Population in the Congo compared to Ivory Coast: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and Ivory Coast: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Ivory Coast	Congo	Ivory Coast
1960	1,056,732	3,673,666	-	-
1961	1,084,389	3,810,151	2.62%	3.72%
1962	1,113,175	3,956,939	2.65%	3.85%
1963	1,143,263	4,112,061	2.7%	3.92%
1964	1,174,816	4,273,952	2.76%	3.94%
1965	1,207,880	4,442,377	2.81%	3.94%
1966	1,242,534	4,617,519	2.87%	3.94%
1967	1,278,691	4,799,744	2.91%	3.95%
1968	1,316,519	4,990,021	2.96%	3.96%
1969	1,356,182	5,192,221	3.01%	4.05%
1970	1,397,638	5,411,567	3.06%	4.22%
1971	1,441,039	5,650,868	3.11%	4.42%
1972	1,486,468	5,909,716	3.15%	4.58%
1973	1,533,680	6,184,944	3.18%	4.66%
1974	1,582,301	6,474,057	3.17%	4.67%
1975	1,627,032	6,776,297	2.83%	4.67%
1976	1,667,225	7,057,958	2.47%	4.16%
1977	1,707,568	7,321,950	2.42%	3.74%
1978	1,748,089	7,603,130	2.37%	3.84%
1979	1,788,524	7,902,267	2.31%	3.93%
1980	1,828,985	8,220,714	2.26%	4.03%
1981	1,869,759	8,556,596	2.23%	4.09%
1982	1,910,430	8,907,936	2.18%	4.11%
1983	1,950,321	9,272,744	2.09%	4.1%
1984	1,999,528	9,650,516	2.52%	4.07%
1985	2,059,311	10,040,483	2.99%	4.04%
1986	2,120,602	10,440,917	2.98%	3.99%
1987	2,183,473	10,851,475	2.96%	3.93%
1988	2,247,653	11,275,189	2.94%	3.9%
1989	2,313,558	11,719,771	2.93%	3.94%
1990	2,380,560	12,189,778	2.9%	4.01%
1991	2,449,229	12,683,870	2.88%	4.05%
1992	2,519,465	13,200,310	2.87%	4.07%
1993	2,595,124	13,735,951	3%	4.06%
1994	2,673,144	14,287,201	3.01%	4.01%
1995	2,749,461	14,855,565	2.85%	3.98%
1996	2,826,785	15,442,312	2.81%	3.95%
1997	2,887,862	16,047,170	2.16%	3.92%
1998	2,952,061	16,663,948	2.22%	3.84%
1999	3,032,874	17,215,935	2.74%	3.31%
2000	3,151,345	17,699,004	3.91%	2.81%
2001	3,272,537	18,178,913	3.85%	2.71%
2002	3,350,771	18,654,771	2.39%	2.62%
2003	3,445,753	19,125,542	2.83%	2.52%
2004	3,565,554	19,595,000	3.48%	2.45%
2005	3,696,393	20,068,458	3.67%	2.42%
2006	3,837,409	20,546,802	3.81%	2.38%
2007	3,980,430	21,030,558	3.73%	2.35%
2008	4,113,517	21,514,439	3.34%	2.3%
2009	4,281,219	21,997,940	4.08%	2.25%
2010	4,462,290	22,488,065	4.23%	2.23%
2011	4,609,724	22,982,000	3.3%	2.2%
2012	4,740,450	23,467,078	2.84%	2.11%
2013	4,857,099	23,939,775	2.46%	2.01%
2014	4,975,880	24,527,395	2.45%	2.45%
2015	5,097,581	25,246,342	2.45%	2.93%
2016	5,222,536	25,989,405	2.45%	2.94%
2017	5,351,011	26,733,372	2.46%	2.86%
2018	5,483,118	27,464,173	2.47%	2.73%
2019	5,616,661	28,193,009	2.44%	2.65%
2020	5,752,791	28,915,449	2.42%	2.56%
2021	5,892,183	29,639,736	2.42%	2.5%
2022	6,035,104	30,395,002	2.43%	2.55%
2023	6,182,885	31,165,654	2.45%	2.54%
2024	6,332,961	31,934,230	2.43%	2.47%
2025	6,484,427	32,711,547	2.39%	2.43%
2026	6,637,777	33,494,340	2.36%	2.39%
2027	6,794,288	34,281,129	2.36%	2.35%
2028	6,953,966	35,077,094	2.35%	2.32%
2029	7,116,456	35,883,465	2.34%	2.3%
2030	7,282,261	36,699,008	2.33%	2.27%
2031	7,452,405	37,529,369	2.34%	2.26%
2032	7,626,474	38,376,612	2.34%	2.26%
2033	7,802,988	39,244,388	2.31%	2.26%
2034	7,981,338	40,132,807	2.29%	2.26%
2035	8,160,723	41,033,849	2.25%	2.25%
2036	8,341,706	41,948,468	2.22%	2.23%
2037	8,524,798	42,880,003	2.19%	2.22%
2038	8,709,719	43,824,363	2.17%	2.2%
2039	8,896,164	44,778,750	2.14%	2.18%
2040	9,083,959	45,743,921	2.11%	2.16%
2041	9,274,654	46,717,434	2.1%	2.13%
2042	9,466,745	47,702,165	2.07%	2.11%
2043	9,658,834	48,700,670	2.03%	2.09%
2044	9,850,493	49,709,049	1.98%	2.07%
2045	10,041,891	50,716,074	1.94%	2.03%
2046	10,234,360	51,718,057	1.92%	1.98%
2047	10,427,899	52,721,465	1.89%	1.94%
2048	10,621,379	53,730,594	1.86%	1.91%
2049	10,813,639	54,739,405	1.81%	1.88%
2050	11,006,454	55,746,988	1.78%	1.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Ivory Coast gained 5,177,884 people (a 25.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 8,094,005 (a 32.1% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Ivory Coast was ranked 55th in 2005 and ranked 50th 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 Ivory Coast will increase by 67.2% to 55,746,988 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.