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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Palau	CAR	Palau
1960	1,702,346	9,328	-	-
1961	1,734,580	9,555	1.89%	2.43%
1962	1,768,115	9,793	1.93%	2.49%
1963	1,803,063	10,037	1.98%	2.49%
1964	1,839,583	10,292	2.03%	2.54%
1965	1,877,854	10,547	2.08%	2.48%
1966	1,918,082	10,805	2.14%	2.45%
1967	1,960,444	10,988	2.21%	1.69%
1968	2,005,100	11,080	2.28%	0.84%
1969	2,051,515	11,159	2.31%	0.71%
1970	2,097,505	11,368	2.24%	1.87%
1971	2,141,450	11,759	2.1%	3.44%
1972	2,183,769	12,194	1.98%	3.7%
1973	2,226,008	12,552	1.93%	2.94%
1974	2,269,338	12,687	1.95%	1.08%
1975	2,313,916	12,655	1.96%	-0.25%
1976	2,348,566	12,598	1.5%	-0.45%
1977	2,372,930	12,525	1.04%	-0.58%
1978	2,397,961	12,440	1.05%	-0.68%
1979	2,423,794	12,337	1.08%	-0.83%
1980	2,450,535	12,271	1.1%	-0.53%
1981	2,478,402	12,402	1.14%	1.07%
1982	2,507,375	12,694	1.17%	2.35%
1983	2,537,399	13,006	1.2%	2.46%
1984	2,568,610	13,337	1.23%	2.54%
1985	2,600,932	13,688	1.26%	2.63%
1986	2,634,258	14,024	1.28%	2.45%
1987	2,669,155	14,334	1.32%	2.21%
1988	2,713,965	14,645	1.68%	2.17%
1989	2,783,970	14,945	2.58%	2.05%
1990	2,871,910	15,259	3.16%	2.1%
1991	2,963,191	15,614	3.18%	2.33%
1992	3,058,831	15,989	3.23%	2.4%
1993	3,157,839	16,372	3.24%	2.4%
1994	3,257,954	16,770	3.17%	2.43%
1995	3,348,052	17,195	2.77%	2.53%
1996	3,435,965	17,654	2.63%	2.67%
1997	3,531,700	18,108	2.79%	2.57%
1998	3,628,827	18,524	2.75%	2.3%
1999	3,729,450	18,901	2.77%	2.04%
2000	3,833,416	19,178	2.79%	1.47%
2001	3,919,487	19,352	2.25%	0.91%
2002	4,006,077	19,503	2.21%	0.78%
2003	4,103,086	19,659	2.42%	0.8%
2004	4,192,826	19,820	2.19%	0.82%
2005	4,288,810	19,819	2.29%	-0.005%
2006	4,377,579	19,593	2.07%	-1.14%
2007	4,462,770	19,302	1.95%	-1.49%
2008	4,558,984	19,009	2.16%	-1.52%
2009	4,529,047	18,709	-0.66%	-1.58%
2010	4,492,995	18,396	-0.8%	-1.67%
2011	4,565,021	18,078	1.6%	-1.73%
2012	4,610,848	17,765	1%	-1.73%
2013	4,642,419	17,648	0.68%	-0.66%
2014	4,623,182	17,715	-0.41%	0.38%
2015	4,629,320	17,770	0.13%	0.31%
2016	4,713,663	17,797	1.82%	0.15%
2017	4,793,511	17,812	1.69%	0.08%
2018	4,878,657	17,814	1.78%	0.01%
2019	4,944,703	17,798	1.35%	-0.09%
2020	5,026,628	17,792	1.66%	-0.03%
2021	5,112,100	17,783	1.7%	-0.05%
2022	5,098,039	17,759	-0.28%	-0.13%
2023	5,152,421	17,727	1.07%	-0.18%
2024	5,330,690	17,695	3.46%	-0.18%
2025	5,513,285	17,663	3.43%	-0.18%
2026	5,698,988	17,618	3.37%	-0.25%
2027	5,888,126	17,564	3.32%	-0.31%
2028	6,082,465	17,504	3.3%	-0.34%
2029	6,279,729	17,436	3.24%	-0.39%
2030	6,478,251	17,376	3.16%	-0.34%
2031	6,680,052	17,299	3.12%	-0.44%
2032	6,884,143	17,228	3.06%	-0.41%
2033	7,089,444	17,163	2.98%	-0.38%
2034	7,296,249	17,092	2.92%	-0.41%
2035	7,502,585	17,012	2.83%	-0.47%
2036	7,707,565	16,940	2.73%	-0.43%
2037	7,911,635	16,858	2.65%	-0.48%
2038	8,115,865	16,779	2.58%	-0.47%
2039	8,321,550	16,689	2.53%	-0.54%
2040	8,526,454	16,604	2.46%	-0.51%
2041	8,729,074	16,510	2.38%	-0.57%
2042	8,931,165	16,403	2.32%	-0.65%
2043	9,134,993	16,302	2.28%	-0.61%
2044	9,341,761	16,202	2.26%	-0.62%
2045	9,550,893	16,097	2.24%	-0.65%
2046	9,761,447	15,977	2.2%	-0.74%
2047	9,972,759	15,863	2.16%	-0.71%
2048	10,186,021	15,749	2.14%	-0.72%
2049	10,400,624	15,632	2.11%	-0.74%
2050	10,616,749	15,515	2.08%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.