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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	South Africa	CAR	South Africa
1960	1,702,346	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,734,580	16,908,035	1.89%	2.85%
1962	1,768,115	17,418,522	1.93%	3.02%
1963	1,803,063	17,954,564	1.98%	3.08%
1964	1,839,583	18,511,361	2.03%	3.1%
1965	1,877,854	19,089,380	2.08%	3.12%
1966	1,918,082	19,690,087	2.14%	3.15%
1967	1,960,444	20,314,066	2.21%	3.17%
1968	2,005,100	20,957,287	2.28%	3.17%
1969	2,051,515	21,614,676	2.31%	3.14%
1970	2,097,505	22,279,984	2.24%	3.08%
1971	2,141,450	22,942,143	2.1%	2.97%
1972	2,183,769	23,609,456	1.98%	2.91%
1973	2,226,008	24,294,263	1.93%	2.9%
1974	2,269,338	24,989,108	1.95%	2.86%
1975	2,313,916	25,690,940	1.96%	2.81%
1976	2,348,566	26,395,450	1.5%	2.74%
1977	2,372,930	27,118,952	1.04%	2.74%
1978	2,397,961	27,869,507	1.05%	2.77%
1979	2,423,794	28,634,162	1.08%	2.74%
1980	2,450,535	29,518,857	1.1%	3.09%
1981	2,478,402	30,541,044	1.14%	3.46%
1982	2,507,375	31,615,339	1.17%	3.52%
1983	2,537,399	32,739,304	1.2%	3.56%
1984	2,568,610	33,892,788	1.23%	3.52%
1985	2,600,932	35,042,093	1.26%	3.39%
1986	2,634,258	36,180,515	1.28%	3.25%
1987	2,669,155	37,326,190	1.32%	3.17%
1988	2,713,965	38,480,649	1.68%	3.09%
1989	2,783,970	39,628,575	2.58%	2.98%
1990	2,871,910	40,746,268	3.16%	2.82%
1991	2,963,191	41,687,898	3.18%	2.31%
1992	3,058,831	42,443,509	3.23%	1.81%
1993	3,157,839	43,297,156	3.24%	2.01%
1994	3,257,954	44,004,139	3.17%	1.63%
1995	3,348,052	44,541,554	2.77%	1.22%
1996	3,435,965	45,123,018	2.63%	1.31%
1997	3,531,700	45,666,838	2.79%	1.21%
1998	3,628,827	46,223,880	2.75%	1.22%
1999	3,729,450	46,730,335	2.77%	1.1%
2000	3,833,416	47,159,719	2.79%	0.92%
2001	3,919,487	47,566,800	2.25%	0.86%
2002	4,006,077	48,019,415	2.21%	0.95%
2003	4,103,086	48,500,348	2.42%	1%
2004	4,192,826	48,991,421	2.19%	1.01%
2005	4,288,810	49,490,033	2.29%	1.02%
2006	4,377,579	49,998,277	2.07%	1.03%
2007	4,462,770	50,528,584	1.95%	1.06%
2008	4,558,984	51,114,599	2.16%	1.16%
2009	4,529,047	51,728,516	-0.66%	1.2%
2010	4,492,995	52,344,051	-0.8%	1.19%
2011	4,565,021	52,995,205	1.6%	1.24%
2012	4,610,848	53,782,567	1%	1.49%
2013	4,642,419	54,678,791	0.68%	1.67%
2014	4,623,182	55,594,838	-0.41%	1.68%
2015	4,629,320	56,723,537	0.13%	2.03%
2016	4,713,663	57,259,551	1.82%	0.94%
2017	4,793,511	57,635,162	1.69%	0.66%
2018	4,878,657	58,613,001	1.78%	1.7%
2019	4,944,703	59,587,885	1.35%	1.66%
2020	5,026,628	60,562,381	1.66%	1.64%
2021	5,112,100	61,502,603	1.7%	1.55%
2022	5,098,039	62,378,410	-0.28%	1.42%
2023	5,152,421	63,212,384	1.07%	1.34%
2024	5,330,690	64,007,187	3.46%	1.26%
2025	5,513,285	64,747,317	3.43%	1.16%
2026	5,698,988	65,453,086	3.37%	1.09%
2027	5,888,126	66,143,018	3.32%	1.05%
2028	6,082,465	66,830,384	3.3%	1.04%
2029	6,279,729	67,506,850	3.24%	1.01%
2030	6,478,251	68,161,357	3.16%	0.97%
2031	6,680,052	68,798,574	3.12%	0.93%
2032	6,884,143	69,426,441	3.06%	0.91%
2033	7,089,444	70,040,484	2.98%	0.88%
2034	7,296,249	70,641,572	2.92%	0.86%
2035	7,502,585	71,234,749	2.83%	0.84%
2036	7,707,565	71,816,372	2.73%	0.82%
2037	7,911,635	72,387,807	2.65%	0.8%
2038	8,115,865	72,949,611	2.58%	0.78%
2039	8,321,550	73,496,152	2.53%	0.75%
2040	8,526,454	74,035,615	2.46%	0.73%
2041	8,729,074	74,575,444	2.38%	0.73%
2042	8,931,165	75,111,899	2.32%	0.72%
2043	9,134,993	75,641,512	2.28%	0.71%
2044	9,341,761	76,164,461	2.26%	0.69%
2045	9,550,893	76,681,448	2.24%	0.68%
2046	9,761,447	77,199,542	2.2%	0.68%
2047	9,972,759	77,716,650	2.16%	0.67%
2048	10,186,021	78,215,323	2.14%	0.64%
2049	10,400,624	78,699,584	2.11%	0.62%
2050	10,616,749	79,177,329	2.08%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.