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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Romania	CAR	Romania
1960	1,702,346	18,406,905	-	-
1961	1,734,580	18,555,250	1.89%	0.81%
1962	1,768,115	18,676,550	1.93%	0.65%
1963	1,803,063	18,797,850	1.98%	0.65%
1964	1,839,583	18,919,126	2.03%	0.65%
1965	1,877,854	19,031,576	2.08%	0.59%
1966	1,918,082	19,215,450	2.14%	0.97%
1967	1,960,444	19,534,242	2.21%	1.66%
1968	2,005,100	19,799,831	2.28%	1.36%
1969	2,051,515	20,009,141	2.31%	1.06%
1970	2,097,505	20,250,398	2.24%	1.21%
1971	2,141,450	20,461,567	2.1%	1.04%
1972	2,183,769	20,657,957	1.98%	0.96%
1973	2,226,008	20,835,681	1.93%	0.86%
1974	2,269,338	21,029,429	1.95%	0.93%
1975	2,313,916	21,293,583	1.96%	1.26%
1976	2,348,566	21,551,634	1.5%	1.21%
1977	2,372,930	21,756,096	1.04%	0.95%
1978	2,397,961	21,951,464	1.05%	0.9%
1979	2,423,794	22,090,488	1.08%	0.63%
1980	2,450,535	22,207,282	1.1%	0.53%
1981	2,478,402	22,353,070	1.14%	0.66%
1982	2,507,375	22,475,741	1.17%	0.55%
1983	2,537,399	22,560,478	1.2%	0.38%
1984	2,568,610	22,640,547	1.23%	0.35%
1985	2,600,932	22,732,999	1.26%	0.41%
1986	2,634,258	22,836,841	1.28%	0.46%
1987	2,669,155	22,949,430	1.32%	0.49%
1988	2,713,965	23,057,662	1.68%	0.47%
1989	2,783,970	23,161,458	2.58%	0.45%
1990	2,871,910	23,201,835	3.16%	0.17%
1991	2,963,191	23,001,155	3.18%	-0.86%
1992	3,058,831	22,794,284	3.23%	-0.9%
1993	3,157,839	22,763,280	3.24%	-0.14%
1994	3,257,954	22,730,211	3.17%	-0.15%
1995	3,348,052	22,684,270	2.77%	-0.2%
1996	3,435,965	22,619,004	2.63%	-0.29%
1997	3,531,700	22,553,978	2.79%	-0.29%
1998	3,628,827	22,507,344	2.75%	-0.21%
1999	3,729,450	22,472,040	2.77%	-0.16%
2000	3,833,416	22,442,971	2.79%	-0.13%
2001	3,919,487	22,131,970	2.25%	-1.39%
2002	4,006,077	21,730,496	2.21%	-1.81%
2003	4,103,086	21,574,326	2.42%	-0.72%
2004	4,192,826	21,451,748	2.19%	-0.57%
2005	4,288,810	21,319,685	2.29%	-0.62%
2006	4,377,579	21,193,760	2.07%	-0.59%
2007	4,462,770	20,882,982	1.95%	-1.47%
2008	4,558,984	20,537,875	2.16%	-1.65%
2009	4,529,047	20,367,487	-0.66%	-0.83%
2010	4,492,995	20,246,871	-0.8%	-0.59%
2011	4,565,021	20,147,528	1.6%	-0.49%
2012	4,610,848	20,058,035	1%	-0.44%
2013	4,642,419	19,983,693	0.68%	-0.37%
2014	4,623,182	19,908,979	-0.41%	-0.37%
2015	4,629,320	19,815,616	0.13%	-0.47%
2016	4,713,663	19,702,267	1.82%	-0.57%
2017	4,793,511	19,588,715	1.69%	-0.58%
2018	4,878,657	19,473,970	1.78%	-0.59%
2019	4,944,703	19,371,648	1.35%	-0.53%
2020	5,026,628	19,265,250	1.66%	-0.55%
2021	5,112,100	19,122,059	1.7%	-0.74%
2022	5,098,039	19,048,502	-0.28%	-0.38%
2023	5,152,421	19,061,062	1.07%	0.07%
2024	5,330,690	19,051,804	3.46%	-0.05%
2025	5,513,285	18,945,157	3.43%	-0.56%
2026	5,698,988	18,836,893	3.37%	-0.57%
2027	5,888,126	18,727,645	3.32%	-0.58%
2028	6,082,465	18,617,757	3.3%	-0.59%
2029	6,279,729	18,506,702	3.24%	-0.6%
2030	6,478,251	18,394,947	3.16%	-0.6%
2031	6,680,052	18,282,991	3.12%	-0.61%
2032	6,884,143	18,170,681	3.06%	-0.61%
2033	7,089,444	18,057,661	2.98%	-0.62%
2034	7,296,249	17,943,814	2.92%	-0.63%
2035	7,502,585	17,828,772	2.83%	-0.64%
2036	7,707,565	17,712,177	2.73%	-0.65%
2037	7,911,635	17,595,189	2.65%	-0.66%
2038	8,115,865	17,477,597	2.58%	-0.67%
2039	8,321,550	17,360,012	2.53%	-0.67%
2040	8,526,454	17,242,939	2.46%	-0.67%
2041	8,729,074	17,124,773	2.38%	-0.69%
2042	8,931,165	17,006,515	2.32%	-0.69%
2043	9,134,993	16,888,882	2.28%	-0.69%
2044	9,341,761	16,770,593	2.26%	-0.7%
2045	9,550,893	16,652,406	2.24%	-0.7%
2046	9,761,447	16,534,847	2.2%	-0.71%
2047	9,972,759	16,416,456	2.16%	-0.72%
2048	10,186,021	16,297,099	2.14%	-0.73%
2049	10,400,624	16,177,534	2.11%	-0.73%
2050	10,616,749	16,058,209	2.08%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.