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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Nauru	CAR	Nauru
1960	1,702,346	4,607	-	-
1961	1,734,580	4,774	1.89%	3.62%
1962	1,768,115	4,979	1.93%	4.29%
1963	1,803,063	5,226	1.98%	4.96%
1964	1,839,583	5,515	2.03%	5.53%
1965	1,877,854	5,832	2.08%	5.75%
1966	1,918,082	6,043	2.14%	3.62%
1967	1,960,444	6,135	2.21%	1.52%
1968	2,005,100	6,328	2.28%	3.15%
1969	2,051,515	6,581	2.31%	4%
1970	2,097,505	6,710	2.24%	1.96%
1971	2,141,450	6,762	2.1%	0.77%
1972	2,183,769	6,812	1.98%	0.74%
1973	2,226,008	6,866	1.93%	0.79%
1974	2,269,338	6,923	1.95%	0.83%
1975	2,313,916	6,987	1.96%	0.92%
1976	2,348,566	7,064	1.5%	1.1%
1977	2,372,930	7,163	1.04%	1.4%
1978	2,397,961	7,298	1.05%	1.88%
1979	2,423,794	7,468	1.08%	2.33%
1980	2,450,535	7,649	1.1%	2.42%
1981	2,478,402	7,839	1.14%	2.48%
1982	2,507,375	8,040	1.17%	2.56%
1983	2,537,399	8,216	1.2%	2.19%
1984	2,568,610	8,377	1.23%	1.96%
1985	2,600,932	8,551	1.26%	2.08%
1986	2,634,258	8,742	1.28%	2.23%
1987	2,669,155	8,946	1.32%	2.33%
1988	2,713,965	9,165	1.68%	2.45%
1989	2,783,970	9,390	2.58%	2.45%
1990	2,871,910	9,622	3.16%	2.47%
1991	2,963,191	9,850	3.18%	2.37%
1992	3,058,831	10,021	3.23%	1.74%
1993	3,157,839	10,102	3.24%	0.81%
1994	3,257,954	10,137	3.17%	0.35%
1995	3,348,052	10,165	2.77%	0.28%
1996	3,435,965	10,183	2.63%	0.18%
1997	3,531,700	10,197	2.79%	0.14%
1998	3,628,827	10,198	2.75%	0.01%
1999	3,729,450	10,187	2.77%	-0.11%
2000	3,833,416	10,168	2.79%	-0.19%
2001	3,919,487	10,130	2.25%	-0.37%
2002	4,006,077	10,082	2.21%	-0.47%
2003	4,103,086	10,059	2.42%	-0.23%
2004	4,192,826	10,060	2.19%	0.01%
2005	4,288,810	10,049	2.29%	-0.11%
2006	4,377,579	10,034	2.07%	-0.15%
2007	4,462,770	10,020	1.95%	-0.14%
2008	4,558,984	10,009	2.16%	-0.11%
2009	4,529,047	10,016	-0.66%	0.07%
2010	4,492,995	10,043	-0.8%	0.27%
2011	4,565,021	10,098	1.6%	0.55%
2012	4,610,848	10,267	1%	1.67%
2013	4,642,419	10,517	0.68%	2.43%
2014	4,623,182	10,742	-0.41%	2.14%
2015	4,629,320	10,954	0.13%	1.97%
2016	4,713,663	11,150	1.82%	1.79%
2017	4,793,511	11,324	1.69%	1.56%
2018	4,878,657	11,477	1.78%	1.35%
2019	4,944,703	11,587	1.35%	0.96%
2020	5,026,628	11,643	1.66%	0.48%
2021	5,112,100	11,709	1.7%	0.57%
2022	5,098,039	11,801	-0.28%	0.79%
2023	5,152,421	11,875	1.07%	0.63%
2024	5,330,690	11,947	3.46%	0.61%
2025	5,513,285	12,030	3.43%	0.7%
2026	5,698,988	12,103	3.37%	0.61%
2027	5,888,126	12,196	3.32%	0.77%
2028	6,082,465	12,296	3.3%	0.82%
2029	6,279,729	12,403	3.24%	0.87%
2030	6,478,251	12,519	3.16%	0.94%
2031	6,680,052	12,645	3.12%	1%
2032	6,884,143	12,785	3.06%	1.11%
2033	7,089,444	12,921	2.98%	1.06%
2034	7,296,249	13,071	2.92%	1.16%
2035	7,502,585	13,230	2.83%	1.22%
2036	7,707,565	13,391	2.73%	1.21%
2037	7,911,635	13,541	2.65%	1.12%
2038	8,115,865	13,697	2.58%	1.16%
2039	8,321,550	13,857	2.53%	1.17%
2040	8,526,454	14,041	2.46%	1.33%
2041	8,729,074	14,220	2.38%	1.27%
2042	8,931,165	14,402	2.32%	1.28%
2043	9,134,993	14,579	2.28%	1.23%
2044	9,341,761	14,754	2.26%	1.2%
2045	9,550,893	14,920	2.24%	1.13%
2046	9,761,447	15,098	2.2%	1.19%
2047	9,972,759	15,268	2.16%	1.12%
2048	10,186,021	15,431	2.14%	1.07%
2049	10,400,624	15,595	2.11%	1.06%
2050	10,616,749	15,751	2.08%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.