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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Eritrea	Congo	Eritrea
1960	1,056,732	972,547	-	-
1961	1,084,389	995,573	2.62%	2.37%
1962	1,113,175	1,019,788	2.65%	2.43%
1963	1,143,263	1,045,092	2.7%	2.48%
1964	1,174,816	1,071,287	2.76%	2.51%
1965	1,207,880	1,098,335	2.81%	2.52%
1966	1,242,534	1,124,957	2.87%	2.42%
1967	1,278,691	1,152,339	2.91%	2.43%
1968	1,316,519	1,181,737	2.96%	2.55%
1969	1,356,182	1,212,005	3.01%	2.56%
1970	1,397,638	1,243,453	3.06%	2.59%
1971	1,441,039	1,276,154	3.11%	2.63%
1972	1,486,468	1,309,235	3.15%	2.59%
1973	1,533,680	1,342,669	3.18%	2.55%
1974	1,582,301	1,375,688	3.17%	2.46%
1975	1,627,032	1,408,210	2.83%	2.36%
1976	1,667,225	1,443,807	2.47%	2.53%
1977	1,707,568	1,482,565	2.42%	2.68%
1978	1,748,089	1,522,378	2.37%	2.69%
1979	1,788,524	1,563,332	2.31%	2.69%
1980	1,828,985	1,605,797	2.26%	2.72%
1981	1,869,759	1,649,939	2.23%	2.75%
1982	1,910,430	1,695,461	2.18%	2.76%
1983	1,950,321	1,736,160	2.09%	2.4%
1984	1,999,528	1,771,730	2.52%	2.05%
1985	2,059,311	1,807,816	2.99%	2.04%
1986	2,120,602	1,845,164	2.98%	2.07%
1987	2,183,473	1,888,669	2.96%	2.36%
1988	2,247,653	1,938,255	2.94%	2.63%
1989	2,313,558	1,987,017	2.93%	2.52%
1990	2,380,560	2,032,737	2.9%	2.3%
1991	2,449,229	1,919,571	2.88%	-5.57%
1992	2,519,465	1,798,748	2.87%	-6.29%
1993	2,595,124	1,856,006	3%	3.18%
1994	2,673,144	1,913,915	3.01%	3.12%
1995	2,749,461	2,025,267	2.85%	5.82%
1996	2,826,785	2,128,464	2.81%	5.1%
1997	2,887,862	2,152,135	2.16%	1.11%
1998	2,952,061	2,180,419	2.22%	1.31%
1999	3,032,874	2,212,780	2.74%	1.48%
2000	3,151,345	2,247,031	3.91%	1.55%
2001	3,272,537	2,312,079	3.85%	2.89%
2002	3,350,771	2,392,978	2.39%	3.5%
2003	3,445,753	2,493,903	2.83%	4.22%
2004	3,565,554	2,598,284	3.48%	4.19%
2005	3,696,393	2,661,215	3.67%	2.42%
2006	3,837,409	2,703,502	3.81%	1.59%
2007	3,980,430	2,743,222	3.73%	1.47%
2008	4,113,517	2,816,327	3.34%	2.66%
2009	4,281,219	2,887,885	4.08%	2.54%
2010	4,462,290	2,945,186	4.23%	1.98%
2011	4,609,724	2,998,485	3.3%	1.81%
2012	4,740,450	3,036,988	2.84%	1.28%
2013	4,857,099	3,074,360	2.46%	1.23%
2014	4,975,880	3,095,173	2.45%	0.68%
2015	5,097,581	3,105,546	2.45%	0.34%
2016	5,222,536	3,124,698	2.45%	0.62%
2017	5,351,011	3,150,347	2.46%	0.82%
2018	5,483,118	3,192,760	2.47%	1.35%
2019	5,616,661	3,240,194	2.44%	1.49%
2020	5,752,791	3,291,271	2.42%	1.58%
2021	5,892,183	3,350,183	2.42%	1.79%
2022	6,035,104	3,409,447	2.43%	1.77%
2023	6,182,885	3,470,390	2.45%	1.79%
2024	6,332,961	3,535,603	2.43%	1.88%
2025	6,484,427	3,606,996	2.39%	2.02%
2026	6,637,777	3,682,659	2.36%	2.1%
2027	6,794,288	3,760,368	2.36%	2.11%
2028	6,953,966	3,840,135	2.35%	2.12%
2029	7,116,456	3,920,467	2.34%	2.09%
2030	7,282,261	4,002,671	2.33%	2.1%
2031	7,452,405	4,085,037	2.34%	2.06%
2032	7,626,474	4,166,507	2.34%	1.99%
2033	7,802,988	4,249,501	2.31%	1.99%
2034	7,981,338	4,334,727	2.29%	2.01%
2035	8,160,723	4,420,915	2.25%	1.99%
2036	8,341,706	4,509,755	2.22%	2.01%
2037	8,524,798	4,601,933	2.19%	2.04%
2038	8,709,719	4,692,340	2.17%	1.96%
2039	8,896,164	4,780,469	2.14%	1.88%
2040	9,083,959	4,868,668	2.11%	1.84%
2041	9,274,654	4,954,481	2.1%	1.76%
2042	9,466,745	5,039,298	2.07%	1.71%
2043	9,658,834	5,124,256	2.03%	1.69%
2044	9,850,493	5,207,858	1.98%	1.63%
2045	10,041,891	5,292,756	1.94%	1.63%
2046	10,234,360	5,375,963	1.92%	1.57%
2047	10,427,899	5,456,488	1.89%	1.5%
2048	10,621,379	5,537,538	1.86%	1.49%
2049	10,813,639	5,617,348	1.81%	1.44%
2050	11,006,454	5,696,052	1.78%	1.4%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Eritrea gained 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Eritrea's population increased by 558,810 (a 17.9% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Eritrea was ranked 135th in 2006 and ranked 131st 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 Eritrea will increase by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people and rank change from 131st to 123rd.