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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Kuwait	Congo	Kuwait
1960	1,056,732	311,060	-	-
1961	1,084,389	345,945	2.62%	11.2%
1962	1,113,175	384,995	2.65%	11.3%
1963	1,143,263	427,694	2.7%	11.1%
1964	1,174,816	473,115	2.76%	10.6%
1965	1,207,880	521,174	2.81%	10.2%
1966	1,242,534	572,590	2.87%	9.87%
1967	1,278,691	628,089	2.91%	9.69%
1968	1,316,519	687,716	2.96%	9.49%
1969	1,356,182	749,452	3.01%	8.98%
1970	1,397,638	809,114	3.06%	7.96%
1971	1,441,039	865,076	3.11%	6.92%
1972	1,486,468	920,352	3.15%	6.39%
1973	1,533,680	977,654	3.18%	6.23%
1974	1,582,301	1,038,346	3.17%	6.21%
1975	1,627,032	1,104,863	2.83%	6.41%
1976	1,667,225	1,178,711	2.47%	6.68%
1977	1,707,568	1,258,023	2.42%	6.73%
1978	1,748,089	1,340,319	2.37%	6.54%
1979	1,788,524	1,423,514	2.31%	6.21%
1980	1,828,985	1,504,782	2.26%	5.71%
1981	1,869,759	1,583,426	2.23%	5.23%
1982	1,910,430	1,662,480	2.18%	4.99%
1983	1,950,321	1,744,295	2.09%	4.92%
1984	1,999,528	1,820,688	2.52%	4.38%
1985	2,059,311	1,894,242	2.99%	4.04%
1986	2,120,602	1,972,520	2.98%	4.13%
1987	2,183,473	2,052,994	2.96%	4.08%
1988	2,247,653	2,134,707	2.94%	3.98%
1989	2,313,558	2,217,468	2.93%	3.88%
1990	2,380,560	1,684,819	2.9%	-24%
1991	2,449,229	1,351,399	2.88%	-19.8%
1992	2,519,465	1,634,961	2.87%	21%
1993	2,595,124	1,672,151	3%	2.27%
1994	2,673,144	1,664,361	3.01%	-0.47%
1995	2,749,461	1,681,513	2.85%	1.03%
1996	2,826,785	1,730,246	2.81%	2.9%
1997	2,887,862	1,787,683	2.16%	3.32%
1998	2,952,061	1,844,302	2.22%	3.17%
1999	3,032,874	1,900,030	2.74%	3.02%
2000	3,151,345	1,954,709	3.91%	2.88%
2001	3,272,537	2,008,121	3.85%	2.73%
2002	3,350,771	2,059,974	2.39%	2.58%
2003	3,445,753	2,109,881	2.83%	2.42%
2004	3,565,554	2,157,320	3.48%	2.25%
2005	3,696,393	2,236,788	3.67%	3.68%
2006	3,837,409	2,364,733	3.81%	5.72%
2007	3,980,430	2,507,887	3.73%	6.05%
2008	4,113,517	2,651,421	3.34%	5.72%
2009	4,281,219	2,795,484	4.08%	5.43%
2010	4,462,290	2,943,372	4.23%	5.29%
2011	4,609,724	3,132,814	3.3%	6.44%
2012	4,740,450	3,337,109	2.84%	6.52%
2013	4,857,099	3,507,844	2.46%	5.12%
2014	4,975,880	3,665,876	2.45%	4.51%
2015	5,097,581	3,834,574	2.45%	4.6%
2016	5,222,536	4,004,096	2.45%	4.42%
2017	5,351,011	4,154,812	2.46%	3.76%
2018	5,483,118	4,323,515	2.47%	4.06%
2019	5,616,661	4,442,316	2.44%	2.75%
2020	5,752,791	4,400,267	2.42%	-0.95%
2021	5,892,183	4,360,865	2.42%	-0.9%
2022	6,035,104	4,589,643	2.43%	5.25%
2023	6,182,885	4,853,420	2.45%	5.75%
2024	6,332,961	4,973,861	2.43%	2.48%
2025	6,484,427	5,066,162	2.39%	1.86%
2026	6,637,777	5,143,465	2.36%	1.53%
2027	6,794,288	5,209,589	2.36%	1.29%
2028	6,953,966	5,266,597	2.35%	1.09%
2029	7,116,456	5,318,118	2.34%	0.98%
2030	7,282,261	5,366,659	2.33%	0.91%
2031	7,452,405	5,414,485	2.34%	0.89%
2032	7,626,474	5,463,178	2.34%	0.9%
2033	7,802,988	5,512,705	2.31%	0.91%
2034	7,981,338	5,563,035	2.29%	0.91%
2035	8,160,723	5,614,091	2.25%	0.92%
2036	8,341,706	5,665,789	2.22%	0.92%
2037	8,524,798	5,718,074	2.19%	0.92%
2038	8,709,719	5,770,901	2.17%	0.92%
2039	8,896,164	5,824,158	2.14%	0.92%
2040	9,083,959	5,877,719	2.11%	0.92%
2041	9,274,654	5,931,576	2.1%	0.92%
2042	9,466,745	5,985,681	2.07%	0.91%
2043	9,658,834	6,039,888	2.03%	0.91%
2044	9,850,493	6,094,155	1.98%	0.9%
2045	10,041,891	6,148,424	1.94%	0.89%
2046	10,234,360	6,202,560	1.92%	0.88%
2047	10,427,899	6,256,606	1.89%	0.87%
2048	10,621,379	6,310,637	1.86%	0.86%
2049	10,813,639	6,364,604	1.81%	0.86%
2050	11,006,454	6,418,538	1.78%	0.85%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Kuwait gained 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Kuwait's population increased by 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Kuwait was ranked 140th in 2005 and ranked 127th 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 Kuwait will increase by 25.2% to 6,418,538 people and rank change from 127th to 117th.