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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Guinea	Congo	Guinea
1960	1,056,732	3,556,749	-	-
1961	1,084,389	3,619,551	2.62%	1.77%
1962	1,113,175	3,684,273	2.65%	1.79%
1963	1,143,263	3,750,954	2.7%	1.81%
1964	1,174,816	3,819,722	2.76%	1.83%
1965	1,207,880	3,890,716	2.81%	1.86%
1966	1,242,534	3,964,155	2.87%	1.89%
1967	1,278,691	4,040,153	2.91%	1.92%
1968	1,316,519	4,118,550	2.96%	1.94%
1969	1,356,182	4,198,300	3.01%	1.94%
1970	1,397,638	4,277,535	3.06%	1.89%
1971	1,441,039	4,355,200	3.11%	1.82%
1972	1,486,468	4,431,292	3.15%	1.75%
1973	1,533,680	4,506,324	3.18%	1.69%
1974	1,582,301	4,580,510	3.17%	1.65%
1975	1,627,032	4,653,876	2.83%	1.6%
1976	1,667,225	4,727,022	2.47%	1.57%
1977	1,707,568	4,801,128	2.42%	1.57%
1978	1,748,089	4,877,854	2.37%	1.6%
1979	1,788,524	4,959,283	2.31%	1.67%
1980	1,828,985	5,047,419	2.26%	1.78%
1981	1,869,759	5,143,288	2.23%	1.9%
1982	1,910,430	5,247,672	2.18%	2.03%
1983	1,950,321	5,359,814	2.09%	2.14%
1984	1,999,528	5,480,096	2.52%	2.24%
1985	2,059,311	5,610,373	2.99%	2.38%
1986	2,120,602	5,750,668	2.98%	2.5%
1987	2,183,473	5,900,198	2.96%	2.6%
1988	2,247,653	6,056,574	2.94%	2.65%
1989	2,313,558	6,215,811	2.93%	2.63%
1990	2,380,560	6,434,374	2.9%	3.52%
1991	2,449,229	6,697,166	2.88%	4.08%
1992	2,519,465	6,914,366	2.87%	3.24%
1993	2,595,124	7,128,177	3%	3.09%
1994	2,673,144	7,345,107	3.01%	3.04%
1995	2,749,461	7,553,249	2.85%	2.83%
1996	2,826,785	7,770,035	2.81%	2.87%
1997	2,887,862	7,931,370	2.16%	2.08%
1998	2,952,061	8,081,990	2.22%	1.9%
1999	3,032,874	8,265,123	2.74%	2.27%
2000	3,151,345	8,428,832	3.91%	1.98%
2001	3,272,537	8,539,960	3.85%	1.32%
2002	3,350,771	8,674,066	2.39%	1.57%
2003	3,445,753	8,870,781	2.83%	2.27%
2004	3,565,554	9,062,726	3.48%	2.16%
2005	3,696,393	9,245,844	3.67%	2.02%
2006	3,837,409	9,441,171	3.81%	2.11%
2007	3,980,430	9,662,281	3.73%	2.34%
2008	4,113,517	9,898,870	3.34%	2.45%
2009	4,281,219	10,143,534	4.08%	2.47%
2010	4,462,290	10,396,086	4.23%	2.49%
2011	4,609,724	10,656,810	3.3%	2.51%
2012	4,740,450	10,921,581	2.84%	2.48%
2013	4,857,099	11,191,873	2.46%	2.47%
2014	4,975,880	11,472,924	2.45%	2.51%
2015	5,097,581	11,767,070	2.45%	2.56%
2016	5,222,536	12,073,030	2.45%	2.6%
2017	5,351,011	12,385,659	2.46%	2.59%
2018	5,483,118	12,704,774	2.47%	2.58%
2019	5,616,661	13,034,346	2.44%	2.59%
2020	5,752,791	13,371,183	2.42%	2.58%
2021	5,892,183	13,710,513	2.42%	2.54%
2022	6,035,104	14,055,137	2.43%	2.51%
2023	6,182,885	14,405,468	2.45%	2.49%
2024	6,332,961	14,754,785	2.43%	2.42%
2025	6,484,427	15,099,737	2.39%	2.34%
2026	6,637,777	15,441,997	2.36%	2.27%
2027	6,794,288	15,784,102	2.36%	2.22%
2028	6,953,966	16,126,582	2.35%	2.17%
2029	7,116,456	16,466,764	2.34%	2.11%
2030	7,282,261	16,807,153	2.33%	2.07%
2031	7,452,405	17,147,643	2.34%	2.03%
2032	7,626,474	17,485,900	2.34%	1.97%
2033	7,802,988	17,822,213	2.31%	1.92%
2034	7,981,338	18,154,418	2.29%	1.86%
2035	8,160,723	18,486,025	2.25%	1.83%
2036	8,341,706	18,820,871	2.22%	1.81%
2037	8,524,798	19,155,764	2.19%	1.78%
2038	8,709,719	19,489,372	2.17%	1.74%
2039	8,896,164	19,823,866	2.14%	1.72%
2040	9,083,959	20,160,751	2.11%	1.7%
2041	9,274,654	20,497,039	2.1%	1.67%
2042	9,466,745	20,830,660	2.07%	1.63%
2043	9,658,834	21,163,506	2.03%	1.6%
2044	9,850,493	21,492,058	1.98%	1.55%
2045	10,041,891	21,817,254	1.94%	1.51%
2046	10,234,360	22,141,694	1.92%	1.49%
2047	10,427,899	22,463,122	1.89%	1.45%
2048	10,621,379	22,780,061	1.86%	1.41%
2049	10,813,639	23,092,618	1.81%	1.37%
2050	11,006,454	23,404,600	1.78%	1.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Guinea gained 2,521,226 people (a 27.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Guinea's population increased by 3,607,597 (a 30.7% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Guinea was ranked 84th in 2005 and ranked 75th 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 Guinea will increase by 52.2% to 23,404,600 people and rank change from 75th to 71st.