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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Congo was 6,332,961 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Congo's population is 6,607,609 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • The Congo's population is 47.9 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • The Congo is ranked the 109th most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.08% for the Congo vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, the Congo has had an average growth rate of +2.44% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Congo has increased from 3.7M people to 6.61M (78.8% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • The Congo is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20M people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.

Congo vs Kiribati: live population counter

Congo Kiribati
Current population
6607609
138067
Population rank 109/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.002%
One net population change
3.5 minutes
4.41 hours
One birth every
2.78 minutes
2.56 hours
One death every
13.5 minutes
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
3.52 hours
18.6 hours
Annual migration change -2,491 -471
Daily growth/decline +411 +5
Annual growth/decline +150,076 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate +2.43% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 33/197 74/197

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

Congo
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Congo Kiribati Congo Kiribati
1960 1,056,732 47,157 - -
1961 1,084,389 48,323 2.62% 2.47%
1962 1,113,175 49,538 2.65% 2.51%
1963 1,143,263 50,791 2.7% 2.53%
1964 1,174,816 52,088 2.76% 2.55%
1965 1,207,880 53,439 2.81% 2.59%
1966 1,242,534 54,425 2.87% 1.85%
1967 1,278,691 54,996 2.91% 1.05%
1968 1,316,519 55,529 2.96% 0.97%
1969 1,356,182 56,360 3.01% 1.5%
1970 1,397,638 57,510 3.06% 2.04%
1971 1,441,039 58,652 3.11% 1.99%
1972 1,486,468 59,778 3.15% 1.92%
1973 1,533,680 60,824 3.18% 1.75%
1974 1,582,301 61,219 3.17% 0.65%
1975 1,627,032 60,987 2.83% -0.38%
1976 1,667,225 60,661 2.47% -0.53%
1977 1,707,568 60,267 2.42% -0.65%
1978 1,748,089 59,864 2.37% -0.67%
1979 1,788,524 60,172 2.31% 0.51%
1980 1,828,985 61,148 2.26% 1.62%
1981 1,869,759 62,121 2.23% 1.59%
1982 1,910,430 63,134 2.18% 1.63%
1983 1,950,321 64,169 2.09% 1.64%
1984 1,999,528 65,228 2.52% 1.65%
1985 2,059,311 66,496 2.99% 1.94%
1986 2,120,602 68,059 2.98% 2.35%
1987 2,183,473 69,733 2.96% 2.46%
1988 2,247,653 71,427 2.94% 2.43%
1989 2,313,558 73,147 2.93% 2.41%
1990 2,380,560 74,855 2.9% 2.34%
1991 2,449,229 76,367 2.88% 2.02%
1992 2,519,465 77,641 2.87% 1.67%
1993 2,595,124 78,841 3% 1.55%
1994 2,673,144 80,021 3.01% 1.5%
1995 2,749,461 81,234 2.85% 1.52%
1996 2,826,785 82,623 2.81% 1.71%
1997 2,887,862 84,147 2.16% 1.84%
1998 2,952,061 85,657 2.22% 1.79%
1999 3,032,874 87,126 2.74% 1.71%
2000 3,151,345 88,613 3.91% 1.71%
2001 3,272,537 90,335 3.85% 1.94%
2002 3,350,771 92,264 2.39% 2.14%
2003 3,445,753 94,175 2.83% 2.07%
2004 3,565,554 96,085 3.48% 2.03%
2005 3,696,393 98,035 3.67% 2.03%
2006 3,837,409 100,017 3.81% 2.02%
2007 3,980,430 102,068 3.73% 2.05%
2008 4,113,517 104,222 3.34% 2.11%
2009 4,281,219 106,467 4.08% 2.15%
2010 4,462,290 108,704 4.23% 2.1%
2011 4,609,724 110,647 3.3% 1.79%
2012 4,740,450 112,284 2.84% 1.48%
2013 4,857,099 113,838 2.46% 1.38%
2014 4,975,880 115,326 2.45% 1.31%
2015 5,097,581 116,815 2.45% 1.29%
2016 5,222,536 118,478 2.45% 1.42%
2017 5,351,011 120,275 2.46% 1.52%
2018 5,483,118 122,084 2.47% 1.5%
2019 5,616,661 123,921 2.44% 1.5%
2020 5,752,791 126,099 2.42% 1.76%
2021 5,892,183 128,377 2.42% 1.81%
2022 6,035,104 130,469 2.43% 1.63%
2023 6,182,885 132,530 2.45% 1.58%
2024 6,332,961 134,518 2.43% 1.5%
2025 6,484,427 136,501 2.39% 1.47%
2026 6,637,777 138,451 2.36% 1.43%
2027 6,794,288 140,405 2.36% 1.41%
2028 6,953,966 142,335 2.35% 1.37%
2029 7,116,456 144,231 2.34% 1.33%
2030 7,282,261 146,130 2.33% 1.32%
2031 7,452,405 148,028 2.34% 1.3%
2032 7,626,474 149,915 2.34% 1.27%
2033 7,802,988 151,768 2.31% 1.24%
2034 7,981,338 153,602 2.29% 1.21%
2035 8,160,723 155,447 2.25% 1.2%
2036 8,341,706 157,316 2.22% 1.2%
2037 8,524,798 159,188 2.19% 1.19%
2038 8,709,719 161,050 2.17% 1.17%
2039 8,896,164 162,895 2.14% 1.15%
2040 9,083,959 164,711 2.11% 1.11%
2041 9,274,654 166,508 2.1% 1.09%
2042 9,466,745 168,325 2.07% 1.09%
2043 9,658,834 170,182 2.03% 1.1%
2044 9,850,493 172,012 1.98% 1.08%
2045 10,041,891 173,818 1.94% 1.05%
2046 10,234,360 175,629 1.92% 1.04%
2047 10,427,899 177,392 1.89% 1%
2048 10,621,379 179,152 1.86% 0.99%
2049 10,813,639 180,915 1.81% 0.98%
2050 11,006,454 182,629 1.78% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

Biggest cities by population

Congo
City Population
Brazzaville 2.15M
Pointe-Noire 1.42M
Kayes 71.6K
Madingou 36.2K
Gamboma 26.1K
Kinkala 12.1K
Kiribati
City Population
South Tarawa 63.4K
London 1.9K

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