Central African Republic
Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 2.2%
- people aged 65 or older
- 121.2K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 2%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 11.7 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 7.3%
- women 6.8%, men 8%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2019
Languages
88 languages, 23 of them endangered
- SereCritically endangered
- BodoSeverely endangered
- BirriDefinitely endangered
- FerDefinitely endangered
- GanziDefinitely endangered
- GbayiDefinitely endangered
- GemeDefinitely endangered
- PandeDefinitely endangered
- UkhwejoDefinitely endangered
- YuluDefinitely endangered
- AkaVulnerable
- BakaVulnerable
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- BangiVulnerable
- BomitabaVulnerable
- GbanziliVulnerable
- KpaguaVulnerable
- KpalaVulnerable
- KreshVulnerable
- MbangiVulnerable
- MonoVulnerable
- MonzomboVulnerable
- NgondiVulnerable
- PanaVulnerable
- Ali
- American Sign Language
- Bagirmi Fulfulde
- Banda-Bambari
- Banda-Banda
- Banda-Mbrès
- Banda-Ndele
- Biyanda-Buli
- Bofi
- Bokoto
- Bozom
- Dagba
- Dendi
- Fur
- Furu
- Gbanu
- Gbaya-Bossangoa
- Gilima
- Gobu
- Gor
- Gundi
- Kaba
- Kaba Deme
- Kabba
- Kako
- Kare
- Laka
- Langbashe
- Limassa
- Lingala
- Lutos
- Manza
- Mbaka
- Mbandja
- Mbati
- Mbay
- Mbodomo
- Mbum
- Mid-Southern Banda
- Mpiemo
- Ngam
- Ngando
- Ngbaka Gbaya
- Ngbaka Manza
- Ngbundu
- Ngombe
- Ngundu
- Northern Ngbandi
- Northwest Gbaya
- Nzakambay
- Nzakara
- Riverain Sango
- Runga
- Sango
- Sara Kaba
- South Central Banda
- Sudanese Arabic
- Suma
- Tar Gula
- Togbo-Vara Banda
- Vale
- West Banda
- Yakoma
- Yangere
- Zande
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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List and years: ich.unesco.org
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