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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Eswatini	Congo	Eswatini
1960	1,056,732	345,337	-	-
1961	1,084,389	353,264	2.62%	2.3%
1962	1,113,175	361,365	2.65%	2.29%
1963	1,143,263	369,759	2.7%	2.32%
1964	1,174,816	378,656	2.76%	2.41%
1965	1,207,880	388,336	2.81%	2.56%
1966	1,242,534	398,766	2.87%	2.69%
1967	1,278,691	409,031	2.91%	2.57%
1968	1,316,519	419,147	2.96%	2.47%
1969	1,356,182	429,875	3.01%	2.56%
1970	1,397,638	441,216	3.06%	2.64%
1971	1,441,039	453,183	3.11%	2.71%
1972	1,486,468	465,788	3.15%	2.78%
1973	1,533,680	479,038	3.18%	2.84%
1974	1,582,301	492,988	3.17%	2.91%
1975	1,627,032	507,673	2.83%	2.98%
1976	1,667,225	523,330	2.47%	3.08%
1977	1,707,568	540,348	2.42%	3.25%
1978	1,748,089	558,446	2.37%	3.35%
1979	1,788,524	577,199	2.31%	3.36%
1980	1,828,985	596,644	2.26%	3.37%
1981	1,869,759	616,808	2.23%	3.38%
1982	1,910,430	637,652	2.18%	3.38%
1983	1,950,321	658,957	2.09%	3.34%
1984	1,999,528	680,783	2.52%	3.31%
1985	2,059,311	706,196	2.99%	3.73%
1986	2,120,602	734,732	2.98%	4.04%
1987	2,183,473	763,811	2.96%	3.96%
1988	2,247,653	799,798	2.94%	4.71%
1989	2,313,558	837,800	2.93%	4.75%
1990	2,380,560	872,428	2.9%	4.13%
1991	2,449,229	908,189	2.88%	4.1%
1992	2,519,465	943,416	2.87%	3.88%
1993	2,595,124	971,318	3%	2.96%
1994	2,673,144	971,212	3.01%	-0.01%
1995	2,749,461	970,433	2.85%	-0.08%
1996	2,826,785	989,841	2.81%	2%
1997	2,887,862	1,006,635	2.16%	1.7%
1998	2,952,061	1,019,653	2.22%	1.29%
1999	3,032,874	1,030,782	2.74%	1.09%
2000	3,151,345	1,041,414	3.91%	1.03%
2001	3,272,537	1,051,064	3.85%	0.93%
2002	3,350,771	1,059,441	2.39%	0.8%
2003	3,445,753	1,066,700	2.83%	0.69%
2004	3,565,554	1,073,159	3.48%	0.61%
2005	3,696,393	1,079,022	3.67%	0.55%
2006	3,837,409	1,084,436	3.81%	0.5%
2007	3,980,430	1,090,705	3.73%	0.58%
2008	4,113,517	1,098,091	3.34%	0.68%
2009	4,281,219	1,105,153	4.08%	0.64%
2010	4,462,290	1,111,650	4.23%	0.59%
2011	4,609,724	1,117,833	3.3%	0.56%
2012	4,740,450	1,123,863	2.84%	0.54%
2013	4,857,099	1,129,990	2.46%	0.55%
2014	4,975,880	1,136,299	2.45%	0.56%
2015	5,097,581	1,142,813	2.45%	0.57%
2016	5,222,536	1,149,507	2.45%	0.59%
2017	5,351,011	1,158,195	2.46%	0.76%
2018	5,483,118	1,168,929	2.47%	0.93%
2019	5,616,661	1,179,874	2.44%	0.94%
2020	5,752,791	1,192,729	2.42%	1.09%
2021	5,892,183	1,206,593	2.42%	1.16%
2022	6,035,104	1,218,917	2.43%	1.02%
2023	6,182,885	1,230,506	2.45%	0.95%
2024	6,332,961	1,242,822	2.43%	1%
2025	6,484,427	1,256,168	2.39%	1.07%
2026	6,637,777	1,269,854	2.36%	1.09%
2027	6,794,288	1,283,222	2.36%	1.05%
2028	6,953,966	1,295,964	2.35%	0.99%
2029	7,116,456	1,308,342	2.34%	0.96%
2030	7,282,261	1,320,904	2.33%	0.96%
2031	7,452,405	1,333,159	2.34%	0.93%
2032	7,626,474	1,344,893	2.34%	0.88%
2033	7,802,988	1,356,736	2.31%	0.88%
2034	7,981,338	1,368,346	2.29%	0.86%
2035	8,160,723	1,379,413	2.25%	0.81%
2036	8,341,706	1,390,148	2.22%	0.78%
2037	8,524,798	1,400,439	2.19%	0.74%
2038	8,709,719	1,410,496	2.17%	0.72%
2039	8,896,164	1,420,444	2.14%	0.71%
2040	9,083,959	1,429,771	2.11%	0.66%
2041	9,274,654	1,439,042	2.1%	0.65%
2042	9,466,745	1,448,106	2.07%	0.63%
2043	9,658,834	1,456,448	2.03%	0.58%
2044	9,850,493	1,464,359	1.98%	0.54%
2045	10,041,891	1,472,135	1.94%	0.53%
2046	10,234,360	1,479,603	1.92%	0.51%
2047	10,427,899	1,486,494	1.89%	0.47%
2048	10,621,379	1,493,017	1.86%	0.44%
2049	10,813,639	1,499,424	1.81%	0.43%
2050	11,006,454	1,505,327	1.78%	0.39%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Eswatini gained 65,071 people (a 6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Eswatini's population increased by 120,493 (a 10.5% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Eswatini was ranked 152nd in 2006 and ranked 156th 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 Eswatini will increase by 18.5% to 1,505,327 people and rank change from 156th to 155th.