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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Tanzania	CAR	Tanzania
1960	1,702,346	9,901,419	-	-
1961	1,734,580	10,187,886	1.89%	2.89%
1962	1,768,115	10,487,756	1.93%	2.94%
1963	1,803,063	10,799,528	1.98%	2.97%
1964	1,839,583	11,127,826	2.03%	3.04%
1965	1,877,854	11,470,728	2.08%	3.08%
1966	1,918,082	11,827,459	2.14%	3.11%
1967	1,960,444	12,200,109	2.21%	3.15%
1968	2,005,100	12,602,076	2.28%	3.29%
1969	2,051,515	13,036,700	2.31%	3.45%
1970	2,097,505	13,492,677	2.24%	3.5%
1971	2,141,450	13,971,451	2.1%	3.55%
1972	2,183,769	14,479,308	1.98%	3.63%
1973	2,226,008	15,010,101	1.93%	3.67%
1974	2,269,338	15,561,630	1.95%	3.67%
1975	2,313,916	16,138,361	1.96%	3.71%
1976	2,348,566	16,736,211	1.5%	3.7%
1977	2,372,930	17,352,929	1.04%	3.68%
1978	2,397,961	17,976,566	1.05%	3.59%
1979	2,423,794	18,592,038	1.08%	3.42%
1980	2,450,535	19,189,769	1.1%	3.21%
1981	2,478,402	19,784,703	1.14%	3.1%
1982	2,507,375	20,398,571	1.17%	3.1%
1983	2,537,399	21,079,874	1.2%	3.34%
1984	2,568,610	21,779,066	1.23%	3.32%
1985	2,600,932	22,501,693	1.26%	3.32%
1986	2,634,258	23,258,959	1.28%	3.37%
1987	2,669,155	24,030,378	1.32%	3.32%
1988	2,713,965	24,769,686	1.68%	3.08%
1989	2,783,970	25,438,759	2.58%	2.7%
1990	2,871,910	26,110,207	3.16%	2.64%
1991	2,963,191	26,780,436	3.18%	2.57%
1992	3,058,831	27,457,588	3.23%	2.53%
1993	3,157,839	28,332,692	3.24%	3.19%
1994	3,257,954	29,442,356	3.17%	3.92%
1995	3,348,052	30,383,497	2.77%	3.2%
1996	3,435,965	30,945,762	2.63%	1.85%
1997	3,531,700	31,578,089	2.79%	2.04%
1998	3,628,827	32,420,458	2.75%	2.67%
1999	3,729,450	33,300,330	2.77%	2.71%
2000	3,833,416	34,260,139	2.79%	2.88%
2001	3,919,487	35,198,299	2.25%	2.74%
2002	4,006,077	36,121,304	2.21%	2.62%
2003	4,103,086	37,089,555	2.42%	2.68%
2004	4,192,826	38,109,668	2.19%	2.75%
2005	4,288,810	39,182,076	2.29%	2.81%
2006	4,377,579	40,294,902	2.07%	2.84%
2007	4,462,770	41,435,512	1.95%	2.83%
2008	4,558,984	42,570,728	2.16%	2.74%
2009	4,529,047	43,633,982	-0.66%	2.5%
2010	4,492,995	44,758,488	-0.8%	2.58%
2011	4,565,021	46,029,367	1.6%	2.84%
2012	4,610,848	47,374,260	1%	2.92%
2013	4,642,419	48,824,128	0.68%	3.06%
2014	4,623,182	50,351,512	-0.41%	3.13%
2015	4,629,320	52,020,962	0.13%	3.32%
2016	4,713,663	53,824,013	1.82%	3.47%
2017	4,793,511	55,652,890	1.69%	3.4%
2018	4,878,657	57,437,145	1.78%	3.21%
2019	4,944,703	59,174,891	1.35%	3.03%
2020	5,026,628	60,972,798	1.66%	3.04%
2021	5,112,100	62,830,412	1.7%	3.05%
2022	5,098,039	64,711,821	-0.28%	2.99%
2023	5,152,421	66,617,606	1.07%	2.95%
2024	5,330,690	68,560,157	3.46%	2.92%
2025	5,513,285	70,545,858	3.43%	2.9%
2026	5,698,988	72,563,773	3.37%	2.86%
2027	5,888,126	74,604,804	3.32%	2.81%
2028	6,082,465	76,670,483	3.3%	2.77%
2029	6,279,729	78,773,192	3.24%	2.74%
2030	6,478,251	80,913,118	3.16%	2.72%
2031	6,680,052	83,087,927	3.12%	2.69%
2032	6,884,143	85,293,126	3.06%	2.65%
2033	7,089,444	87,520,491	2.98%	2.61%
2034	7,296,249	89,788,673	2.92%	2.59%
2035	7,502,585	92,091,418	2.83%	2.56%
2036	7,707,565	94,420,808	2.73%	2.53%
2037	7,911,635	96,775,766	2.65%	2.49%
2038	8,115,865	99,156,465	2.58%	2.46%
2039	8,321,550	101,567,525	2.53%	2.43%
2040	8,526,454	103,999,350	2.46%	2.39%
2041	8,729,074	106,448,475	2.38%	2.35%
2042	8,931,165	108,926,272	2.32%	2.33%
2043	9,134,993	111,433,788	2.28%	2.3%
2044	9,341,761	113,966,263	2.26%	2.27%
2045	9,550,893	116,525,463	2.24%	2.25%
2046	9,761,447	119,109,670	2.2%	2.22%
2047	9,972,759	121,721,018	2.16%	2.19%
2048	10,186,021	124,351,294	2.14%	2.16%
2049	10,400,624	126,981,394	2.11%	2.12%
2050	10,616,749	129,621,083	2.08%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.