State · 1960 – present
Central African Republic
A state of 1960 – present — 66 years, still standing in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Central African Empire. The atlas records 13 things within it — wars and battles 2 · regime change 1 · famine and plague 1 · people 9. Its line of rulers holds 9 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 66 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 9
- the President of the Central African Republic
- Most ground
- 622,600 km²
- in 1961
- Within it
- 13
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Central African Empire · replaces · 1976 – 1979
Rulers
The line of President of the Central African Republic - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Dacko | 1960 – 1966 | 6 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Jean-Bédel Bokassa | 1966 – 1976 | 10 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| David Dacko | 1979 – 1981 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| André Kolingba | 1981 – 1993 | 12 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ange-Félix Patassé | 1993 – 2003 | 10 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| François Bozizé | 2003 – 2013 | 10 years | exiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Michel Djotodia | 2013 – 2014 | 1 year | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet | 2014 – 2014 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Catherine Samba-Panza | 2014 – 2016 | 2 years | served out the term, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Faustin-Archange Touadéra | 2016 – in office | in office since 2016 | still in office |
9 rulers, 9 with terms dated as terms, covering 1960 – 2016. Median reign 6 years. 5 of 9 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.70, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Barthélemy Boganda | 1958 – 1959 |
| David Dacko | 1959 – 1960 |
| Abel Goumba | 1959 – 1959 |
| Elisabeth Domitien | 1975 – 1976 |
| Ange-Félix Patassé | 1976 – 1978 |
| Henri Maïdou | 1978 – 1979 |
| Bernard Ayandho | 1979 – 1980 |
| Jean-Pierre Lebouder | 1980 – 1981 |
| Simon Narcisse Bozanga | 1981 – 1981 |
| Édouard Frank | 1991 – 1992 |
| Timothée Malendoma | 1992 – 1993 |
| Jean-Luc Mandaba | 1993 – 1995 |
| Enoch Derant Lakoué | 1993 – 1993 |
| Gabriel Koyambounou | 1995 – 1996 |
| Jean-Paul Ngoupandé | 1996 – 1997 |
| Michel Gbezera-Bria | 1997 – 1999 |
| Anicet-Georges Dologuélé | 1999 – 2001 |
| Martin Ziguélé | 2001 – 2003 |
| Célestin Gaombalet | 2003 – 2005 |
| Abel Goumba | 2003 – 2003 |
| Élie Doté | 2005 – 2008 |
| Faustin-Archange Touadéra | 2008 – 2013 |
| Nicolas Tiangaye | 2013 – 2014 |
| André Nzapayeké | 2014 – 2014 |
| Mahamat Kamoun | 2014 – 2016 |
| Simplice Sarandji | 2016 – 2019 |
| Firmin Ngrébada | 2019 – 2021 |
| Henri-Marie Dondra | 2021 – 2022 |
| Félix Moloua | 2022 – 2026 |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
622,600 km² in 1970, 622,500 km² in 2020; at its largest 622,600 km² in 1970. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, from 1958Flag of the Central African Republic · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1963Coat of arms of Central African Republic · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199910 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Jean-Bédel Bokassa · ruler · 1921 – 1996
- Faustin-Archange Touadéra · ruler · 1957 – present
- François Bozizé · ruler · 1946 – present
- David Dacko · ruler · 1930 – 2003
- Catherine Samba-Panza · ruler · 1954 – present
- Ange-Félix Patassé · ruler · 1937 – 2011
- Michel Djotodia · ruler · 1949 – present
- André Kolingba · ruler · 1935 – 2010
and 2 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20993 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Central African Republic Civil War · war · 2012 – 2013
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic · plague · 2020
- Central African Bush War · war · 2004 – 2007
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood66 years
stood longer than 38% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held622,600 km²
held more ground at its peak than 78% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century2.0
had more wars on record per century than 97% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median6 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 22% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record9
has more rulers on record than 78% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1950 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1961, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q929 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.