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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Iraq	Congo	Iraq
1960	1,056,732	7,022,052	-	-
1961	1,084,389	7,194,553	2.62%	2.46%
1962	1,113,175	7,413,875	2.65%	3.05%
1963	1,143,263	7,667,928	2.7%	3.43%
1964	1,174,816	7,929,566	2.76%	3.41%
1965	1,207,880	8,202,140	2.81%	3.44%
1966	1,242,534	8,485,104	2.87%	3.45%
1967	1,278,691	8,778,869	2.91%	3.46%
1968	1,316,519	9,085,016	2.96%	3.49%
1969	1,356,182	9,403,356	3.01%	3.5%
1970	1,397,638	9,735,611	3.06%	3.53%
1971	1,441,039	10,077,809	3.11%	3.51%
1972	1,486,468	10,430,164	3.15%	3.5%
1973	1,533,680	10,795,869	3.18%	3.51%
1974	1,582,301	11,167,761	3.17%	3.44%
1975	1,627,032	11,543,639	2.83%	3.37%
1976	1,667,225	11,927,651	2.47%	3.33%
1977	1,707,568	12,331,046	2.42%	3.38%
1978	1,748,089	12,753,355	2.37%	3.42%
1979	1,788,524	13,170,365	2.31%	3.27%
1980	1,828,985	13,591,992	2.26%	3.2%
1981	1,869,759	14,006,381	2.23%	3.05%
1982	1,910,430	14,406,083	2.18%	2.85%
1983	1,950,321	14,840,555	2.09%	3.02%
1984	1,999,528	15,310,733	2.52%	3.17%
1985	2,059,311	15,683,430	2.99%	2.43%
1986	2,120,602	16,074,145	2.98%	2.49%
1987	2,183,473	16,521,049	2.96%	2.78%
1988	2,247,653	16,908,819	2.94%	2.35%
1989	2,313,558	17,364,542	2.93%	2.7%
1990	2,380,560	17,581,206	2.9%	1.25%
1991	2,449,229	17,767,253	2.88%	1.06%
1992	2,519,465	18,300,845	2.87%	3%
1993	2,595,124	19,201,195	3%	4.92%
1994	2,673,144	20,139,807	3.01%	4.89%
1995	2,749,461	20,825,860	2.85%	3.41%
1996	2,826,785	21,501,321	2.81%	3.24%
1997	2,887,862	22,176,593	2.16%	3.14%
1998	2,952,061	22,884,399	2.22%	3.19%
1999	3,032,874	23,636,527	2.74%	3.29%
2000	3,151,345	24,424,056	3.91%	3.33%
2001	3,272,537	25,197,840	3.85%	3.17%
2002	3,350,771	26,006,559	2.39%	3.21%
2003	3,445,753	26,802,659	2.83%	3.06%
2004	3,565,554	27,577,878	3.48%	2.89%
2005	3,696,393	28,407,448	3.67%	3.01%
2006	3,837,409	28,616,515	3.81%	0.74%
2007	3,980,430	28,391,607	3.73%	-0.79%
2008	4,113,517	28,971,036	3.34%	2.04%
2009	4,281,219	30,058,206	4.08%	3.75%
2010	4,462,290	31,045,366	4.23%	3.28%
2011	4,609,724	32,161,424	3.3%	3.59%
2012	4,740,450	33,654,842	2.84%	4.64%
2013	4,857,099	35,281,989	2.46%	4.83%
2014	4,975,880	36,550,059	2.45%	3.59%
2015	5,097,581	37,560,535	2.45%	2.76%
2016	5,222,536	38,469,627	2.45%	2.42%
2017	5,351,011	39,337,353	2.46%	2.26%
2018	5,483,118	40,265,624	2.47%	2.36%
2019	5,616,661	41,192,171	2.44%	2.3%
2020	5,752,791	42,116,605	2.42%	2.24%
2021	5,892,183	43,071,211	2.42%	2.27%
2022	6,035,104	44,070,551	2.43%	2.32%
2023	6,182,885	45,074,049	2.45%	2.28%
2024	6,332,961	46,042,015	2.43%	2.15%
2025	6,484,427	47,020,778	2.39%	2.13%
2026	6,637,777	48,007,435	2.36%	2.1%
2027	6,794,288	48,987,424	2.36%	2.04%
2028	6,953,966	49,960,955	2.35%	1.99%
2029	7,116,456	50,943,339	2.34%	1.97%
2030	7,282,261	51,937,208	2.33%	1.95%
2031	7,452,405	52,934,373	2.34%	1.92%
2032	7,626,474	53,953,395	2.34%	1.93%
2033	7,802,988	54,985,129	2.31%	1.91%
2034	7,981,338	56,012,641	2.29%	1.87%
2035	8,160,723	57,035,917	2.25%	1.83%
2036	8,341,706	58,071,740	2.22%	1.82%
2037	8,524,798	59,109,258	2.19%	1.79%
2038	8,709,719	60,132,232	2.17%	1.73%
2039	8,896,164	61,174,679	2.14%	1.73%
2040	9,083,959	62,223,208	2.11%	1.71%
2041	9,274,654	63,249,167	2.1%	1.65%
2042	9,466,745	64,260,847	2.07%	1.6%
2043	9,658,834	65,257,000	2.03%	1.55%
2044	9,850,493	66,237,772	1.98%	1.5%
2045	10,041,891	67,204,176	1.94%	1.46%
2046	10,234,360	68,150,060	1.92%	1.41%
2047	10,427,899	69,098,087	1.89%	1.39%
2048	10,621,379	70,050,118	1.86%	1.38%
2049	10,813,639	70,999,566	1.81%	1.36%
2050	11,006,454	71,928,759	1.78%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.