.54% |
| 2029 | 6,279,729 | 56,085,147 | 3.24% | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 6,478,251 | 56,351,028 | 3.16% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 6,680,052 | 56,601,632 | 3.12% | 0.44% |
| 2032 | 6,884,143 | 56,836,048 | 3.06% | 0.41% |
| 2033 | 7,089,444 | 57,054,552 | 2.98% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 7,296,249 | 57,257,183 | 2.92% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 7,502,585 | 57,444,471 | 2.83% | 0.33% |
| 2036 | 7,707,565 | 57,616,158 | 2.73% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 7,911,635 | 57,773,912 | 2.65% | 0.27% |
| 2038 | 8,115,865 | 57,919,868 | 2.58% | 0.25% |
| 2039 | 8,321,550 | 58,052,183 | 2.53% | 0.23% |
| 2040 | 8,526,454 | 58,169,863 | 2.46% | 0.2% |
| 2041 | 8,729,074 | 58,274,275 | 2.38% | 0.18% |
| 2042 | 8,931,165 | 58,365,927 | 2.32% | 0.16% |
| 2043 | 9,134,993 | 58,443,291 | 2.28% | 0.13% |
| 2044 | 9,341,761 | 58,506,418 | 2.26% | 0.11% |
| 2045 | 9,550,893 | 58,558,173 | 2.24% | 0.09% |
| 2046 | 9,761,447 | 58,596,775 | 2.2% | 0.07% |
| 2047 | 9,972,759 | 58,620,774 | 2.16% | 0.04% |
| 2048 | 10,186,021 | 58,632,733 | 2.14% | 0.02% |
| 2049 | 10,400,624 | 58,633,128 | 2.11% | 0.001% |
| 2050 | 10,616,749 | 58,623,237 | 2.08% | -0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Myanmar gained 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Myanmar's population increased by 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth).
The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Myanmar was ranked 27th in 2005 and still ranked 27th 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 Myanmar will increase by 6.36% to 58,623,237 people and rank change from 27th to 35th.
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Population differences between the Central African Republic and Myanmar
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| Life expectancy | 57.9 years | 67.3 years |
| Average age | 19.8 years | 32.6 years |
| Median age | 15.4 years | 30.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48:52 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 6.01 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 22.2 ppl/mi² | 216.3 ppl/mi² |
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