Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Bangui
Central African Republic
#119 by population · Low income · ISO CAF
Population right now
5,746,518
547.7 net per day · 1 birth every 123.9 s
·anchor 5,513,282 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.069% of the world
👶 Births today
614
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
125
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−2,939
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+482
3.63% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
46.19 /1,000
2024
Death rate
9.38 /1,000
2024
Fertility
5.95 births/woman
Life expectancy
57.7 yrs
Aged 0–14
48.7%
Aged 65+
2.2%
Urban
44.6%
Land area
622,980 km²
Density
8.8 /km²
GDP / capita
$556
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 5,513,282 + 0.0063/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 697 (crude birth rate 46.19/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 142 (crude death rate 9.38/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 3.37%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →