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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Switzerland	CAR	Switzerland
1960	1,702,346	5,327,827	-	-
1961	1,734,580	5,434,294	1.89%	2%
1962	1,768,115	5,573,815	1.93%	2.57%
1963	1,803,063	5,694,247	1.98%	2.16%
1964	1,839,583	5,789,228	2.03%	1.67%
1965	1,877,854	5,856,472	2.08%	1.16%
1966	1,918,082	5,918,002	2.14%	1.05%
1967	1,960,444	5,991,785	2.21%	1.25%
1968	2,005,100	6,067,714	2.28%	1.27%
1969	2,051,515	6,136,387	2.31%	1.13%
1970	2,097,505	6,180,877	2.24%	0.73%
1971	2,141,450	6,213,399	2.1%	0.53%
1972	2,183,769	6,260,956	1.98%	0.77%
1973	2,226,008	6,307,347	1.93%	0.74%
1974	2,269,338	6,341,405	1.95%	0.54%
1975	2,313,916	6,338,632	1.96%	-0.04%
1976	2,348,566	6,302,504	1.5%	-0.57%
1977	2,372,930	6,281,174	1.04%	-0.34%
1978	2,397,961	6,281,738	1.05%	0.009%
1979	2,423,794	6,294,365	1.08%	0.2%
1980	2,450,535	6,319,408	1.1%	0.4%
1981	2,478,402	6,354,074	1.14%	0.55%
1982	2,507,375	6,391,309	1.17%	0.59%
1983	2,537,399	6,418,773	1.2%	0.43%
1984	2,568,610	6,441,865	1.23%	0.36%
1985	2,600,932	6,470,365	1.26%	0.44%
1986	2,634,258	6,504,124	1.28%	0.52%
1987	2,669,155	6,545,106	1.32%	0.63%
1988	2,713,965	6,593,386	1.68%	0.74%
1989	2,783,970	6,646,912	2.58%	0.81%
1990	2,871,910	6,715,519	3.16%	1.03%
1991	2,963,191	6,799,978	3.18%	1.26%
1992	3,058,831	6,875,364	3.23%	1.11%
1993	3,157,839	6,938,265	3.24%	0.91%
1994	3,257,954	6,993,795	3.17%	0.8%
1995	3,348,052	7,040,687	2.77%	0.67%
1996	3,435,965	7,071,850	2.63%	0.44%
1997	3,531,700	7,088,906	2.79%	0.24%
1998	3,628,827	7,110,001	2.75%	0.3%
1999	3,729,450	7,143,991	2.77%	0.48%
2000	3,833,416	7,184,250	2.79%	0.56%
2001	3,919,487	7,229,854	2.25%	0.63%
2002	4,006,077	7,284,753	2.21%	0.76%
2003	4,103,086	7,339,001	2.42%	0.74%
2004	4,192,826	7,389,625	2.19%	0.69%
2005	4,288,810	7,437,115	2.29%	0.64%
2006	4,377,579	7,483,934	2.07%	0.63%
2007	4,462,770	7,551,117	1.95%	0.9%
2008	4,558,984	7,647,675	2.16%	1.28%
2009	4,529,047	7,743,831	-0.66%	1.26%
2010	4,492,995	7,824,909	-0.8%	1.05%
2011	4,565,021	7,912,398	1.6%	1.12%
2012	4,610,848	7,996,861	1%	1.07%
2013	4,642,419	8,089,346	0.68%	1.16%
2014	4,623,182	8,188,649	-0.41%	1.23%
2015	4,629,320	8,282,396	0.13%	1.14%
2016	4,713,663	8,373,338	1.82%	1.1%
2017	4,793,511	8,451,840	1.69%	0.94%
2018	4,878,657	8,514,329	1.78%	0.74%
2019	4,944,703	8,575,280	1.35%	0.72%
2020	5,026,628	8,638,167	1.66%	0.73%
2021	5,112,100	8,704,546	1.7%	0.77%
2022	5,098,039	8,777,088	-0.28%	0.83%
2023	5,152,421	8,888,093	1.07%	1.26%
2024	5,330,690	9,034,102	3.46%	1.64%
2025	5,513,285	9,080,106	3.43%	0.51%
2026	5,698,988	9,120,994	3.37%	0.45%
2027	5,888,126	9,157,559	3.32%	0.4%
2028	6,082,465	9,190,572	3.3%	0.36%
2029	6,279,729	9,219,373	3.24%	0.31%
2030	6,478,251	9,245,030	3.16%	0.28%
2031	6,680,052	9,269,063	3.12%	0.26%
2032	6,884,143	9,289,991	3.06%	0.23%
2033	7,089,444	9,307,909	2.98%	0.19%
2034	7,296,249	9,324,938	2.92%	0.18%
2035	7,502,585	9,340,145	2.83%	0.16%
2036	7,707,565	9,352,822	2.73%	0.14%
2037	7,911,635	9,364,126	2.65%	0.12%
2038	8,115,865	9,373,988	2.58%	0.11%
2039	8,321,550	9,382,808	2.53%	0.09%
2040	8,526,454	9,392,748	2.46%	0.11%
2041	8,729,074	9,401,829	2.38%	0.1%
2042	8,931,165	9,410,286	2.32%	0.09%
2043	9,134,993	9,418,963	2.28%	0.09%
2044	9,341,761	9,426,166	2.26%	0.08%
2045	9,550,893	9,432,561	2.24%	0.07%
2046	9,761,447	9,438,518	2.2%	0.06%
2047	9,972,759	9,445,091	2.16%	0.07%
2048	10,186,021	9,452,109	2.14%	0.07%
2049	10,400,624	9,457,335	2.11%	0.06%
2050	10,616,749	9,459,997	2.08%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.