Official Languages
Languages spoken here
Bangi (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Hausa (secondary) · Lingala (secondary)
“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.
Central African Republic
Peoples
Largest first.
| People | Population | Language | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sango | 593000 | Sango | Christianity |
| Manja | 349000 | Mandja | Christianity |
| Gbaya, Northwest | 321000 | Gbaya, Northwest | Christianity |
| Gbaya, Southwest | 303000 | Gbaya, Southwest | Christianity |
| Banda-Bambari, Linda | 296000 | Banda-Bambari | Islam |
| Gbaya-Bossangoa | 282000 | Gbaya-Bossangoa | Christianity |
| Fulani, Bagirmi | 248000 | Fulfulde, Bagirmi | Islam |
| Bokoto | 203000 | Bhogoto | Christianity |
| Banda-Banda, Banda-Ndi | 160000 | Banda-Banda | Christianity |
| Banda, Mid-Southern | 152000 | Banda, Mid-Southern | Christianity |
| Yakoma | 152000 | Yakoma | Christianity |
| Banda-Ngbugu | 146000 | Banda, South Central | Christianity |
| Gbanu | 146000 | Gbanu | Christianity |
| Kari | 144000 | Kare (Central African Republic) | Christianity |
| Ngbaka Mabo, Bwaka | 141000 | Ngbaka Ma'bo | Christianity |
| Pana | 134000 | Pana (Central African Republic) | Christianity |
| Baggara, Shuwa Arab | 126000 | Arabic, Chadian | Islam |
| Kabba | 115000 | Kabba | Ethnic Religions |
| Azande | 102000 | Zande | Christianity |
| Mbati, Isongo | 98000 | Mbati | Ethnic Religions |
| Banda-Langba | 90000 | Banda, South Central | Christianity |
| Nzakara, Sakara | 82000 | Nzakara | Christianity |
| Suma | 82000 | Suma | Christianity |
| Banda-Mbres | 70000 | Banda-Mbres | Christianity |
| Banda-Langbashe | 66000 | Langbashe | Christianity |
| Banda-Ndele | 58000 | Banda-Ndele | Christianity |
| Ali | 57000 | Ali | Christianity |
| Gbaya-Bouzum | 53000 | Gbaya-Bozoum | Christianity |
| Sango Riverain | 49000 | Sango, Riverain | Christianity |
| Ngbaka Manza | 48000 | Ngbaka Manza | Christianity |
| Dagba | 47000 | Dagba | Ethnic Religions |
| Banda-Yangere | 43000 | Banda-Yangere | Christianity |
| Hausa | 40000 | Hausa | Islam |
| Bofi | 39000 | Bofi | Christianity |
| Mbimu | 39000 | Mpiemo | Christianity |
| Runga | 35000 | Runga | Islam |
| Ngam | 29000 | Ngam | Christianity |
| Lutos | 28000 | Luto | Ethnic Religions |
| Baggara, Fertit | 28000 | Arabic, Sudanese | Islam |
| Pygmy, Bayaka | 25000 | Yaka (Central African Republic) | Ethnic Religions |
| Deaf | 25000 | Language unknown | Unknown |
| French | 25000 | French | Christianity |
| Pygmy, Gbanziri | 24000 | Gbanziri | Ethnic Religions |
| Sara Kaba | 22000 | Sara Kaba | Ethnic Religions |
| Gula, Kara | 21000 | Gula (Central African Republic) | Islam |
| Mbum | 20000 | Mbum | Christianity |
| Banda, Togbo-Vara | 20000 | Banda, Togbo-Vara | Ethnic Religions |
| Ngundi | 18000 | Ngundi | Ethnic Religions |
| Pygmy, Gundi | 18000 | Gundi | Ethnic Religions |
| Lingala | 17000 | Lingala | Christianity |
Languages
79 languages recorded here.
Ali
Arabic, Chadian
Arabic, Juba
Arabic, Sudanese
Banda, Mid-Southern
Banda, South Central
Banda, Togbo-Vara
Banda, West Central
Banda-Bambari
Banda-Banda
Banda-Mbres
Banda-Ndele
Banda-Yangere
Bangi
Bhogoto
Birri
Bofi
Bomitaba
Buraka
Dagba
Dendi (Central African Republic)
French
Fulfulde, Bagirmi
Fulu
Ganzi
Gbanu
Gbanziri
Gbaya, Northwest
Gbaya, Southwest
Gbaya-Bossangoa
Gbaya-Bozoum
Gbayi
Geme
Gobu
Gula (Central African Republic)
Gundi
Hausa
Kaba Naa, Sara
Kabba
Kako
Kara (Central African Republic)
Kare (Central African Republic)
Kpagua
Kpatili
Laka
Langbashe
Language unknown
Limassa
Lingala
Luto
Mandja
Mayeka
Mbandja
Mbangi
Mbati
Mbay
Mbum
Monzombo
Mpiemo
Ngam
Ngando (Central African Republic)
Ngbaka Ma'bo
Ngbaka Manza
Ngombe (Central African Republic)
Ngundi
Nzakara
Pana (Central African Republic)
Pande
Runga
Sango
Sango, Riverain
Sara Kaba
Suma
Ukhwejo
Vale
Yaka (Central African Republic)
Yakoma
Yulu
Zande
All catalogue fields
156 fields recorded
- rog3
- CT
- iso3
- CAF
- iso2
- CF
- ctry
- Central African Republic
- poplpeoples
- 5631000
- cntpeoples
- 80
- cntpeopleslr
- 7
- poplpeopleslr
- 508000
- jpscalectry
- 5
- rol3officiallanguage
- fra
- officiallang
- French
- rlg3primary
- 1
- religionprimary
- Christianity
- percentchristianity
- 70.989109963447
- percentevangelical
- 32.198699036928
- c_10_40window
- N
- rog2
- AFR
- continent
- Africa
- regioncode
- 8
- regionname
- Africa, West and Central
- workersneeded
- 13
- harvest_rog3
- CT
- harvest_iso3
- CAF
- harvest_iso2
- CF
- harvest_owcountrycode
- CENT
- harvest_ethnologuecountrycode
- CF
- harvest_countrynumber
- 40
- harvest_ctry
- Central African Republic
- harvest_ctryshort
- Central African Republic
- harvest_countrynamechinese
- 中非共和国
- harvest_countrynamechineseshort
- 中非共和国
- harvest_countrynamedutch
- Centraal Afrikaanse Republiek
- harvest_countrynamefrench
- République Centrafricaine
- harvest_countrynamefrenchshort
- Centrafrique
- harvest_countrynamegerman
- Zentralafrikanischen Republik
- harvest_countrynamegermanshort
- Zentralafrikanische Rep.
- harvest_countrynameindonesian
- Afrika Tengah
- harvest_countrynameindonesianshort
- Afrika Tengah
- harvest_countrynameitalian
- Repubblica Centrafricana
- harvest_countrynameitalianshort
- Repubblica Centrafricana
- harvest_countrynamekorean
- 중앙아프리카 공화국
- harvest_countrynamekoreanshort
- 중앙아프리카 공화국
- harvest_countrynamenorwegian
- Den sentralafrikanske republikk
- harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort
- Den sentralafrikanske republikk
- harvest_countrynameportuguese
- República Centro-Africana
- harvest_countrynameportugueseshort
- Rep. Centro-Africana
- harvest_countrynamerussian
- Центрально-Африканская Республика
- harvest_countrynamerussianshort
- ЦАР
- harvest_countrynamespanish
- República Centroafricana
- harvest_countrynamespanishshort
- Rep Centroafricana
- harvest_countrynamevietnamese
- Cộng hòa Trung Phi
- harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort
- Cộng hòa Trung Phi
- harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix
- 在
- harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
- de
- harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
- in der
- harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
- di
- harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
- -
- harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
- 의
- harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
- i
- harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
- na
- harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
- B
- harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
- en la
- harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
- ở
- harvest_ethnologuemapexists
- Y
- harvest_rog2
- AFR
- harvest_regioncode2414
- 3
- harvest_regioncode
- 8
- harvest_unsr
- 017
- harvest_worldabc
- C
- harvest_maniregioncode
- FC
- harvest_capital
- Bangui
- harvest_population
- 5513000
- harvest_populationsource
- UN Country Population (2025)
- harvest_prayercastvideo
- https://prayercast.com/central-african-republic.html
- harvest_waldnerguide
- prayer-guide-ct.pdf
- harvest_unmap
- https://un.org/geospatial/content/central-african-republic-0
- harvest_persecutionrankingod
- 22
- harvest_persecutionrankingodlink
- https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/central-african-republic
- harvest_jpscale
- 5
- harvest_c_10_40window
- N
- harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal
- N
- harvest_biblerestrictionsrank
- 28
- harvest_bibleshortagerank
- 21
- harvest_bibleaccessurl
- https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/CF_2025_profile.pdf
- harvest_owpctevang
- 32.3
- harvest_owpctcharismatic
- 15.577662
- harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate
- 2.3
- harvest_owcountrypage
- central-african-republic
- harvest_literacyrate
- 38
- harvest_literacysource
- Ethnologue
- harvest_percenturbanized
- 41
- harvest_rol3officiallanguage
- fra
- harvest_rol3secondarylanguage
- sag
- harvest_rlg3primary
- 1
- harvest_rlg4primary
- 3
- harvest_pctanimist
- 8.6
- harvest_pctbahai
- 0.31
- harvest_pctbuddhism
- 0
- harvest_pctchinese
- 0
- harvest_pcthindu
- 0
- harvest_pctislam
- 13.8
- harvest_pctsikh
- 0
- harvest_pctjudaism
- 0
- harvest_pctnonreligious
- 0.92
- harvest_pctother
- 0
- harvest_pctchristian
- 76.37
- harvest_pctchristianprotestant
- 25.11
- harvest_pctchristianindependent
- 11.56
- harvest_pctchristiananglican
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianromancatholic
- 19.64
- harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianmarginal
- 0.43
- harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated
- 19.63
- harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianother
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianextra
- 0
- harvest_rop1
- A013
- harvest_hdiyear
- 2015
- harvest_hdivalue
- 0.352
- harvest_hdirank
- 188
- harvest_internetusers
- 4.6
- harvest_flashmapzoom
- 497
- harvest_flashmapzoomx
- -208
- harvest_flashmapzoomy
- -232
- harvest_googlemapzoom
- 4
- harvest_googlemaplat
- 6.7
- harvest_googlemaplng
- 21
- harvest_ctrylatitude
- 6.611111
- harvest_ctrylongitude
- 20.939444
- harvest_securitylevel
- 2
- harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom
- https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/central-african-republic/
- harvest_provincesdisplayable
- Y
- harvest_adm1label
- Provinces
- harvest_wcdsubregioncode
- 102
- harvest_poplgrowthrate
- 2.020808323329332
- harvest_godreportsurl
- http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=cf&joshua=ct
- harvest_datareportalurl
- https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-central-african-republic
- harvest_internetusage
- 4
- harvest_internetusagesourceyear
- 2017
- harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl
- https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/central-african-republic/
- harvest_areasquaremiles
- 240533
- harvest_areasquarekilometers
- 622436
- harvest_populationpersquaremile
- 15
- harvest_countryphonecode
- 236
- harvest_owpctchristian1986
- 87.8
- harvest_owpctevangelical1986
- 28
- harvest_owpctchristian1993
- 42.7
- harvest_owpctevangelical1993
- 23.7
- harvest_owpctchristian2001
- 70.38
- harvest_owpctevangelical2001
- 34.8
- harvest_religiondatayear
- 2010
- harvest_internetctrycode
- .cf
- harvest_worldfactbookurl
- https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/central-african-republic
- harvest_source
- pjj
- harvest_editname
- BM
- harvest_editdate
- 09/12/02 00:00:00