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🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CAF
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CF
UN M49 numeric140
IOC codeCAF
Official nameCentral African Republic
Native name(s)fra: official: République centrafricaine; common: République centrafricaine; sag: official: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka; common: Bêafrîka
Alt spellingsCF, Central African Republic, République centrafricaine
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionMiddle Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalBangui
Area (km²)622,984
Lat / Lng7.0000, 21.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)CMR, TCD, COD, COG, SSD, SDN
Top-level domain.cf
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 36

Demographics

Population (World Bank)5,513,282 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)57.671 (2024)
Languagesfra: French; sag: Sango
Demonymseng: f: Central African; m: Central African; fra: f: Centrafricaine; m: Centrafricain
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)3,066,109,226.402 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)556.131 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)6.251 (2025)
CurrenciesXAF: name: Central African CFA franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,438,057
19511,461,251
19521,484,824
19531,508,948
19541,533,757
19551,559,363
19561,585,846
19571,613,277
19581,641,670
19591,671,331
19601,702,346
19611,734,580
19621,768,115
19631,803,063
19641,839,583
19651,877,854
19661,918,082
19671,960,444
19682,005,100
19692,051,515
19702,097,505
19712,141,450
19722,183,769
19732,226,008
19742,269,338
19752,313,916
19762,348,566
19772,372,930
19782,397,961
19792,423,794
19802,450,535
19812,478,402
19822,507,375
19832,537,399
19842,568,610
19852,600,932
19862,634,258
19872,669,155
19882,713,965
19892,783,970
19902,871,910
19912,963,191
19923,058,831
19933,157,839
19943,257,954
19953,348,052
19963,435,965
19973,531,700
19983,628,827
19993,729,450
20003,833,416
20013,919,487
20024,006,077
20034,103,086
20044,192,826
20054,288,810
20064,377,579
20074,462,770
20084,558,984
20094,529,047
20104,492,995
20114,565,021
20124,610,848
20134,642,419
20144,623,182
20154,629,320
20164,713,663
20174,793,511
20184,878,657
20194,944,703
20205,026,628
20215,112,100
20225,098,039
20235,152,421

Full raw record (JSON)

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