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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	South Sudan	CAR	South Sudan
1960	1,702,346	2,931,559	-	-
1961	1,734,580	2,976,724	1.89%	1.54%
1962	1,768,115	3,024,308	1.93%	1.6%
1963	1,803,063	3,072,669	1.98%	1.6%
1964	1,839,583	3,129,918	2.03%	1.86%
1965	1,877,854	3,189,835	2.08%	1.91%
1966	1,918,082	3,236,423	2.14%	1.46%
1967	1,960,444	3,277,648	2.21%	1.27%
1968	2,005,100	3,321,528	2.28%	1.34%
1969	2,051,515	3,365,533	2.31%	1.32%
1970	2,097,505	3,409,614	2.24%	1.31%
1971	2,141,450	3,468,646	2.1%	1.73%
1972	2,183,769	3,542,497	1.98%	2.13%
1973	2,226,008	3,627,383	1.93%	2.4%
1974	2,269,338	3,723,259	1.95%	2.64%
1975	2,313,916	3,821,494	1.96%	2.64%
1976	2,348,566	3,921,910	1.5%	2.63%
1977	2,372,930	4,024,032	1.04%	2.6%
1978	2,397,961	4,127,657	1.05%	2.58%
1979	2,423,794	4,232,605	1.08%	2.54%
1980	2,450,535	4,339,030	1.1%	2.51%
1981	2,478,402	4,447,272	1.14%	2.49%
1982	2,507,375	4,557,686	1.17%	2.48%
1983	2,537,399	4,661,574	1.2%	2.28%
1984	2,568,610	4,750,627	1.23%	1.91%
1985	2,600,932	4,834,296	1.26%	1.76%
1986	2,634,258	4,921,240	1.28%	1.8%
1987	2,669,155	4,962,395	1.32%	0.84%
1988	2,713,965	4,848,029	1.68%	-2.3%
1989	2,783,970	4,713,229	2.58%	-2.78%
1990	2,871,910	4,737,633	3.16%	0.52%
1991	2,963,191	4,836,677	3.18%	2.09%
1992	3,058,831	4,909,749	3.23%	1.51%
1993	3,157,839	4,956,002	3.24%	0.94%
1994	3,257,954	5,071,184	3.17%	2.32%
1995	3,348,052	5,225,836	2.77%	3.05%
1996	3,435,965	5,356,925	2.63%	2.51%
1997	3,531,700	5,509,136	2.79%	2.84%
1998	3,628,827	5,620,068	2.75%	2.01%
1999	3,729,450	5,771,628	2.77%	2.7%
2000	3,833,416	6,032,267	2.79%	4.52%
2001	3,919,487	6,308,391	2.25%	4.58%
2002	4,006,077	6,596,806	2.21%	4.57%
2003	4,103,086	6,903,127	2.42%	4.64%
2004	4,192,826	7,233,041	2.19%	4.78%
2005	4,288,810	7,590,143	2.29%	4.94%
2006	4,377,579	7,976,526	2.07%	5.09%
2007	4,462,770	8,388,788	1.95%	5.17%
2008	4,558,984	8,817,647	2.16%	5.11%
2009	4,529,047	9,243,556	-0.66%	4.83%
2010	4,492,995	9,745,953	-0.8%	5.44%
2011	4,565,021	10,288,109	1.6%	5.56%
2012	4,610,848	10,756,240	1%	4.55%
2013	4,642,419	11,166,275	0.68%	3.81%
2014	4,623,182	11,235,073	-0.41%	0.62%
2015	4,629,320	11,107,561	0.13%	-1.13%
2016	4,713,663	10,830,102	1.82%	-2.5%
2017	4,793,511	10,259,154	1.69%	-5.27%
2018	4,878,657	10,122,977	1.78%	-1.33%
2019	4,944,703	10,423,384	1.35%	2.97%
2020	5,026,628	10,698,467	1.66%	2.64%
2021	5,112,100	10,865,780	1.7%	1.56%
2022	5,098,039	11,021,177	-0.28%	1.43%
2023	5,152,421	11,483,374	1.07%	4.19%
2024	5,330,690	11,943,408	3.46%	4.01%
2025	5,513,285	12,188,793	3.43%	2.05%
2026	5,698,988	12,436,036	3.37%	2.03%
2027	5,888,126	12,687,301	3.32%	2.02%
2028	6,082,465	12,941,503	3.3%	2%
2029	6,279,729	13,198,080	3.24%	1.98%
2030	6,478,251	13,457,446	3.16%	1.97%
2031	6,680,052	13,725,413	3.12%	1.99%
2032	6,884,143	13,996,343	3.06%	1.97%
2033	7,089,444	14,261,762	2.98%	1.9%
2034	7,296,249	14,527,550	2.92%	1.86%
2035	7,502,585	14,798,602	2.83%	1.87%
2036	7,707,565	15,070,098	2.73%	1.83%
2037	7,911,635	15,335,700	2.65%	1.76%
2038	8,115,865	15,595,968	2.58%	1.7%
2039	8,321,550	15,850,696	2.53%	1.63%
2040	8,526,454	16,101,470	2.46%	1.58%
2041	8,729,074	16,350,149	2.38%	1.54%
2042	8,931,165	16,593,361	2.32%	1.49%
2043	9,134,993	16,829,209	2.28%	1.42%
2044	9,341,761	17,060,176	2.26%	1.37%
2045	9,550,893	17,286,412	2.24%	1.33%
2046	9,761,447	17,509,693	2.2%	1.29%
2047	9,972,759	17,728,331	2.16%	1.25%
2048	10,186,021	17,938,437	2.14%	1.19%
2049	10,400,624	18,142,893	2.11%	1.14%
2050	10,616,749	18,341,968	2.08%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.