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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Portugal	CAR	Portugal
1960	1,702,346	8,857,716	-	-
1961	1,734,580	8,929,316	1.89%	0.81%
1962	1,768,115	8,993,985	1.93%	0.72%
1963	1,803,063	9,030,355	1.98%	0.4%
1964	1,839,583	9,035,365	2.03%	0.06%
1965	1,877,854	8,998,595	2.08%	-0.41%
1966	1,918,082	8,930,990	2.14%	-0.75%
1967	1,960,444	8,874,520	2.21%	-0.63%
1968	2,005,100	8,836,650	2.28%	-0.43%
1969	2,051,515	8,757,705	2.31%	-0.89%
1970	2,097,505	8,680,431	2.24%	-0.88%
1971	2,141,450	8,643,756	2.1%	-0.42%
1972	2,183,769	8,630,430	1.98%	-0.15%
1973	2,226,008	8,633,100	1.93%	0.03%
1974	2,269,338	8,754,365	1.95%	1.4%
1975	2,313,916	9,093,470	1.96%	3.87%
1976	2,348,566	9,355,810	1.5%	2.88%
1977	2,372,930	9,455,675	1.04%	1.07%
1978	2,397,961	9,558,250	1.05%	1.08%
1979	2,423,794	9,661,265	1.08%	1.08%
1980	2,450,535	9,766,312	1.1%	1.09%
1981	2,478,402	9,851,362	1.14%	0.87%
1982	2,507,375	9,911,771	1.17%	0.61%
1983	2,537,399	9,957,865	1.2%	0.47%
1984	2,568,610	9,996,232	1.23%	0.39%
1985	2,600,932	10,023,613	1.26%	0.27%
1986	2,634,258	10,032,734	1.28%	0.09%
1987	2,669,155	10,030,031	1.32%	-0.03%
1988	2,713,965	10,019,610	1.68%	-0.1%
1989	2,783,970	10,005,000	2.58%	-0.15%
1990	2,871,910	9,983,218	3.16%	-0.22%
1991	2,963,191	9,960,235	3.18%	-0.23%
1992	3,058,831	9,952,494	3.23%	-0.08%
1993	3,157,839	9,964,675	3.24%	0.12%
1994	3,257,954	9,991,525	3.17%	0.27%
1995	3,348,052	10,026,176	2.77%	0.35%
1996	3,435,965	10,063,945	2.63%	0.38%
1997	3,531,700	10,108,977	2.79%	0.45%
1998	3,628,827	10,160,196	2.75%	0.51%
1999	3,729,450	10,217,828	2.77%	0.57%
2000	3,833,416	10,289,898	2.79%	0.71%
2001	3,919,487	10,362,722	2.25%	0.71%
2002	4,006,077	10,419,631	2.21%	0.55%
2003	4,103,086	10,458,821	2.42%	0.38%
2004	4,192,826	10,483,861	2.19%	0.24%
2005	4,288,810	10,503,330	2.29%	0.19%
2006	4,377,579	10,522,288	2.07%	0.18%
2007	4,462,770	10,542,964	1.95%	0.2%
2008	4,558,984	10,558,177	2.16%	0.14%
2009	4,529,047	10,568,247	-0.66%	0.1%
2010	4,492,995	10,573,100	-0.8%	0.05%
2011	4,565,021	10,557,560	1.6%	-0.15%
2012	4,610,848	10,514,844	1%	-0.4%
2013	4,642,419	10,457,295	0.68%	-0.55%
2014	4,623,182	10,401,062	-0.41%	-0.54%
2015	4,629,320	10,358,076	0.13%	-0.41%
2016	4,713,663	10,325,452	1.82%	-0.31%
2017	4,793,511	10,300,300	1.69%	-0.24%
2018	4,878,657	10,283,822	1.78%	-0.16%
2019	4,944,703	10,286,263	1.35%	0.02%
2020	5,026,628	10,297,081	1.66%	0.11%
2021	5,112,100	10,361,831	1.7%	0.63%
2022	5,098,039	10,434,332	-0.28%	0.7%
2023	5,152,421	10,578,174	1.07%	1.38%
2024	5,330,690	10,701,636	3.46%	1.17%
2025	5,513,285	10,687,819	3.43%	-0.13%
2026	5,698,988	10,670,917	3.37%	-0.16%
2027	5,888,126	10,653,073	3.32%	-0.17%
2028	6,082,465	10,632,868	3.3%	-0.19%
2029	6,279,729	10,611,484	3.24%	-0.2%
2030	6,478,251	10,591,436	3.16%	-0.19%
2031	6,680,052	10,571,418	3.12%	-0.19%
2032	6,884,143	10,549,456	3.06%	-0.21%
2033	7,089,444	10,526,482	2.98%	-0.22%
2034	7,296,249	10,502,882	2.92%	-0.22%
2035	7,502,585	10,478,843	2.83%	-0.23%
2036	7,707,565	10,454,630	2.73%	-0.23%
2037	7,911,635	10,430,128	2.65%	-0.23%
2038	8,115,865	10,404,947	2.58%	-0.24%
2039	8,321,550	10,377,968	2.53%	-0.26%
2040	8,526,454	10,349,515	2.46%	-0.27%
2041	8,729,074	10,321,577	2.38%	-0.27%
2042	8,931,165	10,294,106	2.32%	-0.27%
2043	9,134,993	10,264,596	2.28%	-0.29%
2044	9,341,761	10,233,543	2.26%	-0.3%
2045	9,550,893	10,201,832	2.24%	-0.31%
2046	9,761,447	10,168,932	2.2%	-0.32%
2047	9,972,759	10,135,159	2.16%	-0.33%
2048	10,186,021	10,101,419	2.14%	-0.33%
2049	10,400,624	10,066,064	2.11%	-0.35%
2050	10,616,749	10,029,252	2.08%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.