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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Sierra Leone	CAR	Sierra Leone
1960	1,702,346	2,268,356	-	-
1961	1,734,580	2,304,227	1.89%	1.58%
1962	1,768,115	2,342,242	1.93%	1.65%
1963	1,803,063	2,382,258	1.98%	1.71%
1964	1,839,583	2,424,390	2.03%	1.77%
1965	1,877,854	2,468,666	2.08%	1.83%
1966	1,918,082	2,514,638	2.14%	1.86%
1967	1,960,444	2,562,384	2.21%	1.9%
1968	2,005,100	2,611,532	2.28%	1.92%
1969	2,051,515	2,661,365	2.31%	1.91%
1970	2,097,505	2,712,286	2.24%	1.91%
1971	2,141,450	2,763,222	2.1%	1.88%
1972	2,183,769	2,814,388	1.98%	1.85%
1973	2,226,008	2,866,955	1.93%	1.87%
1974	2,269,338	2,920,459	1.95%	1.87%
1975	2,313,916	2,974,657	1.96%	1.86%
1976	2,348,566	3,028,820	1.5%	1.82%
1977	2,372,930	3,085,354	1.04%	1.87%
1978	2,397,961	3,145,517	1.05%	1.95%
1979	2,423,794	3,207,499	1.08%	1.97%
1980	2,450,535	3,272,089	1.1%	2.01%
1981	2,478,402	3,338,940	1.14%	2.04%
1982	2,507,375	3,408,183	1.17%	2.07%
1983	2,537,399	3,481,646	1.2%	2.16%
1984	2,568,610	3,558,758	1.23%	2.21%
1985	2,600,932	3,638,438	1.26%	2.24%
1986	2,634,258	3,728,380	1.28%	2.47%
1987	2,669,155	3,829,718	1.32%	2.72%
1988	2,713,965	3,934,517	1.68%	2.74%
1989	2,783,970	4,034,037	2.58%	2.53%
1990	2,871,910	4,196,828	3.16%	4.04%
1991	2,963,191	4,246,267	3.18%	1.18%
1992	3,058,831	4,166,366	3.23%	-1.88%
1993	3,157,839	4,157,130	3.24%	-0.22%
1994	3,257,954	4,173,105	3.17%	0.38%
1995	3,348,052	4,179,179	2.77%	0.15%
1996	3,435,965	4,199,210	2.63%	0.48%
1997	3,531,700	4,253,716	2.79%	1.3%
1998	3,628,827	4,295,785	2.75%	0.99%
1999	3,729,450	4,318,043	2.77%	0.52%
2000	3,833,416	4,423,611	2.79%	2.44%
2001	3,919,487	4,692,716	2.25%	6.08%
2002	4,006,077	4,971,435	2.21%	5.94%
2003	4,103,086	5,177,687	2.42%	4.15%
2004	4,192,826	5,355,717	2.19%	3.44%
2005	4,288,810	5,501,712	2.29%	2.73%
2006	4,377,579	5,624,466	2.07%	2.23%
2007	4,462,770	5,749,352	1.95%	2.22%
2008	4,558,984	5,894,722	2.16%	2.53%
2009	4,529,047	6,055,646	-0.66%	2.73%
2010	4,492,995	6,222,714	-0.8%	2.76%
2011	4,565,021	6,387,251	1.6%	2.64%
2012	4,610,848	6,551,080	1%	2.56%
2013	4,642,419	6,714,051	0.68%	2.49%
2014	4,623,182	6,876,385	-0.41%	2.42%
2015	4,629,320	7,037,655	0.13%	2.35%
2016	4,713,663	7,205,328	1.82%	2.38%
2017	4,793,511	7,379,299	1.69%	2.41%
2018	4,878,657	7,554,563	1.78%	2.38%
2019	4,944,703	7,731,991	1.35%	2.35%
2020	5,026,628	7,912,558	1.66%	2.34%
2021	5,112,100	8,094,602	1.7%	2.3%
2022	5,098,039	8,276,807	-0.28%	2.25%
2023	5,152,421	8,460,512	1.07%	2.22%
2024	5,330,690	8,642,022	3.46%	2.15%
2025	5,513,285	8,819,789	3.43%	2.06%
2026	5,698,988	8,996,743	3.37%	2.01%
2027	5,888,126	9,174,695	3.32%	1.98%
2028	6,082,465	9,349,021	3.3%	1.9%
2029	6,279,729	9,520,811	3.24%	1.84%
2030	6,478,251	9,694,851	3.16%	1.83%
2031	6,680,052	9,870,295	3.12%	1.81%
2032	6,884,143	10,047,193	3.06%	1.79%
2033	7,089,444	10,221,006	2.98%	1.73%
2034	7,296,249	10,391,485	2.92%	1.67%
2035	7,502,585	10,563,163	2.83%	1.65%
2036	7,707,565	10,734,341	2.73%	1.62%
2037	7,911,635	10,902,263	2.65%	1.56%
2038	8,115,865	11,066,143	2.58%	1.5%
2039	8,321,550	11,230,060	2.53%	1.48%
2040	8,526,454	11,398,391	2.46%	1.5%
2041	8,729,074	11,566,213	2.38%	1.47%
2042	8,931,165	11,728,787	2.32%	1.41%
2043	9,134,993	11,887,934	2.28%	1.36%
2044	9,341,761	12,049,424	2.26%	1.36%
2045	9,550,893	12,208,872	2.24%	1.32%
2046	9,761,447	12,363,446	2.2%	1.27%
2047	9,972,759	12,512,739	2.16%	1.21%
2048	10,186,021	12,659,609	2.14%	1.17%
2049	10,400,624	12,805,136	2.11%	1.15%
2050	10,616,749	12,948,320	2.08%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.