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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Egypt	Congo	Egypt
1960	1,056,732	26,896,479	-	-
1961	1,084,389	27,600,898	2.62%	2.62%
1962	1,113,175	28,337,013	2.65%	2.67%
1963	1,143,263	29,091,869	2.7%	2.66%
1964	1,174,816	29,858,922	2.76%	2.64%
1965	1,207,880	30,629,174	2.81%	2.58%
1966	1,242,534	31,406,541	2.87%	2.54%
1967	1,278,691	32,196,360	2.91%	2.51%
1968	1,316,519	32,998,319	2.96%	2.49%
1969	1,356,182	33,811,615	3.01%	2.46%
1970	1,397,638	34,623,990	3.06%	2.4%
1971	1,441,039	35,433,368	3.11%	2.34%
1972	1,486,468	36,258,328	3.15%	2.33%
1973	1,533,680	37,102,043	3.18%	2.33%
1974	1,582,301	37,969,667	3.17%	2.34%
1975	1,627,032	38,875,327	2.83%	2.39%
1976	1,667,225	39,795,557	2.47%	2.37%
1977	1,707,568	40,748,870	2.42%	2.4%
1978	1,748,089	41,761,431	2.37%	2.48%
1979	1,788,524	42,818,628	2.31%	2.53%
1980	1,828,985	43,950,413	2.26%	2.64%
1981	1,869,759	45,147,224	2.23%	2.72%
1982	1,910,430	46,407,611	2.18%	2.79%
1983	1,950,321	47,786,402	2.09%	2.97%
1984	1,999,528	49,247,334	2.52%	3.06%
1985	2,059,311	50,734,968	2.99%	3.02%
1986	2,120,602	52,206,295	2.98%	2.9%
1987	2,183,473	53,674,435	2.96%	2.81%
1988	2,247,653	55,187,681	2.94%	2.82%
1989	2,313,558	56,710,642	2.93%	2.76%
1990	2,380,560	58,396,618	2.9%	2.97%
1991	2,449,229	60,028,997	2.88%	2.8%
1992	2,519,465	61,480,660	2.87%	2.42%
1993	2,595,124	62,915,681	3%	2.33%
1994	2,673,144	64,285,589	3.01%	2.18%
1995	2,749,461	65,652,622	2.85%	2.13%
1996	2,826,785	67,028,048	2.81%	2.1%
1997	2,887,862	68,431,740	2.16%	2.09%
1998	2,952,061	69,943,294	2.22%	2.21%
1999	3,032,874	71,520,954	2.74%	2.26%
2000	3,151,345	73,083,284	3.91%	2.18%
2001	3,272,537	74,652,029	3.85%	2.15%
2002	3,350,771	76,239,137	2.39%	2.13%
2003	3,445,753	77,853,548	2.83%	2.12%
2004	3,565,554	79,477,443	3.48%	2.09%
2005	3,696,393	81,101,004	3.67%	2.04%
2006	3,837,409	82,700,403	3.81%	1.97%
2007	3,980,430	84,276,225	3.73%	1.91%
2008	4,113,517	85,864,789	3.34%	1.88%
2009	4,281,219	87,501,636	4.08%	1.91%
2010	4,462,290	89,196,072	4.23%	1.94%
2011	4,609,724	91,093,059	3.3%	2.13%
2012	4,740,450	93,161,001	2.84%	2.27%
2013	4,857,099	95,333,553	2.46%	2.33%
2014	4,975,880	97,528,654	2.45%	2.3%
2015	5,097,581	99,597,342	2.45%	2.12%
2016	5,222,536	101,644,589	2.45%	2.06%
2017	5,351,011	103,696,057	2.46%	2.02%
2018	5,483,118	105,682,094	2.47%	1.92%
2019	5,616,661	107,553,158	2.44%	1.77%
2020	5,752,791	109,315,124	2.42%	1.64%
2021	5,892,183	110,957,008	2.42%	1.5%
2022	6,035,104	112,618,250	2.43%	1.5%
2023	6,182,885	114,535,772	2.45%	1.7%
2024	6,332,961	116,538,258	2.43%	1.75%
2025	6,484,427	118,365,997	2.39%	1.57%
2026	6,637,777	120,101,181	2.36%	1.47%
2027	6,794,288	121,847,622	2.36%	1.45%
2028	6,953,966	123,608,457	2.35%	1.45%
2029	7,116,456	125,373,058	2.34%	1.43%
2030	7,282,261	127,139,323	2.33%	1.41%
2031	7,452,405	128,912,256	2.34%	1.39%
2032	7,626,474	130,695,084	2.34%	1.38%
2033	7,802,988	132,485,612	2.31%	1.37%
2034	7,981,338	134,287,838	2.29%	1.36%
2035	8,160,723	136,097,214	2.25%	1.35%
2036	8,341,706	137,913,263	2.22%	1.33%
2037	8,524,798	139,738,699	2.19%	1.32%
2038	8,709,719	141,565,835	2.17%	1.31%
2039	8,896,164	143,393,267	2.14%	1.29%
2040	9,083,959	145,213,662	2.11%	1.27%
2041	9,274,654	147,018,554	2.1%	1.24%
2042	9,466,745	148,800,785	2.07%	1.21%
2043	9,658,834	150,547,655	2.03%	1.17%
2044	9,850,493	152,255,332	1.98%	1.13%
2045	10,041,891	153,919,190	1.94%	1.09%
2046	10,234,360	155,535,951	1.92%	1.05%
2047	10,427,899	157,114,404	1.89%	1.01%
2048	10,621,379	158,657,392	1.86%	0.98%
2049	10,813,639	160,161,615	1.81%	0.95%
2050	11,006,454	161,630,197	1.78%	0.92%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Egypt gained 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Egypt was ranked 14th in 2005 and ranked 13th 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 Egypt will increase by 35% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.