• Capital: Bangui
  • Population: 5,152,421
  • Surface Area: 622,980 km2
  • Currency: Central African CFA francs
  • Religion: Mostly Christianity
  • Belongs to: ACP, ECCAS, IMF, UN

Central African Republic, is a country located at Middle Africa, it has an area of 622,980 Km2.

Central African Republic, with a population of 5,152,421 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a low population density, 8 people per km2.

It's capital is Bangui and its currency is Central African CFA francs

Central African Republic is holding the 169 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 1,191 millions of euros (1,255 millions of dollars), ( 51.04% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €234 euros per inhabitant$246 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Central African Republic, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.387 points in 2022, leaving it in 191th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Central African Republic are business, you must know it's in the 184th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Central African Republic, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Central African Republic Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€2,363M
Annual GDP [+]2023$2,555M
GDP per capita [+]2023€459
GDP per capita [+]2023$496
Debt (M.€.) [+]20221,191
Debt ($M) [+]20221,255
Debt (%GDP) [+]202251.04%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€234
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$246
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-125
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-131
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-5.34%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022411.7
Expenditure ($M) [+]2022433.9
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202247.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202250.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20239.99%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202127.6
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202239.1
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20229.03%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202354.0
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202358.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202312.72%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202217.64%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€81
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$85
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€9
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$10
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021€5
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$8
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€10
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$11
Corruption Index [+]202324
Fragile States Index [+]2024103.9
Labour
NMW [+]2023$57.7
Business
Doing Business [+]2020184º
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]202034,600
Exports [+]2023€132.9M
Exports [+]2023$143.7M
Exports % GDP [+]20235.62%
Imports [+]2023€458.8M
Imports [+]2023$496.1M
Imports % GDP [+]202319.41%
Trade balance [+]2023€-325.9M
Trade balance [+]2023$-364.9M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-13.79%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]20238
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024150º
% Immigrant [+]20201.76%
% Emigrant [+]202016.25%
Birth Rate [+]202242.34‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017127.8
Crude death rate [+]202211.00‰
Fertility Rate [+]20225.92
% risk of poverty [+]202168.8%
Population [+]20235,152,421
Immigrant stock [+]202088,546
Emigrant stock [+]2020816,668
HDI [+]20220.387
Life expectancy [+]202254.48
Suicides [+]2015851
Suicide rate [+]201518.38
Number of homicides [+]2016913
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]201620.12
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20230.07
Consumption GWh [+]2023132
Generation GWh [+]2023142
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/2024113
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/202415,441
Fully vaccinated [+]09/03/20232,484,985
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/202421.93
Doses administered [+]09/03/20233,342,248