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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Vatican	CAR	Vatican
1960	1,702,346	-	-	-
1961	1,734,580	-	1.89%	-
1962	1,768,115	-	1.93%	-
1963	1,803,063	-	1.98%	-
1964	1,839,583	-	2.03%	-
1965	1,877,854	-	2.08%	-
1966	1,918,082	-	2.14%	-
1967	1,960,444	-	2.21%	-
1968	2,005,100	-	2.28%	-
1969	2,051,515	-	2.31%	-
1970	2,097,505	-	2.24%	-
1971	2,141,450	-	2.1%	-
1972	2,183,769	-	1.98%	-
1973	2,226,008	-	1.93%	-
1974	2,269,338	-	1.95%	-
1975	2,313,916	-	1.96%	-
1976	2,348,566	-	1.5%	-
1977	2,372,930	-	1.04%	-
1978	2,397,961	-	1.05%	-
1979	2,423,794	-	1.08%	-
1980	2,450,535	-	1.1%	-
1981	2,478,402	-	1.14%	-
1982	2,507,375	-	1.17%	-
1983	2,537,399	-	1.2%	-
1984	2,568,610	-	1.23%	-
1985	2,600,932	-	1.26%	-
1986	2,634,258	-	1.28%	-
1987	2,669,155	-	1.32%	-
1988	2,713,965	-	1.68%	-
1989	2,783,970	-	2.58%	-
1990	2,871,910	-	3.16%	-
1991	2,963,191	-	3.18%	-
1992	3,058,831	-	3.23%	-
1993	3,157,839	-	3.24%	-
1994	3,257,954	-	3.17%	-
1995	3,348,052	-	2.77%	-
1996	3,435,965	-	2.63%	-
1997	3,531,700	-	2.79%	-
1998	3,628,827	-	2.75%	-
1999	3,729,450	-	2.77%	-
2000	3,833,416	880	2.79%	-
2001	3,919,487	890	2.25%	1.14%
2002	4,006,077	900	2.21%	1.12%
2003	4,103,086	911	2.42%	1.22%
2004	4,192,826	921	2.19%	1.1%
2005	4,288,810	921	2.29%	0%
2006	4,377,579	932	2.07%	1.19%
2007	4,462,770	821	1.95%	-11.9%
2008	4,558,984	824	2.16%	0.37%
2009	4,529,047	826	-0.66%	0.24%
2010	4,492,995	829	-0.8%	0.36%
2011	4,565,021	832	1.6%	0.36%
2012	4,610,848	836	1%	0.48%
2013	4,642,419	839	0.68%	0.36%
2014	4,623,182	842	-0.41%	0.36%
2015	4,629,320	1,000	0.13%	18.8%
2016	4,713,663	-	1.82%	0%
2017	4,793,511	1,000	1.69%	0%
2018	4,878,657	-	1.78%	0%
2019	4,944,703	1,000	1.35%	0%
2020	5,026,628	987	1.66%	-1.29%
2021	5,112,100	970	1.7%	-1.68%
2022	5,098,039	944	-0.28%	-2.66%
2023	5,152,421	922	1.07%	-2.34%
2024	5,330,690	933	3.46%	1.2%
2025	5,513,285	939	3.43%	0.59%
2026	5,698,988	952	3.37%	1.37%
2027	5,888,126	974	3.32%	2.32%
2028	6,082,465	985	3.3%	1.13%
2029	6,279,729	983	3.24%	-0.19%
2030	6,478,251	976	3.16%	-0.75%
2031	6,680,052	968	3.12%	-0.75%
2032	6,884,143	968	3.06%	0%
2033	7,089,444	988	2.98%	2.09%
2034	7,296,249	992	2.92%	0.37%
2035	7,502,585	1,000	2.83%	0.74%
2036	7,707,565	998	2.73%	-0.18%
2037	7,911,635	1,003	2.65%	0.55%
2038	8,115,865	1,022	2.58%	1.83%
2039	8,321,550	1,060	2.53%	3.78%
2040	8,526,454	1,095	2.46%	3.3%
2041	8,729,074	1,127	2.38%	2.86%
2042	8,931,165	1,149	2.32%	1.96%
2043	9,134,993	1,169	2.28%	1.76%
2044	9,341,761	1,186	2.26%	1.42%
2045	9,550,893	1,209	2.24%	2.02%
2046	9,761,447	1,224	2.2%	1.22%
2047	9,972,759	1,248	2.16%	1.95%
2048	10,186,021	1,272	2.14%	1.92%
2049	10,400,624	1,296	2.11%	1.88%
2050	10,616,749	1,325	2.08%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.