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Central African Republic — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2031 · 232 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

In the Central African Republic, the population reading was 5.51M people in 2025, compared with 5.33M people in 2024. The period change was +3.43%.

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Latest observations

2000–2031

PeriodValue
20316.69M people
20306.48M people
20296.28M people
20286.08M people
20275.89M people
15 earlier values
20265.70M people
20255.51M people
20245.33M people
20235.15M people
20225.10M people
20215.11M people
20205.03M people
20194.94M people
20184.88M people
20174.79M people
20164.71M people
20154.63M people
20144.62M people
20134.64M people
20124.61M people

Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.