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Central African Republic — statistics

All indicators in the section for the Central African Republic — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

305 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Middle Africa Income group: Low income ISO: CAF
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 5.51M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 57.7 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 5.95 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 46.2 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 9.4 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 3.37 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 44.6 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 2.46M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 55.4 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 8.3 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 2.2 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 48.7 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 103.6 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -14,693 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 51.93 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 2.65M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 2.86M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 2.68M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 2.71M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 121,181 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 55.51 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 59.56 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 161.3 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 17.8 2019 UN DESA
Rural population people 3.06M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 94,556 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 1.8 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 45,108 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 693,488 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 846.2 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 155.1 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 419 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 2.4 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 100,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.95 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 2,700 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 22,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 2,500 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 5,062 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 95.38 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 30.8 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 58.8 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 89.7 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 692 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 9.2 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 22.8 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 66.3 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 8.9 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 37.7 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 1,412 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 305.1 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 97 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 1.36 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 45.4 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 390.4 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 323.6 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 3.07B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 556 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 4.5 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 7.24B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 1,314 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 560 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 1 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 2.34 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 21.2 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 18 2023 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 27.6 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 41.4 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 94.6 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 10.3 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 9.3 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 4.8 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 3.5 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 1,618 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 3 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 2.17B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 394 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 1.04 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.004 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 3.24B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 651M 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 459M 2023 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 846M 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 1.27B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 2.9B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 316M 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 285M 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 15.1 1994 World Bank
Consumer price index index 179.37 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 3 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 716 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 7.66B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 246.316 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 81.6 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 8.21 2021 World Bank
Government revenue % 9.2 2021 World Bank
Government expense % 11.66 2021 World Bank
Budget balance % -9.6 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 1.05B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 40.41M 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 1,290 2002 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 1.47 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 0.1 2024 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 258 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 302,592 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 878 2023 FAO
Food production index index 148 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 109.9 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 9.1 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 2.89 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.3494 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 0 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 56,688 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 1.8M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 344,610 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 173.4 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 35.66 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 222,130 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 14.8 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 0.05 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 33.3 2023 WHO
Land area km² 622,980 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 622,980 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 141 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 27,658 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 0 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 68.9 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 0 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 90.9 2022 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.006 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 1.2 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 46,364 2001 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 716 2001 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 16.2 1991 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.5 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 13.78 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 38.8 2022 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.02 2022 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.04 2022 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 2 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 1.98M 2022 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 820 2022 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 20.12 2016 World Bank
Homicides of men per 100,000 per 100k 29.79 2016 UNODC
Homicides of women per 100,000 per 100k 10.62 2016 UNODC
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 52 2023 UNODC
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people 191 2023 UNODC
Battle-related deaths people 177 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.414 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 24 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.29 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

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