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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Seychelles	CAR	Seychelles
1960	1,702,346	41,700	-	-
1961	1,734,580	42,889	1.89%	2.85%
1962	1,768,115	44,042	1.93%	2.69%
1963	1,803,063	45,176	1.98%	2.57%
1964	1,839,583	46,322	2.03%	2.54%
1965	1,877,854	47,500	2.08%	2.54%
1966	1,918,082	48,699	2.14%	2.52%
1967	1,960,444	49,911	2.21%	2.49%
1968	2,005,100	51,134	2.28%	2.45%
1969	2,051,515	52,365	2.31%	2.41%
1970	2,097,505	53,600	2.24%	2.36%
1971	2,141,450	54,695	2.1%	2.04%
1972	2,183,769	56,029	1.98%	2.44%
1973	2,226,008	56,892	1.93%	1.54%
1974	2,269,338	57,937	1.95%	1.84%
1975	2,313,916	59,292	1.96%	2.34%
1976	2,348,566	60,504	1.5%	2.04%
1977	2,372,930	61,786	1.04%	2.12%
1978	2,397,961	62,150	1.05%	0.59%
1979	2,423,794	62,686	1.08%	0.86%
1980	2,450,535	63,261	1.1%	0.92%
1981	2,478,402	64,035	1.14%	1.22%
1982	2,507,375	64,413	1.17%	0.59%
1983	2,537,399	64,335	1.2%	-0.12%
1984	2,568,610	64,717	1.23%	0.59%
1985	2,600,932	65,244	1.26%	0.81%
1986	2,634,258	65,652	1.28%	0.63%
1987	2,669,155	68,499	1.32%	4.34%
1988	2,713,965	68,755	1.68%	0.37%
1989	2,783,970	69,167	2.58%	0.6%
1990	2,871,910	69,507	3.16%	0.49%
1991	2,963,191	70,439	3.18%	1.34%
1992	3,058,831	70,763	3.23%	0.46%
1993	3,157,839	72,253	3.24%	2.11%
1994	3,257,954	74,205	3.17%	2.7%
1995	3,348,052	75,304	2.77%	1.48%
1996	3,435,965	76,417	2.63%	1.48%
1997	3,531,700	77,319	2.79%	1.18%
1998	3,628,827	78,846	2.75%	1.97%
1999	3,729,450	80,410	2.77%	1.98%
2000	3,833,416	81,131	2.79%	0.9%
2001	3,919,487	81,202	2.25%	0.09%
2002	4,006,077	83,723	2.21%	3.1%
2003	4,103,086	82,781	2.42%	-1.13%
2004	4,192,826	82,475	2.19%	-0.37%
2005	4,288,810	82,858	2.29%	0.46%
2006	4,377,579	84,600	2.07%	2.1%
2007	4,462,770	85,033	1.95%	0.51%
2008	4,558,984	86,956	2.16%	2.26%
2009	4,529,047	87,298	-0.66%	0.39%
2010	4,492,995	89,770	-0.8%	2.83%
2011	4,565,021	87,441	1.6%	-2.59%
2012	4,610,848	88,303	1%	0.99%
2013	4,642,419	89,949	0.68%	1.86%
2014	4,623,182	91,359	-0.41%	1.57%
2015	4,629,320	93,419	0.13%	2.25%
2016	4,713,663	94,677	1.82%	1.35%
2017	4,793,511	95,843	1.69%	1.23%
2018	4,878,657	96,762	1.78%	0.96%
2019	4,944,703	97,625	1.35%	0.89%
2020	5,026,628	98,462	1.66%	0.86%
2021	5,112,100	99,258	1.7%	0.81%
2022	5,098,039	119,878	-0.28%	20.8%
2023	5,152,421	119,773	1.07%	-0.09%
2024	5,330,690	121,354	3.46%	1.32%
2025	5,513,285	123,549	3.43%	1.81%
2026	5,698,988	125,581	3.37%	1.64%
2027	5,888,126	127,380	3.32%	1.43%
2028	6,082,465	128,883	3.3%	1.18%
2029	6,279,729	130,011	3.24%	0.87%
2030	6,478,251	130,635	3.16%	0.48%
2031	6,680,052	130,989	3.12%	0.27%
2032	6,884,143	131,305	3.06%	0.24%
2033	7,089,444	131,578	2.98%	0.21%
2034	7,296,249	131,816	2.92%	0.18%
2035	7,502,585	132,027	2.83%	0.16%
2036	7,707,565	132,202	2.73%	0.13%
2037	7,911,635	132,348	2.65%	0.11%
2038	8,115,865	132,467	2.58%	0.09%
2039	8,321,550	132,552	2.53%	0.06%
2040	8,526,454	132,631	2.46%	0.06%
2041	8,729,074	132,681	2.38%	0.04%
2042	8,931,165	132,700	2.32%	0.01%
2043	9,134,993	132,698	2.28%	-0.001%
2044	9,341,761	132,665	2.26%	-0.03%
2045	9,550,893	132,613	2.24%	-0.04%
2046	9,761,447	132,531	2.2%	-0.06%
2047	9,972,759	132,415	2.16%	-0.09%
2048	10,186,021	132,264	2.14%	-0.11%
2049	10,400,624	132,085	2.11%	-0.14%
2050	10,616,749	131,885	2.08%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.