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

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The latest officially reported population of the Central African Republic was 5,330,690 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Central African Republic's population is 5,662,456 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 60.6 times bigger than the Central African Republic's.
  • The Central African Republic is ranked the 117th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.22% of the world: 0.07% for the Central African Republic vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, the Central African Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.27% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Central African Republic has increased from 4.29M people to 5.66M (32% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • The Central African Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.8M people compared to the peak of 415M people in 2100 for the United States.

Central African Republic vs United States: live population counter

CAR United States
Current population
5662456
343323530
Population rank 117/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 4.15%
One net population change
2.95 minutes
6.07 seconds
One birth every
2.2 minutes
8.8 seconds
One death every
10.8 minutes
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
34.2 minutes
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change -15,357 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline +488 +14,236
Annual growth/decline +178,269 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate +3.46% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 10/197 72/197

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

Central African Republic
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
CAR United States CAR United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 1,702,346 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 1,734,580 183,691,481 1.89% 1.67%
1962 1,768,115 186,537,737 1.93% 1.55%
1963 1,803,063 189,241,798 1.98% 1.45%
1964 1,839,583 191,888,791 2.03% 1.4%
1965 1,877,854 194,302,963 2.08% 1.26%
1966 1,918,082 196,560,338 2.14% 1.16%
1967 1,960,444 198,712,056 2.21% 1.09%
1968 2,005,100 200,706,052 2.28% 1%
1969 2,051,515 202,676,946 2.31% 0.98%
1970 2,097,505 205,052,174 2.24% 1.17%
1971 2,141,450 207,660,677 2.1% 1.27%
1972 2,183,769 209,896,021 1.98% 1.08%
1973 2,226,008 211,908,788 1.93% 0.96%
1974 2,269,338 213,853,928 1.95% 0.92%
1975 2,313,916 215,973,199 1.96% 0.99%
1976 2,348,566 218,035,164 1.5% 0.95%
1977 2,372,930 220,239,425 1.04% 1.01%
1978 2,397,961 222,584,545 1.05% 1.06%
1979 2,423,794 225,055,487 1.08% 1.11%
1980 2,450,535 226,542,250 1.1% 0.66%
1981 2,478,402 229,465,744 1.14% 1.29%
1982 2,507,375 231,664,432 1.17% 0.96%
1983 2,537,399 233,792,014 1.2% 0.92%
1984 2,568,610 235,824,908 1.23% 0.87%
1985 2,600,932 237,923,734 1.26% 0.89%
1986 2,634,258 240,132,831 1.28% 0.93%
1987 2,669,155 242,288,936 1.32% 0.9%
1988 2,713,965 244,499,004 1.68% 0.91%
1989 2,783,970 246,819,222 2.58% 0.95%
1990 2,871,910 250,131,894 3.16% 1.34%
1991 2,963,191 253,492,503 3.18% 1.34%
1992 3,058,831 256,894,189 3.23% 1.34%
1993 3,157,839 260,255,352 3.24% 1.31%
1994 3,257,954 263,435,673 3.17% 1.22%
1995 3,348,052 266,557,091 2.77% 1.18%
1996 3,435,965 269,667,391 2.63% 1.17%
1997 3,531,700 272,911,760 2.79% 1.2%
1998 3,628,827 276,115,288 2.75% 1.17%
1999 3,729,450 279,294,713 2.77% 1.15%
2000 3,833,416 282,162,411 2.79% 1.03%
2001 3,919,487 284,968,955 2.25% 0.99%
2002 4,006,077 287,625,193 2.21% 0.93%
2003 4,103,086 290,107,933 2.42% 0.86%
2004 4,192,826 292,805,298 2.19% 0.93%
2005 4,288,810 295,516,599 2.29% 0.93%
2006 4,377,579 298,379,912 2.07% 0.97%
2007 4,462,770 301,231,207 1.95% 0.96%
2008 4,558,984 304,093,966 2.16% 0.95%
2009 4,529,047 306,771,529 -0.66% 0.88%
2010 4,492,995 309,327,143 -0.8% 0.83%
2011 4,565,021 311,583,481 1.6% 0.73%
2012 4,610,848 313,877,662 1% 0.74%
2013 4,642,419 316,059,947 0.68% 0.7%
2014 4,623,182 318,386,329 -0.41% 0.74%
2015 4,629,320 320,738,994 0.13% 0.74%
2016 4,713,663 323,071,755 1.82% 0.73%
2017 4,793,511 325,122,128 1.69% 0.63%
2018 4,878,657 326,838,199 1.78% 0.53%
2019 4,944,703 328,329,953 1.35% 0.46%
2020 5,026,628 331,526,933 1.66% 0.97%
2021 5,112,100 331,893,745 1.7% 0.11%
2022 5,098,039 333,271,411 -0.28% 0.42%
2023 5,152,421 334,914,895 1.07% 0.49%
2024 5,330,690 340,110,988 3.46% 1.55%
2025 5,513,285 341,931,772 3.43% 0.54%
2026 5,698,988 343,664,369 3.37% 0.51%
2027 5,888,126 345,331,185 3.32% 0.49%
2028 6,082,465 346,981,137 3.3% 0.48%
2029 6,279,729 348,601,982 3.24% 0.47%
2030 6,478,251 350,176,974 3.16% 0.45%
2031 6,680,052 351,725,612 3.12% 0.44%
2032 6,884,143 353,249,060 3.06% 0.43%
2033 7,089,444 354,749,644 2.98% 0.42%
2034 7,296,249 356,234,239 2.92% 0.42%
2035 7,502,585 357,694,316 2.83% 0.41%
2036 7,707,565 359,119,002 2.73% 0.4%
2037 7,911,635 360,517,853 2.65% 0.39%
2038 8,115,865 361,895,407 2.58% 0.38%
2039 8,321,550 363,229,908 2.53% 0.37%
2040 8,526,454 364,512,364 2.46% 0.35%
2041 8,729,074 365,753,139 2.38% 0.34%
2042 8,931,165 366,969,419 2.32% 0.33%
2043 9,134,993 368,146,925 2.28% 0.32%
2044 9,341,761 369,258,123 2.26% 0.3%
2045 9,550,893 370,318,770 2.24% 0.29%
2046 9,761,447 371,328,255 2.2% 0.27%
2047 9,972,759 372,299,116 2.16% 0.26%
2048 10,186,021 373,230,539 2.14% 0.25%
2049 10,400,624 374,119,803 2.11% 0.24%
2050 10,616,749 374,986,259 2.08% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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