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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Curacao	Congo	Curacao
1960	1,056,732	124,826	-	-
1961	1,084,389	126,125	2.62%	1.04%
1962	1,113,175	128,414	2.65%	1.81%
1963	1,143,263	130,860	2.7%	1.9%
1964	1,174,816	133,148	2.76%	1.75%
1965	1,207,880	135,266	2.81%	1.59%
1966	1,242,534	136,682	2.87%	1.05%
1967	1,278,691	138,140	2.91%	1.07%
1968	1,316,519	140,298	2.96%	1.56%
1969	1,356,182	142,581	3.01%	1.63%
1970	1,397,638	144,739	3.06%	1.51%
1971	1,441,039	147,389	3.11%	1.83%
1972	1,486,468	147,710	3.15%	0.22%
1973	1,533,680	146,912	3.18%	-0.54%
1974	1,582,301	148,351	3.17%	0.98%
1975	1,627,032	149,129	2.83%	0.52%
1976	1,667,225	149,399	2.47%	0.18%
1977	1,707,568	149,459	2.42%	0.04%
1978	1,748,089	148,341	2.37%	-0.75%
1979	1,788,524	147,851	2.31%	-0.33%
1980	1,828,985	148,041	2.26%	0.13%
1981	1,869,759	148,629	2.23%	0.4%
1982	1,910,430	150,101	2.18%	0.99%
1983	1,950,321	151,159	2.09%	0.7%
1984	1,999,528	151,940	2.52%	0.52%
1985	2,059,311	152,711	2.99%	0.51%
1986	2,120,602	152,662	2.98%	-0.03%
1987	2,183,473	151,456	2.96%	-0.79%
1988	2,247,653	149,254	2.94%	-1.45%
1989	2,313,558	146,937	2.93%	-1.55%
1990	2,380,560	145,400	2.9%	-1.05%
1991	2,449,229	144,403	2.88%	-0.69%
1992	2,519,465	143,912	2.87%	-0.34%
1993	2,595,124	144,299	3%	0.27%
1994	2,673,144	144,630	3.01%	0.23%
1995	2,749,461	145,139	2.85%	0.35%
1996	2,826,785	146,306	2.81%	0.8%
1997	2,887,862	146,956	2.16%	0.44%
1998	2,952,061	144,472	2.22%	-1.69%
1999	3,032,874	139,428	2.74%	-3.49%
2000	3,151,345	133,860	3.91%	-3.99%
2001	3,272,537	129,047	3.85%	-3.6%
2002	3,350,771	129,205	2.39%	0.12%
2003	3,445,753	131,897	2.83%	2.08%
2004	3,565,554	134,192	3.48%	1.74%
2005	3,696,393	137,658	3.67%	2.58%
2006	3,837,409	141,239	3.81%	2.6%
2007	3,980,430	144,056	3.73%	1.99%
2008	4,113,517	145,880	3.34%	1.27%
2009	4,281,219	146,833	4.08%	0.65%
2010	4,462,290	148,703	4.23%	1.27%
2011	4,609,724	150,831	3.3%	1.43%
2012	4,740,450	152,088	2.84%	0.83%
2013	4,857,099	153,822	2.46%	1.14%
2014	4,975,880	155,909	2.45%	1.36%
2015	5,097,581	157,980	2.45%	1.33%
2016	5,222,536	159,664	2.45%	1.07%
2017	5,351,011	160,175	2.46%	0.32%
2018	5,483,118	159,336	2.47%	-0.52%
2019	5,616,661	157,441	2.44%	-1.19%
2020	5,752,791	154,947	2.42%	-1.58%
2021	5,892,183	152,369	2.42%	-1.66%
2022	6,035,104	149,996	2.43%	-1.56%
2023	6,182,885	155,800	2.45%	3.87%
2024	6,332,961	155,900	2.43%	0.06%
2025	6,484,427	155,910	2.39%	0.007%
2026	6,637,777	155,878	2.36%	-0.02%
2027	6,794,288	155,806	2.36%	-0.05%
2028	6,953,966	155,710	2.35%	-0.06%
2029	7,116,456	155,558	2.34%	-0.1%
2030	7,282,261	155,356	2.33%	-0.13%
2031	7,452,405	155,112	2.34%	-0.16%
2032	7,626,474	154,845	2.34%	-0.17%
2033	7,802,988	154,546	2.31%	-0.19%
2034	7,981,338	154,200	2.29%	-0.22%
2035	8,160,723	153,844	2.25%	-0.23%
2036	8,341,706	153,444	2.22%	-0.26%
2037	8,524,798	153,028	2.19%	-0.27%
2038	8,709,719	152,600	2.17%	-0.28%
2039	8,896,164	152,140	2.14%	-0.3%
2040	9,083,959	151,635	2.11%	-0.33%
2041	9,274,654	151,130	2.1%	-0.33%
2042	9,466,745	150,608	2.07%	-0.35%
2043	9,658,834	150,071	2.03%	-0.36%
2044	9,850,493	149,519	1.98%	-0.37%
2045	10,041,891	148,941	1.94%	-0.39%
2046	10,234,360	148,367	1.92%	-0.39%
2047	10,427,899	147,763	1.89%	-0.41%
2048	10,621,379	147,130	1.86%	-0.43%
2049	10,813,639	146,495	1.81%	-0.43%
2050	11,006,454	145,829	1.78%	-0.45%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Curacao gained 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Curacao's population decreased by -2,070 (a 1.31% decline).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Curacao was ranked 179th in 2005 and still ranked 179th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Congo's population will grow by 66.6% to 11,006,454 people with a rank change from 109th to 95th. The population of Curacao will decrease by 6.47% to 145,829 people and rank change from 179th to 180th.