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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Tonga	CAR	Tonga
1960	1,702,346	66,170	-	-
1961	1,734,580	68,037	1.89%	2.82%
1962	1,768,115	69,940	1.93%	2.8%
1963	1,803,063	71,885	1.98%	2.78%
1964	1,839,583	73,879	2.03%	2.77%
1965	1,877,854	75,924	2.08%	2.77%
1966	1,918,082	78,002	2.14%	2.74%
1967	1,960,444	79,814	2.21%	2.32%
1968	2,005,100	81,353	2.28%	1.93%
1969	2,051,515	82,885	2.31%	1.88%
1970	2,097,505	84,401	2.24%	1.83%
1971	2,141,450	85,896	2.1%	1.77%
1972	2,183,769	87,356	1.98%	1.7%
1973	2,226,008	88,805	1.93%	1.66%
1974	2,269,338	90,683	1.95%	2.11%
1975	2,313,916	93,017	1.96%	2.57%
1976	2,348,566	95,325	1.5%	2.48%
1977	2,372,930	96,725	1.04%	1.47%
1978	2,397,961	97,204	1.05%	0.5%
1979	2,423,794	97,544	1.08%	0.35%
1980	2,450,535	97,769	1.1%	0.23%
1981	2,478,402	97,909	1.14%	0.14%
1982	2,507,375	97,980	1.17%	0.07%
1983	2,537,399	97,998	1.2%	0.02%
1984	2,568,610	97,990	1.23%	-0.008%
1985	2,600,932	97,984	1.26%	-0.006%
1986	2,634,258	98,010	1.28%	0.03%
1987	2,669,155	98,376	1.32%	0.37%
1988	2,713,965	98,969	1.68%	0.6%
1989	2,783,970	99,403	2.58%	0.44%
1990	2,871,910	99,700	3.16%	0.3%
1991	2,963,191	99,895	3.18%	0.2%
1992	3,058,831	100,022	3.23%	0.13%
1993	3,157,839	100,103	3.24%	0.08%
1994	3,257,954	100,166	3.17%	0.06%
1995	3,348,052	100,225	2.77%	0.06%
1996	3,435,965	100,275	2.63%	0.05%
1997	3,531,700	100,674	2.79%	0.4%
1998	3,628,827	101,388	2.75%	0.71%
1999	3,729,450	102,046	2.77%	0.65%
2000	3,833,416	102,677	2.79%	0.62%
2001	3,919,487	103,288	2.25%	0.6%
2002	4,006,077	103,874	2.21%	0.57%
2003	4,103,086	104,464	2.42%	0.57%
2004	4,192,826	105,071	2.19%	0.58%
2005	4,288,810	105,671	2.29%	0.57%
2006	4,377,579	106,253	2.07%	0.55%
2007	4,462,770	106,726	1.95%	0.45%
2008	4,558,984	107,020	2.16%	0.28%
2009	4,529,047	107,203	-0.66%	0.17%
2010	4,492,995	107,400	-0.8%	0.18%
2011	4,565,021	107,570	1.6%	0.16%
2012	4,610,848	107,460	1%	-0.1%
2013	4,642,419	107,078	0.68%	-0.36%
2014	4,623,182	106,609	-0.41%	-0.44%
2015	4,629,320	106,095	0.13%	-0.48%
2016	4,713,663	105,524	1.82%	-0.54%
2017	4,793,511	105,356	1.69%	-0.16%
2018	4,878,657	105,567	1.78%	0.2%
2019	4,944,703	105,669	1.35%	0.1%
2020	5,026,628	105,704	1.66%	0.03%
2021	5,112,100	105,490	1.7%	-0.2%
2022	5,098,039	105,042	-0.28%	-0.42%
2023	5,152,421	104,597	1.07%	-0.42%
2024	5,330,690	104,175	3.46%	-0.4%
2025	5,513,285	103,744	3.43%	-0.41%
2026	5,698,988	103,290	3.37%	-0.44%
2027	5,888,126	102,899	3.32%	-0.38%
2028	6,082,465	102,568	3.3%	-0.32%
2029	6,279,729	102,280	3.24%	-0.28%
2030	6,478,251	102,069	3.16%	-0.21%
2031	6,680,052	101,927	3.12%	-0.14%
2032	6,884,143	101,837	3.06%	-0.09%
2033	7,089,444	101,807	2.98%	-0.03%
2034	7,296,249	101,806	2.92%	-0.001%
2035	7,502,585	101,833	2.83%	0.03%
2036	7,707,565	101,895	2.73%	0.06%
2037	7,911,635	101,993	2.65%	0.1%
2038	8,115,865	102,173	2.58%	0.18%
2039	8,321,550	102,367	2.53%	0.19%
2040	8,526,454	102,568	2.46%	0.2%
2041	8,729,074	102,805	2.38%	0.23%
2042	8,931,165	103,038	2.32%	0.23%
2043	9,134,993	103,306	2.28%	0.26%
2044	9,341,761	103,612	2.26%	0.3%
2045	9,550,893	103,928	2.24%	0.3%
2046	9,761,447	104,232	2.2%	0.29%
2047	9,972,759	104,502	2.16%	0.26%
2048	10,186,021	104,744	2.14%	0.23%
2049	10,400,624	104,975	2.11%	0.22%
2050	10,616,749	105,193	2.08%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.