What is the difference in population by world region between Central African Republic and Netherlands?

1.27 million people, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Netherlands?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Netherlands: Population by world region

Central African Republic

18.78 million people

in 2100

Netherlands

17.51 million people

in 2100

Central African Republic rank

82nd

Netherlands rank

85th

Population by world region over time

Central African Republic
Netherlands

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 18.78 million people against 17.51 million people in Netherlands, a difference of 1.27 million people.

That makes Central African Republic's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Netherlands ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 82nd and Netherlands ranks 85th of 239 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 46.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1000s	218,202 people	369,012 people	150,810 people	Netherlands
1100s	229,686 people	442,815 people	213,129 people	Netherlands
1200s	241,775 people	498,167 people	256,392 people	Netherlands
1300s	254,500 people	881,372 people	626,872 people	Netherlands
1400s	267,894 people	629,551 people	361,657 people	Netherlands
1500s	281,994 people	1.09 million people	804,376 people	Netherlands
1600s	296,836 people	1.54 million people	1.25 million people	Netherlands
1700s	312,459 people	2.00 million people	1.69 million people	Netherlands
1710s	313,504 people	2.03 million people	1.72 million people	Netherlands
1720s	318,143 people	2.07 million people	1.75 million people	Netherlands
1730s	323,060 people	2.10 million people	1.77 million people	Netherlands
1740s	328,282 people	2.13 million people	1.80 million people	Netherlands
1750s	333,846 people	2.16 million people	1.83 million people	Netherlands
1760s	339,793 people	2.20 million people	1.86 million people	Netherlands
1770s	346,170 people	2.23 million people	1.88 million people	Netherlands
1780s	353,034 people	2.26 million people	1.91 million people	Netherlands
1790s	360,455 people	2.29 million people	1.93 million people	Netherlands
1800s	479,444 people	2.02 million people	1.54 million people	Netherlands
1810s	479,658 people	2.17 million people	1.70 million people	Netherlands
1820s	531,776 people	2.47 million people	1.93 million people	Netherlands
1830s	662,360 people	2.74 million people	2.08 million people	Netherlands
1840s	825,899 people	2.98 million people	2.15 million people	Netherlands
1850s	937,383 people	3.20 million people	2.26 million people	Netherlands
1860s	963,267 people	3.45 million people	2.48 million people	Netherlands
1870s	1.00 million people	3.80 million people	2.80 million people	Netherlands
1880s	1.05 million people	4.26 million people	3.21 million people	Netherlands
1890s	1.06 million people	4.80 million people	3.73 million people	Netherlands
1900s	1.02 million people	5.48 million people	4.45 million people	Netherlands
1910s	979,984 people	6.32 million people	5.34 million people	Netherlands
1920s	1.02 million people	7.29 million people	6.27 million people	Netherlands
1930s	1.15 million people	8.31 million people	7.16 million people	Netherlands
1940s	1.32 million people	9.41 million people	8.09 million people	Netherlands
1950s	1.55 million people	10.71 million people	9.16 million people	Netherlands
1960s	1.87 million people	12.20 million people	10.34 million people	Netherlands
1970s	2.28 million people	13.60 million people	11.32 million people	Netherlands
1980s	2.59 million people	14.53 million people	11.93 million people	Netherlands
1990s	3.30 million people	15.50 million people	12.21 million people	Netherlands
2000s	4.23 million people	16.41 million people	12.18 million people	Netherlands
2010s	4.69 million people	17.11 million people	12.42 million people	Netherlands
2020s	5.52 million people	18.22 million people	12.71 million people	Netherlands
2030s	7.40 million people	18.94 million people	11.54 million people	Netherlands
2040s	9.45 million people	19.04 million people	9.58 million people	Netherlands
2050s	11.60 million people	18.84 million people	7.24 million people	Netherlands
2060s	13.72 million people	18.58 million people	4.86 million people	Netherlands
2070s	15.60 million people	18.39 million people	2.79 million people	Netherlands
2080s	17.14 million people	18.09 million people	952,660 people	Netherlands
2090s	18.29 million people	17.70 million people	589,890 people	Central African Republic
2100s	18.78 million people	17.51 million people	1.27 million people	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Central African Republic or Netherlands?: Central African Republic, at 18.78 million people against 17.51 million people in Netherlands as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Central African Republic and Netherlands?: 1.27 million people, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Netherlands?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Central African Republic and Netherlands rank globally for population by world region?: Central African Republic ranks 82nd and Netherlands ranks 85th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population by world region
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.