Demographics of Central African Republic

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date05 Jun 2024

There are 2.96 million males and 2.96 million females in Central African Republic. The percentage of the male population is 49.96%, compared to 50.04% of the female population. Central African Republic has 4,305 more females than males. The sex ratio in Central African Republic in 2024 will be 99.855 males per 100 females. Central African Republic is in the 149th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Central African Republic population

Year Population Growth (%)
19501,436,5911.40
19551,545,8981.56
19601,679,7281.78
19651,849,1712.08
19702,067,3562.17
19752,283,9271.98
19802,415,2761.04
19852,553,0751.18
19902,809,2213.09
19953,276,7062.40
20003,759,1702.81
20054,208,8342.31
20104,660,0671.96
20154,819,3331.60
20205,343,0202.66
20215,457,1541.58
20225,579,1442.83
20235,742,3152.94
20245,915,6273.01
  • Total
  • Crude

Central African Republic death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195042,43762,58429.53443.555
195542,83666,91027.70643.277
196042,68172,11625.41042.934
196542,33580,34922.89343.448
197042,01590,49920.30243.730
197540,82195,91017.83341.899
198040,640107,40216.68044.080
198541,717118,24716.19045.890
199045,189130,02516.08846.292
199554,438146,07916.57744.482
200065,070162,47517.32543.259
200569,011179,76116.36742.633
201068,061202,47014.53443.237
201558,936199,08712.15041.044
202059,147225,92711.04142.175
202162,683234,82111.39342.680
202261,490236,64311.00342.344
202360,096243,46210.44942.332
202460,276250,59010.17642.305
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Central African Republic

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950191,2781,135,37414.418
1955238,9171,160,57017.072
1960302,2051,201,30320.100
1965387,7901,261,04323.519
1970502,7521,325,95727.492
1975644,9781,372,39431.971
1980772,2631,507,55833.874
1985935,9961,698,23635.532
19901,082,5701,857,21036.825
19951,248,2622,104,50537.231
20001,413,3272,341,65937.639
20051,571,4612,556,44938.069
20101,730,6522,717,87338.904
20151,831,0542,715,04640.277
20202,076,5342,844,35542.198
20212,142,1712,880,68242.648
20222,213,0602,919,21043.120
20232,288,6952,958,89143.614
20242,368,4092,998,54044.130
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Central African Republic population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 544,813 532,792 1,077,605 18.22 102.256
05-09 452,861 445,041 897,901 15.18 101.757
10-14 421,243 414,207 835,449 14.12 101.699
15-19 366,248 360,683 726,931 12.29 101.543
20-24 300,716 296,167 596,883 10.09 101.536
25-29 224,988 220,589 445,577 7.53 101.994
30-34 157,003 153,367 310,370 5.25 102.371
35-39 116,487 114,809 231,296 3.91 101.462
40-44 89,763 89,392 179,155 3.03 100.415
45-49 67,640 70,187 137,827 2.33 96.371
50-54 57,307 66,829 124,136 2.10 85.752
55-59 47,943 62,797 110,740 1.87 76.346
60-64 39,269 52,113 91,382 1.54 75.354
65-69 31,352 37,809 69,161 1.17 82.922
70-74 21,474 23,838 45,312 0.77 90.083
75-79 10,618 11,609 22,227 0.38 91.464
80-84 4,434 5,324 9,758 0.16 83.283
85-89 1,288 1,887 3,175 0.05 68.256
90-94 208 475 684 0.01 43.789
95-99 8 49 57 0.00 16.327
100+ 0 2 2 0.00 0.000
Total 2,955,663 2,959,966 5,915,628 99.855