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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Central African Republic was 5,330,690 in 2024 vs 251,269,164 people in Pakistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Central African Republic's population is 5,662,456 people compared to 258,497,127 in Pakistan.

Population statistics:

  • Pakistan's population is 45.7 times bigger than the Central African Republic's.
  • The Central African Republic is ranked the 117th most populous country in the world, while Pakistan is the 5th.
  • The countries together account for 3.2% of the world: 0.07% for the Central African Republic vs 3.13% for Pakistan.
  • For the last 10 years, the Central African Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.27% per year vs +1.6% in Pakistan.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Central African Republic has increased from 4.29M people to 5.66M (32% growth), while Pakistan has grown from 175M to 258M (47.3% growth).
  • The Central African Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.8M people compared to the peak of 511M people in 2100 for Pakistan.

Central African Republic vs Pakistan: live population counter

CAR Pakistan
Current population
5662456
258497127
Population rank 117/197 5/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 3.13%
One net population change
2.95 minutes
8.38 seconds
One birth every
2.2 minutes
4.58 seconds
One death every
10.8 minutes
19.7 seconds
One migration net change every
34.2 minutes
22.5 seconds
Annual migration change -15,357 -1,401,173
Daily growth/decline +488 +10,314
Annual growth/decline +178,269 +3,764,669
Annual growth/decline rate +3.46% +1.52%
Population growth rate rank 10/197 73/197

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

Central African Republic
Population

Growth rate
Pakistan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
CAR Pakistan CAR Pakistan
1960 1,702,346 45,709,310 - -
1961 1,734,580 46,921,277 1.89% 2.65%
1962 1,768,115 48,156,128 1.93% 2.63%
1963 1,803,063 49,447,776 1.98% 2.68%
1964 1,839,583 50,799,999 2.03% 2.73%
1965 1,877,854 52,209,010 2.08% 2.77%
1966 1,918,082 53,678,667 2.14% 2.81%
1967 1,960,444 55,214,768 2.21% 2.86%
1968 2,005,100 56,810,507 2.28% 2.89%
1969 2,051,515 58,460,939 2.31% 2.91%
1970 2,097,505 60,166,719 2.24% 2.92%
1971 2,141,450 61,847,899 2.1% 2.79%
1972 2,183,769 63,583,194 1.98% 2.81%
1973 2,226,008 65,461,912 1.93% 2.95%
1974 2,269,338 67,415,487 1.95% 2.98%
1975 2,313,916 69,461,175 1.96% 3.03%
1976 2,348,566 71,620,254 1.5% 3.11%
1977 2,372,930 73,901,827 1.04% 3.19%
1978 2,397,961 76,307,379 1.05% 3.26%
1979 2,423,794 78,997,039 1.08% 3.52%
1980 2,450,535 82,291,010 1.1% 4.17%
1981 2,478,402 85,802,049 1.14% 4.27%
1982 2,507,375 89,089,246 1.17% 3.83%
1983 2,537,399 92,227,711 1.2% 3.52%
1984 2,568,610 95,164,936 1.23% 3.18%
1985 2,600,932 98,229,285 1.26% 3.22%
1986 2,634,258 101,606,764 1.28% 3.44%
1987 2,669,155 105,130,717 1.32% 3.47%
1988 2,713,965 108,724,739 1.68% 3.42%
1989 2,783,970 112,336,629 2.58% 3.32%
1990 2,871,910 116,155,576 3.16% 3.4%
1991 2,963,191 120,060,406 3.18% 3.36%
1992 3,058,831 123,546,848 3.23% 2.9%
1993 3,157,839 127,020,117 3.24% 2.81%
1994 3,257,954 130,748,083 3.17% 2.93%
1995 3,348,052 134,582,253 2.77% 2.93%
1996 3,435,965 138,557,092 2.63% 2.95%
1997 3,531,700 142,531,804 2.79% 2.87%
1998 3,628,827 146,522,356 2.75% 2.8%
1999 3,729,450 150,565,377 2.77% 2.76%
2000 3,833,416 154,879,127 2.79% 2.87%
2001 3,919,487 159,270,907 2.25% 2.84%
2002 4,006,077 163,222,549 2.21% 2.48%
2003 4,103,086 167,110,248 2.42% 2.38%
2004 4,192,826 171,286,000 2.19% 2.5%
2005 4,288,810 175,453,212 2.29% 2.43%
2006 4,377,579 179,682,690 2.07% 2.41%
2007 4,462,770 184,493,231 1.95% 2.68%
2008 4,558,984 189,499,113 2.16% 2.71%
2009 4,529,047 194,376,534 -0.66% 2.57%
2010 4,492,995 199,239,047 -0.8% 2.5%
2011 4,565,021 203,746,065 1.6% 2.26%
2012 4,610,848 207,667,125 1% 1.92%
2013 4,642,419 211,073,978 0.68% 1.64%
2014 4,623,182 214,264,647 -0.41% 1.51%
2015 4,629,320 217,290,883 0.13% 1.41%
2016 4,713,663 220,138,869 1.82% 1.31%
2017 4,793,511 223,273,967 1.69% 1.42%
2018 4,878,657 226,928,892 1.78% 1.64%
2019 4,944,703 230,800,899 1.35% 1.71%
2020 5,026,628 235,001,746 1.66% 1.82%
2021 5,112,100 239,477,801 1.7% 1.9%
2022 5,098,039 243,700,667 -0.28% 1.76%
2023 5,152,421 247,504,495 1.07% 1.56%
2024 5,330,690 251,269,164 3.46% 1.52%
2025 5,513,285 255,219,564 3.43% 1.57%
2026 5,698,988 259,299,796 3.37% 1.6%
2027 5,888,126 263,515,827 3.32% 1.63%
2028 6,082,465 267,881,923 3.3% 1.66%
2029 6,279,729 272,337,520 3.24% 1.66%
2030 6,478,251 276,883,261 3.16% 1.67%
2031 6,680,052 281,528,070 3.12% 1.68%
2032 6,884,143 286,241,141 3.06% 1.67%
2033 7,089,444 291,012,268 2.98% 1.67%
2034 7,296,249 295,820,153 2.92% 1.65%
2035 7,502,585 300,643,518 2.83% 1.63%
2036 7,707,565 305,491,504 2.73% 1.61%
2037 7,911,635 310,353,293 2.65% 1.59%
2038 8,115,865 315,227,709 2.58% 1.57%
2039 8,321,550 320,105,882 2.53% 1.55%
2040 8,526,454 324,937,703 2.46% 1.51%
2041 8,729,074 329,746,478 2.38% 1.48%
2042 8,931,165 334,551,874 2.32% 1.46%
2043 9,134,993 339,334,851 2.28% 1.43%
2044 9,341,761 344,095,467 2.26% 1.4%
2045 9,550,893 348,837,732 2.24% 1.38%
2046 9,761,447 353,552,859 2.2% 1.35%
2047 9,972,759 358,207,159 2.16% 1.32%
2048 10,186,021 362,796,532 2.14% 1.28%
2049 10,400,624 367,344,429 2.11% 1.25%
2050 10,616,749 371,863,804 2.08% 1.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Pakistan gained 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 41,206,244 (a 19% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2005 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.

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