Population in the Congo compared to East Timor: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and East Timor: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	East Timor	Congo	East Timor
1960	1,056,732	468,118	-	-
1961	1,084,389	475,291	2.62%	1.53%
1962	1,113,175	482,774	2.65%	1.57%
1963	1,143,263	490,564	2.7%	1.61%
1964	1,174,816	498,659	2.76%	1.65%
1965	1,207,880	507,034	2.81%	1.68%
1966	1,242,534	515,696	2.87%	1.71%
1967	1,278,691	524,648	2.91%	1.74%
1968	1,316,519	533,875	2.96%	1.76%
1969	1,356,182	543,356	3.01%	1.78%
1970	1,397,638	553,069	3.06%	1.79%
1971	1,441,039	562,966	3.11%	1.79%
1972	1,486,468	572,962	3.15%	1.78%
1973	1,533,680	582,855	3.18%	1.73%
1974	1,582,301	590,827	3.17%	1.37%
1975	1,627,032	598,158	2.83%	1.24%
1976	1,667,225	607,620	2.47%	1.58%
1977	1,707,568	618,315	2.42%	1.76%
1978	1,748,089	628,775	2.37%	1.69%
1979	1,788,524	638,719	2.31%	1.58%
1980	1,828,985	649,871	2.26%	1.75%
1981	1,869,759	660,493	2.23%	1.63%
1982	1,910,430	669,149	2.18%	1.31%
1983	1,950,321	677,707	2.09%	1.28%
1984	1,999,528	686,777	2.52%	1.34%
1985	2,059,311	696,665	2.99%	1.44%
1986	2,120,602	707,185	2.98%	1.51%
1987	2,183,473	718,476	2.96%	1.6%
1988	2,247,653	730,745	2.94%	1.71%
1989	2,313,558	744,856	2.93%	1.93%
1990	2,380,560	760,345	2.9%	2.08%
1991	2,449,229	778,278	2.88%	2.36%
1992	2,519,465	799,318	2.87%	2.7%
1993	2,595,124	821,437	3%	2.77%
1994	2,673,144	844,493	3.01%	2.81%
1995	2,749,461	868,146	2.85%	2.8%
1996	2,826,785	892,282	2.81%	2.78%
1997	2,887,862	917,184	2.16%	2.79%
1998	2,952,061	942,530	2.22%	2.76%
1999	3,032,874	834,697	2.74%	-11.4%
2000	3,151,345	745,088	3.91%	-10.7%
2001	3,272,537	812,249	3.85%	9.01%
2002	3,350,771	879,159	2.39%	8.24%
2003	3,445,753	916,878	2.83%	4.29%
2004	3,565,554	929,074	3.48%	1.33%
2005	3,696,393	948,311	3.67%	2.07%
2006	3,837,409	976,597	3.81%	2.98%
2007	3,980,430	1,004,889	3.73%	2.9%
2008	4,113,517	1,032,429	3.34%	2.74%
2009	4,281,219	1,058,782	4.08%	2.55%
2010	4,462,290	1,084,679	4.23%	2.45%
2011	4,609,724	1,110,207	3.3%	2.35%
2012	4,740,450	1,134,885	2.84%	2.22%
2013	4,857,099	1,158,695	2.46%	2.1%
2014	4,975,880	1,181,903	2.45%	2%
2015	5,097,581	1,205,131	2.45%	1.97%
2016	5,222,536	1,228,312	2.45%	1.92%
2017	5,351,011	1,251,703	2.46%	1.9%
2018	5,483,118	1,275,959	2.47%	1.94%
2019	5,616,661	1,300,945	2.44%	1.96%
2020	5,752,791	1,326,053	2.42%	1.93%
2021	5,892,183	1,350,139	2.42%	1.82%
2022	6,035,104	1,369,295	2.43%	1.42%
2023	6,182,885	1,384,286	2.45%	1.09%
2024	6,332,961	1,400,638	2.43%	1.18%
2025	6,484,427	1,418,519	2.39%	1.28%
2026	6,637,777	1,436,934	2.36%	1.3%
2027	6,794,288	1,456,334	2.36%	1.35%
2028	6,953,966	1,476,850	2.35%	1.41%
2029	7,116,456	1,498,119	2.34%	1.44%
2030	7,282,261	1,519,802	2.33%	1.45%
2031	7,452,405	1,540,659	2.34%	1.37%
2032	7,626,474	1,559,710	2.34%	1.24%
2033	7,802,988	1,578,114	2.31%	1.18%
2034	7,981,338	1,597,444	2.29%	1.22%
2035	8,160,723	1,618,799	2.25%	1.34%
2036	8,341,706	1,639,721	2.22%	1.29%
2037	8,524,798	1,659,327	2.19%	1.2%
2038	8,709,719	1,678,953	2.17%	1.18%
2039	8,896,164	1,698,891	2.14%	1.19%
2040	9,083,959	1,718,249	2.11%	1.14%
2041	9,274,654	1,736,476	2.1%	1.06%
2042	9,466,745	1,755,847	2.07%	1.12%
2043	9,658,834	1,776,066	2.03%	1.15%
2044	9,850,493	1,793,758	1.98%	1%
2045	10,041,891	1,809,637	1.94%	0.89%
2046	10,234,360	1,825,551	1.92%	0.88%
2047	10,427,899	1,841,558	1.89%	0.88%
2048	10,621,379	1,858,311	1.86%	0.91%
2049	10,813,639	1,873,846	1.81%	0.84%
2050	11,006,454	1,889,246	1.78%	0.82%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while East Timor gained 251,715 people (a 25.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while East Timor's population increased by 208,834 (a 17% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. East Timor was ranked 155th in 2006 and ranked 152nd 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 East Timor will increase by 31.5% to 1,889,246 people and rank change from 152nd to 149th.