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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Guyana	Congo	Guyana
1960	1,056,732	569,143	-	-
1961	1,084,389	582,568	2.62%	2.36%
1962	1,113,175	595,461	2.65%	2.21%
1963	1,143,263	608,537	2.7%	2.2%
1964	1,174,816	621,764	2.76%	2.17%
1965	1,207,880	635,128	2.81%	2.15%
1966	1,242,534	648,646	2.87%	2.13%
1967	1,278,691	662,311	2.91%	2.11%
1968	1,316,519	676,160	2.96%	2.09%
1969	1,356,182	690,223	3.01%	2.08%
1970	1,397,638	702,705	3.06%	1.81%
1971	1,441,039	712,662	3.11%	1.42%
1972	1,486,468	721,617	3.15%	1.26%
1973	1,533,680	730,138	3.18%	1.18%
1974	1,582,301	738,057	3.17%	1.08%
1975	1,627,032	745,393	2.83%	0.99%
1976	1,667,225	752,253	2.47%	0.92%
1977	1,707,568	758,654	2.42%	0.85%
1978	1,748,089	764,586	2.37%	0.78%
1979	1,788,524	770,062	2.31%	0.72%
1980	1,828,985	774,367	2.26%	0.56%
1981	1,869,759	776,453	2.23%	0.27%
1982	1,910,430	776,712	2.18%	0.03%
1983	1,950,321	775,891	2.09%	-0.11%
1984	1,999,528	774,111	2.52%	-0.23%
1985	2,059,311	771,477	2.99%	-0.34%
1986	2,120,602	768,098	2.98%	-0.44%
1987	2,183,473	764,120	2.96%	-0.52%
1988	2,247,653	759,663	2.94%	-0.58%
1989	2,313,558	754,865	2.93%	-0.63%
1990	2,380,560	749,894	2.9%	-0.66%
1991	2,449,229	747,861	2.88%	-0.27%
1992	2,519,465	749,911	2.87%	0.27%
1993	2,595,124	752,965	3%	0.41%
1994	2,673,144	755,822	3.01%	0.38%
1995	2,749,461	758,388	2.85%	0.34%
1996	2,826,785	760,526	2.81%	0.28%
1997	2,887,862	762,245	2.16%	0.23%
1998	2,952,061	763,586	2.22%	0.18%
1999	3,032,874	764,483	2.74%	0.12%
2000	3,151,345	764,832	3.91%	0.05%
2001	3,272,537	764,477	3.85%	-0.05%
2002	3,350,771	763,652	2.39%	-0.11%
2003	3,445,753	763,101	2.83%	-0.07%
2004	3,565,554	762,418	3.48%	-0.09%
2005	3,696,393	760,914	3.67%	-0.2%
2006	3,837,409	758,966	3.81%	-0.26%
2007	3,980,430	756,861	3.73%	-0.28%
2008	4,113,517	754,606	3.34%	-0.3%
2009	4,281,219	752,094	4.08%	-0.33%
2010	4,462,290	749,256	4.23%	-0.38%
2011	4,609,724	746,153	3.3%	-0.41%
2012	4,740,450	746,288	2.84%	0.02%
2013	4,857,099	750,021	2.46%	0.5%
2014	4,975,880	754,229	2.45%	0.56%
2015	5,097,581	758,781	2.45%	0.6%
2016	5,222,536	763,548	2.45%	0.63%
2017	5,351,011	768,479	2.46%	0.65%
2018	5,483,118	791,556	2.47%	3%
2019	5,616,661	807,665	2.44%	2.04%
2020	5,752,791	807,481	2.42%	-0.02%
2021	5,892,183	815,482	2.42%	0.99%
2022	6,035,104	821,637	2.43%	0.75%
2023	6,182,885	826,353	2.45%	0.57%
2024	6,332,961	831,087	2.43%	0.57%
2025	6,484,427	835,986	2.39%	0.59%
2026	6,637,777	840,883	2.36%	0.59%
2027	6,794,288	846,019	2.36%	0.61%
2028	6,953,966	851,161	2.35%	0.61%
2029	7,116,456	856,040	2.34%	0.57%
2030	7,282,261	861,037	2.33%	0.58%
2031	7,452,405	866,080	2.34%	0.59%
2032	7,626,474	871,237	2.34%	0.6%
2033	7,802,988	876,346	2.31%	0.59%
2034	7,981,338	881,223	2.29%	0.56%
2035	8,160,723	885,935	2.25%	0.53%
2036	8,341,706	890,320	2.22%	0.49%
2037	8,524,798	894,649	2.19%	0.49%
2038	8,709,719	899,021	2.17%	0.49%
2039	8,896,164	903,316	2.14%	0.48%
2040	9,083,959	907,506	2.11%	0.46%
2041	9,274,654	911,723	2.1%	0.46%
2042	9,466,745	915,811	2.07%	0.45%
2043	9,658,834	919,575	2.03%	0.41%
2044	9,850,493	923,121	1.98%	0.39%
2045	10,041,891	926,355	1.94%	0.35%
2046	10,234,360	929,478	1.92%	0.34%
2047	10,427,899	932,483	1.89%	0.32%
2048	10,621,379	935,329	1.86%	0.31%
2049	10,813,639	938,062	1.81%	0.29%
2050	11,006,454	940,601	1.78%	0.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Guyana gained 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 77,391 (a 10.1% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2006 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 11.9% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.