Population in Chad compared to the Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Chad and the Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chad	Congo	Chad	Congo
1960	3,049,838	1,056,732	-	-
1961	3,111,947	1,084,389	2.04%	2.62%
1962	3,175,598	1,113,175	2.05%	2.65%
1963	3,240,905	1,143,263	2.06%	2.7%
1964	3,307,479	1,174,816	2.05%	2.76%
1965	3,374,220	1,207,880	2.02%	2.81%
1966	3,440,903	1,242,534	1.98%	2.87%
1967	3,508,512	1,278,691	1.96%	2.91%
1968	3,578,231	1,316,519	1.99%	2.96%
1969	3,651,113	1,356,182	2.04%	3.01%
1970	3,727,828	1,397,638	2.1%	3.06%
1971	3,807,316	1,441,039	2.13%	3.11%
1972	3,893,252	1,486,468	2.26%	3.15%
1973	3,985,909	1,533,680	2.38%	3.18%
1974	4,078,356	1,582,301	2.32%	3.17%
1975	4,167,234	1,627,032	2.18%	2.83%
1976	4,251,297	1,667,225	2.02%	2.47%
1977	4,331,667	1,707,568	1.89%	2.42%
1978	4,411,366	1,748,089	1.84%	2.37%
1979	4,505,384	1,788,524	2.13%	2.31%
1980	4,515,453	1,828,985	0.22%	2.26%
1981	4,520,959	1,869,759	0.12%	2.23%
1982	4,738,483	1,910,430	4.81%	2.18%
1983	4,979,130	1,950,321	5.08%	2.09%
1984	5,045,145	1,999,528	1.33%	2.52%
1985	5,096,269	2,059,311	1.01%	2.99%
1986	5,251,069	2,120,602	3.04%	2.98%
1987	5,438,309	2,183,473	3.57%	2.96%
1988	5,625,602	2,247,653	3.44%	2.94%
1989	5,819,586	2,313,558	3.45%	2.93%
1990	5,982,833	2,380,560	2.81%	2.9%
1991	6,205,676	2,449,229	3.72%	2.88%
1992	6,474,656	2,519,465	4.33%	2.87%
1993	6,629,146	2,595,124	2.39%	3%
1994	6,783,450	2,673,144	2.33%	3.01%
1995	7,089,064	2,749,461	4.51%	2.85%
1996	7,410,108	2,826,785	4.53%	2.81%
1997	7,670,366	2,887,862	3.51%	2.16%
1998	7,938,840	2,952,061	3.5%	2.22%
1999	8,222,705	3,032,874	3.58%	2.74%
2000	8,512,093	3,151,345	3.52%	3.91%
2001	8,804,124	3,272,537	3.43%	3.85%
2002	9,116,192	3,350,771	3.54%	2.39%
2003	9,487,833	3,445,753	4.08%	2.83%
2004	9,920,036	3,565,554	4.56%	3.48%
2005	10,328,092	3,696,393	4.11%	3.67%
2006	10,706,424	3,837,409	3.66%	3.81%
2007	11,081,660	3,980,430	3.5%	3.73%
2008	11,476,296	4,113,517	3.56%	3.34%
2009	11,893,754	4,281,219	3.64%	4.08%
2010	12,312,575	4,462,290	3.52%	4.23%
2011	12,754,997	4,609,724	3.59%	3.3%
2012	13,210,998	4,740,450	3.58%	2.84%
2013	13,691,079	4,857,099	3.63%	2.46%
2014	14,188,678	4,975,880	3.63%	2.45%
2015	14,647,621	5,097,581	3.23%	2.45%
2016	15,114,655	5,222,536	3.19%	2.45%
2017	15,622,759	5,351,011	3.36%	2.46%
2018	16,156,531	5,483,118	3.42%	2.47%
2019	16,685,223	5,616,661	3.27%	2.44%
2020	17,224,679	5,752,791	3.23%	2.42%
2021	17,828,273	5,892,183	3.5%	2.42%
2022	18,455,316	6,035,104	3.52%	2.43%
2023	19,319,064	6,182,885	4.68%	2.45%
2024	20,299,123	6,332,961	5.07%	2.43%
2025	21,003,694	6,484,427	3.47%	2.39%
2026	21,560,377	6,637,777	2.65%	2.36%
2027	22,175,373	6,794,288	2.85%	2.36%
2028	22,847,740	6,953,966	3.03%	2.35%
2029	23,526,035	7,116,456	2.97%	2.34%
2030	24,207,481	7,282,261	2.9%	2.33%
2031	24,897,231	7,452,405	2.85%	2.34%
2032	25,596,224	7,626,474	2.81%	2.34%
2033	26,297,830	7,802,988	2.74%	2.31%
2034	26,997,395	7,981,338	2.66%	2.29%
2035	27,697,268	8,160,723	2.59%	2.25%
2036	28,410,489	8,341,706	2.58%	2.22%
2037	29,132,961	8,524,798	2.54%	2.19%
2038	29,856,451	8,709,719	2.48%	2.17%
2039	30,584,696	8,896,164	2.44%	2.14%
2040	31,307,329	9,083,959	2.36%	2.11%
2041	32,035,111	9,274,654	2.32%	2.1%
2042	32,777,662	9,466,745	2.32%	2.07%
2043	33,525,238	9,658,834	2.28%	2.03%
2044	34,272,313	9,850,493	2.23%	1.98%
2045	35,026,384	10,041,891	2.2%	1.94%
2046	35,788,056	10,234,360	2.17%	1.92%
2047	36,546,910	10,427,899	2.12%	1.89%
2048	37,317,460	10,621,379	2.11%	1.86%
2049	38,088,916	10,813,639	2.07%	1.81%
2050	38,857,671	11,006,454	2.02%	1.78%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Chad increased by 4,408,231 people (a 41.2% growth), while the Congo gained 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Chad gained 6,452,443 (a 42.7% growth), while the Congo's population increased by 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth).

Chad was ranked 76th most populous country in 2006 and is 64th in 2026. The Congo was ranked 125th in 2006 and ranked 109th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Chad's population will grow by 80.2% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of the Congo will increase by 65.8% to 11,006,454 people and rank change from 109th to 95th.