Population of Central African Republic

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Central African Republic is 6,402,128 as of April 24, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Central African Republic is projected at 4,919,981 or 4.92 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Central African Republic is projected at 4,829,767 or 4.83 million people for the year 2020. Central African Republic ranks number 125th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Central African Republic is ranked 38th among 58 countries in Africa.

Central African Republic's population will be increased year by year. The Central African Republic population is projected to reach 5.94 million in 2030 and increase further to 8.4 million in 2050 and 11.6 million by 2100. Central African Republic accounts for 0.062 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.051% in 1953, it will decrease and increase in share and is projected to increase by 0.107% by 2100.

Central African Republic was at 125th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 97th in 2100.

Central African Republic population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	4,829,767	84,582	1.78	0.061
2021	4,919,981	90,214	1.87	0.061
2022	5,016,678	96,697	1.97	0.062
2023	5,119,141	102,463	2.04	0.062
2024	5,226,580	107,439	2.10	0.063
2025	5,338,264	111,684	2.14	0.064
2026	5,453,693	115,429	2.16	0.065
2027	5,572,373	118,680	2.18	0.066
2028	5,693,740	121,367	2.18	0.067
2029	5,817,198	123,458	2.17	0.068
2030	5,942,211	125,013	2.15	0.068
2031	6,068,358	126,147	2.12	0.069
2032	6,195,288	126,930	2.09	0.070
2033	6,322,641	127,353	2.06	0.071
2034	6,450,103	127,462	2.02	0.072
2035	6,577,413	127,310	1.97	0.073
2036	6,704,291	126,878	1.93	0.074
2037	6,830,555	126,264	1.88	0.075
2038	6,956,121	125,566	1.84	0.076
2039	7,080,996	124,875	1.80	0.077
2040	7,205,166	124,170	1.75	0.077
2041	7,328,517	123,351	1.71	0.078
2042	7,450,947	122,430	1.67	0.079
2043	7,572,513	121,566	1.63	0.080
2044	7,693,281	120,768	1.59	0.081
2045	7,813,300	120,019	1.56	0.082
2046	7,932,563	119,263	1.53	0.082
2047	8,050,991	118,428	1.49	0.083
2048	8,168,556	117,565	1.46	0.084
2049	8,285,226	116,670	1.43	0.085
2050	8,400,956	115,730	1.40	0.086
2051	8,515,700	114,744	1.37	0.087
2052	8,629,417	113,717	1.34	0.087
2053	8,742,074	112,657	1.31	0.088
2054	8,853,591	111,517	1.28	0.089
2055	8,963,955	110,364	1.25	0.090
2056	9,073,063	109,108	1.22	0.091
2057	9,180,860	107,797	1.19	0.091
2058	9,287,276	106,416	1.16	0.092
2059	9,392,249	104,973	1.13	0.093
2060	9,495,687	103,438	1.10	0.094
2061	9,597,524	101,837	1.07	0.095
2062	9,697,662	100,138	1.04	0.095
2063	9,795,956	98,294	1.01	0.096
2064	9,892,246	96,290	0.98	0.097
2065	9,986,403	94,157	0.95	0.098
2066	10,078,337	91,934	0.92	0.098
2067	10,167,958	89,621	0.89	0.099
2068	10,255,150	87,192	0.86	0.100
2069	10,339,791	84,641	0.83	0.100
2070	10,421,782	81,991	0.79	0.101
2071	10,501,058	79,276	0.76	0.102
2072	10,577,557	76,499	0.73	0.102
2073	10,651,232	73,675	0.70	0.103
2074	10,722,058	70,826	0.66	0.103
2075	10,789,987	67,929	0.63	0.104
2076	10,855,020	65,033	0.60	0.104
2077	10,917,132	62,112	0.57	0.105
2078	10,976,326	59,194	0.54	0.105
2079	11,032,615	56,289	0.51	0.106
2080	11,086,007	53,392	0.48	0.106
2081	11,136,532	50,525	0.46	0.107
2082	11,184,203	47,671	0.43	0.107
2083	11,229,124	44,921	0.40	0.108
2084	11,271,424	42,300	0.38	0.108
2085	11,311,201	39,777	0.35	0.108
2086	11,348,513	37,312	0.33	0.109
2087	11,383,379	34,866	0.31	0.109
2088	11,415,852	32,473	0.29	0.110
2089	11,445,964	30,112	0.26	0.110
2090	11,473,754	27,790	0.24	0.110
2091	11,499,249	25,495	0.22	0.110
2092	11,522,505	23,256	0.20	0.111
2093	11,543,546	21,041	0.18	0.111
2094	11,562,411	18,865	0.16	0.111
2095	11,579,140	16,729	0.14	0.112
2096	11,593,749	14,609	0.13	0.112
2097	11,606,271	12,522	0.11	0.112
2098	11,616,718	10,447	0.09	0.112
2099	11,625,091	8,373	0.07	inf
2100	11,631,402	6,311	0.05	inf

Central African Republic population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,326,652	-	-	0.053
1951	1,341,715	15,063	1.14	0.053
1952	1,356,120	14,405	1.07	0.052
1953	1,370,517	14,397	1.06	0.052
1954	1,385,452	14,935	1.09	0.051
1955	1,401,341	15,889	1.15	0.051
1956	1,418,481	17,140	1.22	0.051
1957	1,437,055	18,574	1.31	0.050
1958	1,457,121	20,066	1.40	0.050
1959	1,478,677	21,556	1.48	0.050
1960	1,501,668	22,991	1.55	0.050
1961	1,526,066	24,398	1.62	0.050
1962	1,551,910	25,844	1.69	0.050
1963	1,579,370	27,460	1.77	0.049
1964	1,608,616	29,246	1.85	0.049
1965	1,639,706	31,090	1.93	0.049
1966	1,673,019	33,313	2.03	0.049
1967	1,708,302	35,283	2.11	0.049
1968	1,744,194	35,892	2.10	0.049
1969	1,778,861	34,667	1.99	0.049
1970	1,811,144	32,283	1.81	0.049
1971	1,840,518	29,374	1.62	0.049
1972	1,867,782	27,264	1.48	0.049
1973	1,894,853	27,071	1.45	0.048
1974	1,924,388	29,535	1.56	0.048
1975	1,958,367	33,979	1.77	0.048
1976	1,997,014	38,647	1.97	0.048
1977	2,039,919	42,905	2.15	0.048
1978	2,087,663	47,744	2.34	0.049
1979	2,140,777	53,114	2.54	0.049
1980	2,199,356	58,579	2.74	0.049
1981	2,264,442	65,086	2.96	0.050
1982	2,335,333	70,891	3.13	0.051
1983	2,408,317	72,984	3.13	0.051
1984	2,478,382	70,065	2.91	0.052
1985	2,542,169	63,787	2.57	0.052
1986	2,597,761	55,592	2.19	0.052
1987	2,646,840	49,079	1.89	0.053
1988	2,693,973	47,133	1.78	0.052
1989	2,745,734	51,761	1.92	0.053
1990	2,806,734	61,000	2.22	0.053
1991	2,878,509	71,775	2.56	0.053
1992	2,959,236	80,727	2.80	0.054
1993	3,046,149	86,913	2.94	0.055
1994	3,135,015	88,866	2.92	0.055
1995	3,222,656	87,641	2.80	0.056
1996	3,308,233	85,577	2.66	0.057
1997	3,392,436	84,203	2.55	0.057
1998	3,475,492	83,056	2.45	0.058
1999	3,558,014	82,522	2.37	0.059
2000	3,640,427	82,413	2.32	0.059
2001	3,722,018	81,591	2.24	0.060
2002	3,802,128	80,110	2.15	0.060
2003	3,881,181	79,053	2.08	0.061
2004	3,959,875	78,694	2.03	0.061
2005	4,038,382	78,507	1.98	0.062
2006	4,118,069	79,687	1.97	0.062
2007	4,198,010	79,941	1.94	0.062
2008	4,273,366	75,356	1.80	0.063
2009	4,337,625	64,259	1.50	0.063
2010	4,386,768	49,143	1.13	0.063
2011	4,418,637	31,869	0.73	0.062
2012	4,436,416	17,779	0.40	0.062
2013	4,447,944	11,528	0.26	0.061
2014	4,464,175	16,231	0.36	0.061
2015	4,493,170	28,995	0.65	0.061
2016	4,537,686	44,516	0.99	0.060
2017	4,596,023	58,337	1.29	0.060
2018	4,666,368	70,345	1.53	0.061
2019	4,745,185	78,817	1.69	0.061