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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Guinea-Bissau	Congo	Guinea-Bissau
1960	1,056,732	577,633	-	-
1961	1,084,389	582,532	2.62%	0.85%
1962	1,113,175	589,474	2.65%	1.19%
1963	1,143,263	594,418	2.7%	0.84%
1964	1,174,816	588,543	2.76%	-0.99%
1965	1,207,880	575,005	2.81%	-2.3%
1966	1,242,534	566,908	2.87%	-1.41%
1967	1,278,691	569,011	2.91%	0.37%
1968	1,316,519	578,170	2.96%	1.61%
1969	1,356,182	581,610	3.01%	0.59%
1970	1,397,638	584,403	3.06%	0.48%
1971	1,441,039	586,221	3.11%	0.31%
1972	1,486,468	586,620	3.15%	0.07%
1973	1,533,680	592,808	3.18%	1.05%
1974	1,582,301	613,338	3.17%	3.46%
1975	1,627,032	650,966	2.83%	6.13%
1976	1,667,225	694,191	2.47%	6.64%
1977	1,707,568	741,789	2.42%	6.86%
1978	1,748,089	791,694	2.37%	6.73%
1979	1,788,524	819,867	2.31%	3.56%
1980	1,828,985	829,303	2.26%	1.15%
1981	1,869,759	842,432	2.23%	1.58%
1982	1,910,430	855,891	2.18%	1.6%
1983	1,950,321	869,592	2.09%	1.6%
1984	1,999,528	883,519	2.52%	1.6%
1985	2,059,311	897,697	2.99%	1.6%
1986	2,120,602	912,126	2.98%	1.61%
1987	2,183,473	926,862	2.96%	1.62%
1988	2,247,653	942,061	2.94%	1.64%
1989	2,313,558	957,789	2.93%	1.67%
1990	2,380,560	973,669	2.9%	1.66%
1991	2,449,229	994,639	2.88%	2.15%
1992	2,519,465	1,024,356	2.87%	2.99%
1993	2,595,124	1,058,745	3%	3.36%
1994	2,673,144	1,092,031	3.01%	3.14%
1995	2,749,461	1,119,949	2.85%	2.56%
1996	2,826,785	1,143,535	2.81%	2.11%
1997	2,887,862	1,165,545	2.16%	1.92%
1998	2,952,061	1,187,473	2.22%	1.88%
1999	3,032,874	1,210,206	2.74%	1.91%
2000	3,151,345	1,234,741	3.91%	2.03%
2001	3,272,537	1,261,273	3.85%	2.15%
2002	3,350,771	1,289,307	2.39%	2.22%
2003	3,445,753	1,318,806	2.83%	2.29%
2004	3,565,554	1,349,563	3.48%	2.33%
2005	3,696,393	1,381,585	3.67%	2.37%
2006	3,837,409	1,415,303	3.81%	2.44%
2007	3,980,430	1,450,986	3.73%	2.52%
2008	4,113,517	1,488,054	3.34%	2.55%
2009	4,281,219	1,526,377	4.08%	2.58%
2010	4,462,290	1,566,347	4.23%	2.62%
2011	4,609,724	1,608,076	3.3%	2.66%
2012	4,740,450	1,651,417	2.84%	2.7%
2013	4,857,099	1,695,973	2.46%	2.7%
2014	4,975,880	1,741,122	2.45%	2.66%
2015	5,097,581	1,786,457	2.45%	2.6%
2016	5,222,536	1,831,893	2.45%	2.54%
2017	5,351,011	1,877,072	2.46%	2.47%
2018	5,483,118	1,922,168	2.47%	2.4%
2019	5,616,661	1,967,696	2.44%	2.37%
2020	5,752,791	2,013,255	2.42%	2.32%
2021	5,892,183	2,058,841	2.42%	2.26%
2022	6,035,104	2,105,529	2.43%	2.27%
2023	6,182,885	2,153,339	2.45%	2.27%
2024	6,332,961	2,201,352	2.43%	2.23%
2025	6,484,427	2,249,512	2.39%	2.19%
2026	6,637,777	2,297,807	2.36%	2.15%
2027	6,794,288	2,346,190	2.36%	2.11%
2028	6,953,966	2,394,226	2.35%	2.05%
2029	7,116,456	2,441,574	2.34%	1.98%
2030	7,282,261	2,488,931	2.33%	1.94%
2031	7,452,405	2,536,893	2.34%	1.93%
2032	7,626,474	2,585,565	2.34%	1.92%
2033	7,802,988	2,634,701	2.31%	1.9%
2034	7,981,338	2,683,078	2.29%	1.84%
2035	8,160,723	2,730,136	2.25%	1.75%
2036	8,341,706	2,777,887	2.22%	1.75%
2037	8,524,798	2,826,159	2.19%	1.74%
2038	8,709,719	2,873,929	2.17%	1.69%
2039	8,896,164	2,921,973	2.14%	1.67%
2040	9,083,959	2,969,699	2.11%	1.63%
2041	9,274,654	3,016,537	2.1%	1.58%
2042	9,466,745	3,063,161	2.07%	1.55%
2043	9,658,834	3,109,927	2.03%	1.53%
2044	9,850,493	3,156,704	1.98%	1.5%
2045	10,041,891	3,204,242	1.94%	1.51%
2046	10,234,360	3,251,465	1.92%	1.47%
2047	10,427,899	3,298,563	1.89%	1.45%
2048	10,621,379	3,345,853	1.86%	1.43%
2049	10,813,639	3,392,557	1.81%	1.4%
2050	11,006,454	3,438,597	1.78%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Guinea-Bissau gained 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Guinea-Bissau's population increased by 501,849 (a 28.1% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th in 2005 and ranked 146th 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-Bissau will increase by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people and rank change from 146th to 136th.