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Central African Republic — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

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Central African Republic had an estimated population of 3,228,916 in 2005, with 37 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Central African Republic today — population now 5,698,984, against 3,228,916 in 2005.

Source2005NowChange
World Gazetteer (the work cited)3,228,916
UN World Population Prospects4,288,8105,698,984+33%

The two sources differ by 25% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Bangui726,310

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)Today
1BanguiBangui542,393812,407 now
2BimboOmbella Mpoko129,655348,802 now
3MbaikiLobaye67,132
4BerbératiMambéré-Kadéï61,815103,713 now
5Kaga-BandoroNana-Gribizi56,52055,047 now
6BozoumOuham-Pendé40,20120,665 now
7CarnotMambéré-Kadéï38,071
8SibutKémo34,26731,986 now
9BambariOuaka32,54783,029 now
10BriaHaute-Kotto29,02747,226 now
11BouarNana-Mambéré28,58171,680 now
12BossangoaOuham27,42855,353 now
13NolaSangha-Mbaéré26,80931,923 now
14BangassouMbomou24,36154,059 now
15DamaraOmbella Mpoko20,0939,117 now
16MobayeBasse-Kotto19,4317,179 now
17PaouaOuham-Pendé18,44147,703 now
18BodaLobaye16,65511,688 now
19IppyOuaka16,57128,319 now
20BatangafoOuham15,31024,119 now
21AlindaoBasse-Kotto14,23432,588 now
22KaboOuham13,63716,279 now
23RafaïMbomou13,459
24BoucaOuham13,25019,320 now
25OboHaut-Mbomou12,88714,402 now
26NdéléBamingui-Bangoran11,76427,071 now
27KembéBasse-Kotto11,5137,317 now
28MongoumbaLobaye10,8859,985 now
29YakoléOmbella Mpoko10,634
30BiraoVakaga10,1788,457 now
31GamboulaMambéré-Kadéï7,64613,048 now
32KouangoOuaka7,529
33BaoroNana-Mambéré6,31918,089 now
34BoaliOmbella Mpoko5,876
35OuaddaHaute-Kotto5,4345,434 now
36GamboMbomou4,9714,971 now
37OuangoMbomou4,3654,365 now

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Bangui542,393
2Ouham-Pendé333,161
3Ombella Mpoko323,347
4Mambéré-Kadéï299,555
5Ouham283,972
6Ouaka226,816
7Lobaye220,983
8Basse-Kotto205,805
9Nana-Mambéré185,013
10Mbomou134,808
11Kémo101,627
12Sangha-Mbaéré93,537
13Nana-Gribizi88,237
14Haute-Kotto72,244
15Bamingui-Bangoran39,779
16Haut-Mbomou39,543
17Vakaga38,096

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.