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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	New Zealand	CAR	New Zealand
1960	1,702,346	2,371,800	-	-
1961	1,734,580	2,419,700	1.89%	2.02%
1962	1,768,115	2,482,000	1.93%	2.57%
1963	1,803,063	2,531,800	1.98%	2.01%
1964	1,839,583	2,585,400	2.03%	2.12%
1965	1,877,854	2,628,400	2.08%	1.66%
1966	1,918,082	2,675,900	2.14%	1.81%
1967	1,960,444	2,724,100	2.21%	1.8%
1968	2,005,100	2,748,100	2.28%	0.88%
1969	2,051,515	2,772,800	2.31%	0.9%
1970	2,097,505	2,810,700	2.24%	1.37%
1971	2,141,450	2,853,000	2.1%	1.5%
1972	2,183,769	2,903,900	1.98%	1.78%
1973	2,226,008	2,961,300	1.93%	1.98%
1974	2,269,338	3,023,700	1.95%	2.11%
1975	2,313,916	3,083,100	1.96%	1.96%
1976	2,348,566	3,110,500	1.5%	0.89%
1977	2,372,930	3,120,200	1.04%	0.31%
1978	2,397,961	3,121,200	1.05%	0.03%
1979	2,423,794	3,109,000	1.08%	-0.39%
1980	2,450,535	3,112,900	1.1%	0.13%
1981	2,478,402	3,124,900	1.14%	0.39%
1982	2,507,375	3,156,100	1.17%	1%
1983	2,537,399	3,199,300	1.2%	1.37%
1984	2,568,610	3,227,100	1.23%	0.87%
1985	2,600,932	3,247,100	1.26%	0.62%
1986	2,634,258	3,246,300	1.28%	-0.02%
1987	2,669,155	3,274,400	1.32%	0.87%
1988	2,713,965	3,283,400	1.68%	0.27%
1989	2,783,970	3,299,200	2.58%	0.48%
1990	2,871,910	3,329,800	3.16%	0.93%
1991	2,963,191	3,495,100	3.18%	4.96%
1992	3,058,831	3,531,700	3.23%	1.05%
1993	3,157,839	3,572,200	3.24%	1.15%
1994	3,257,954	3,620,000	3.17%	1.34%
1995	3,348,052	3,673,400	2.77%	1.48%
1996	3,435,965	3,732,000	2.63%	1.6%
1997	3,531,700	3,781,300	2.79%	1.32%
1998	3,628,827	3,815,000	2.75%	0.89%
1999	3,729,450	3,835,100	2.77%	0.53%
2000	3,833,416	3,857,700	2.79%	0.59%
2001	3,919,487	3,880,500	2.25%	0.59%
2002	4,006,077	3,948,500	2.21%	1.75%
2003	4,103,086	4,027,200	2.42%	1.99%
2004	4,192,826	4,087,500	2.19%	1.5%
2005	4,288,810	4,133,900	2.29%	1.14%
2006	4,377,579	4,184,600	2.07%	1.23%
2007	4,462,770	4,223,800	1.95%	0.94%
2008	4,558,984	4,259,800	2.16%	0.85%
2009	4,529,047	4,302,600	-0.66%	1%
2010	4,492,995	4,350,700	-0.8%	1.12%
2011	4,565,021	4,384,000	1.6%	0.77%
2012	4,610,848	4,408,100	1%	0.55%
2013	4,642,419	4,442,100	0.68%	0.77%
2014	4,623,182	4,516,500	-0.41%	1.67%
2015	4,629,320	4,609,400	0.13%	2.06%
2016	4,713,663	4,714,100	1.82%	2.27%
2017	4,793,511	4,813,600	1.69%	2.11%
2018	4,878,657	4,900,600	1.78%	1.81%
2019	4,944,703	4,970,300	1.35%	1.42%
2020	5,026,628	5,072,400	1.66%	2.05%
2021	5,112,100	5,084,600	1.7%	0.24%
2022	5,098,039	5,081,700	-0.28%	-0.06%
2023	5,152,421	5,200,000	1.07%	2.33%
2024	5,330,690	5,287,500	3.46%	1.68%
2025	5,513,285	5,325,989	3.43%	0.73%
2026	5,698,988	5,362,071	3.37%	0.68%
2027	5,888,126	5,395,933	3.32%	0.63%
2028	6,082,465	5,427,327	3.3%	0.58%
2029	6,279,729	5,456,502	3.24%	0.54%
2030	6,478,251	5,483,630	3.16%	0.5%
2031	6,680,052	5,509,118	3.12%	0.46%
2032	6,884,143	5,533,087	3.06%	0.44%
2033	7,089,444	5,555,912	2.98%	0.41%
2034	7,296,249	5,577,658	2.92%	0.39%
2035	7,502,585	5,598,481	2.83%	0.37%
2036	7,707,565	5,618,949	2.73%	0.37%
2037	7,911,635	5,638,796	2.65%	0.35%
2038	8,115,865	5,658,606	2.58%	0.35%
2039	8,321,550	5,677,983	2.53%	0.34%
2040	8,526,454	5,696,537	2.46%	0.33%
2041	8,729,074	5,715,286	2.38%	0.33%
2042	8,931,165	5,733,881	2.32%	0.33%
2043	9,134,993	5,750,997	2.28%	0.3%
2044	9,341,761	5,766,545	2.26%	0.27%
2045	9,550,893	5,780,970	2.24%	0.25%
2046	9,761,447	5,794,046	2.2%	0.23%
2047	9,972,759	5,805,663	2.16%	0.2%
2048	10,186,021	5,816,692	2.14%	0.19%
2049	10,400,624	5,826,512	2.11%	0.17%
2050	10,616,749	5,836,471	2.08%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.