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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Germany	Congo	Germany
1960	1,056,732	72,814,900	-	-
1961	1,084,389	73,377,632	2.62%	0.77%
1962	1,113,175	74,025,784	2.65%	0.88%
1963	1,143,263	74,714,353	2.7%	0.93%
1964	1,174,816	75,318,337	2.76%	0.81%
1965	1,207,880	75,963,695	2.81%	0.86%
1966	1,242,534	76,600,311	2.87%	0.84%
1967	1,278,691	76,951,336	2.91%	0.46%
1968	1,316,519	77,294,314	2.96%	0.45%
1969	1,356,182	77,909,682	3.01%	0.8%
1970	1,397,638	78,169,289	3.06%	0.33%
1971	1,441,039	78,312,842	3.11%	0.18%
1972	1,486,468	78,688,452	3.15%	0.48%
1973	1,533,680	78,936,666	3.18%	0.32%
1974	1,582,301	78,967,433	3.17%	0.04%
1975	1,627,032	78,673,554	2.83%	-0.37%
1976	1,667,225	78,336,950	2.47%	-0.43%
1977	1,707,568	78,159,814	2.42%	-0.23%
1978	1,748,089	78,091,820	2.37%	-0.09%
1979	1,788,524	78,126,350	2.31%	0.04%
1980	1,828,985	78,288,576	2.26%	0.21%
1981	1,869,759	78,407,907	2.23%	0.15%
1982	1,910,430	78,333,366	2.18%	-0.1%
1983	1,950,321	78,128,282	2.09%	-0.26%
1984	1,999,528	77,858,685	2.52%	-0.35%
1985	2,059,311	77,684,873	2.99%	-0.22%
1986	2,120,602	77,720,436	2.98%	0.05%
1987	2,183,473	77,839,920	2.96%	0.15%
1988	2,247,653	78,144,619	2.94%	0.39%
1989	2,313,558	78,751,283	2.93%	0.78%
1990	2,380,560	79,433,029	2.9%	0.87%
1991	2,449,229	80,013,896	2.88%	0.73%
1992	2,519,465	80,624,598	2.87%	0.76%
1993	2,595,124	81,156,363	3%	0.66%
1994	2,673,144	81,438,348	3.01%	0.35%
1995	2,749,461	81,678,051	2.85%	0.29%
1996	2,826,785	81,914,831	2.81%	0.29%
1997	2,887,862	82,034,771	2.16%	0.15%
1998	2,952,061	82,047,195	2.22%	0.02%
1999	3,032,874	82,100,243	2.74%	0.06%
2000	3,151,345	82,211,508	3.91%	0.14%
2001	3,272,537	82,349,925	3.85%	0.17%
2002	3,350,771	82,488,495	2.39%	0.17%
2003	3,445,753	82,534,176	2.83%	0.06%
2004	3,565,554	82,516,260	3.48%	-0.02%
2005	3,696,393	82,469,422	3.67%	-0.06%
2006	3,837,409	82,376,451	3.81%	-0.11%
2007	3,980,430	82,266,372	3.73%	-0.13%
2008	4,113,517	82,110,097	3.34%	-0.19%
2009	4,281,219	81,902,307	4.08%	-0.25%
2010	4,462,290	81,776,930	4.23%	-0.15%
2011	4,609,724	80,274,983	3.3%	-1.84%
2012	4,740,450	80,425,823	2.84%	0.19%
2013	4,857,099	80,645,605	2.46%	0.27%
2014	4,975,880	80,982,500	2.45%	0.42%
2015	5,097,581	81,686,611	2.45%	0.87%
2016	5,222,536	82,348,669	2.45%	0.81%
2017	5,351,011	82,657,002	2.46%	0.37%
2018	5,483,118	82,905,782	2.47%	0.3%
2019	5,616,661	83,092,962	2.44%	0.23%
2020	5,752,791	83,160,871	2.42%	0.08%
2021	5,892,183	83,196,078	2.42%	0.04%
2022	6,035,104	83,177,813	2.43%	-0.02%
2023	6,182,885	83,287,273	2.45%	0.13%
2024	6,332,961	83,516,593	2.43%	0.28%
2025	6,484,427	83,045,276	2.39%	-0.56%
2026	6,637,777	82,619,736	2.36%	-0.51%
2027	6,794,288	82,420,656	2.36%	-0.24%
2028	6,953,966	82,209,650	2.35%	-0.26%
2029	7,116,456	81,988,746	2.34%	-0.27%
2030	7,282,261	81,767,011	2.33%	-0.27%
2031	7,452,405	81,541,291	2.34%	-0.28%
2032	7,626,474	81,315,327	2.34%	-0.28%
2033	7,802,988	81,094,150	2.31%	-0.27%
2034	7,981,338	80,879,704	2.29%	-0.26%
2035	8,160,723	80,669,570	2.25%	-0.26%
2036	8,341,706	80,445,835	2.22%	-0.28%
2037	8,524,798	80,222,108	2.19%	-0.28%
2038	8,709,719	80,001,936	2.17%	-0.27%
2039	8,896,164	79,780,699	2.14%	-0.28%
2040	9,083,959	79,565,092	2.11%	-0.27%
2041	9,274,654	79,361,541	2.1%	-0.26%
2042	9,466,745	79,167,400	2.07%	-0.24%
2043	9,658,834	78,962,964	2.03%	-0.26%
2044	9,850,493	78,743,160	1.98%	-0.28%
2045	10,041,891	78,518,131	1.94%	-0.29%
2046	10,234,360	78,293,579	1.92%	-0.29%
2047	10,427,899	78,066,226	1.89%	-0.29%
2048	10,621,379	77,826,011	1.86%	-0.31%
2049	10,813,639	77,578,876	1.81%	-0.32%
2050	11,006,454	77,335,610	1.78%	-0.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Germany lost 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Germany's population increased by 271,067 (a 0.33% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Germany was ranked 14th in 2006 and ranked 19th 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 Germany will decrease by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.