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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Netherlands	CAR	Netherlands
1960	1,702,346	11,486,631	-	-
1961	1,734,580	11,638,712	1.89%	1.32%
1962	1,768,115	11,805,689	1.93%	1.43%
1963	1,803,063	11,965,966	1.98%	1.36%
1964	1,839,583	12,127,120	2.03%	1.35%
1965	1,877,854	12,294,732	2.08%	1.38%
1966	1,918,082	12,456,251	2.14%	1.31%
1967	1,960,444	12,598,201	2.21%	1.14%
1968	2,005,100	12,729,721	2.28%	1.04%
1969	2,051,515	12,877,984	2.31%	1.16%
1970	2,097,505	13,038,526	2.24%	1.25%
1971	2,141,450	13,194,497	2.1%	1.2%
1972	2,183,769	13,328,593	1.98%	1.02%
1973	2,226,008	13,439,322	1.93%	0.83%
1974	2,269,338	13,545,056	1.95%	0.79%
1975	2,313,916	13,666,335	1.96%	0.9%
1976	2,348,566	13,774,037	1.5%	0.79%
1977	2,372,930	13,856,185	1.04%	0.6%
1978	2,397,961	13,941,700	1.05%	0.62%
1979	2,423,794	14,038,270	1.08%	0.69%
1980	2,450,535	14,149,800	1.1%	0.79%
1981	2,478,402	14,247,208	1.14%	0.69%
1982	2,507,375	14,312,690	1.17%	0.46%
1983	2,537,399	14,367,070	1.2%	0.38%
1984	2,568,610	14,424,211	1.23%	0.4%
1985	2,600,932	14,491,632	1.26%	0.47%
1986	2,634,258	14,572,278	1.28%	0.56%
1987	2,669,155	14,665,037	1.32%	0.64%
1988	2,713,965	14,760,094	1.68%	0.65%
1989	2,783,970	14,848,907	2.58%	0.6%
1990	2,871,910	14,951,510	3.16%	0.69%
1991	2,963,191	15,069,798	3.18%	0.79%
1992	3,058,831	15,184,166	3.23%	0.76%
1993	3,157,839	15,290,368	3.24%	0.7%
1994	3,257,954	15,382,838	3.17%	0.6%
1995	3,348,052	15,459,006	2.77%	0.5%
1996	3,435,965	15,530,498	2.63%	0.46%
1997	3,531,700	15,610,650	2.79%	0.52%
1998	3,628,827	15,707,209	2.75%	0.62%
1999	3,729,450	15,812,088	2.77%	0.67%
2000	3,833,416	15,925,513	2.79%	0.72%
2001	3,919,487	16,046,180	2.25%	0.76%
2002	4,006,077	16,148,929	2.21%	0.64%
2003	4,103,086	16,225,302	2.42%	0.47%
2004	4,192,826	16,281,779	2.19%	0.35%
2005	4,288,810	16,319,868	2.29%	0.23%
2006	4,377,579	16,346,101	2.07%	0.16%
2007	4,462,770	16,381,696	1.95%	0.22%
2008	4,558,984	16,445,593	2.16%	0.39%
2009	4,529,047	16,530,388	-0.66%	0.52%
2010	4,492,995	16,615,394	-0.8%	0.51%
2011	4,565,021	16,693,074	1.6%	0.47%
2012	4,610,848	16,754,962	1%	0.37%
2013	4,642,419	16,804,432	0.68%	0.3%
2014	4,623,182	16,865,008	-0.41%	0.36%
2015	4,629,320	16,939,923	0.13%	0.44%
2016	4,713,663	17,030,314	1.82%	0.53%
2017	4,793,511	17,131,296	1.69%	0.59%
2018	4,878,657	17,231,624	1.78%	0.59%
2019	4,944,703	17,344,874	1.35%	0.66%
2020	5,026,628	17,441,500	1.66%	0.56%
2021	5,112,100	17,533,044	1.7%	0.52%
2022	5,098,039	17,700,982	-0.28%	0.96%
2023	5,152,421	17,877,117	1.07%	1%
2024	5,330,690	17,994,237	3.46%	0.66%
2025	5,513,285	18,110,800	3.43%	0.65%
2026	5,698,988	18,211,436	3.37%	0.56%
2027	5,888,126	18,299,531	3.32%	0.48%
2028	6,082,465	18,379,573	3.3%	0.44%
2029	6,279,729	18,452,044	3.24%	0.39%
2030	6,478,251	18,515,913	3.16%	0.35%
2031	6,680,052	18,571,934	3.12%	0.3%
2032	6,884,143	18,621,087	3.06%	0.26%
2033	7,089,444	18,664,975	2.98%	0.24%
2034	7,296,249	18,702,456	2.92%	0.2%
2035	7,502,585	18,733,223	2.83%	0.16%
2036	7,707,565	18,760,054	2.73%	0.14%
2037	7,911,635	18,781,793	2.65%	0.12%
2038	8,115,865	18,798,283	2.58%	0.09%
2039	8,321,550	18,810,276	2.53%	0.06%
2040	8,526,454	18,817,745	2.46%	0.04%
2041	8,729,074	18,820,870	2.38%	0.02%
2042	8,931,165	18,819,607	2.32%	-0.007%
2043	9,134,993	18,815,261	2.28%	-0.02%
2044	9,341,761	18,807,564	2.26%	-0.04%
2045	9,550,893	18,797,005	2.24%	-0.06%
2046	9,761,447	18,785,724	2.2%	-0.06%
2047	9,972,759	18,771,651	2.16%	-0.07%
2048	10,186,021	18,754,325	2.14%	-0.09%
2049	10,400,624	18,735,299	2.11%	-0.1%
2050	10,616,749	18,714,579	2.08%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.