Population in Comoros compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Comoros and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Comoros	DR Congo	Comoros	DR Congo
1960	197,700	15,264,846	-	-
1961	201,201	15,662,374	1.77%	2.6%
1962	204,702	16,075,724	1.74%	2.64%
1963	208,185	16,507,599	1.7%	2.69%
1964	211,644	16,955,327	1.66%	2.71%
1965	214,967	17,427,802	1.57%	2.79%
1966	218,663	17,931,929	1.72%	2.89%
1967	223,859	18,462,782	2.38%	2.96%
1968	230,244	19,012,189	2.85%	2.98%
1969	237,001	19,570,445	2.93%	2.94%
1970	244,185	20,137,436	3.03%	2.9%
1971	251,865	20,695,569	3.15%	2.77%
1972	260,077	21,251,160	3.26%	2.68%
1973	268,820	21,827,665	3.36%	2.71%
1974	278,075	22,418,878	3.44%	2.71%
1975	287,692	23,021,101	3.46%	2.69%
1976	297,538	23,624,031	3.42%	2.62%
1977	307,579	24,229,061	3.37%	2.56%
1978	317,688	24,992,689	3.29%	3.15%
1979	327,791	25,886,782	3.18%	3.58%
1980	337,721	26,711,099	3.03%	3.18%
1981	347,382	27,500,515	2.86%	2.96%
1982	357,139	28,338,190	2.81%	3.05%
1983	367,233	29,250,963	2.83%	3.22%
1984	377,637	30,245,081	2.83%	3.4%
1985	388,352	31,264,816	2.84%	3.37%
1986	399,318	32,265,196	2.82%	3.2%
1987	410,439	33,298,904	2.78%	3.2%
1988	421,687	34,382,752	2.74%	3.25%
1989	433,103	35,486,866	2.71%	3.21%
1990	444,596	36,684,063	2.65%	3.37%
1991	455,556	37,925,817	2.47%	3.38%
1992	465,113	39,228,910	2.1%	3.44%
1993	473,682	40,656,336	1.84%	3.64%
1994	482,142	42,626,876	1.79%	4.85%
1995	490,586	44,433,704	1.75%	4.24%
1996	499,107	45,296,124	1.74%	1.94%
1997	507,777	46,029,902	1.74%	1.62%
1998	516,597	47,297,600	1.74%	2.75%
1999	525,886	48,912,971	1.8%	3.42%
2000	536,080	50,507,442	1.94%	3.26%
2001	547,220	52,132,646	2.08%	3.22%
2002	558,923	53,750,524	2.14%	3.1%
2003	569,798	55,343,867	1.95%	2.96%
2004	580,704	56,997,741	1.91%	2.99%
2005	592,677	58,775,724	2.06%	3.12%
2006	604,753	60,615,908	2.04%	3.13%
2007	616,927	62,477,752	2.01%	3.07%
2008	629,307	64,390,664	2.01%	3.06%
2009	641,947	66,412,044	2.01%	3.14%
2010	654,836	68,563,038	2.01%	3.24%
2011	668,056	70,849,311	2.02%	3.33%
2012	681,630	73,254,618	2.03%	3.39%
2013	696,192	75,789,395	2.14%	3.46%
2014	711,503	78,403,242	2.2%	3.45%
2015	726,682	81,035,531	2.13%	3.36%
2016	741,741	83,956,415	2.07%	3.6%
2017	756,669	87,083,398	2.01%	3.72%
2018	771,590	90,047,644	1.97%	3.4%
2019	786,578	92,947,442	1.94%	3.22%
2020	802,163	95,989,998	1.98%	3.27%
2021	818,174	99,148,932	2%	3.29%
2022	834,188	102,396,968	1.96%	3.28%
2023	850,387	105,789,731	1.94%	3.31%
2024	866,628	109,276,265	1.91%	3.3%
2025	882,845	112,832,475	1.87%	3.25%
2026	899,008	116,452,162	1.83%	3.21%
2027	915,176	120,129,744	1.8%	3.16%
2028	931,430	123,871,555	1.78%	3.11%
2029	947,803	127,674,141	1.76%	3.07%
2030	964,266	131,532,201	1.74%	3.02%
2031	980,769	135,447,495	1.71%	2.98%
2032	997,341	139,408,613	1.69%	2.92%
2033	1,014,064	143,414,031	1.68%	2.87%
2034	1,030,864	147,468,142	1.66%	2.83%
2035	1,047,760	151,560,102	1.64%	2.77%
2036	1,064,847	155,689,453	1.63%	2.72%
2037	1,081,999	159,848,574	1.61%	2.67%
2038	1,099,147	164,045,610	1.58%	2.63%
2039	1,116,418	168,296,695	1.57%	2.59%
2040	1,133,776	172,595,578	1.55%	2.55%
2041	1,151,146	176,946,261	1.53%	2.52%
2042	1,168,504	181,350,407	1.51%	2.49%
2043	1,185,954	185,805,168	1.49%	2.46%
2044	1,203,535	190,312,004	1.48%	2.43%
2045	1,221,066	194,865,386	1.46%	2.39%
2046	1,238,454	199,464,487	1.42%	2.36%
2047	1,255,711	204,105,925	1.39%	2.33%
2048	1,273,035	208,783,692	1.38%	2.29%
2049	1,290,365	213,497,692	1.36%	2.26%
2050	1,307,552	218,246,073	1.33%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Comoros increased by 134,005 people (a 22.6% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Comoros gained 169,146 (a 23.3% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Comoros was ranked 163rd most populous country in 2005 and is 160th in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Comoros' population will grow by 46% to 1,307,552 people with a rank change from 160th to 157th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.