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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Nigeria	CAR	Nigeria
1960	1,702,346	45,053,782	-	-
1961	1,734,580	45,989,310	1.89%	2.08%
1962	1,768,115	46,965,292	1.93%	2.12%
1963	1,803,063	47,973,575	1.98%	2.15%
1964	1,839,583	49,012,016	2.03%	2.16%
1965	1,877,854	50,086,764	2.08%	2.19%
1966	1,918,082	51,188,234	2.14%	2.2%
1967	1,960,444	52,293,065	2.21%	2.16%
1968	2,005,100	53,432,783	2.28%	2.18%
1969	2,051,515	54,631,914	2.31%	2.24%
1970	2,097,505	55,893,838	2.24%	2.31%
1971	2,141,450	57,214,684	2.1%	2.36%
1972	2,183,769	58,601,748	1.98%	2.42%
1973	2,226,008	60,082,139	1.93%	2.53%
1974	2,269,338	61,679,144	1.95%	2.66%
1975	2,313,916	63,410,815	1.96%	2.81%
1976	2,348,566	65,258,009	1.5%	2.91%
1977	2,372,930	67,234,590	1.04%	3.03%
1978	2,397,961	69,326,532	1.05%	3.11%
1979	2,423,794	71,498,242	1.08%	3.13%
1980	2,450,535	73,764,641	1.1%	3.17%
1981	2,478,402	76,068,103	1.14%	3.12%
1982	2,507,375	78,378,701	1.17%	3.04%
1983	2,537,399	80,438,260	1.2%	2.63%
1984	2,568,610	82,526,443	1.23%	2.6%
1985	2,600,932	84,897,973	1.26%	2.87%
1986	2,634,258	87,235,953	1.28%	2.75%
1987	2,669,155	89,591,716	1.32%	2.7%
1988	2,713,965	92,020,090	1.68%	2.71%
1989	2,783,970	94,531,014	2.58%	2.73%
1990	2,871,910	97,120,925	3.16%	2.74%
1991	2,963,191	99,720,162	3.18%	2.68%
1992	3,058,831	102,372,770	3.23%	2.66%
1993	3,157,839	105,122,069	3.24%	2.69%
1994	3,257,954	107,935,714	3.17%	2.68%
1995	3,348,052	110,819,428	2.77%	2.67%
1996	3,435,965	113,754,779	2.63%	2.65%
1997	3,531,700	116,754,792	2.79%	2.64%
1998	3,628,827	119,846,254	2.75%	2.65%
1999	3,729,450	123,047,320	2.77%	2.67%
2000	3,833,416	126,382,494	2.79%	2.71%
2001	3,919,487	129,862,595	2.25%	2.75%
2002	4,006,077	133,471,989	2.21%	2.78%
2003	4,103,086	137,202,644	2.42%	2.8%
2004	4,192,826	141,057,045	2.19%	2.81%
2005	4,288,810	145,017,253	2.29%	2.81%
2006	4,377,579	149,077,334	2.07%	2.8%
2007	4,462,770	153,267,261	1.95%	2.81%
2008	4,558,984	157,595,014	2.16%	2.82%
2009	4,529,047	162,049,464	-0.66%	2.83%
2010	4,492,995	166,642,886	-0.8%	2.83%
2011	4,565,021	171,379,598	1.6%	2.84%
2012	4,610,848	176,200,625	1%	2.81%
2013	4,642,419	181,049,443	0.68%	2.75%
2014	4,623,182	185,896,915	-0.41%	2.68%
2015	4,629,320	190,671,878	0.13%	2.57%
2016	4,713,663	195,443,700	1.82%	2.5%
2017	4,793,511	200,254,579	1.69%	2.46%
2018	4,878,657	204,938,755	1.78%	2.34%
2019	4,944,703	209,485,641	1.35%	2.22%
2020	5,026,628	213,996,181	1.66%	2.15%
2021	5,112,100	218,529,286	1.7%	2.12%
2022	5,098,039	223,150,896	-0.28%	2.11%
2023	5,152,421	227,882,945	1.07%	2.12%
2024	5,330,690	232,679,478	3.46%	2.1%
2025	5,513,285	237,527,783	3.43%	2.08%
2026	5,698,988	242,431,830	3.37%	2.06%
2027	5,888,126	247,374,258	3.32%	2.04%
2028	6,082,465	252,346,128	3.3%	2.01%
2029	6,279,729	257,352,638	3.24%	1.98%
2030	6,478,251	262,380,975	3.16%	1.95%
2031	6,680,052	267,421,079	3.12%	1.92%
2032	6,884,143	272,483,635	3.06%	1.89%
2033	7,089,444	277,555,116	2.98%	1.86%
2034	7,296,249	282,622,388	2.92%	1.83%
2035	7,502,585	287,685,757	2.83%	1.79%
2036	7,707,565	292,739,390	2.73%	1.76%
2037	7,911,635	297,773,236	2.65%	1.72%
2038	8,115,865	302,782,350	2.58%	1.68%
2039	8,321,550	307,764,754	2.53%	1.65%
2040	8,526,454	312,710,403	2.46%	1.61%
2041	8,729,074	317,607,237	2.38%	1.57%
2042	8,931,165	322,450,302	2.32%	1.52%
2043	9,134,993	327,243,941	2.28%	1.49%
2044	9,341,761	331,983,354	2.26%	1.45%
2045	9,550,893	336,662,502	2.24%	1.41%
2046	9,761,447	341,281,757	2.2%	1.37%
2047	9,972,759	345,844,004	2.16%	1.34%
2048	10,186,021	350,347,757	2.14%	1.3%
2049	10,400,624	354,792,418	2.11%	1.27%
2050	10,616,749	359,185,550	2.08%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.