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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	France	Congo	France
1960	1,056,732	47,412,964	-	-
1961	1,084,389	47,905,982	2.62%	1.04%
1962	1,113,175	48,389,516	2.65%	1.01%
1963	1,143,263	48,877,567	2.7%	1.01%
1964	1,174,816	49,401,492	2.76%	1.07%
1965	1,207,880	49,877,725	2.81%	0.96%
1966	1,242,534	50,311,637	2.87%	0.87%
1967	1,278,691	50,722,791	2.91%	0.82%
1968	1,316,519	51,112,980	2.96%	0.77%
1969	1,356,182	51,536,014	3.01%	0.83%
1970	1,397,638	52,007,169	3.06%	0.91%
1971	1,441,039	52,499,553	3.11%	0.95%
1972	1,486,468	52,962,356	3.15%	0.88%
1973	1,533,680	53,392,161	3.18%	0.81%
1974	1,582,301	53,746,571	3.17%	0.66%
1975	1,627,032	54,002,853	2.83%	0.48%
1976	1,667,225	54,232,383	2.47%	0.43%
1977	1,707,568	54,486,467	2.42%	0.47%
1978	1,748,089	54,734,030	2.37%	0.45%
1979	1,788,524	54,979,851	2.31%	0.45%
1980	1,828,985	55,274,184	2.26%	0.54%
1981	1,869,759	55,603,353	2.23%	0.6%
1982	1,910,430	55,806,789	2.18%	0.37%
1983	1,950,321	56,108,330	2.09%	0.54%
1984	1,999,528	56,383,085	2.52%	0.49%
1985	2,059,311	56,665,619	2.99%	0.5%
1986	2,120,602	56,956,002	2.98%	0.51%
1987	2,183,473	57,266,167	2.96%	0.54%
1988	2,247,653	57,598,186	2.94%	0.58%
1989	2,313,558	57,943,062	2.93%	0.6%
1990	2,380,560	58,261,012	2.9%	0.55%
1991	2,449,229	58,554,242	2.88%	0.5%
1992	2,519,465	58,846,584	2.87%	0.5%
1993	2,595,124	59,103,094	3%	0.44%
1994	2,673,144	59,324,863	3.01%	0.38%
1995	2,749,461	59,541,294	2.85%	0.36%
1996	2,826,785	59,754,504	2.81%	0.36%
1997	2,887,862	59,968,066	2.16%	0.36%
1998	2,952,061	60,190,684	2.22%	0.37%
1999	3,032,874	60,501,986	2.74%	0.52%
2000	3,151,345	60,918,661	3.91%	0.69%
2001	3,272,537	61,364,377	3.85%	0.73%
2002	3,350,771	61,812,142	2.39%	0.73%
2003	3,445,753	62,249,855	2.83%	0.71%
2004	3,565,554	62,707,588	3.48%	0.74%
2005	3,696,393	63,180,854	3.67%	0.75%
2006	3,837,409	63,622,342	3.81%	0.7%
2007	3,980,430	64,016,890	3.73%	0.62%
2008	4,113,517	64,375,116	3.34%	0.56%
2009	4,281,219	64,706,436	4.08%	0.51%
2010	4,462,290	65,026,211	4.23%	0.49%
2011	4,609,724	65,340,830	3.3%	0.48%
2012	4,740,450	65,657,659	2.84%	0.48%
2013	4,857,099	65,997,932	2.46%	0.52%
2014	4,975,880	66,312,067	2.45%	0.48%
2015	5,097,581	66,548,272	2.45%	0.36%
2016	5,222,536	66,724,104	2.45%	0.26%
2017	5,351,011	66,918,020	2.46%	0.29%
2018	5,483,118	67,158,348	2.47%	0.36%
2019	5,616,661	67,382,061	2.44%	0.33%
2020	5,752,791	67,601,110	2.42%	0.33%
2021	5,892,183	67,842,811	2.42%	0.36%
2022	6,035,104	68,065,015	2.43%	0.33%
2023	6,182,885	68,287,487	2.45%	0.33%
2024	6,332,961	68,516,699	2.43%	0.34%
2025	6,484,427	68,621,995	2.39%	0.15%
2026	6,637,777	68,720,416	2.36%	0.14%
2027	6,794,288	68,814,997	2.36%	0.14%
2028	6,953,966	68,908,044	2.35%	0.14%
2029	7,116,456	69,000,393	2.34%	0.13%
2030	7,282,261	69,092,395	2.33%	0.13%
2031	7,452,405	69,182,139	2.34%	0.13%
2032	7,626,474	69,271,844	2.34%	0.13%
2033	7,802,988	69,361,763	2.31%	0.13%
2034	7,981,338	69,453,221	2.29%	0.13%
2035	8,160,723	69,545,666	2.25%	0.13%
2036	8,341,706	69,635,631	2.22%	0.13%
2037	8,524,798	69,723,960	2.19%	0.13%
2038	8,709,719	69,807,163	2.17%	0.12%
2039	8,896,164	69,880,758	2.14%	0.11%
2040	9,083,959	69,948,192	2.11%	0.1%
2041	9,274,654	70,013,748	2.1%	0.09%
2042	9,466,745	70,076,842	2.07%	0.09%
2043	9,658,834	70,130,305	2.03%	0.08%
2044	9,850,493	70,172,822	1.98%	0.06%
2045	10,041,891	70,207,698	1.94%	0.05%
2046	10,234,360	70,232,113	1.92%	0.03%
2047	10,427,899	70,246,945	1.89%	0.02%
2048	10,621,379	70,253,351	1.86%	0.009%
2049	10,813,639	70,249,312	1.81%	-0.006%
2050	11,006,454	70,237,272	1.78%	-0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while France gained 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while France's population increased by 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. France was ranked 20th in 2005 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.