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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Cuba	Congo	Cuba
1960	1,056,732	7,238,081	-	-
1961	1,084,389	7,387,117	2.62%	2.06%
1962	1,113,175	7,541,098	2.65%	2.08%
1963	1,143,263	7,701,660	2.7%	2.13%
1964	1,174,816	7,866,020	2.76%	2.13%
1965	1,207,880	8,030,797	2.81%	2.09%
1966	1,242,534	8,193,450	2.87%	2.03%
1967	1,278,691	8,352,625	2.91%	1.94%
1968	1,316,519	8,509,522	2.96%	1.88%
1969	1,356,182	8,666,640	3.01%	1.85%
1970	1,397,638	8,824,382	3.06%	1.82%
1971	1,441,039	8,979,085	3.11%	1.75%
1972	1,486,468	9,123,891	3.15%	1.61%
1973	1,533,680	9,255,328	3.18%	1.44%
1974	1,582,301	9,374,183	3.17%	1.28%
1975	1,627,032	9,479,726	2.83%	1.13%
1976	1,667,225	9,571,242	2.47%	0.97%
1977	1,707,568	9,648,440	2.42%	0.81%
1978	1,748,089	9,711,980	2.37%	0.66%
1979	1,788,524	9,763,355	2.31%	0.53%
1980	1,828,985	9,804,796	2.26%	0.42%
1981	1,869,759	9,849,320	2.23%	0.45%
1982	1,910,430	9,912,681	2.18%	0.64%
1983	1,950,321	9,991,026	2.09%	0.79%
1984	1,999,528	10,073,299	2.52%	0.82%
1985	2,059,311	10,157,228	2.99%	0.83%
1986	2,120,602	10,244,247	2.98%	0.86%
1987	2,183,473	10,335,342	2.96%	0.89%
1988	2,247,653	10,432,585	2.94%	0.94%
1989	2,313,558	10,533,243	2.93%	0.96%
1990	2,380,560	10,631,799	2.9%	0.94%
1991	2,449,229	10,717,640	2.88%	0.81%
1992	2,519,465	10,785,801	2.87%	0.64%
1993	2,595,124	10,841,031	3%	0.51%
1994	2,673,144	10,886,021	3.01%	0.41%
1995	2,749,461	10,925,362	2.85%	0.36%
1996	2,826,785	10,962,010	2.81%	0.34%
1997	2,887,862	10,997,934	2.16%	0.33%
1998	2,952,061	11,034,712	2.22%	0.33%
1999	3,032,874	11,072,230	2.74%	0.34%
2000	3,151,345	11,109,109	3.91%	0.33%
2001	3,272,537	11,144,132	3.85%	0.32%
2002	3,350,771	11,177,418	2.39%	0.3%
2003	3,445,753	11,209,383	2.83%	0.29%
2004	3,565,554	11,238,756	3.48%	0.26%
2005	3,696,393	11,262,554	3.67%	0.21%
2006	3,837,409	11,278,550	3.81%	0.14%
2007	3,980,430	11,287,272	3.73%	0.08%
2008	4,113,517	11,291,762	3.34%	0.04%
2009	4,281,219	11,294,719	4.08%	0.03%
2010	4,462,290	11,297,409	4.23%	0.02%
2011	4,609,724	11,301,571	3.3%	0.04%
2012	4,740,450	11,303,175	2.84%	0.01%
2013	4,857,099	11,298,167	2.46%	-0.04%
2014	4,975,880	11,285,775	2.45%	-0.11%
2015	5,097,581	11,275,065	2.45%	-0.09%
2016	5,222,536	11,265,612	2.45%	-0.08%
2017	5,351,011	11,247,829	2.46%	-0.16%
2018	5,483,118	11,227,118	2.47%	-0.18%
2019	5,616,661	11,202,846	2.44%	-0.22%
2020	5,752,791	11,176,354	2.42%	-0.24%
2021	5,892,183	11,122,168	2.42%	-0.48%
2022	6,035,104	11,059,820	2.43%	-0.56%
2023	6,182,885	11,019,931	2.45%	-0.36%
2024	6,332,961	10,979,783	2.43%	-0.36%
2025	6,484,427	10,937,204	2.39%	-0.39%
2026	6,637,777	10,892,659	2.36%	-0.41%
2027	6,794,288	10,846,709	2.36%	-0.42%
2028	6,953,966	10,799,586	2.35%	-0.43%
2029	7,116,456	10,750,892	2.34%	-0.45%
2030	7,282,261	10,700,820	2.33%	-0.47%
2031	7,452,405	10,649,673	2.34%	-0.48%
2032	7,626,474	10,597,336	2.34%	-0.49%
2033	7,802,988	10,543,539	2.31%	-0.51%
2034	7,981,338	10,488,270	2.29%	-0.52%
2035	8,160,723	10,431,762	2.25%	-0.54%
2036	8,341,706	10,373,926	2.22%	-0.55%
2037	8,524,798	10,314,339	2.19%	-0.57%
2038	8,709,719	10,253,201	2.17%	-0.59%
2039	8,896,164	10,190,465	2.14%	-0.61%
2040	9,083,959	10,125,837	2.11%	-0.63%
2041	9,274,654	10,059,299	2.1%	-0.66%
2042	9,466,745	9,990,897	2.07%	-0.68%
2043	9,658,834	9,920,670	2.03%	-0.7%
2044	9,850,493	9,848,751	1.98%	-0.72%
2045	10,041,891	9,775,205	1.94%	-0.75%
2046	10,234,360	9,699,830	1.92%	-0.77%
2047	10,427,899	9,622,707	1.89%	-0.8%
2048	10,621,379	9,544,142	1.86%	-0.82%
2049	10,813,639	9,463,925	1.81%	-0.84%
2050	11,006,454	9,381,995	1.78%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Cuba lost 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Cuba's population decreased by -372,953 (a 3.31% decline).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Cuba was ranked 73rd in 2006 and ranked 90th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Congo's population will grow by 65.8% to 11,006,454 people with a rank change from 109th to 95th. The population of Cuba will decrease by 13.9% to 9,381,995 people and rank change from 90th to 104th.