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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Iceland	Congo	Iceland
1960	1,056,732	175,574	-	-
1961	1,084,389	179,029	2.62%	1.97%
1962	1,113,175	182,378	2.65%	1.87%
1963	1,143,263	185,653	2.7%	1.8%
1964	1,174,816	188,983	2.76%	1.79%
1965	1,207,880	192,286	2.81%	1.75%
1966	1,242,534	195,570	2.87%	1.71%
1967	1,278,691	198,751	2.91%	1.63%
1968	1,316,519	201,488	2.96%	1.38%
1969	1,356,182	203,369	3.01%	0.93%
1970	1,397,638	204,438	3.06%	0.53%
1971	1,441,039	206,098	3.11%	0.81%
1972	1,486,468	209,137	3.15%	1.47%
1973	1,533,680	212,317	3.18%	1.52%
1974	1,582,301	215,209	3.17%	1.36%
1975	1,627,032	217,979	2.83%	1.29%
1976	1,667,225	220,154	2.47%	1%
1977	1,707,568	221,799	2.42%	0.75%
1978	1,748,089	223,537	2.37%	0.78%
1979	1,788,524	225,735	2.31%	0.98%
1980	1,828,985	228,138	2.26%	1.06%
1981	1,869,759	230,755	2.23%	1.15%
1982	1,910,430	233,860	2.18%	1.35%
1983	1,950,321	236,977	2.09%	1.33%
1984	1,999,528	239,511	2.52%	1.07%
1985	2,059,311	241,405	2.99%	0.79%
1986	2,120,602	243,180	2.98%	0.74%
1987	2,183,473	245,859	2.96%	1.1%
1988	2,247,653	249,740	2.94%	1.58%
1989	2,313,558	252,852	2.93%	1.25%
1990	2,380,560	254,826	2.9%	0.78%
1991	2,449,229	257,797	2.88%	1.17%
1992	2,519,465	261,057	2.87%	1.26%
1993	2,595,124	263,725	3%	1.02%
1994	2,673,144	266,021	3.01%	0.87%
1995	2,749,461	267,468	2.85%	0.54%
1996	2,826,785	268,916	2.81%	0.54%
1997	2,887,862	271,128	2.16%	0.82%
1998	2,952,061	274,047	2.22%	1.08%
1999	3,032,874	277,381	2.74%	1.22%
2000	3,151,345	281,205	3.91%	1.38%
2001	3,272,537	284,968	3.85%	1.34%
2002	3,350,771	287,523	2.39%	0.9%
2003	3,445,753	289,521	2.83%	0.69%
2004	3,565,554	292,074	3.48%	0.88%
2005	3,696,393	296,734	3.67%	1.6%
2006	3,837,409	303,782	3.81%	2.38%
2007	3,980,430	311,566	3.73%	2.56%
2008	4,113,517	317,414	3.34%	1.88%
2009	4,281,219	318,499	4.08%	0.34%
2010	4,462,290	318,041	4.23%	-0.14%
2011	4,609,724	319,014	3.3%	0.31%
2012	4,740,450	320,716	2.84%	0.53%
2013	4,857,099	323,764	2.46%	0.95%
2014	4,975,880	327,386	2.45%	1.12%
2015	5,097,581	330,815	2.45%	1.05%
2016	5,222,536	335,439	2.45%	1.4%
2017	5,351,011	343,400	2.46%	2.37%
2018	5,483,118	352,721	2.47%	2.71%
2019	5,616,661	360,563	2.44%	2.22%
2020	5,752,791	366,463	2.42%	1.64%
2021	5,892,183	372,520	2.42%	1.65%
2022	6,035,104	382,003	2.43%	2.55%
2023	6,182,885	393,349	2.45%	2.97%
2024	6,332,961	404,610	2.43%	2.86%
2025	6,484,427	409,614	2.39%	1.24%
2026	6,637,777	413,792	2.36%	1.02%
2027	6,794,288	417,406	2.36%	0.87%
2028	6,953,966	420,691	2.35%	0.79%
2029	7,116,456	423,592	2.34%	0.69%
2030	7,282,261	426,158	2.33%	0.61%
2031	7,452,405	428,479	2.34%	0.54%
2032	7,626,474	430,544	2.34%	0.48%
2033	7,802,988	432,406	2.31%	0.43%
2034	7,981,338	434,083	2.29%	0.39%
2035	8,160,723	435,646	2.25%	0.36%
2036	8,341,706	437,132	2.22%	0.34%
2037	8,524,798	438,466	2.19%	0.31%
2038	8,709,719	439,670	2.17%	0.27%
2039	8,896,164	440,754	2.14%	0.25%
2040	9,083,959	441,687	2.11%	0.21%
2041	9,274,654	442,487	2.1%	0.18%
2042	9,466,745	443,200	2.07%	0.16%
2043	9,658,834	443,884	2.03%	0.15%
2044	9,850,493	444,457	1.98%	0.13%
2045	10,041,891	444,812	1.94%	0.08%
2046	10,234,360	445,028	1.92%	0.05%
2047	10,427,899	445,183	1.89%	0.03%
2048	10,621,379	445,283	1.86%	0.02%
2049	10,813,639	445,335	1.81%	0.01%
2050	11,006,454	445,330	1.78%	-0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.