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Central African Republic: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
5.51 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+3.4%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.8%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20316.69Forecast
20306.48Forecast
20296.28Forecast
20286.08Forecast
20275.89Forecast
20265.70Forecast
20255.51
20245.33
20235.15
20225.10
20215.11
20205.03
20194.94
20184.88
20174.79
20164.71

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Central African Republic documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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