World Development Indicators

Population, total: Central African Republic

Most recent
5,513,282 (2025)
Earliest
1,702,346 (1960)
Highest
5,513,282 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Central African Republic at the United Nations
05,000,00010,000,0001960: 1,702,3461961: 1,734,5801962: 1,768,1151963: 1,803,0631964: 1,839,5831965: 1,877,8541966: 1,918,0821967: 1,960,4441968: 2,005,1001969: 2,051,5151970: 2,097,5051971: 2,141,4501972: 2,183,7691973: 2,226,0081974: 2,269,3381975: 2,313,9161976: 2,348,5661977: 2,372,9301978: 2,397,9611979: 2,423,7941980: 2,450,5351981: 2,478,4021982: 2,507,3751983: 2,537,3991984: 2,568,6101985: 2,600,9321986: 2,634,2581987: 2,669,1551988: 2,713,9651989: 2,783,9701990: 2,871,9101991: 2,963,1911992: 3,058,8311993: 3,157,8391994: 3,257,9541995: 3,348,0521996: 3,435,9651997: 3,531,7001998: 3,628,8271999: 3,729,4502000: 3,833,4162001: 3,919,4872002: 4,006,0772003: 4,103,0862004: 4,192,8262005: 4,288,8102006: 4,377,5792007: 4,462,7702008: 4,558,9842009: 4,529,0472010: 4,492,9952011: 4,565,0212012: 4,610,8482013: 4,642,4192014: 4,623,1822015: 4,629,3202016: 4,713,6632017: 4,793,5112018: 4,878,6572019: 4,944,7032020: 5,026,6282021: 5,112,1002022: 5,098,0392023: 5,152,4212024: 5,330,6902025: 5,513,28219602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
20255,513,282
20245,330,690
20235,152,421
20225,098,039
20215,112,100
20205,026,628
20194,944,703
20184,878,657
20174,793,511
20164,713,663
20154,629,320
20144,623,182
20134,642,419
20124,610,848
20114,565,021
20104,492,995
20094,529,047
20084,558,984
20074,462,770
20064,377,579
20054,288,810
20044,192,826
20034,103,086
20024,006,077
20013,919,487
20003,833,416
19993,729,450
19983,628,827
19973,531,700
19963,435,965
19953,348,052
19943,257,954
19933,157,839
19923,058,831
19912,963,191
19902,871,910
19892,783,970
19882,713,965
19872,669,155
19862,634,258
19852,600,932
19842,568,610
19832,537,399
19822,507,375
19812,478,402
19802,450,535
19792,423,794
19782,397,961
19772,372,930
19762,348,566
19752,313,916
19742,269,338
19732,226,008
19722,183,769
19712,141,450
19702,097,505
19692,051,515
19682,005,100
19671,960,444
19661,918,082
19651,877,854
19641,839,583
19631,803,063
19621,768,115
19611,734,580
19601,702,346

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