🇨🇫Central African Republic

Bangui

Africa

Low income

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Population

5.5M

3.4%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

5.95

births/woman

Life Expectancy

57.7y

GDP / capita

$556.1

Pop. Growth

3.37%

Net Migration

-14.7K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Central African Republic by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇩Sudan22.1K(32.5%)

−3%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.19.4K(28.6%)

−3%

🇹🇩

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male2.7MTotal 5.5M2.9MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

20.1

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇫🇷France10.8K(15.9%)

−3%

🇺🇸United States618(0.9%)

−3%

🇲🇱Mali339(0.5%)

−3%

🇨🇦Canada208(0.3%)

−4%

🇨🇭Switzerland163(0.2%)

−4%

🇷🇺Russian Federation153(0.2%)

−4%

🇮🇹Italy75(0.1%)

−3%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Central African Republic diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Central African Republic who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.368.1K(40.6%)

🇨🇲Cameroon336.3K(37.1%)

+218%

🇹🇩Chad115.5K(12.7%)

+53%

🇸🇩Sudan45.1K(5.0%)

+181%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.32.3K(3.6%)

+31%

🇸🇸South Sudan4.9K(0.5%)

−6%

🇲🇱Mali1.5K(0.2%)

+92%

🇸🇳Senegal741(0.1%)

39×

🇬🇷Greece424(0.0%)

+2%

🇹🇬Togo380(0.0%)

+14%

🇦🇺Australia191(0.0%)

+855%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic151(0.0%)

+17%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024