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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Vanuatu	CAR	Vanuatu
1960	1,702,346	64,431	-	-
1961	1,734,580	66,264	1.89%	2.84%
1962	1,768,115	68,174	1.93%	2.88%
1963	1,803,063	70,159	1.98%	2.91%
1964	1,839,583	72,219	2.03%	2.94%
1965	1,877,854	74,358	2.08%	2.96%
1966	1,918,082	76,590	2.14%	3%
1967	1,960,444	78,921	2.21%	3.04%
1968	2,005,100	81,314	2.28%	3.03%
1969	2,051,515	83,755	2.31%	3%
1970	2,097,505	86,266	2.24%	3%
1971	2,141,450	88,862	2.1%	3.01%
1972	2,183,769	91,562	1.98%	3.04%
1973	2,226,008	94,362	1.93%	3.06%
1974	2,269,338	97,260	1.95%	3.07%
1975	2,313,916	100,269	1.96%	3.09%
1976	2,348,566	103,388	1.5%	3.11%
1977	2,372,930	106,618	1.04%	3.12%
1978	2,397,961	109,963	1.05%	3.14%
1979	2,423,794	113,040	1.08%	2.8%
1980	2,450,535	115,660	1.1%	2.32%
1981	2,478,402	118,249	1.14%	2.24%
1982	2,507,375	121,035	1.17%	2.36%
1983	2,537,399	123,998	1.2%	2.45%
1984	2,568,610	127,109	1.23%	2.51%
1985	2,600,932	130,356	1.26%	2.55%
1986	2,634,258	133,720	1.28%	2.58%
1987	2,669,155	137,187	1.32%	2.59%
1988	2,713,965	140,756	1.68%	2.6%
1989	2,783,970	144,393	2.58%	2.58%
1990	2,871,910	148,063	3.16%	2.54%
1991	2,963,191	151,793	3.18%	2.52%
1992	3,058,831	155,608	3.23%	2.51%
1993	3,157,839	159,463	3.24%	2.48%
1994	3,257,954	163,314	3.17%	2.41%
1995	3,348,052	167,137	2.77%	2.34%
1996	3,435,965	170,911	2.63%	2.26%
1997	3,531,700	174,626	2.79%	2.17%
1998	3,628,827	178,313	2.75%	2.11%
1999	3,729,450	182,048	2.77%	2.09%
2000	3,833,416	186,281	2.79%	2.33%
2001	3,919,487	191,031	2.25%	2.55%
2002	4,006,077	195,863	2.21%	2.53%
2003	4,103,086	200,746	2.42%	2.49%
2004	4,192,826	205,711	2.19%	2.47%
2005	4,288,810	210,760	2.29%	2.45%
2006	4,377,579	215,923	2.07%	2.45%
2007	4,462,770	221,276	1.95%	2.48%
2008	4,558,984	226,896	2.16%	2.54%
2009	4,529,047	232,731	-0.66%	2.57%
2010	4,492,995	238,248	-0.8%	2.37%
2011	4,565,021	243,474	1.6%	2.19%
2012	4,610,848	248,883	1%	2.22%
2013	4,642,419	254,482	0.68%	2.25%
2014	4,623,182	260,240	-0.41%	2.26%
2015	4,629,320	266,101	0.13%	2.25%
2016	4,713,663	272,087	1.82%	2.25%
2017	4,793,511	278,507	1.69%	2.36%
2018	4,878,657	285,259	1.78%	2.42%
2019	4,944,703	291,985	1.35%	2.36%
2020	5,026,628	298,858	1.66%	2.35%
2021	5,112,100	305,868	1.7%	2.35%
2022	5,098,039	313,046	-0.28%	2.35%
2023	5,152,421	320,409	1.07%	2.35%
2024	5,330,690	327,777	3.46%	2.3%
2025	5,513,285	335,169	3.43%	2.26%
2026	5,698,988	342,565	3.37%	2.21%
2027	5,888,126	349,970	3.32%	2.16%
2028	6,082,465	357,397	3.3%	2.12%
2029	6,279,729	364,883	3.24%	2.09%
2030	6,478,251	372,429	3.16%	2.07%
2031	6,680,052	380,015	3.12%	2.04%
2032	6,884,143	387,657	3.06%	2.01%
2033	7,089,444	395,366	2.98%	1.99%
2034	7,296,249	403,188	2.92%	1.98%
2035	7,502,585	411,061	2.83%	1.95%
2036	7,707,565	419,006	2.73%	1.93%
2037	7,911,635	427,031	2.65%	1.92%
2038	8,115,865	435,150	2.58%	1.9%
2039	8,321,550	443,311	2.53%	1.88%
2040	8,526,454	451,509	2.46%	1.85%
2041	8,729,074	459,733	2.38%	1.82%
2042	8,931,165	468,003	2.32%	1.8%
2043	9,134,993	476,308	2.28%	1.77%
2044	9,341,761	484,636	2.26%	1.75%
2045	9,550,893	492,989	2.24%	1.72%
2046	9,761,447	501,316	2.2%	1.69%
2047	9,972,759	509,621	2.16%	1.66%
2048	10,186,021	517,889	2.14%	1.62%
2049	10,400,624	526,138	2.11%	1.59%
2050	10,616,749	534,374	2.08%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.