# Population in Central African Republic

Population in Central African Republic was 5.51 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `cf`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/central-african-republic
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/central-african-republic.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=cf

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 5,513,282 |
| 2024 | 5,330,690 |
| 2023 | 5,152,421 |
| 2022 | 5,098,039 |
| 2021 | 5,112,100 |
| 2020 | 5,026,628 |
| 2019 | 4,944,703 |
| 2018 | 4,878,657 |
| 2017 | 4,793,511 |
| 2016 | 4,713,663 |
| 2015 | 4,629,320 |
| 2014 | 4,623,182 |
| 2013 | 4,642,419 |
| 2012 | 4,610,848 |
| 2011 | 4,565,021 |
| 2010 | 4,492,995 |
| 2009 | 4,529,047 |
| 2008 | 4,558,984 |
| 2007 | 4,462,770 |
| 2006 | 4,377,579 |
| 2005 | 4,288,810 |
| 2004 | 4,192,826 |
| 2003 | 4,103,086 |
| 2002 | 4,006,077 |
| 2001 | 3,919,487 |
| 2000 | 3,833,416 |
| 1999 | 3,729,450 |
| 1998 | 3,628,827 |
| 1997 | 3,531,700 |
| 1996 | 3,435,965 |
| 1995 | 3,348,052 |
| 1994 | 3,257,954 |
| 1993 | 3,157,839 |
| 1992 | 3,058,831 |
| 1991 | 2,963,191 |
| 1990 | 2,871,910 |
| 1989 | 2,783,970 |
| 1988 | 2,713,965 |
| 1987 | 2,669,155 |
| 1986 | 2,634,258 |
| 1985 | 2,600,932 |
| 1984 | 2,568,610 |
| 1983 | 2,537,399 |
| 1982 | 2,507,375 |
| 1981 | 2,478,402 |
| 1980 | 2,450,535 |
| 1979 | 2,423,794 |
| 1978 | 2,397,961 |
| 1977 | 2,372,930 |
| 1976 | 2,348,566 |
| 1975 | 2,313,916 |
| 1974 | 2,269,338 |
| 1973 | 2,226,008 |
| 1972 | 2,183,769 |
| 1971 | 2,141,450 |
| 1970 | 2,097,505 |
| 1969 | 2,051,515 |
| 1968 | 2,005,100 |
| 1967 | 1,960,444 |
| 1966 | 1,918,082 |
| 1965 | 1,877,854 |
| 1964 | 1,839,583 |
| 1963 | 1,803,063 |
| 1962 | 1,768,115 |
| 1961 | 1,734,580 |
| 1960 | 1,702,346 |