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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Spain	CAR	Spain
1960	1,702,346	30,455,000	-	-
1961	1,734,580	30,739,250	1.89%	0.93%
1962	1,768,115	31,023,366	1.93%	0.92%
1963	1,803,063	31,296,651	1.98%	0.88%
1964	1,839,583	31,609,195	2.03%	1%
1965	1,877,854	31,954,292	2.08%	1.09%
1966	1,918,082	32,283,194	2.14%	1.03%
1967	1,960,444	32,682,947	2.21%	1.24%
1968	2,005,100	33,113,134	2.28%	1.32%
1969	2,051,515	33,441,054	2.31%	0.99%
1970	2,097,505	33,814,531	2.24%	1.12%
1971	2,141,450	34,224,490	2.1%	1.21%
1972	2,183,769	34,604,469	1.98%	1.11%
1973	2,226,008	34,988,947	1.93%	1.11%
1974	2,269,338	35,373,335	1.95%	1.1%
1975	2,313,916	35,757,900	1.96%	1.09%
1976	2,348,566	36,137,812	1.5%	1.06%
1977	2,372,930	36,511,638	1.04%	1.03%
1978	2,397,961	36,864,898	1.05%	0.97%
1979	2,423,794	37,191,330	1.08%	0.89%
1980	2,450,535	37,491,165	1.1%	0.81%
1981	2,478,402	37,758,631	1.14%	0.71%
1982	2,507,375	37,986,012	1.17%	0.6%
1983	2,537,399	38,171,525	1.2%	0.49%
1984	2,568,610	38,330,364	1.23%	0.42%
1985	2,600,932	38,469,512	1.26%	0.36%
1986	2,634,258	38,584,624	1.28%	0.3%
1987	2,669,155	38,684,815	1.32%	0.26%
1988	2,713,965	38,766,939	1.68%	0.21%
1989	2,783,970	38,827,764	2.58%	0.16%
1990	2,871,910	38,867,322	3.16%	0.1%
1991	2,963,191	38,966,376	3.18%	0.25%
1992	3,058,831	39,157,685	3.23%	0.49%
1993	3,157,839	39,361,262	3.24%	0.52%
1994	3,257,954	39,549,108	3.17%	0.48%
1995	3,348,052	39,724,050	2.77%	0.44%
1996	3,435,965	39,889,852	2.63%	0.42%
1997	3,531,700	40,057,389	2.79%	0.42%
1998	3,628,827	40,223,509	2.75%	0.41%
1999	3,729,450	40,386,875	2.77%	0.41%
2000	3,833,416	40,567,864	2.79%	0.45%
2001	3,919,487	40,850,412	2.25%	0.7%
2002	4,006,077	41,431,558	2.21%	1.42%
2003	4,103,086	42,187,645	2.42%	1.82%
2004	4,192,826	42,921,895	2.19%	1.74%
2005	4,288,810	43,653,155	2.29%	1.7%
2006	4,377,579	44,397,319	2.07%	1.7%
2007	4,462,770	45,226,803	1.95%	1.87%
2008	4,558,984	45,954,106	2.16%	1.61%
2009	4,529,047	46,362,946	-0.66%	0.89%
2010	4,492,995	46,576,897	-0.8%	0.46%
2011	4,565,021	46,742,697	1.6%	0.36%
2012	4,610,848	46,773,055	1%	0.06%
2013	4,642,419	46,604,197	0.68%	-0.36%
2014	4,623,182	46,460,733	-0.41%	-0.31%
2015	4,629,320	46,422,303	0.13%	-0.08%
2016	4,713,663	46,458,139	1.82%	0.08%
2017	4,793,511	46,571,232	1.69%	0.24%
2018	4,878,657	46,782,011	1.78%	0.45%
2019	4,944,703	47,118,501	1.35%	0.72%
2020	5,026,628	47,359,424	1.66%	0.51%
2021	5,112,100	47,443,821	1.7%	0.18%
2022	5,098,039	47,786,102	-0.28%	0.72%
2023	5,152,421	48,347,910	1.07%	1.18%
2024	5,330,690	48,807,137	3.46%	0.95%
2025	5,513,285	48,786,181	3.43%	-0.04%
2026	5,698,988	48,746,279	3.37%	-0.08%
2027	5,888,126	48,696,847	3.32%	-0.1%
2028	6,082,465	48,642,132	3.3%	-0.11%
2029	6,279,729	48,578,166	3.24%	-0.13%
2030	6,478,251	48,501,513	3.16%	-0.16%
2031	6,680,052	48,412,854	3.12%	-0.18%
2032	6,884,143	48,321,195	3.06%	-0.19%
2033	7,089,444	48,230,054	2.98%	-0.19%
2034	7,296,249	48,136,421	2.92%	-0.19%
2035	7,502,585	48,036,650	2.83%	-0.21%
2036	7,707,565	47,929,957	2.73%	-0.22%
2037	7,911,635	47,819,257	2.65%	-0.23%
2038	8,115,865	47,706,580	2.58%	-0.24%
2039	8,321,550	47,588,878	2.53%	-0.25%
2040	8,526,454	47,463,597	2.46%	-0.26%
2041	8,729,074	47,332,618	2.38%	-0.28%
2042	8,931,165	47,194,588	2.32%	-0.29%
2043	9,134,993	47,052,293	2.28%	-0.3%
2044	9,341,761	46,902,636	2.26%	-0.32%
2045	9,550,893	46,738,565	2.24%	-0.35%
2046	9,761,447	46,564,383	2.2%	-0.37%
2047	9,972,759	46,381,681	2.16%	-0.39%
2048	10,186,021	46,190,642	2.14%	-0.41%
2049	10,400,624	45,985,428	2.11%	-0.44%
2050	10,616,749	45,769,362	2.08%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.