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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Suriname	CAR	Suriname
1960	1,702,346	263,918	-	-
1961	1,734,580	272,791	1.89%	3.36%
1962	1,768,115	283,912	1.93%	4.08%
1963	1,803,063	297,034	1.98%	4.62%
1964	1,839,583	309,041	2.03%	4.04%
1965	1,877,854	320,000	2.08%	3.55%
1966	1,918,082	331,135	2.14%	3.48%
1967	1,960,444	342,679	2.21%	3.49%
1968	2,005,100	354,616	2.28%	3.48%
1969	2,051,515	366,906	2.31%	3.47%
1970	2,097,505	379,442	2.24%	3.42%
1971	2,141,450	391,932	2.1%	3.29%
1972	2,183,769	397,413	1.98%	1.4%
1973	2,226,008	395,772	1.93%	-0.41%
1974	2,269,338	393,676	1.95%	-0.53%
1975	2,313,916	391,170	1.96%	-0.64%
1976	2,348,566	388,289	1.5%	-0.74%
1977	2,372,930	385,067	1.04%	-0.83%
1978	2,397,961	381,502	1.05%	-0.93%
1979	2,423,794	377,602	1.08%	-1.02%
1980	2,450,535	375,377	1.1%	-0.59%
1981	2,478,402	375,459	1.14%	0.02%
1982	2,507,375	376,555	1.17%	0.29%
1983	2,537,399	378,746	1.2%	0.58%
1984	2,568,610	382,193	1.23%	0.91%
1985	2,600,932	386,972	1.26%	1.25%
1986	2,634,258	392,330	1.28%	1.38%
1987	2,669,155	396,911	1.32%	1.17%
1988	2,713,965	402,227	1.68%	1.34%
1989	2,783,970	408,409	2.58%	1.54%
1990	2,871,910	412,493	3.16%	1%
1991	2,963,191	415,013	3.18%	0.61%
1992	3,058,831	417,589	3.23%	0.62%
1993	3,157,839	419,352	3.24%	0.42%
1994	3,257,954	422,375	3.17%	0.72%
1995	3,348,052	429,606	2.77%	1.71%
1996	3,435,965	438,830	2.63%	2.15%
1997	3,531,700	448,067	2.79%	2.1%
1998	3,628,827	457,406	2.75%	2.08%
1999	3,729,450	466,916	2.77%	2.08%
2000	3,833,416	476,643	2.79%	2.08%
2001	3,919,487	486,560	2.25%	2.08%
2002	4,006,077	496,551	2.21%	2.05%
2003	4,103,086	506,414	2.42%	1.99%
2004	4,192,826	513,923	2.19%	1.48%
2005	4,288,810	519,313	2.29%	1.05%
2006	4,377,579	524,997	2.07%	1.09%
2007	4,462,770	531,016	1.95%	1.15%
2008	4,558,984	537,245	2.16%	1.17%
2009	4,529,047	543,568	-0.66%	1.18%
2010	4,492,995	549,923	-0.8%	1.17%
2011	4,565,021	556,269	1.6%	1.15%
2012	4,610,848	562,633	1%	1.14%
2013	4,642,419	569,020	0.68%	1.14%
2014	4,623,182	575,373	-0.41%	1.12%
2015	4,629,320	581,627	0.13%	1.09%
2016	4,713,663	587,757	1.82%	1.05%
2017	4,793,511	593,713	1.69%	1.01%
2018	4,878,657	599,513	1.78%	0.98%
2019	4,944,703	605,768	1.35%	1.04%
2020	5,026,628	612,317	1.66%	1.08%
2021	5,112,100	617,896	1.7%	0.91%
2022	5,098,039	623,164	-0.28%	0.85%
2023	5,152,421	628,886	1.07%	0.92%
2024	5,330,690	634,431	3.46%	0.88%
2025	5,513,285	639,852	3.43%	0.85%
2026	5,698,988	645,257	3.37%	0.84%
2027	5,888,126	650,564	3.32%	0.82%
2028	6,082,465	655,783	3.3%	0.8%
2029	6,279,729	660,793	3.24%	0.76%
2030	6,478,251	665,650	3.16%	0.74%
2031	6,680,052	670,421	3.12%	0.72%
2032	6,884,143	675,070	3.06%	0.69%
2033	7,089,444	679,573	2.98%	0.67%
2034	7,296,249	683,911	2.92%	0.64%
2035	7,502,585	688,189	2.83%	0.63%
2036	7,707,565	692,343	2.73%	0.6%
2037	7,911,635	696,213	2.65%	0.56%
2038	8,115,865	699,908	2.58%	0.53%
2039	8,321,550	703,569	2.53%	0.52%
2040	8,526,454	707,156	2.46%	0.51%
2041	8,729,074	710,619	2.38%	0.49%
2042	8,931,165	713,900	2.32%	0.46%
2043	9,134,993	716,999	2.28%	0.43%
2044	9,341,761	719,920	2.26%	0.41%
2045	9,550,893	722,759	2.24%	0.39%
2046	9,761,447	725,322	2.2%	0.35%
2047	9,972,759	727,726	2.16%	0.33%
2048	10,186,021	730,038	2.14%	0.32%
2049	10,400,624	732,021	2.11%	0.27%
2050	10,616,749	733,898	2.08%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.