Central African Republic vs Chad: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 3.41% a year in Central African Republic and 5.71% a year in Chad, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Chad, by 2.3 percentage points, or 1.67 times that in Central African Republic.

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% a year · UN

Central African RepublicChadUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Chad has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Central African Republic.
In 2023, Central African Republic ranked 7 and Chad ranked 2 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Central African Republic at 0.39% a year and Chad at 0.46% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Central African Republic	Chad	World
2023	3.41	5.71	0.87
2022	-1.31	3.39	0.88
2021	0.76	3.53	0.8
2020	2.63	3.36	0.9
2019	0.64	3	1.03
2018	2.06	3.44	1.07
2017	1.46	3.27	1.13
2016	1.91	3.34	1.17
2015	1.7	2.93	1.18
2014	-1.44	3.45	1.22
2013	0.61	3.7	1.23
2012	0.76	3.44	1.27
2011	1.24	3.59	1.26
2010	1.95	3.47	1.27
2009	-3.52	3.46	1.28
2008	2.19	3.69	1.28
2007	2.08	3.3	1.28
2006	1.77	3.6	1.28
2005	2.33	3.6	1.27
2004	2.2	4.48	1.28
2003	2.13	4.43	1.29
2002	2.66	3.55	1.3
2001	1.7	3.42	1.33
2000	2.75	3.33	1.35
1999	2.75	3.59	1.35
1998	2.72	3.43	1.37
1997	2.7	3.45	1.39
1996	2.8	3.45	1.42
1995	2.38	5.45	1.45
1994	3.08	3.32	1.47
1993	3.16	1.26	1.52
1992	3.21	3.48	1.57
1991	3.14	5.04	1.63
1990	3.12	2.23	1.76
1989	3.1	3.32	1.78
1988	1.98	3.46	1.79
1987	1.35	3.31	1.84
1986	1.28	3.7	1.83
1985	1.26	2.26	1.8
1984	1.24	-0.26	1.8
1983	1.21	2.91	1.78
1982	1.17	7.1	1.86
1981	1.15	2.18	1.82
1980	1.11	-1.94	1.8
1979	1.08	2.39	1.79
1978	1.06	1.82	1.74
1977	1.04	1.83	1.75
1976	1.03	1.92	1.78
1975	1.95	2.08	1.8
1974	1.94	2.24	1.88
1973	1.92	2.35	1.94
1972	1.91	2.35	1.97
1971	2	2.11	1.97
1970	2.15	2.11	2.06
1969	2.29	2.05	2.06
1968	2.29	1.99	2.09
1967	2.22	1.95	2
1966	2.15	1.94	2.04
1965	2.09	1.97	2.09
1964	2.03	2.03	2.16
1963	1.98	2.04	2.28
1962	1.94	2.03	2.11
1961	1.9	2.02	1.67
1960	1.86	2.01	1.58
1959	1.82	2	1.73
1958	1.76	1.99	2
1957	1.73	1.96	2.07
1956	1.7	1.94	1.98
1955	1.67	1.89	2.01
1954	1.64	1.85	1.99
1953	1.62	1.81	1.9
1952	1.61	1.78	1.94
1951	1.6	1.76	1.75
1950	1.61	1.77	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Central African Republic	Chad	World
2024	3.392.04–4.47	4.221.87–6.38	0.86
2025	3.341.76–4.7	2.630.15–4.77	0.84
2026	3.281.33–4.85	2.610.07–4.81	0.83
2027	3.251.24–4.97	3.020.6–5.18	0.81
2028	3.251.16–5.15	2.960.42–5.11	0.8
2029	3.140.95–5.21	2.890.41–5.09	0.78
2030	3.090.74–5.17	2.820.38–5.09	0.76
2031	3.050.69–5.29	2.80.23–5.03	0.75
2032	2.970.64–5.16	2.740.3–5.05	0.73
2033	2.910.46–5.19	2.670.24–5.01	0.72
2034	2.850.46–5.17	2.580.14–5.04	0.7
2035	2.730.28–5.21	2.540.09–4.84	0.69
2036	2.660.18–5.06	2.550.02–4.79	0.67
2037	2.570.12–5	2.48-0.08–4.96	0.65
2038	2.530.04–4.96	2.43-0.02–4.83	0.64
2039	2.48-0.03–4.92	2.39-0.14–4.78	0.62
2040	2.39-0.27–4.89	2.28-0.24–4.75	0.61
2041	2.31-0.3–4.65	2.31-0.22–4.71	0.59
2042	2.27-0.35–4.83	2.27-0.31–4.81	0.57
2043	2.25-0.45–4.62	2.24-0.22–4.68	0.56
2044	2.23-0.4–4.63	2.17-0.48–4.65	0.54
2045	2.2-0.48–4.59	2.18-0.44–4.71	0.52
2046	2.16-0.55–4.66	2.12-0.44–4.59	0.5
2047	2.12-0.64–4.61	2.08-0.45–4.64	0.48
2048	2.11-0.65–4.54	2.1-0.47–4.67	0.46
2049	2.06-0.58–4.62	2-0.58–4.49	0.44
2050	2.05-0.73–4.57	2-0.51–4.66	0.42
2051	2-0.7–4.46	1.97-0.53–4.59	0.4
2052	1.98-0.73–4.6	1.94-0.71–4.55	0.38
2053	1.95-0.74–4.64	1.9-0.77–4.66	0.36
2054	1.91-0.76–4.64	1.84-0.71–4.46	0.34
2055	1.87-0.8–4.62	1.84-0.83–4.7	0.33
2056	1.83-0.87–4.34	1.78-0.82–4.49	0.31
2057	1.8-0.92–4.38	1.73-0.91–4.47	0.3
2058	1.75-0.95–4.42	1.71-0.85–4.59	0.28
2059	1.71-1.04–4.45	1.71-1–4.44	0.27
2060	1.67-1.06–4.36	1.67-0.93–4.48	0.25
2061	1.61-1.14–4.38	1.57-1.01–4.34	0.24
2062	1.58-1.08–4.37	1.54-1.06–4.39	0.23
2063	1.56-1.1–4.18	1.51-1.16–4.38	0.22
2064	1.48-1.19–4.21	1.51-1.09–4.36	0.21
2065	1.45-1.31–4.22	1.43-1.27–4.11	0.2
2066	1.42-1.33–4.18	1.42-1.19–4.3	0.19
2067	1.4-1.37–4.25	1.32-1.44–4.19	0.18
2068	1.34-1.36–4.16	1.32-1.43–4.15	0.17
2069	1.31-1.44–4.12	1.29-1.49–4.22	0.16
2070	1.29-1.44–4.13	1.26-1.41–4.15	0.15
2071	1.23-1.54–3.99	1.26-1.47–3.94	0.14
2072	1.16-1.8–4.04	1.24-1.39–4.13	0.13
2073	1.16-1.85–4.02	1.19-1.43–4.03	0.12
2074	1.08-1.85–4.05	1.14-1.53–4.05	0.1
2075	1.09-1.93–4.12	1.13-1.51–4.1	0.09
2076	1.07-1.91–4.04	1.1-1.74–4.04	0.08
2077	1.03-1.98–4.01	1.08-1.63–4.08	0.07
2078	0.97-2.08–4.07	1.07-1.55–4.06	0.06
2079	0.92-2.19–3.88	1.04-1.74–4.24	0.05
2080	0.93-2.22–4.04	0.99-1.76–3.91	0.04
2081	0.88-2.12–3.92	0.98-1.69–3.92	0.03
2082	0.88-2.01–3.93	0.89-1.7–3.99	0.02
2083	0.85-2.09–3.91	0.91-1.84–3.91	0.01
2084	0.81-2.19–3.92	0.88-1.72–3.85	-0
2085	0.77-2.36–3.99	0.86-1.9–3.78	-0.01
2086	0.77-2.46–3.87	0.81-2.12–3.77	-0.02
2087	0.72-2.56–3.66	0.79-1.82–3.83	-0.03
2088	0.69-2.57–3.7	0.74-1.92–3.81	-0.04
2089	0.64-2.68–3.6	0.75-2.02–3.91	-0.05
2090	0.65-2.65–3.64	0.74-2.27–3.56	-0.05
2091	0.61-2.62–3.65	0.68-2.07–3.65	-0.06
2092	0.59-2.77–3.64	0.67-2.18–3.66	-0.07
2093	0.55-3.02–3.64	0.63-2.32–3.75	-0.07
2094	0.54-3.12–3.54	0.57-2.38–3.75	-0.08
2095	0.53-3.1–3.68	0.56-2.36–3.65	-0.09
2096	0.48-3.16–3.53	0.56-2.42–3.74	-0.1
2097	0.45-3.11–3.52	0.55-2.4–3.61	-0.11
2098	0.45-3.15–3.54	0.47-2.28–3.76	-0.11
2099	0.42-3.26–3.4	0.46-2.43–3.43	-0.12
2100	0.39-3.17–3.65	0.46-2.44–3.47	-0.13

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Good to know

How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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