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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	India	Congo	India
1960	1,056,732	435,990,338	-	-
1961	1,084,389	446,564,729	2.62%	2.43%
1962	1,113,175	457,283,090	2.65%	2.4%
1963	1,143,263	468,138,575	2.7%	2.37%
1964	1,174,816	479,229,598	2.76%	2.37%
1965	1,207,880	490,140,146	2.81%	2.28%
1966	1,242,534	500,740,247	2.87%	2.16%
1967	1,278,691	511,606,372	2.91%	2.17%
1968	1,316,519	522,716,889	2.96%	2.17%
1969	1,356,182	533,880,544	3.01%	2.14%
1970	1,397,638	545,864,268	3.06%	2.24%
1971	1,441,039	558,096,387	3.11%	2.24%
1972	1,486,468	570,482,142	3.15%	2.22%
1973	1,533,680	583,465,598	3.18%	2.28%
1974	1,582,301	597,041,391	3.17%	2.33%
1975	1,627,032	611,309,535	2.83%	2.39%
1976	1,667,225	625,861,883	2.47%	2.38%
1977	1,707,568	640,801,103	2.42%	2.39%
1978	1,748,089	655,728,229	2.37%	2.33%
1979	1,788,524	671,155,747	2.31%	2.35%
1980	1,828,985	687,354,025	2.26%	2.41%
1981	1,869,759	703,696,250	2.23%	2.38%
1982	1,910,430	720,313,473	2.18%	2.36%
1983	1,950,321	737,372,681	2.09%	2.37%
1984	1,999,528	754,875,449	2.52%	2.37%
1985	2,059,311	772,647,793	2.99%	2.35%
1986	2,120,602	790,689,978	2.98%	2.34%
1987	2,183,473	808,931,270	2.96%	2.31%
1988	2,247,653	827,342,990	2.94%	2.28%
1989	2,313,558	846,039,529	2.93%	2.26%
1990	2,380,560	864,972,221	2.9%	2.24%
1991	2,449,229	883,927,600	2.88%	2.19%
1992	2,519,465	902,957,070	2.87%	2.15%
1993	2,595,124	922,118,387	3%	2.12%
1994	2,673,144	941,163,767	3.01%	2.07%
1995	2,749,461	960,301,044	2.85%	2.03%
1996	2,826,785	979,678,458	2.81%	2.02%
1997	2,887,862	999,133,762	2.16%	1.99%
1998	2,952,061	1,018,665,080	2.22%	1.95%
1999	3,032,874	1,038,225,823	2.74%	1.92%
2000	3,151,345	1,057,922,733	3.91%	1.9%
2001	3,272,537	1,077,898,575	3.85%	1.89%
2002	3,350,771	1,097,600,380	2.39%	1.83%
2003	3,445,753	1,116,803,006	2.83%	1.75%
2004	3,565,554	1,135,991,513	3.48%	1.72%
2005	3,696,393	1,154,676,322	3.67%	1.64%
2006	3,837,409	1,172,878,890	3.81%	1.58%
2007	3,980,430	1,190,676,021	3.73%	1.52%
2008	4,113,517	1,207,930,964	3.34%	1.45%
2009	4,281,219	1,225,524,753	4.08%	1.46%
2010	4,462,290	1,243,481,564	4.23%	1.47%
2011	4,609,724	1,261,224,954	3.3%	1.43%
2012	4,740,450	1,278,674,502	2.84%	1.38%
2013	4,857,099	1,295,829,511	2.46%	1.34%
2014	4,975,880	1,312,277,191	2.45%	1.27%
2015	5,097,581	1,328,024,498	2.45%	1.2%
2016	5,222,536	1,343,944,296	2.45%	1.2%
2017	5,351,011	1,359,657,400	2.46%	1.17%
2018	5,483,118	1,374,659,064	2.47%	1.1%
2019	5,616,661	1,389,030,312	2.44%	1.05%
2020	5,752,791	1,402,617,695	2.42%	0.98%
2021	5,892,183	1,414,203,896	2.42%	0.83%
2022	6,035,104	1,425,423,212	2.43%	0.79%
2023	6,182,885	1,438,069,596	2.45%	0.89%
2024	6,332,961	1,450,935,791	2.43%	0.89%
2025	6,484,427	1,463,865,531	2.39%	0.89%
2026	6,637,777	1,476,625,576	2.36%	0.87%
2027	6,794,288	1,489,164,679	2.36%	0.85%
2028	6,953,966	1,501,432,748	2.35%	0.82%
2029	7,116,456	1,513,423,737	2.34%	0.8%
2030	7,282,261	1,525,138,852	2.33%	0.77%
2031	7,452,405	1,536,540,604	2.34%	0.75%
2032	7,626,474	1,547,607,126	2.34%	0.72%
2033	7,802,988	1,558,324,087	2.31%	0.69%
2034	7,981,338	1,568,688,356	2.29%	0.67%
2035	8,160,723	1,578,694,799	2.25%	0.64%
2036	8,341,706	1,588,325,366	2.22%	0.61%
2037	8,524,798	1,597,537,009	2.19%	0.58%
2038	8,709,719	1,606,300,646	2.17%	0.55%
2039	8,896,164	1,614,639,243	2.14%	0.52%
2040	9,083,959	1,622,580,052	2.11%	0.49%
2041	9,274,654	1,630,119,374	2.1%	0.46%
2042	9,466,745	1,637,235,363	2.07%	0.44%
2043	9,658,834	1,643,915,269	2.03%	0.41%
2044	9,850,493	1,650,186,610	1.98%	0.38%
2045	10,041,891	1,656,067,585	1.94%	0.36%
2046	10,234,360	1,661,548,400	1.92%	0.33%
2047	10,427,899	1,666,628,151	1.89%	0.31%
2048	10,621,379	1,671,309,727	1.86%	0.28%
2049	10,813,639	1,675,619,893	1.81%	0.26%
2050	11,006,454	1,679,589,268	1.78%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while India gained 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while India's population increased by 146,090,905 (a 11% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. India was ranked 2nd in 2005 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.