Specimen · CAF

Central African Republic

Africa · Middle Africa

Central African Republic is recorded at 5.33m people in 2024, with total annual change of +180,881 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 140 · CAF

Central African Republic

CAF · CF

HOLDING

population 5.33m

annual change +180,881

natural change +196,242

fertility 5.95

migrant share 1.8%

80+

60-79

40-59

20-39

0-19

population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Central African Republic in 2024
Births	246,241
Deaths	-49,999
Natural change	+196,242
Net migration	-15,357
Total change	+180,881

time anchors

+13,448,459

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Central African Republic
This year	+180,881
Since peak	-13,448,459 since 2100
Projected 2100	18.78m

Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

1.8%

foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 5.15m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 2.53m
15-64: 2.51m
65+: 108.0k

2050 2050 10.62m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 4.02m
15-64: 6.38m
65+: 216.4k

2100 2100 18.78m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 4.15m
15-64: 12.52m
65+: 2.11m

stage

The Slowing

Stage since not established.

crossover

2009

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

22.71

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year	Population	Change	Births	Deaths	TFR
2024	5.33m	180,881	246.2k	50.0k	5.95
2030	6.48m	199,999	273.5k	55.7k	5.25
2050	10.62m	218,091	304.0k	70.4k	3.36
2080	16.50m	153,496	301.2k	130.2k	2.30
2100	18.78m	73,241	276.6k	185.1k	2.03