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General Information

Region		Middle Africa
Population (000, 2025)		5 513^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		8.8^a
Capital city		Bangui
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		869.6^d
UN membership date		20 September 1960
Surface area (km2)		622 984^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		92.6^a
National currency		CFA Franc, BEAC (XAF)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		631.4^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 696	2 327	2 555^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.3	0.9	0.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	366	463	496^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	32.5	33.2	31.9^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	22.8	23	23.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	44.6	43.8	45.1^b
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	73.1	71	70.5^b
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	6.2	6.4	6.4^b
Employment in services^f (% employed)	20.7	22.6	23^b
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	5.5	6.2	5.9
Labour force participation rate^f (female/male pop. %)	65.7 / 82.5	65.2 / 81.9	65.7 / 82.8
CPI: Consumer Price Index^f,g (2010=100)	133	154	175^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	143	153^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	97	41	74^f,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	457	545	606^f,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-360	-504	-532^f,e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.7	2.6	3.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	40.3	41.8^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.1^h	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	6.1	6.1	5.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	54.2 / 49.7	54.0 / 47.2	59.8 / 55.7^a
Population age distributionⁱ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	49.0 / 3.7	48.9 / 3.9	48.7 / 3.7^a
International migrant stock^j,k (000/% of total pop.)	81.6 / 1.8	88.5 / 1.8	94.6 / 1.8^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	517.2	743.4	656^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	123.5	122.1	91.1^a
Health: Current expenditure^l (% of GDP)	5	9	10^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1	0.1ⁿ	0.1^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	71.1 / 92.6^o	103.1 / 133.6^p	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	13.9 / 27.2^o	17.1 / 24.2^p	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	6.1 / 10.4^o	6.4 / 10.7^p	... / ...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	12.5^q	8.6^r	11.4^r

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	2.9	7.5^d	...
Threatened species (number)	54	73	106^e
Forested area (% of land area)	36	35.8	35.7^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.2 / ~0.0	0.3 / 0.1	0.4 / 0.1^f,m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	35	40	44^f,m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	8	9	10^f,m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	120	35	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	65.4	65.4	65.4^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	12.8 / 2.6	11.5 / 2.3	11.3 / 2.2^m
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	27.7 / 7.0	24.1 / 5.9	23.4 / 5.7^m
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	28.36	33.94	27.25^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Bank of Central African States (BEAC).
d		2019
e		2024
f		Estimate.
g		Bangui.
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
j		Including refugees.
k		Refers to foreign citizens.
l		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		2022
n		2018
o		2012
p		2017
q		2013
r		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
s		Arrivals by air at Bangui only.