The latest officially reported population of the Congo was 6,332,961 in 2024 vs 2,839,175 people in Jamaica in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Congo's population is 6,639,487 people compared to 2,833,401 in Jamaica.
Population statistics:
- The Congo's population is 2.34 times bigger than Jamaica's.
- The Congo is ranked the 109th most populous country in the world, while Jamaica is the 139th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.08% for the Congo vs 0.03% for Jamaica.
- For the last 10 years, the Congo has had an average growth rate of +2.44% per year vs +0.18% in Jamaica.
- Since 2006, the population of the Congo has increased from 3.84M people to 6.64M (73% growth), while Jamaica has grown from 2.7M to 2.83M (4.9% growth).
- The Congo is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20M people, while Jamaica's population already peaked in 2023 at 2.84M people and is projected to decrease to 1.07M people by 2100.
Congo vs Jamaica: live population counter
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| Current population |
6639487
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2833401
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| Population rank | 109/197 | 139/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
3.5 minutes
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14.3 hours
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| One birth every |
2.78 minutes
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15.9 minutes
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| One death every |
13.5 minutes
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22.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.52 hours
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50 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,491 | -10,506 |
| Daily growth/decline | +411 | -2 |
| Annual growth/decline | +150,076 | -611 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.43% | -0.02% |
| Population growth rate rank | 31/197 | 167/197 |
the Congo and Jamaica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,056,732 | 1,650,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,084,389 | 1,673,261 | 2.62% | 1.41% |
| 1962 | 1,113,175 | 1,696,932 | 2.65% | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 1,143,263 | 1,721,099 | 2.7% | 1.42% |
| 1964 | 1,174,816 | 1,745,568 | 2.76% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 1,207,880 | 1,769,192 | 2.81% | 1.35% |
| 1966 | 1,242,534 | 1,791,475 | 2.87% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 1,278,691 | 1,812,865 | 2.91% | 1.19% |
| 1968 | 1,316,519 | 1,833,765 | 2.96% | 1.15% |
| 1969 | 1,356,182 | 1,855,127 | 3.01% | 1.16% |
| 1970 | 1,397,638 | 1,878,196 | 3.06% | 1.24% |
| 1971 | 1,441,039 | 1,903,728 | 3.11% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 1,486,468 | 1,931,542 | 3.15% | 1.46% |
| 1973 | 1,533,680 | 1,961,219 | 3.18% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 1,582,301 | 1,990,906 | 3.17% | 1.51% |
| 1975 | 1,627,032 | 2,018,981 | 2.83% | 1.41% |
| 1976 | 1,667,225 | 2,045,578 | 2.47% | 1.32% |
| 1977 | 1,707,568 | 2,070,657 | 2.42% | 1.23% |
| 1978 | 1,748,089 | 2,094,836 | 2.37% | 1.17% |
| 1979 | 1,788,524 | 2,119,486 | 2.31% | 1.18% |
| 1980 | 1,828,985 | 2,145,658 | 2.26% | 1.23% |
| 1981 | 1,869,759 | 2,173,818 | 2.23% | 1.31% |
| 1982 | 1,910,430 | 2,203,889 | 2.18% | 1.38% |
| 1983 | 1,950,321 | 2,234,832 | 2.09% | 1.4% |
| 1984 | 1,999,528 | 2,264,562 | 2.52% | 1.33% |
| 1985 | 2,059,311 | 2,290,656 | 2.99% | 1.15% |
| 1986 | 2,120,602 | 2,312,125 | 2.98% | 0.94% |
| 1987 | 2,183,473 | 2,329,813 | 2.96% | 0.77% |
| 1988 | 2,247,653 | 2,345,777 | 2.94% | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 2,313,558 | 2,361,916 | 2.93% | 0.69% |
| 1990 | 2,380,560 | 2,379,877 | 2.9% | 0.76% |
| 1991 | 2,449,229 | 2,400,869 | 2.88% | 0.88% |
| 1992 | 2,519,465 | 2,424,701 | 2.87% | 0.99% |
| 1993 | 2,595,124 | 2,449,916 | 3% | 1.04% |
| 1994 | 2,673,144 | 2,475,220 | 3.01% | 1.03% |
| 1995 | 2,749,461 | 2,500,151 | 2.85% | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 2,826,785 | 2,524,463 | 2.81% | 0.97% |
| 1997 | 2,887,862 | 2,547,848 | 2.16% | 0.93% |
| 1998 | 2,952,061 | 2,569,736 | 2.22% | 0.86% |
| 1999 | 3,032,874 | 2,589,795 | 2.74% | 0.78% |
| 2000 | 3,151,345 | 2,607,826 | 3.91% | 0.7% |
| 2001 | 3,272,537 | 2,624,403 | 3.85% | 0.64% |
| 2002 | 3,350,771 | 2,640,572 | 2.39% | 0.62% |
| 2003 | 3,445,753 | 2,656,623 | 2.83% | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 3,565,554 | 2,672,225 | 3.48% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 3,696,393 | 2,687,066 | 3.67% | 0.56% |
| 2006 | 3,837,409 | 2,700,968 | 3.81% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 3,980,430 | 2,713,800 | 3.73% | 0.48% |
| 2008 | 4,113,517 | 2,725,635 | 3.34% | 0.44% |
| 2009 | 4,281,219 | 2,736,995 | 4.08% | 0.42% |
| 2010 | 4,462,290 | 2,748,568 | 4.23% | 0.42% |
| 2011 | 4,609,724 | 2,760,494 | 3.3% | 0.43% |
| 2012 | 4,740,450 | 2,772,430 | 2.84% | 0.43% |
| 2013 | 4,857,099 | 2,783,687 | 2.46% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 4,975,880 | 2,793,749 | 2.45% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 5,097,581 | 2,802,534 | 2.45% | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 5,222,536 | 2,809,915 | 2.45% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 5,351,011 | 2,815,764 | 2.46% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 5,483,118 | 2,820,097 | 2.47% | 0.15% |
| 2019 | 5,616,661 | 2,823,271 | 2.44% | 0.11% |
| 2020 | 5,752,791 | 2,830,739 | 2.42% | 0.26% |
| 2021 | 5,892,183 | 2,837,682 | 2.42% | 0.25% |
| 2022 | 6,035,104 | 2,839,144 | 2.43% | 0.05% |
| 2023 | 6,182,885 | 2,839,786 | 2.45% | 0.02% |
| 2024 | 6,332,961 | 2,839,175 | 2.43% | -0.02% |
| 2025 | 6,484,427 | 2,837,071 | 2.39% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 6,637,777 | 2,833,401 | 2.36% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 6,794,288 | 2,828,530 | 2.36% | -0.17% |
| 2028 | 6,953,966 | 2,822,861 | 2.35% | -0.2% |
| 2029 | 7,116,456 | 2,816,391 | 2.34% | -0.23% |
| 2030 | 7,282,261 | 2,808,946 | 2.33% | -0.26% |
| 2031 | 7,452,405 | 2,800,607 | 2.34% | -0.3% |
| 2032 | 7,626,474 | 2,791,130 | 2.34% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 7,802,988 | 2,780,468 | 2.31% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 7,981,338 | 2,768,714 | 2.29% | -0.42% |
| 2035 | 8,160,723 | 2,755,929 | 2.25% | -0.46% |
| 2036 | 8,341,706 | 2,742,071 | 2.22% | -0.5% |
| 2037 | 8,524,798 | 2,726,892 | 2.19% | -0.55% |
| 2038 | 8,709,719 | 2,710,812 | 2.17% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 8,896,164 | 2,693,901 | 2.14% | -0.62% |
| 2040 | 9,083,959 | 2,676,087 | 2.11% | -0.66% |
| 2041 | 9,274,654 | 2,657,558 | 2.1% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 9,466,745 | 2,638,085 | 2.07% | -0.73% |
| 2043 | 9,658,834 | 2,617,576 | 2.03% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 9,850,493 | 2,596,160 | 1.98% | -0.82% |
| 2045 | 10,041,891 | 2,574,074 | 1.94% | -0.85% |
| 2046 | 10,234,360 | 2,551,347 | 1.92% | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 10,427,899 | 2,528,004 | 1.89% | -0.91% |
| 2048 | 10,621,379 | 2,504,191 | 1.86% | -0.94% |
| 2049 | 10,813,639 | 2,479,744 | 1.81% | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 11,006,454 | 2,454,935 | 1.78% | -1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Jamaica gained 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 23,486 (a 0.84% growth).
The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Jamaica was ranked 136th in 2006 and ranked 139th 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 Jamaica will decrease by 13.4% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 139th to 144th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Brazzaville | 2.15M |
| Pointe-Noire | 1.42M |
| Kayes | 71.6K |
| Madingou | 36.2K |
| Gamboma | 26.1K |
| Kinkala | 12.1K |
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| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
| Mandeville | 48.3K |
| Old Harbour | 28.7K |
| Linstead | 22.8K |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22.6K |
| Port Antonio | 14.8K |
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Population differences between the Congo and Jamaica
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| Life expectancy | 66.4 years | 71.9 years |
| Average age | 24.2 years | 34.9 years |
| Median age | 19.5 years | 33.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 4.16 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 48 ppl/mi² | 679 ppl/mi² |
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