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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Panama	CAR	Panama
1960	1,702,346	1,126,005	-	-
1961	1,734,580	1,159,870	1.89%	3.01%
1962	1,768,115	1,195,301	1.93%	3.05%
1963	1,803,063	1,232,124	1.98%	3.08%
1964	1,839,583	1,270,065	2.03%	3.08%
1965	1,877,854	1,308,835	2.08%	3.05%
1966	1,918,082	1,348,388	2.14%	3.02%
1967	1,960,444	1,388,628	2.21%	2.98%
1968	2,005,100	1,429,447	2.28%	2.94%
1969	2,051,515	1,470,886	2.31%	2.9%
1970	2,097,505	1,513,070	2.24%	2.87%
1971	2,141,450	1,556,081	2.1%	2.84%
1972	2,183,769	1,599,723	1.98%	2.8%
1973	2,226,008	1,643,690	1.93%	2.75%
1974	2,269,338	1,687,926	1.95%	2.69%
1975	2,313,916	1,732,389	1.96%	2.63%
1976	2,348,566	1,776,935	1.5%	2.57%
1977	2,372,930	1,821,543	1.04%	2.51%
1978	2,397,961	1,866,311	1.05%	2.46%
1979	2,423,794	1,911,552	1.08%	2.42%
1980	2,450,535	1,957,534	1.1%	2.41%
1981	2,478,402	2,004,418	1.14%	2.4%
1982	2,507,375	2,052,271	1.17%	2.39%
1983	2,537,399	2,101,106	1.2%	2.38%
1984	2,568,610	2,150,782	1.23%	2.36%
1985	2,600,932	2,200,915	1.26%	2.33%
1986	2,634,258	2,251,325	1.28%	2.29%
1987	2,669,155	2,301,970	1.32%	2.25%
1988	2,713,965	2,352,848	1.68%	2.21%
1989	2,783,970	2,403,820	2.58%	2.17%
1990	2,871,910	2,455,583	3.16%	2.15%
1991	2,963,191	2,508,265	3.18%	2.15%
1992	3,058,831	2,561,336	3.23%	2.12%
1993	3,157,839	2,615,099	3.24%	2.1%
1994	3,257,954	2,669,546	3.17%	2.08%
1995	3,348,052	2,724,557	2.77%	2.06%
1996	3,435,965	2,780,227	2.63%	2.04%
1997	3,531,700	2,836,695	2.79%	2.03%
1998	3,628,827	2,893,914	2.75%	2.02%
1999	3,729,450	2,951,822	2.77%	2%
2000	3,833,416	3,010,369	2.79%	1.98%
2001	3,919,487	3,069,537	2.25%	1.97%
2002	4,006,077	3,129,344	2.21%	1.95%
2003	4,103,086	3,189,807	2.42%	1.93%
2004	4,192,826	3,251,155	2.19%	1.92%
2005	4,288,810	3,313,026	2.29%	1.9%
2006	4,377,579	3,375,024	2.07%	1.87%
2007	4,462,770	3,437,490	1.95%	1.85%
2008	4,558,984	3,500,648	2.16%	1.84%
2009	4,529,047	3,564,381	-0.66%	1.82%
2010	4,492,995	3,628,535	-0.8%	1.8%
2011	4,565,021	3,693,505	1.6%	1.79%
2012	4,610,848	3,759,256	1%	1.78%
2013	4,642,419	3,825,329	0.68%	1.76%
2014	4,623,182	3,892,101	-0.41%	1.75%
2015	4,629,320	3,960,035	0.13%	1.75%
2016	4,713,663	4,029,086	1.82%	1.74%
2017	4,793,511	4,098,707	1.69%	1.73%
2018	4,878,657	4,167,860	1.78%	1.69%
2019	4,944,703	4,234,700	1.35%	1.6%
2020	5,026,628	4,293,261	1.66%	1.38%
2021	5,112,100	4,345,405	1.7%	1.21%
2022	5,098,039	4,400,773	-0.28%	1.27%
2023	5,152,421	4,458,759	1.07%	1.32%
2024	5,330,690	4,515,577	3.46%	1.27%
2025	5,513,285	4,571,195	3.43%	1.23%
2026	5,698,988	4,625,720	3.37%	1.19%
2027	5,888,126	4,679,241	3.32%	1.16%
2028	6,082,465	4,731,818	3.3%	1.12%
2029	6,279,729	4,783,378	3.24%	1.09%
2030	6,478,251	4,833,856	3.16%	1.06%
2031	6,680,052	4,883,390	3.12%	1.02%
2032	6,884,143	4,932,075	3.06%	1%
2033	7,089,444	4,979,812	2.98%	0.97%
2034	7,296,249	5,026,494	2.92%	0.94%
2035	7,502,585	5,072,267	2.83%	0.91%
2036	7,707,565	5,117,124	2.73%	0.88%
2037	7,911,635	5,161,085	2.65%	0.86%
2038	8,115,865	5,204,053	2.58%	0.83%
2039	8,321,550	5,245,902	2.53%	0.8%
2040	8,526,454	5,286,595	2.46%	0.78%
2041	8,729,074	5,326,183	2.38%	0.75%
2042	8,931,165	5,364,671	2.32%	0.72%
2043	9,134,993	5,402,037	2.28%	0.7%
2044	9,341,761	5,438,259	2.26%	0.67%
2045	9,550,893	5,473,283	2.24%	0.64%
2046	9,761,447	5,507,148	2.2%	0.62%
2047	9,972,759	5,539,873	2.16%	0.59%
2048	10,186,021	5,571,404	2.14%	0.57%
2049	10,400,624	5,601,670	2.11%	0.54%
2050	10,616,749	5,630,681	2.08%	0.52%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Panama gained 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Panama's population increased by 597,218 (a 14.8% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Panama was ranked 128th in 2006 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 21.7% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.