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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Finland	Congo	Finland
1960	1,056,732	4,429,634	-	-
1961	1,084,389	4,461,005	2.62%	0.71%
1962	1,113,175	4,491,443	2.65%	0.68%
1963	1,143,263	4,523,309	2.7%	0.71%
1964	1,174,816	4,548,543	2.76%	0.56%
1965	1,207,880	4,563,732	2.81%	0.33%
1966	1,242,534	4,580,869	2.87%	0.38%
1967	1,278,691	4,605,744	2.91%	0.54%
1968	1,316,519	4,626,469	2.96%	0.45%
1969	1,356,182	4,623,785	3.01%	-0.06%
1970	1,397,638	4,606,307	3.06%	-0.38%
1971	1,441,039	4,612,124	3.11%	0.13%
1972	1,486,468	4,639,657	3.15%	0.6%
1973	1,533,680	4,666,081	3.18%	0.57%
1974	1,582,301	4,690,574	3.17%	0.52%
1975	1,627,032	4,711,440	2.83%	0.44%
1976	1,667,225	4,725,664	2.47%	0.3%
1977	1,707,568	4,738,902	2.42%	0.28%
1978	1,748,089	4,752,528	2.37%	0.29%
1979	1,788,524	4,764,690	2.31%	0.26%
1980	1,828,985	4,779,535	2.26%	0.31%
1981	1,869,759	4,799,964	2.23%	0.43%
1982	1,910,430	4,826,933	2.18%	0.56%
1983	1,950,321	4,855,787	2.09%	0.6%
1984	1,999,528	4,881,803	2.52%	0.54%
1985	2,059,311	4,902,206	2.99%	0.42%
1986	2,120,602	4,918,154	2.98%	0.33%
1987	2,183,473	4,932,123	2.96%	0.28%
1988	2,247,653	4,946,481	2.94%	0.29%
1989	2,313,558	4,964,371	2.93%	0.36%
1990	2,380,560	4,986,431	2.9%	0.44%
1991	2,449,229	5,013,740	2.88%	0.55%
1992	2,519,465	5,041,992	2.87%	0.56%
1993	2,595,124	5,066,447	3%	0.49%
1994	2,673,144	5,088,333	3.01%	0.43%
1995	2,749,461	5,107,790	2.85%	0.38%
1996	2,826,785	5,124,573	2.81%	0.33%
1997	2,887,862	5,139,835	2.16%	0.3%
1998	2,952,061	5,153,498	2.22%	0.27%
1999	3,032,874	5,165,474	2.74%	0.23%
2000	3,151,345	5,176,209	3.91%	0.21%
2001	3,272,537	5,188,008	3.85%	0.23%
2002	3,350,771	5,200,598	2.39%	0.24%
2003	3,445,753	5,213,014	2.83%	0.24%
2004	3,565,554	5,228,172	3.48%	0.29%
2005	3,696,393	5,246,096	3.67%	0.34%
2006	3,837,409	5,266,268	3.81%	0.38%
2007	3,980,430	5,288,720	3.73%	0.43%
2008	4,113,517	5,313,399	3.34%	0.47%
2009	4,281,219	5,338,871	4.08%	0.48%
2010	4,462,290	5,363,352	4.23%	0.46%
2011	4,609,724	5,388,272	3.3%	0.46%
2012	4,740,450	5,413,971	2.84%	0.48%
2013	4,857,099	5,438,972	2.46%	0.46%
2014	4,975,880	5,461,512	2.45%	0.41%
2015	5,097,581	5,479,531	2.45%	0.33%
2016	5,222,536	5,495,303	2.45%	0.29%
2017	5,351,011	5,508,214	2.46%	0.23%
2018	5,483,118	5,515,525	2.47%	0.13%
2019	5,616,661	5,521,606	2.44%	0.11%
2020	5,752,791	5,529,543	2.42%	0.14%
2021	5,892,183	5,541,017	2.42%	0.21%
2022	6,035,104	5,556,106	2.43%	0.27%
2023	6,182,885	5,583,911	2.45%	0.5%
2024	6,332,961	5,637,214	2.43%	0.95%
2025	6,484,427	5,643,254	2.39%	0.11%
2026	6,637,777	5,641,649	2.36%	-0.03%
2027	6,794,288	5,635,897	2.36%	-0.1%
2028	6,953,966	5,628,676	2.35%	-0.13%
2029	7,116,456	5,620,617	2.34%	-0.14%
2030	7,282,261	5,611,856	2.33%	-0.16%
2031	7,452,405	5,602,498	2.34%	-0.17%
2032	7,626,474	5,592,622	2.34%	-0.18%
2033	7,802,988	5,582,339	2.31%	-0.18%
2034	7,981,338	5,571,550	2.29%	-0.19%
2035	8,160,723	5,560,286	2.25%	-0.2%
2036	8,341,706	5,548,634	2.22%	-0.21%
2037	8,524,798	5,536,663	2.19%	-0.22%
2038	8,709,719	5,524,493	2.17%	-0.22%
2039	8,896,164	5,512,215	2.14%	-0.22%
2040	9,083,959	5,499,935	2.11%	-0.22%
2041	9,274,654	5,487,678	2.1%	-0.22%
2042	9,466,745	5,475,338	2.07%	-0.22%
2043	9,658,834	5,462,854	2.03%	-0.23%
2044	9,850,493	5,450,242	1.98%	-0.23%
2045	10,041,891	5,437,548	1.94%	-0.23%
2046	10,234,360	5,424,719	1.92%	-0.24%
2047	10,427,899	5,411,708	1.89%	-0.24%
2048	10,621,379	5,398,346	1.86%	-0.25%
2049	10,813,639	5,384,653	1.81%	-0.25%
2050	11,006,454	5,370,605	1.78%	-0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Finland gained 233,435 people (a 4.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Finland's population increased by 163,723 (a 2.99% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Finland was ranked 111th in 2005 and ranked 118th 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 Finland will decrease by 4.83% to 5,370,605 people and rank change from 118th to 126th.