Population of Central African Republic

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Jan 2025

The current population of Central African Republic is 5,459,890 as of March 18, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Central African Republic is projected at 5,330,690, or 5.33 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Central African Republic is projected at 5,152,421, or 5.15 million people for the year 2023.

Central African Republic ranks 122nd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Central African Republic is ranked 38th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Central African Republic population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	5,240,249	5,330,690	180,881	3.394	0.0653
2025	5,421,130	5,513,282	184,304	3.343	0.0670
2026	5,605,434	5,698,984	187,100	3.283	0.0687
2027	5,792,534	5,888,123	191,177	3.247	0.0704
2028	5,983,711	6,082,465	197,507	3.247	0.0721
2029	6,181,218	6,279,732	197,028	3.138	0.0739
2030	6,378,246	6,478,245	199,999	3.087	0.0756
2031	6,578,245	6,680,057	203,625	3.048	0.0774
2032	6,781,870	6,884,139	204,537	2.971	0.0791
2033	6,986,407	7,089,443	206,072	2.907	0.0809
2034	7,192,479	7,296,247	207,536	2.845	0.0827
2035	7,400,015	7,502,587	205,144	2.734	0.0844
2036	7,605,159	7,707,561	204,804	2.657	0.0862
2037	7,809,963	7,911,631	203,336	2.570	0.0879
2038	8,013,299	8,115,863	205,127	2.528	0.0895
2039	8,218,426	8,321,556	206,259	2.479	0.0912
2040	8,424,685	8,526,455	203,540	2.387	0.0929
2041	8,628,225	8,729,074	201,697	2.311	0.0945
2042	8,829,922	8,931,163	202,481	2.267	0.0962
2043	9,032,403	9,134,996	205,185	2.246	0.0978
2044	9,237,588	9,341,762	208,348	2.230	0.0995
2045	9,445,936	9,550,893	209,914	2.198	0.1012
2046	9,655,850	9,761,444	211,188	2.164	0.1029
2047	9,867,038	9,972,764	211,452	2.120	0.1046
2048	10,078,490	10,186,017	215,054	2.111	0.1063
2049	10,293,544	10,400,626	214,163	2.059	0.1081
2050	10,507,707	10,616,753	218,091	2.054	0.1099
2051	10,725,798	10,834,361	217,126	2.004	0.1116
2052	10,942,924	11,052,358	218,868	1.980	0.1134
2053	11,161,792	11,271,690	219,795	1.950	0.1153
2054	11,381,587	11,491,188	219,202	1.908	0.1171
2055	11,600,789	11,710,159	218,741	1.868	0.1189
2056	11,819,530	11,928,607	218,154	1.829	0.1208
2057	12,037,684	12,146,810	218,253	1.797	0.1226
2058	12,255,937	12,364,354	216,834	1.754	0.1244
2059	12,472,771	12,580,147	214,753	1.707	0.1263
2060	12,687,524	12,794,248	213,448	1.668	0.1281
2061	12,900,972	13,005,374	208,805	1.606	0.1299
2062	13,109,777	13,214,263	208,972	1.581	0.1316
2063	13,318,749	13,423,522	209,545	1.561	0.1334
2064	13,528,294	13,629,237	201,885	1.481	0.1352
2065	13,730,179	13,830,255	200,153	1.447	0.1369
2066	13,930,332	14,030,004	199,344	1.421	0.1386
2067	14,129,676	14,229,120	198,888	1.398	0.1403
2068	14,328,564	14,425,337	193,547	1.342	0.1420
2069	14,522,111	14,618,133	192,044	1.314	0.1437
2070	14,714,155	14,809,844	191,377	1.292	0.1453
2071	14,905,532	14,997,824	184,583	1.231	0.1470
2072	15,090,115	15,178,490	176,751	1.164	0.1486
2073	15,266,866	15,355,547	177,362	1.155	0.1501
2074	15,444,228	15,528,202	167,949	1.082	0.1516
2075	15,612,177	15,697,683	171,013	1.089	0.1531
2076	15,783,190	15,868,014	169,648	1.069	0.1547
2077	15,952,838	16,035,525	165,375	1.031	0.1562
2078	16,118,213	16,196,829	157,232	0.971	0.1577
2079	16,275,445	16,350,362	149,834	0.916	0.1591
2080	16,425,279	16,502,027	153,496	0.930	0.1605
2081	16,578,775	16,652,248	146,946	0.882	0.1619
2082	16,725,721	16,799,360	147,279	0.877	0.1633
2083	16,873,000	16,945,083	144,166	0.851	0.1647
2084	17,017,166	17,086,351	138,370	0.810	0.1661
2085	17,155,536	17,221,559	132,046	0.767	0.1674
2086	17,287,582	17,354,298	133,432	0.769	0.1687
2087	17,421,014	17,483,566	125,103	0.716	0.1700
2088	17,546,117	17,607,042	121,850	0.692	0.1713
2089	17,667,967	17,724,407	112,880	0.637	0.1725
2090	17,780,847	17,838,607	115,519	0.648	0.1737
2091	17,896,366	17,951,022	109,313	0.609	0.1749
2092	18,005,679	18,059,046	106,734	0.591	0.1760
2093	18,112,413	18,162,242	99,657	0.549	0.1772
2094	18,212,070	18,261,242	98,344	0.539	0.1783
2095	18,310,414	18,358,755	96,683	0.527	0.1794
2096	18,407,097	18,451,738	89,283	0.484	0.1804
2097	18,496,380	18,538,428	84,096	0.454	0.1815
2098	18,580,476	18,622,113	83,275	0.447	0.1825
2099	18,663,751	18,703,140	78,778	0.421	0.1835
2100	18,742,529	18,779,149	73,241	0.390	0.1845

Central African Republic population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,426,515	1,438,057	23,085	1.605	0.0577
1951	1,449,600	1,461,251	23,301	1.595	0.0576
1952	1,472,901	1,484,824	23,846	1.606	0.0575
1953	1,496,747	1,508,948	24,403	1.617	0.0573
1954	1,521,150	1,533,757	25,215	1.644	0.0571
1955	1,546,365	1,559,363	25,996	1.667	0.0569
1956	1,572,361	1,585,846	26,970	1.701	0.0567
1957	1,599,331	1,613,277	27,892	1.729	0.0566
1958	1,627,223	1,641,670	28,895	1.760	0.0564
1959	1,656,118	1,671,331	30,426	1.821	0.0564
1960	1,686,544	1,702,346	31,604	1.857	0.0565
1961	1,718,148	1,734,580	32,864	1.895	0.0566
1962	1,751,012	1,768,115	34,206	1.935	0.0566
1963	1,785,218	1,803,063	35,690	1.979	0.0565
1964	1,820,908	1,839,583	37,351	2.030	0.0564
1965	1,858,259	1,877,854	39,191	2.087	0.0563
1966	1,897,450	1,918,082	41,265	2.151	0.0563
1967	1,938,715	1,960,444	43,457	2.217	0.0564
1968	1,982,172	2,005,100	45,856	2.287	0.0566
1969	2,028,028	2,051,515	46,975	2.290	0.0567
1970	2,075,003	2,097,505	45,004	2.146	0.0568
1971	2,120,007	2,141,450	42,885	2.003	0.0568
1972	2,162,892	2,183,769	41,753	1.912	0.0568
1973	2,204,645	2,226,008	42,726	1.919	0.0568
1974	2,247,371	2,269,338	43,935	1.936	0.0568
1975	2,291,306	2,313,916	45,221	1.954	0.0568
1976	2,336,527	2,348,566	24,077	1.025	0.0567
1977	2,360,604	2,372,930	24,653	1.039	0.0563
1978	2,385,257	2,397,961	25,408	1.060	0.0559
1979	2,410,665	2,423,794	26,259	1.083	0.0555
1980	2,436,924	2,450,535	27,222	1.111	0.0551
1981	2,464,146	2,478,402	28,512	1.150	0.0547
1982	2,492,658	2,507,375	29,434	1.174	0.0544
1983	2,522,092	2,537,399	30,615	1.207	0.0540
1984	2,552,707	2,568,610	31,805	1.238	0.0537
1985	2,584,512	2,600,932	32,841	1.263	0.0534
1986	2,617,353	2,634,258	33,809	1.283	0.0531
1987	2,651,162	2,669,155	35,986	1.348	0.0529
1988	2,687,148	2,713,965	53,635	1.976	0.0528
1989	2,740,783	2,783,970	86,375	3.103	0.0532
1990	2,827,158	2,871,910	89,503	3.117	0.0539
1991	2,916,661	2,963,191	93,061	3.141	0.0547
1992	3,009,722	3,058,831	98,217	3.211	0.0556
1993	3,107,939	3,157,839	99,800	3.161	0.0565
1994	3,207,739	3,257,954	100,429	3.083	0.0574
1995	3,308,168	3,348,052	79,767	2.383	0.0581
1996	3,387,935	3,435,965	96,060	2.796	0.0588
1997	3,483,995	3,531,700	95,409	2.702	0.0596
1998	3,579,404	3,628,827	98,845	2.724	0.0604
1999	3,678,249	3,729,450	102,401	2.746	0.0612
2000	3,780,650	3,833,416	105,533	2.753	0.0621
2001	3,886,183	3,919,487	66,608	1.699	0.0627
2002	3,952,791	4,006,077	106,573	2.660	0.0632
2003	4,059,364	4,103,086	87,444	2.131	0.0639
2004	4,146,808	4,192,826	92,036	2.195	0.0645
2005	4,238,844	4,288,810	99,933	2.330	0.0651
2006	4,338,777	4,377,579	77,604	1.773	0.0656
2007	4,416,381	4,462,770	92,779	2.079	0.0660
2008	4,509,160	4,558,984	99,647	2.186	0.0666
2009	4,608,807	4,529,047	-159,521	-3.523	0.0653
2010	4,449,286	4,492,995	87,419	1.946	0.0640
2011	4,536,705	4,565,021	56,633	1.241	0.0642
2012	4,593,338	4,610,848	35,020	0.760	0.0640
2013	4,628,358	4,642,419	28,122	0.606	0.0637
2014	4,656,480	4,623,182	-66,596	-1.441	0.0626
2015	4,589,884	4,629,320	78,873	1.704	0.0620
2016	4,668,757	4,713,663	89,813	1.905	0.0624
2017	4,758,570	4,793,511	69,881	1.458	0.0627
2018	4,828,451	4,878,657	100,412	2.058	0.0631
2019	4,928,863	4,944,703	31,681	0.641	0.0633
2020	4,960,544	5,026,628	132,169	2.630	0.0637
2021	5,092,713	5,112,100	38,774	0.758	0.0643
2022	5,131,487	5,098,039	-66,895	-1.312	0.0636
2023	5,064,592	5,152,421	175,657	3.410	0.0637