🇨🇫 Central African Republic Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

🇨🇫 Central African Republic CF / CAF #44

Nomad Score 28.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency XAF

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 5.7M

Density 8.6/km²

HDI 0.414 (Low)

GDP per capita $650

Gini Index (2021) 43.0

Life Expectancy (2024) 57.7 yrs

Fertility Rate (2024) 5.95

Urban Population (2024) 44.1%

Literacy Rate (2019) 42.4%

Labor Force (2025) 73.6%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
French	français
Sango	yângâ tî sängö

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	73.2%
Islam	13.9%
Traditional faiths	12.0%
Other	0.9%

Demonym (male) Central African

Demonym (female) Central African

National Anthem La Renaissance

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		49.0%
15-64 Working		48.9%
65+ Elderly		2.2%

Dependency Ratio 104.7%

Profile Very Young

Urban Pop. (2024) 44.1%

Birth Rate (2024) 46.2 /1000

Death Rate (2024) 9.4 /1000

Largest City (2025) 41.4%

Fertility Rate (2024) 5.95

Infant Mortality (2024) 58.8 /1000

Slum Pop. (2022) 68.9%

Tourism (2019) 87.0K

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2024) 57.7 yrs

HALE (2021) 45.4 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 10.7% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2024) 58.8/1000

UHC Index (2021) 32/100

Hospital Beds (2011) 1.0/1000

Physicians (2023) 0.07/1000

Nurses (2023) 1.10/1000

Health Spending/cap (2023) $54

Out-of-Pocket (2023) 45.0%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2019) 42.4%

Education Spending (2023) 1.8% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 369

Internet Users (2024) 13.8%

Mobile Subscriptions (2022) 38.8/100

Broadband (2022) 0.0/100

Secure Servers (2024) 2/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2022) 0.0

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 622,984 km²

Capital Bangui 📍

Continent Africa

Region Africa

Subregion Middle Africa

Landlocked Yes

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+01:00

Calling Codes +236

TLD .cf

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇹🇩 Chad, 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo, 🇨🇬 Congo, 🇸🇸 South Sudan, 🇸🇩 Sudan

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Coat of Arms of Central African Republic

Flag The flag of Central African Republic is composed of four equal horizontal bands of blue, white, green and yellow intersected at the center by a vertical red band of equal size as the horizontal bands. A yellow five-pointed star is situated on the hoist side of the blue band.

National Anthem La Renaissance

National Holiday 1958-12-01

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