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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Rwanda	CAR	Rwanda
1960	1,702,346	3,022,294	-	-
1961	1,734,580	3,106,779	1.89%	2.8%
1962	1,768,115	3,186,025	1.93%	2.55%
1963	1,803,063	3,258,890	1.98%	2.29%
1964	1,839,583	3,334,834	2.03%	2.33%
1965	1,877,854	3,423,210	2.08%	2.65%
1966	1,918,082	3,521,626	2.14%	2.87%
1967	1,960,444	3,629,577	2.21%	3.07%
1968	2,005,100	3,744,010	2.28%	3.15%
1969	2,051,515	3,861,271	2.31%	3.13%
1970	2,097,505	3,980,669	2.24%	3.09%
1971	2,141,450	4,100,044	2.1%	3%
1972	2,183,769	4,220,335	1.98%	2.93%
1973	2,226,008	4,345,047	1.93%	2.96%
1974	2,269,338	4,474,228	1.95%	2.97%
1975	2,313,916	4,607,728	1.96%	2.98%
1976	2,348,566	4,745,954	1.5%	3%
1977	2,372,930	4,888,240	1.04%	3%
1978	2,397,961	5,035,171	1.05%	3.01%
1979	2,423,794	5,189,541	1.08%	3.07%
1980	2,450,535	5,353,259	1.1%	3.15%
1981	2,478,402	5,527,230	1.14%	3.25%
1982	2,507,375	5,711,549	1.17%	3.33%
1983	2,537,399	5,905,311	1.2%	3.39%
1984	2,568,610	6,107,627	1.23%	3.43%
1985	2,600,932	6,317,228	1.26%	3.43%
1986	2,634,258	6,531,881	1.28%	3.4%
1987	2,669,155	6,749,493	1.32%	3.33%
1988	2,713,965	6,968,071	1.68%	3.24%
1989	2,783,970	7,184,706	2.58%	3.11%
1990	2,871,910	7,375,307	3.16%	2.65%
1991	2,963,191	7,526,966	3.18%	2.06%
1992	3,058,831	7,683,266	3.23%	2.08%
1993	3,157,839	7,981,132	3.24%	3.88%
1994	3,257,954	6,792,352	3.17%	-14.9%
1995	3,348,052	5,674,118	2.77%	-16.5%
1996	3,435,965	6,708,764	2.63%	18.2%
1997	3,531,700	7,755,238	2.79%	15.6%
1998	3,628,827	8,081,681	2.75%	4.21%
1999	3,729,450	8,147,912	2.77%	0.82%
2000	3,833,416	8,213,931	2.79%	0.81%
2001	3,919,487	8,287,094	2.25%	0.89%
2002	4,006,077	8,400,180	2.21%	1.36%
2003	4,103,086	8,586,875	2.42%	2.22%
2004	4,192,826	8,816,844	2.19%	2.68%
2005	4,288,810	9,054,528	2.29%	2.7%
2006	4,377,579	9,299,246	2.07%	2.7%
2007	4,462,770	9,549,933	1.95%	2.7%
2008	4,558,984	9,804,269	2.16%	2.66%
2009	4,529,047	10,060,432	-0.66%	2.61%
2010	4,492,995	10,317,553	-0.8%	2.56%
2011	4,565,021	10,573,733	1.6%	2.48%
2012	4,610,848	10,829,901	1%	2.42%
2013	4,642,419	11,093,340	0.68%	2.43%
2014	4,623,182	11,364,757	-0.41%	2.45%
2015	4,629,320	11,640,022	0.13%	2.42%
2016	4,713,663	11,919,183	1.82%	2.4%
2017	4,793,511	12,202,060	1.69%	2.37%
2018	4,878,657	12,487,996	1.78%	2.34%
2019	4,944,703	12,776,103	1.35%	2.31%
2020	5,026,628	13,065,837	1.66%	2.27%
2021	5,112,100	13,355,260	1.7%	2.22%
2022	5,098,039	13,651,030	-0.28%	2.21%
2023	5,152,421	13,954,471	1.07%	2.22%
2024	5,330,690	14,256,567	3.46%	2.16%
2025	5,513,285	14,569,343	3.43%	2.19%
2026	5,698,988	14,889,694	3.37%	2.2%
2027	5,888,126	15,214,324	3.32%	2.18%
2028	6,082,465	15,536,461	3.3%	2.12%
2029	6,279,729	15,844,649	3.24%	1.98%
2030	6,478,251	16,154,698	3.16%	1.96%
2031	6,680,052	16,473,106	3.12%	1.97%
2032	6,884,143	16,771,820	3.06%	1.81%
2033	7,089,444	17,073,475	2.98%	1.8%
2034	7,296,249	17,402,250	2.92%	1.93%
2035	7,502,585	17,746,315	2.83%	1.98%
2036	7,707,565	18,076,769	2.73%	1.86%
2037	7,911,635	18,395,838	2.65%	1.77%
2038	8,115,865	18,729,778	2.58%	1.82%
2039	8,321,550	19,076,783	2.53%	1.85%
2040	8,526,454	19,440,762	2.46%	1.91%
2041	8,729,074	19,806,170	2.38%	1.88%
2042	8,931,165	20,153,979	2.32%	1.76%
2043	9,134,993	20,500,826	2.28%	1.72%
2044	9,341,761	20,837,079	2.26%	1.64%
2045	9,550,893	21,152,650	2.24%	1.51%
2046	9,761,447	21,459,144	2.2%	1.45%
2047	9,972,759	21,764,578	2.16%	1.42%
2048	10,186,021	22,086,112	2.14%	1.48%
2049	10,400,624	22,403,887	2.11%	1.44%
2050	10,616,749	22,707,896	2.08%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.