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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Sudan	CAR	Sudan
1960	1,702,346	8,364,489	-	-
1961	1,734,580	8,634,941	1.89%	3.23%
1962	1,768,115	8,919,028	1.93%	3.29%
1963	1,803,063	9,218,077	1.98%	3.35%
1964	1,839,583	9,531,109	2.03%	3.4%
1965	1,877,854	9,858,030	2.08%	3.43%
1966	1,918,082	10,197,578	2.14%	3.44%
1967	1,960,444	10,550,597	2.21%	3.46%
1968	2,005,100	10,917,999	2.28%	3.48%
1969	2,051,515	11,298,936	2.31%	3.49%
1970	2,097,505	11,695,771	2.24%	3.51%
1971	2,141,450	12,105,539	2.1%	3.5%
1972	2,183,769	12,527,856	1.98%	3.49%
1973	2,226,008	13,049,315	1.93%	4.16%
1974	2,269,338	13,580,723	1.95%	4.07%
1975	2,313,916	14,064,798	1.96%	3.56%
1976	2,348,566	14,569,716	1.5%	3.59%
1977	2,372,930	15,086,614	1.04%	3.55%
1978	2,397,961	15,695,003	1.05%	4.03%
1979	2,423,794	16,355,352	1.08%	4.21%
1980	2,450,535	17,058,905	1.1%	4.3%
1981	2,478,402	17,780,572	1.14%	4.23%
1982	2,507,375	18,486,645	1.17%	3.97%
1983	2,537,399	19,109,770	1.2%	3.37%
1984	2,568,610	19,546,528	1.23%	2.29%
1985	2,600,932	19,905,872	1.26%	1.84%
1986	2,634,258	20,288,238	1.28%	1.92%
1987	2,669,155	20,704,904	1.32%	2.05%
1988	2,713,965	21,138,431	1.68%	2.09%
1989	2,783,970	21,578,022	2.58%	2.08%
1990	2,871,910	22,021,481	3.16%	2.06%
1991	2,963,191	22,470,676	3.18%	2.04%
1992	3,058,831	22,927,355	3.23%	2.03%
1993	3,157,839	23,445,592	3.24%	2.26%
1994	3,257,954	24,043,948	3.17%	2.55%
1995	3,348,052	24,672,143	2.77%	2.61%
1996	3,435,965	25,231,528	2.63%	2.27%
1997	3,531,700	25,799,821	2.79%	2.25%
1998	3,628,827	26,458,999	2.75%	2.55%
1999	3,729,450	27,130,613	2.77%	2.54%
2000	3,833,416	27,816,745	2.79%	2.53%
2001	3,919,487	28,516,770	2.25%	2.52%
2002	4,006,077	29,228,727	2.21%	2.5%
2003	4,103,086	29,896,035	2.42%	2.28%
2004	4,192,826	30,556,637	2.19%	2.21%
2005	4,288,810	31,262,444	2.29%	2.31%
2006	4,377,579	31,992,435	2.07%	2.34%
2007	4,462,770	32,764,135	1.95%	2.41%
2008	4,558,984	33,623,980	2.16%	2.62%
2009	4,529,047	34,569,113	-0.66%	2.81%
2010	4,492,995	35,414,399	-0.8%	2.45%
2011	4,565,021	36,140,806	1.6%	2.05%
2012	4,610,848	36,923,178	1%	2.16%
2013	4,642,419	37,785,849	0.68%	2.34%
2014	4,623,182	38,823,318	-0.41%	2.75%
2015	4,629,320	40,024,431	0.13%	3.09%
2016	4,713,663	41,259,892	1.82%	3.09%
2017	4,793,511	42,714,306	1.69%	3.53%
2018	4,878,657	44,230,596	1.78%	3.55%
2019	4,944,703	45,548,175	1.35%	2.98%
2020	5,026,628	46,789,231	1.66%	2.72%
2021	5,112,100	48,066,924	1.7%	2.73%
2022	5,098,039	49,383,346	-0.28%	2.74%
2023	5,152,421	50,042,791	1.07%	1.34%
2024	5,330,690	50,448,963	3.46%	0.81%
2025	5,513,285	51,662,152	3.43%	2.4%
2026	5,698,988	53,282,718	3.37%	3.14%
2027	5,888,126	54,724,215	3.32%	2.71%
2028	6,082,465	55,993,833	3.3%	2.32%
2029	6,279,729	57,275,443	3.24%	2.29%
2030	6,478,251	58,571,624	3.16%	2.26%
2031	6,680,052	59,872,936	3.12%	2.22%
2032	6,884,143	61,179,476	3.06%	2.18%
2033	7,089,444	62,497,205	2.98%	2.15%
2034	7,296,249	63,822,356	2.92%	2.12%
2035	7,502,585	65,148,317	2.83%	2.08%
2036	7,707,565	66,470,018	2.73%	2.03%
2037	7,911,635	67,791,240	2.65%	1.99%
2038	8,115,865	69,107,712	2.58%	1.94%
2039	8,321,550	70,416,631	2.53%	1.89%
2040	8,526,454	71,730,604	2.46%	1.87%
2041	8,729,074	73,056,213	2.38%	1.85%
2042	8,931,165	74,387,562	2.32%	1.82%
2043	9,134,993	75,723,670	2.28%	1.8%
2044	9,341,761	77,066,454	2.26%	1.77%
2045	9,550,893	78,415,205	2.24%	1.75%
2046	9,761,447	79,767,271	2.2%	1.72%
2047	9,972,759	81,115,241	2.16%	1.69%
2048	10,186,021	82,463,202	2.14%	1.66%
2049	10,400,624	83,828,356	2.11%	1.66%
2050	10,616,749	85,206,384	2.08%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.