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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Greece	Congo	Greece
1960	1,056,732	8,331,725	-	-
1961	1,084,389	8,398,050	2.62%	0.8%
1962	1,113,175	8,448,233	2.65%	0.6%
1963	1,143,263	8,479,625	2.7%	0.37%
1964	1,174,816	8,510,429	2.76%	0.36%
1965	1,207,880	8,550,333	2.81%	0.47%
1966	1,242,534	8,613,651	2.87%	0.74%
1967	1,278,691	8,684,088	2.91%	0.82%
1968	1,316,519	8,740,765	2.96%	0.65%
1969	1,356,182	8,772,764	3.01%	0.37%
1970	1,397,638	8,792,806	3.06%	0.23%
1971	1,441,039	8,831,036	3.11%	0.43%
1972	1,486,468	8,888,628	3.15%	0.65%
1973	1,533,680	8,929,086	3.18%	0.46%
1974	1,582,301	8,962,022	3.17%	0.37%
1975	1,627,032	9,046,541	2.83%	0.94%
1976	1,667,225	9,188,150	2.47%	1.57%
1977	1,707,568	9,308,479	2.42%	1.31%
1978	1,748,089	9,429,959	2.37%	1.31%
1979	1,788,524	9,548,258	2.31%	1.25%
1980	1,828,985	9,642,505	2.26%	0.99%
1981	1,869,759	9,729,350	2.23%	0.9%
1982	1,910,430	9,789,513	2.18%	0.62%
1983	1,950,321	9,846,627	2.09%	0.58%
1984	1,999,528	9,895,801	2.52%	0.5%
1985	2,059,311	9,934,300	2.99%	0.39%
1986	2,120,602	9,967,213	2.98%	0.33%
1987	2,183,473	10,000,595	2.96%	0.33%
1988	2,247,653	10,036,983	2.94%	0.36%
1989	2,313,558	10,089,498	2.93%	0.52%
1990	2,380,560	10,196,792	2.9%	1.06%
1991	2,449,229	10,319,927	2.88%	1.21%
1992	2,519,465	10,399,061	2.87%	0.77%
1993	2,595,124	10,460,415	3%	0.59%
1994	2,673,144	10,512,922	3.01%	0.5%
1995	2,749,461	10,562,153	2.85%	0.47%
1996	2,826,785	10,608,800	2.81%	0.44%
1997	2,887,862	10,661,259	2.16%	0.49%
1998	2,952,061	10,720,509	2.22%	0.56%
1999	3,032,874	10,761,698	2.74%	0.38%
2000	3,151,345	10,805,808	3.91%	0.41%
2001	3,272,537	10,862,132	3.85%	0.52%
2002	3,350,771	10,902,022	2.39%	0.37%
2003	3,445,753	10,928,070	2.83%	0.24%
2004	3,565,554	10,955,141	3.48%	0.25%
2005	3,696,393	10,987,314	3.67%	0.29%
2006	3,837,409	11,020,362	3.81%	0.3%
2007	3,980,430	11,048,473	3.73%	0.26%
2008	4,113,517	11,077,841	3.34%	0.27%
2009	4,281,219	11,107,017	4.08%	0.26%
2010	4,462,290	11,121,341	4.23%	0.13%
2011	4,609,724	11,104,899	3.3%	-0.15%
2012	4,740,450	11,045,011	2.84%	-0.54%
2013	4,857,099	10,965,211	2.46%	-0.72%
2014	4,975,880	10,892,413	2.45%	-0.66%
2015	5,097,581	10,820,883	2.45%	-0.66%
2016	5,222,536	10,775,971	2.45%	-0.42%
2017	5,351,011	10,754,679	2.46%	-0.2%
2018	5,483,118	10,732,882	2.47%	-0.2%
2019	5,616,661	10,721,582	2.44%	-0.11%
2020	5,752,791	10,698,599	2.42%	-0.21%
2021	5,892,183	10,569,207	2.42%	-1.21%
2022	6,035,104	10,436,882	2.43%	-1.25%
2023	6,182,885	10,407,351	2.45%	-0.28%
2024	6,332,961	10,405,134	2.43%	-0.02%
2025	6,484,427	10,292,291	2.39%	-1.08%
2026	6,637,777	10,249,082	2.36%	-0.42%
2027	6,794,288	10,204,400	2.36%	-0.44%
2028	6,953,966	10,159,146	2.35%	-0.44%
2029	7,116,456	10,113,475	2.34%	-0.45%
2030	7,282,261	10,067,720	2.33%	-0.45%
2031	7,452,405	10,021,773	2.34%	-0.46%
2032	7,626,474	9,974,701	2.34%	-0.47%
2033	7,802,988	9,927,344	2.31%	-0.47%
2034	7,981,338	9,880,848	2.29%	-0.47%
2035	8,160,723	9,834,216	2.25%	-0.47%
2036	8,341,706	9,787,786	2.22%	-0.47%
2037	8,524,798	9,741,790	2.19%	-0.47%
2038	8,709,719	9,695,855	2.17%	-0.47%
2039	8,896,164	9,650,459	2.14%	-0.47%
2040	9,083,959	9,605,475	2.11%	-0.47%
2041	9,274,654	9,560,641	2.1%	-0.47%
2042	9,466,745	9,516,502	2.07%	-0.46%
2043	9,658,834	9,472,263	2.03%	-0.46%
2044	9,850,493	9,426,737	1.98%	-0.48%
2045	10,041,891	9,380,458	1.94%	-0.49%
2046	10,234,360	9,333,671	1.92%	-0.5%
2047	10,427,899	9,284,541	1.89%	-0.53%
2048	10,621,379	9,233,189	1.86%	-0.55%
2049	10,813,639	9,180,074	1.81%	-0.58%
2050	11,006,454	9,125,443	1.78%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Greece lost 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Greece's population decreased by -526,889 (a 4.89% decline).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Greece was ranked 74th in 2006 and ranked 96th 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 Greece will decrease by 11% to 9,125,443 people and rank change from 96th to 106th.