Central African Republic's population rose from 3.44M in 1996 to 5.51M in 2025.
Central African Republic · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Central African Republic's population growth rose from 2.6 % in 1996 to 3.4 % in 2025.
Central African Republic's population density rose from 5.2 in 1994 to 8.3 in 2023.
Central African Republic's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.6 % in 1996 to 51.9 % in 2025.
Central African Republic's urbanisation rose from 37.5 % in 1996 to 44.6 % in 2025.
Central African Republic's urban population rose from 1.29M in 1996 to 2.46M in 2025.
Central African Republic's rural population rose from 2.15M in 1996 to 3.06M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.0 %4th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.4 %1st of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.4 %54th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.1 %217th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.0 yrs216th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts1st of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts217th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts213th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.1 pts1st of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts208th of 217
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- Net migrationup +4.3 %163rd of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts154th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +37.1 %66th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs215th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs215th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs213th of 217