Central African Republic vs Liberia
Liberia has 4% more people than Central African Republic: 5,731,206 vs 5,513,282, a gap of 217,924. Central African Republic is growing faster (+3.37% vs +2.09% a year), adding about 185,684 people a year against +119,629. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Central African Republic would overtake Liberia in about 3 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2028) — a projection, not a forecast. Liberia is the older society: 3.3% aged 65+ against 2.2% in Central African Republic, while Central African Republic has more children (48.7% under 15 vs 39.1%). Liberia is 6.9× as densely populated (57.0 vs 8.3 people per km²). People in Liberia live 4.7 years longer on average (62.3 vs 57.7). GDP per capita is 1.6× higher in Liberia ($915 vs $556).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Central African Republic) and 2025 (Liberia); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Central African Republic vs Liberia — side by side
 Central African Republic |  Liberia | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,513,2822025 | 5,731,2062025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +3.37%2025 | +2.09%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 46.22024 | 30.62024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 9.42024 | 8.02024 |
| Children per woman | 5.952024 | 3.862024 |
| Life expectancy | 57.7 yrs2024 | 62.3 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 48.7%2025 | 39.1%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 2.2%2025 | 3.3%2025 |
| Density | 8.3 /km²2023 | 57.0 /km²2023 |
| Area | 622,980 km²2023 | 111,370 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 44.6%2025 | 56.1%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -14,6932025 | -9,8702025 |
| GDP per capita | $5562025 | $9152025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #119 | #116 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Central African Republic: 3.2× from 1960 to 2025; Liberia: 5.0× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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