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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Guatemala	Congo	Guatemala
1960	1,056,732	4,063,655	-	-
1961	1,084,389	4,186,201	2.62%	3.02%
1962	1,113,175	4,312,044	2.65%	3.01%
1963	1,143,263	4,440,264	2.7%	2.97%
1964	1,174,816	4,571,109	2.76%	2.95%
1965	1,207,880	4,704,965	2.81%	2.93%
1966	1,242,534	4,840,958	2.87%	2.89%
1967	1,278,691	4,978,862	2.91%	2.85%
1968	1,316,519	5,118,111	2.96%	2.8%
1969	1,356,182	5,257,081	3.01%	2.72%
1970	1,397,638	5,396,966	3.06%	2.66%
1971	1,441,039	5,538,355	3.11%	2.62%
1972	1,486,468	5,682,833	3.15%	2.61%
1973	1,533,680	5,831,631	3.18%	2.62%
1974	1,582,301	5,981,197	3.17%	2.56%
1975	1,627,032	6,128,731	2.83%	2.47%
1976	1,667,225	6,262,404	2.47%	2.18%
1977	1,707,568	6,401,515	2.42%	2.22%
1978	1,748,089	6,561,534	2.37%	2.5%
1979	1,788,524	6,727,797	2.31%	2.53%
1980	1,828,985	6,900,212	2.26%	2.56%
1981	1,869,759	7,075,648	2.23%	2.54%
1982	1,910,430	7,240,241	2.18%	2.33%
1983	1,950,321	7,419,642	2.09%	2.48%
1984	1,999,528	7,630,682	2.52%	2.84%
1985	2,059,311	7,849,693	2.99%	2.87%
1986	2,120,602	8,070,818	2.98%	2.82%
1987	2,183,473	8,296,485	2.96%	2.8%
1988	2,247,653	8,532,099	2.94%	2.84%
1989	2,313,558	8,775,546	2.93%	2.85%
1990	2,380,560	9,024,773	2.9%	2.84%
1991	2,449,229	9,272,584	2.88%	2.75%
1992	2,519,465	9,522,266	2.87%	2.69%
1993	2,595,124	9,779,761	3%	2.7%
1994	2,673,144	10,043,718	3.01%	2.7%
1995	2,749,461	10,312,996	2.85%	2.68%
1996	2,826,785	10,583,526	2.81%	2.62%
1997	2,887,862	10,857,754	2.16%	2.59%
1998	2,952,061	11,139,145	2.22%	2.59%
1999	3,032,874	11,422,965	2.74%	2.55%
2000	3,151,345	11,697,592	3.91%	2.4%
2001	3,272,537	11,969,422	3.85%	2.32%
2002	3,350,771	12,246,915	2.39%	2.32%
2003	3,445,753	12,525,842	2.83%	2.28%
2004	3,565,554	12,807,402	3.48%	2.25%
2005	3,696,393	13,087,629	3.67%	2.19%
2006	3,837,409	13,367,459	3.81%	2.14%
2007	3,980,430	13,652,040	3.73%	2.13%
2008	4,113,517	13,935,174	3.34%	2.07%
2009	4,281,219	14,215,611	4.08%	2.01%
2010	4,462,290	14,500,112	4.23%	2%
2011	4,609,724	14,792,126	3.3%	2.01%
2012	4,740,450	15,089,647	2.84%	2.01%
2013	4,857,099	15,387,337	2.46%	1.97%
2014	4,975,880	15,681,725	2.45%	1.91%
2015	5,097,581	15,971,743	2.45%	1.85%
2016	5,222,536	16,268,760	2.45%	1.86%
2017	5,351,011	16,567,357	2.46%	1.84%
2018	5,483,118	16,845,685	2.47%	1.68%
2019	5,616,661	17,103,803	2.44%	1.53%
2020	5,752,791	17,357,325	2.42%	1.48%
2021	5,892,183	17,598,650	2.42%	1.39%
2022	6,035,104	17,847,877	2.43%	1.42%
2023	6,182,885	18,124,838	2.45%	1.55%
2024	6,332,961	18,406,359	2.43%	1.55%
2025	6,484,427	18,687,873	2.39%	1.53%
2026	6,637,777	18,967,974	2.36%	1.5%
2027	6,794,288	19,246,005	2.36%	1.47%
2028	6,953,966	19,521,501	2.35%	1.43%
2029	7,116,456	19,795,168	2.34%	1.4%
2030	7,282,261	20,067,252	2.33%	1.37%
2031	7,452,405	20,337,369	2.34%	1.35%
2032	7,626,474	20,605,385	2.34%	1.32%
2033	7,802,988	20,871,083	2.31%	1.29%
2034	7,981,338	21,134,167	2.29%	1.26%
2035	8,160,723	21,394,231	2.25%	1.23%
2036	8,341,706	21,650,331	2.22%	1.2%
2037	8,524,798	21,901,955	2.19%	1.16%
2038	8,709,719	22,149,197	2.17%	1.13%
2039	8,896,164	22,391,079	2.14%	1.09%
2040	9,083,959	22,626,859	2.11%	1.05%
2041	9,274,654	22,856,760	2.1%	1.02%
2042	9,466,745	23,080,838	2.07%	0.98%
2043	9,658,834	23,299,226	2.03%	0.95%
2044	9,850,493	23,512,005	1.98%	0.91%
2045	10,041,891	23,719,080	1.94%	0.88%
2046	10,234,360	23,920,450	1.92%	0.85%
2047	10,427,899	24,115,734	1.89%	0.82%
2048	10,621,379	24,305,641	1.86%	0.79%
2049	10,813,639	24,491,000	1.81%	0.76%
2050	11,006,454	24,670,850	1.78%	0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2005 and ranked 70th 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 Guatemala will increase by 30.4% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 70th to 67th.