Country Resource - Central African Republic

- Population..................................................................................5,357,984 (July 2021 est.)
- Population growth rate ..........................................................................1.79% (2021 est.)
- Birth rate.............................................................33.2 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
- Death rate..........................................................12.01 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
- Net migration rate..............................................-3.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
- Ethnic groups................................................Baya 28.8%, Banda 22.9%, Mandjia 9.9%, Sara 7.9%, M'Baka-Bantu 7.9%, Arab-Fulani (Peul) 6%, Mbum 6%, Ngbanki 5.5%, Zande-Nzakara 3%, other Central African Republic ethnic groups 2%, non-Central African Republic ethnic groups .1%
Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected