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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Senegal	CAR	Senegal
1960	1,702,346	3,340,907	-	-
1961	1,734,580	3,436,375	1.89%	2.86%
1962	1,768,115	3,534,686	1.93%	2.86%
1963	1,803,063	3,635,876	1.98%	2.86%
1964	1,839,583	3,740,535	2.03%	2.88%
1965	1,877,854	3,849,788	2.08%	2.92%
1966	1,918,082	3,964,299	2.14%	2.97%
1967	1,960,444	4,083,870	2.21%	3.02%
1968	2,005,100	4,207,587	2.28%	3.03%
1969	2,051,515	4,334,974	2.31%	3.03%
1970	2,097,505	4,466,328	2.24%	3.03%
1971	2,141,450	4,601,864	2.1%	3.03%
1972	2,183,769	4,741,631	1.98%	3.04%
1973	2,226,008	4,885,181	1.93%	3.03%
1974	2,269,338	5,029,437	1.95%	2.95%
1975	2,313,916	5,170,810	1.96%	2.81%
1976	2,348,566	5,308,564	1.5%	2.66%
1977	2,372,930	5,439,549	1.04%	2.47%
1978	2,397,961	5,568,096	1.05%	2.36%
1979	2,423,794	5,702,895	1.08%	2.42%
1980	2,450,535	5,845,638	1.1%	2.5%
1981	2,478,402	5,997,160	1.14%	2.59%
1982	2,507,375	6,156,961	1.17%	2.66%
1983	2,537,399	6,324,504	1.2%	2.72%
1984	2,568,610	6,499,364	1.23%	2.76%
1985	2,600,932	6,683,287	1.26%	2.83%
1986	2,634,258	6,878,192	1.28%	2.92%
1987	2,669,155	7,081,530	1.32%	2.96%
1988	2,713,965	7,289,618	1.68%	2.94%
1989	2,783,970	7,502,207	2.58%	2.92%
1990	2,871,910	7,720,523	3.16%	2.91%
1991	2,963,191	7,943,085	3.18%	2.88%
1992	3,058,831	8,168,395	3.23%	2.84%
1993	3,157,839	8,396,288	3.24%	2.79%
1994	3,257,954	8,624,078	3.17%	2.71%
1995	3,348,052	8,848,101	2.77%	2.6%
1996	3,435,965	9,067,014	2.63%	2.47%
1997	3,531,700	9,283,495	2.79%	2.39%
1998	3,628,827	9,502,952	2.75%	2.36%
1999	3,729,450	9,730,887	2.77%	2.4%
2000	3,833,416	9,968,260	2.79%	2.44%
2001	3,919,487	10,212,942	2.25%	2.45%
2002	4,006,077	10,466,214	2.21%	2.48%
2003	4,103,086	10,721,176	2.42%	2.44%
2004	4,192,826	10,975,704	2.19%	2.37%
2005	4,288,810	11,235,472	2.29%	2.37%
2006	4,377,579	11,500,094	2.07%	2.36%
2007	4,462,770	11,770,344	1.95%	2.35%
2008	4,558,984	12,048,959	2.16%	2.37%
2009	4,529,047	12,337,389	-0.66%	2.39%
2010	4,492,995	12,635,413	-0.8%	2.42%
2011	4,565,021	12,958,897	1.6%	2.56%
2012	4,610,848	13,310,495	1%	2.71%
2013	4,642,419	13,710,849	0.68%	3.01%
2014	4,623,182	14,152,102	-0.41%	3.22%
2015	4,629,320	14,593,331	0.13%	3.12%
2016	4,713,663	15,034,521	1.82%	3.02%
2017	4,793,511	15,475,002	1.69%	2.93%
2018	4,878,657	15,914,498	1.78%	2.84%
2019	4,944,703	16,352,922	1.35%	2.75%
2020	5,026,628	16,789,219	1.66%	2.67%
2021	5,112,100	17,220,867	1.7%	2.57%
2022	5,098,039	17,651,103	-0.28%	2.5%
2023	5,152,421	18,077,573	1.07%	2.42%
2024	5,330,690	18,501,984	3.46%	2.35%
2025	5,513,285	18,931,964	3.43%	2.32%
2026	5,698,988	19,366,546	3.37%	2.3%
2027	5,888,126	19,807,242	3.32%	2.28%
2028	6,082,465	20,254,562	3.3%	2.26%
2029	6,279,729	20,706,628	3.24%	2.23%
2030	6,478,251	21,163,189	3.16%	2.2%
2031	6,680,052	21,623,709	3.12%	2.18%
2032	6,884,143	22,085,928	3.06%	2.14%
2033	7,089,444	22,548,831	2.98%	2.1%
2034	7,296,249	23,012,018	2.92%	2.05%
2035	7,502,585	23,476,591	2.83%	2.02%
2036	7,707,565	23,942,221	2.73%	1.98%
2037	7,911,635	24,407,574	2.65%	1.94%
2038	8,115,865	24,872,512	2.58%	1.9%
2039	8,321,550	25,335,991	2.53%	1.86%
2040	8,526,454	25,797,506	2.46%	1.82%
2041	8,729,074	26,257,464	2.38%	1.78%
2042	8,931,165	26,716,424	2.32%	1.75%
2043	9,134,993	27,174,896	2.28%	1.72%
2044	9,341,761	27,632,997	2.26%	1.69%
2045	9,550,893	28,089,695	2.24%	1.65%
2046	9,761,447	28,546,280	2.2%	1.63%
2047	9,972,759	29,002,001	2.16%	1.6%
2048	10,186,021	29,457,233	2.14%	1.57%
2049	10,400,624	29,911,840	2.11%	1.54%
2050	10,616,749	30,364,944	2.08%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Central African Republic gained 987,392 (a 20.9% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2006 and is 117th in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th 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 Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.