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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	North Korea	CAR	North Korea
1960	1,702,346	11,722,953	-	-
1961	1,734,580	11,990,713	1.89%	2.28%
1962	1,768,115	12,262,882	1.93%	2.27%
1963	1,803,063	12,567,057	1.98%	2.48%
1964	1,839,583	12,889,770	2.03%	2.57%
1965	1,877,854	13,219,369	2.08%	2.56%
1966	1,918,082	13,569,094	2.14%	2.65%
1967	1,960,444	13,958,350	2.21%	2.87%
1968	2,005,100	14,365,596	2.28%	2.92%
1969	2,051,515	14,767,615	2.31%	2.8%
1970	2,097,505	15,172,775	2.24%	2.74%
1971	2,141,450	15,572,457	2.1%	2.63%
1972	2,183,769	15,975,069	1.98%	2.59%
1973	2,226,008	16,350,367	1.93%	2.35%
1974	2,269,338	16,673,121	1.95%	1.97%
1975	2,313,916	16,971,055	1.96%	1.79%
1976	2,348,566	17,243,450	1.5%	1.61%
1977	2,372,930	17,492,798	1.04%	1.45%
1978	2,397,961	17,735,995	1.05%	1.39%
1979	2,423,794	17,983,470	1.08%	1.4%
1980	2,450,535	18,236,786	1.1%	1.41%
1981	2,478,402	18,501,295	1.14%	1.45%
1982	2,507,375	18,776,357	1.17%	1.49%
1983	2,537,399	19,054,034	1.2%	1.48%
1984	2,568,610	19,335,043	1.23%	1.47%
1985	2,600,932	19,620,388	1.26%	1.48%
1986	2,634,258	19,910,855	1.28%	1.48%
1987	2,669,155	20,205,483	1.32%	1.48%
1988	2,713,965	20,503,161	1.68%	1.47%
1989	2,783,970	20,804,367	2.58%	1.47%
1990	2,871,910	21,112,137	3.16%	1.48%
1991	2,963,191	21,428,638	3.18%	1.5%
1992	3,058,831	21,750,911	3.23%	1.5%
1993	3,157,839	22,073,352	3.24%	1.48%
1994	3,257,954	22,393,975	3.17%	1.45%
1995	3,348,052	22,669,304	2.77%	1.23%
1996	3,435,965	22,895,746	2.63%	1%
1997	3,531,700	23,110,830	2.79%	0.94%
1998	3,628,827	23,311,564	2.75%	0.87%
1999	3,729,450	23,497,599	2.77%	0.8%
2000	3,833,416	23,665,910	2.79%	0.72%
2001	3,919,487	23,815,358	2.25%	0.63%
2002	4,006,077	23,943,973	2.21%	0.54%
2003	4,103,086	24,090,380	2.42%	0.61%
2004	4,192,826	24,254,943	2.19%	0.68%
2005	4,288,810	24,396,433	2.29%	0.58%
2006	4,377,579	24,524,507	2.07%	0.52%
2007	4,462,770	24,646,383	1.95%	0.5%
2008	4,558,984	24,764,618	2.16%	0.48%
2009	4,529,047	24,878,332	-0.66%	0.46%
2010	4,492,995	24,987,258	-0.8%	0.44%
2011	4,565,021	25,097,874	1.6%	0.44%
2012	4,610,848	25,211,728	1%	0.45%
2013	4,642,419	25,329,451	0.68%	0.47%
2014	4,623,182	25,451,262	-0.41%	0.48%
2015	4,629,320	25,575,350	0.13%	0.49%
2016	4,713,663	25,698,326	1.82%	0.48%
2017	4,793,511	25,817,709	1.69%	0.46%
2018	4,878,657	25,931,147	1.78%	0.44%
2019	4,944,703	26,037,632	1.35%	0.41%
2020	5,026,628	26,136,312	1.66%	0.38%
2021	5,112,100	26,232,534	1.7%	0.37%
2022	5,098,039	26,328,845	-0.28%	0.37%
2023	5,152,421	26,418,204	1.07%	0.34%
2024	5,330,690	26,498,823	3.46%	0.31%
2025	5,513,285	26,571,033	3.43%	0.27%
2026	5,698,988	26,633,682	3.37%	0.24%
2027	5,888,126	26,686,492	3.32%	0.2%
2028	6,082,465	26,729,261	3.3%	0.16%
2029	6,279,729	26,762,008	3.24%	0.12%
2030	6,478,251	26,784,894	3.16%	0.09%
2031	6,680,052	26,797,946	3.12%	0.05%
2032	6,884,143	26,801,071	3.06%	0.01%
2033	7,089,444	26,795,061	2.98%	-0.02%
2034	7,296,249	26,780,481	2.92%	-0.05%
2035	7,502,585	26,757,705	2.83%	-0.09%
2036	7,707,565	26,727,309	2.73%	-0.11%
2037	7,911,635	26,689,907	2.65%	-0.14%
2038	8,115,865	26,646,323	2.58%	-0.16%
2039	8,321,550	26,596,967	2.53%	-0.19%
2040	8,526,454	26,542,417	2.46%	-0.21%
2041	8,729,074	26,483,475	2.38%	-0.22%
2042	8,931,165	26,420,812	2.32%	-0.24%
2043	9,134,993	26,354,324	2.28%	-0.25%
2044	9,341,761	26,284,000	2.26%	-0.27%
2045	9,550,893	26,210,196	2.24%	-0.28%
2046	9,761,447	26,132,922	2.2%	-0.29%
2047	9,972,759	26,052,086	2.16%	-0.31%
2048	10,186,021	25,967,581	2.14%	-0.32%
2049	10,400,624	25,879,244	2.11%	-0.34%
2050	10,616,749	25,787,120	2.08%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.