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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Saudi Arabia	CAR	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,702,346	2,435,403	-	-
1961	1,734,580	2,526,347	1.89%	3.73%
1962	1,768,115	2,620,910	1.93%	3.74%
1963	1,803,063	2,719,341	1.98%	3.76%
1964	1,839,583	2,821,968	2.03%	3.77%
1965	1,877,854	2,928,771	2.08%	3.78%
1966	1,918,082	3,039,887	2.14%	3.79%
1967	1,960,444	3,157,242	2.21%	3.86%
1968	2,005,100	3,282,711	2.28%	3.97%
1969	2,051,515	3,417,114	2.31%	4.09%
1970	2,097,505	3,562,470	2.24%	4.25%
1971	2,141,450	3,724,031	2.1%	4.54%
1972	2,183,769	3,905,722	1.98%	4.88%
1973	2,226,008	4,106,344	1.93%	5.14%
1974	2,269,338	4,323,632	1.95%	5.29%
1975	2,313,916	4,556,287	1.96%	5.38%
1976	2,348,566	4,807,933	1.5%	5.52%
1977	2,372,930	5,083,048	1.04%	5.72%
1978	2,397,961	5,381,902	1.05%	5.88%
1979	2,423,794	5,703,698	1.08%	5.98%
1980	2,450,535	6,047,997	1.1%	6.04%
1981	2,478,402	6,420,551	1.14%	6.16%
1982	2,507,375	6,824,486	1.17%	6.29%
1983	2,537,399	7,252,941	1.2%	6.28%
1984	2,568,610	7,697,307	1.23%	6.13%
1985	2,600,932	8,151,779	1.26%	5.9%
1986	2,634,258	8,628,639	1.28%	5.85%
1987	2,669,155	9,130,194	1.32%	5.81%
1988	2,713,965	9,629,165	1.68%	5.47%
1989	2,783,970	10,128,394	2.58%	5.18%
1990	2,871,910	10,640,691	3.16%	5.06%
1991	2,963,191	11,160,744	3.18%	4.89%
1992	3,058,831	11,686,676	3.23%	4.71%
1993	3,157,839	12,215,862	3.24%	4.53%
1994	3,257,954	12,750,040	3.17%	4.37%
1995	3,348,052	13,289,245	2.77%	4.23%
1996	3,435,965	13,831,009	2.63%	4.08%
1997	3,531,700	14,374,943	2.79%	3.93%
1998	3,628,827	14,922,185	2.75%	3.81%
1999	3,729,450	15,472,075	2.77%	3.69%
2000	3,833,416	16,177,722	2.79%	4.56%
2001	3,919,487	17,041,397	2.25%	5.34%
2002	4,006,077	17,910,910	2.21%	5.1%
2003	4,103,086	18,786,767	2.42%	4.89%
2004	4,192,826	19,669,480	2.19%	4.7%
2005	4,288,810	20,559,890	2.29%	4.53%
2006	4,377,579	21,459,144	2.07%	4.37%
2007	4,462,770	22,368,313	1.95%	4.24%
2008	4,558,984	23,287,877	2.16%	4.11%
2009	4,529,047	24,217,654	-0.66%	3.99%
2010	4,492,995	23,978,487	-0.8%	-0.99%
2011	4,565,021	25,091,867	1.6%	4.64%
2012	4,610,848	26,168,861	1%	4.29%
2013	4,642,419	27,624,004	0.68%	5.56%
2014	4,623,182	28,309,273	-0.41%	2.48%
2015	4,629,320	29,816,382	0.13%	5.32%
2016	4,713,663	30,954,198	1.82%	3.82%
2017	4,793,511	30,977,355	1.69%	0.07%
2018	4,878,657	30,196,281	1.78%	-2.52%
2019	4,944,703	30,063,799	1.35%	-0.44%
2020	5,026,628	31,552,510	1.66%	4.95%
2021	5,112,100	30,784,383	1.7%	-2.43%
2022	5,098,039	32,175,224	-0.28%	4.52%
2023	5,152,421	33,702,731	1.07%	4.75%
2024	5,330,690	35,300,280	3.46%	4.74%
2025	5,513,285	35,927,625	3.43%	1.78%
2026	5,698,988	36,550,694	3.37%	1.73%
2027	5,888,126	37,167,513	3.32%	1.69%
2028	6,082,465	37,775,810	3.3%	1.64%
2029	6,279,729	38,364,377	3.24%	1.56%
2030	6,478,251	38,918,375	3.16%	1.44%
2031	6,680,052	39,450,880	3.12%	1.37%
2032	6,884,143	39,983,934	3.06%	1.35%
2033	7,089,444	40,517,599	2.98%	1.33%
2034	7,296,249	41,052,423	2.92%	1.32%
2035	7,502,585	41,588,429	2.83%	1.31%
2036	7,707,565	42,125,184	2.73%	1.29%
2037	7,911,635	42,661,908	2.65%	1.27%
2038	8,115,865	43,198,420	2.58%	1.26%
2039	8,321,550	43,734,316	2.53%	1.24%
2040	8,526,454	44,269,571	2.46%	1.22%
2041	8,729,074	44,804,338	2.38%	1.21%
2042	8,931,165	45,338,111	2.32%	1.19%
2043	9,134,993	45,870,896	2.28%	1.18%
2044	9,341,761	46,403,116	2.26%	1.16%
2045	9,550,893	46,934,822	2.24%	1.15%
2046	9,761,447	47,465,267	2.2%	1.13%
2047	9,972,759	47,993,976	2.16%	1.11%
2048	10,186,021	48,521,364	2.14%	1.1%
2049	10,400,624	49,047,461	2.11%	1.08%
2050	10,616,749	49,572,202	2.08%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.