- ISO 3166
CF- Primary locale
sg-CF- Currency
- XAF · Central African CFA Franc
- Region
- not grouped
Central African Republic
Central African Republic has 5.7M people, and 778.8K of them are online. Sango is the most widely spoken language at 49%, one of 3 languages CLDR lists here. Sango and French are official nationally. A product shipping here defaults to sg-CF.
At a glance
Each figure is drawn against the rest of the world, so a number means something before you have any other market to compare it with.
People online
778.8K
0%world median 81%100%
14% of 5.7M people use the internet, per the World Bank's 2024 figure. CLDR population multiplied by that share, so read it as an estimate rather than a headcount.
Income per person
$556
Higher than 1% of 213 territories
GDP per capita in current US dollars, World Bank Open Data, most recent reported year. A rough guide to what people can spend, not what your product will earn.
Can pay online
14%
0%world median 71%100%
Adults aged 15 and over holding a bank or mobile-money account, World Bank Global Findex 2017. Below half means a card-only checkout excludes most of the market.
Languages
3
Sango 49% · French 29% · Lingala 0%
Languages CLDR records here with a share of 0.1% or more. 2 of them are official nationally.
English proficiency
—
Not in the EF EPI 2025 table. Absent is not the same as low.
Adult literacy
57%
0%world median 95%100%
Share of adults who can read, as recorded in CLDR territory data. Low literacy shifts a product toward icons, audio, and video before it shifts toward another language.
What people speak
Shares count first and second languages, so they sum past 100% and one bilingual person is counted twice.
One country understates a language. CLDR records diaspora too, so a language usually reaches further than any single page shows. The language profiles show each one's full footprint.
What you would ship
Configuration for day one, computed live with Intl.* against sg-CF, the dominant locale for this market.
Plural categories
2
Standard. Use Intl.PluralRules for the few cases that matter.
Script family
Latin
Default system fonts cover this script on all major platforms.
Reading direction
Left-to-right
Standard. Use dir='auto' on user-generated content fields.
Date
21 Ngubùe 2026
Short: 21/4/2026
Time
18:30
Week starts Mon
Currency
FCFA 1.235
1,234.56 in XAF · Central African CFA Franc