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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	CAR	Vietnam	CAR	Vietnam
1960	1,702,346	32,531,933	-	-
1961	1,734,580	33,409,059	1.89%	2.7%
1962	1,768,115	34,288,560	1.93%	2.63%
1963	1,803,063	35,249,101	1.98%	2.8%
1964	1,839,583	36,201,563	2.03%	2.7%
1965	1,877,854	37,129,656	2.08%	2.56%
1966	1,918,082	38,024,836	2.14%	2.41%
1967	1,960,444	38,895,080	2.21%	2.29%
1968	2,005,100	39,734,609	2.28%	2.16%
1969	2,051,515	40,582,096	2.31%	2.13%
1970	2,097,505	41,475,230	2.24%	2.2%
1971	2,141,450	42,449,276	2.1%	2.35%
1972	2,183,769	43,429,168	1.98%	2.31%
1973	2,226,008	44,409,861	1.93%	2.26%
1974	2,269,338	45,413,537	1.95%	2.26%
1975	2,313,916	46,482,903	1.96%	2.35%
1976	2,348,566	47,684,931	1.5%	2.59%
1977	2,372,930	48,954,872	1.04%	2.66%
1978	2,397,961	50,249,552	1.05%	2.64%
1979	2,423,794	51,378,211	1.08%	2.25%
1980	2,450,535	52,490,101	1.1%	2.16%
1981	2,478,402	53,738,141	1.14%	2.38%
1982	2,507,375	55,011,289	1.17%	2.37%
1983	2,537,399	56,337,921	1.2%	2.41%
1984	2,568,610	57,706,067	1.23%	2.43%
1985	2,600,932	59,060,622	1.26%	2.35%
1986	2,634,258	60,347,048	1.28%	2.18%
1987	2,669,155	61,584,651	1.32%	2.05%
1988	2,713,965	62,843,228	1.68%	2.04%
1989	2,783,970	64,147,348	2.58%	2.08%
1990	2,871,910	65,504,552	3.16%	2.12%
1991	2,963,191	66,891,775	3.18%	2.12%
1992	3,058,831	68,260,337	3.23%	2.05%
1993	3,157,839	69,586,384	3.24%	1.94%
1994	3,257,954	70,854,391	3.17%	1.82%
1995	3,348,052	72,049,940	2.77%	1.69%
1996	3,435,965	73,156,447	2.63%	1.54%
1997	3,531,700	74,226,889	2.79%	1.46%
1998	3,628,827	75,299,660	2.75%	1.45%
1999	3,729,450	76,287,452	2.77%	1.31%
2000	3,833,416	77,154,011	2.79%	1.14%
2001	3,919,487	77,969,361	2.25%	1.06%
2002	4,006,077	78,772,224	2.21%	1.03%
2003	4,103,086	79,563,777	2.42%	1%
2004	4,192,826	80,338,971	2.19%	0.97%
2005	4,288,810	81,088,313	2.29%	0.93%
2006	4,377,579	82,167,897	2.07%	1.33%
2007	4,462,770	83,633,375	1.95%	1.78%
2008	4,558,984	85,175,788	2.16%	1.84%
2009	4,529,047	86,460,018	-0.66%	1.51%
2010	4,492,995	87,455,152	-0.8%	1.15%
2011	4,565,021	88,468,314	1.6%	1.16%
2012	4,610,848	89,510,356	1%	1.18%
2013	4,642,419	90,573,104	0.68%	1.19%
2014	4,623,182	91,679,578	-0.41%	1.22%
2015	4,629,320	92,823,254	0.13%	1.25%
2016	4,713,663	94,000,117	1.82%	1.27%
2017	4,793,511	95,176,977	1.69%	1.25%
2018	4,878,657	96,237,319	1.78%	1.11%
2019	4,944,703	97,173,776	1.35%	0.97%
2020	5,026,628	98,079,191	1.66%	0.93%
2021	5,112,100	98,935,098	1.7%	0.87%
2022	5,098,039	99,680,655	-0.28%	0.75%
2023	5,152,421	100,352,192	1.07%	0.67%
2024	5,330,690	100,987,686	3.46%	0.63%
2025	5,513,285	101,598,531	3.43%	0.6%
2026	5,698,988	102,177,434	3.37%	0.57%
2027	5,888,126	102,727,392	3.32%	0.54%
2028	6,082,465	103,255,746	3.3%	0.51%
2029	6,279,729	103,761,151	3.24%	0.49%
2030	6,478,251	104,254,900	3.16%	0.48%
2031	6,680,052	104,737,913	3.12%	0.46%
2032	6,884,143	105,204,401	3.06%	0.45%
2033	7,089,444	105,656,307	2.98%	0.43%
2034	7,296,249	106,097,515	2.92%	0.42%
2035	7,502,585	106,530,671	2.83%	0.41%
2036	7,707,565	106,945,842	2.73%	0.39%
2037	7,911,635	107,346,046	2.65%	0.37%
2038	8,115,865	107,732,019	2.58%	0.36%
2039	8,321,550	108,097,653	2.53%	0.34%
2040	8,526,454	108,437,634	2.46%	0.31%
2041	8,729,074	108,752,199	2.38%	0.29%
2042	8,931,165	109,040,314	2.32%	0.26%
2043	9,134,993	109,292,559	2.28%	0.23%
2044	9,341,761	109,506,274	2.26%	0.2%
2045	9,550,893	109,685,396	2.24%	0.16%
2046	9,761,447	109,827,664	2.2%	0.13%
2047	9,972,759	109,930,243	2.16%	0.09%
2048	10,186,021	109,994,024	2.14%	0.06%
2049	10,400,624	110,018,017	2.11%	0.02%
2050	10,616,749	110,008,910	2.08%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Central African Republic increased by 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Central African Republic gained 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

The Central African Republic was ranked 118th most populous country in 2005 and is 117th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.