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	385,663	2.45%	0.96%
2024	6,332,961	386,506	2.43%	0.22%
2025	6,484,427	391,286	2.39%	1.24%
2026	6,637,777	395,277	2.36%	1.02%
2027	6,794,288	398,729	2.36%	0.87%
2028	6,953,966	401,867	2.35%	0.79%
2029	7,116,456	404,639	2.34%	0.69%
2030	7,282,261	407,090	2.33%	0.61%
2031	7,452,405	409,307	2.34%	0.54%
2032	7,626,474	411,279	2.34%	0.48%
2033	7,802,988	413,059	2.31%	0.43%
2034	7,981,338	414,660	2.29%	0.39%
2035	8,160,723	416,153	2.25%	0.36%
2036	8,341,706	417,573	2.22%	0.34%
2037	8,524,798	418,847	2.19%	0.31%
2038	8,709,719	419,997	2.17%	0.27%
2039	8,896,164	421,032	2.14%	0.25%
2040	9,083,959	421,924	2.11%	0.21%
2041	9,274,654	422,688	2.1%	0.18%
2042	9,466,745	423,370	2.07%	0.16%
2043	9,658,834	424,023	2.03%	0.15%
2044	9,850,493	424,570	1.98%	0.13%
2045	10,041,891	424,909	1.94%	0.08%
2046	10,234,360	425,115	1.92%	0.05%
2047	10,427,899	425,264	1.89%	0.03%
2048	10,621,379	425,359	1.86%	0.02%
2049	10,813,639	425,409	1.81%	0.01%
2050	11,006,454	425,404	1.78%	-0.001%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Iceland gained 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 59,875 (a 17.8% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2006 and ranked 173rd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd.