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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Liberia	Congo	Liberia
1960	1,056,732	1,139,522	-	-
1961	1,084,389	1,167,717	2.62%	2.47%
1962	1,113,175	1,197,039	2.65%	2.51%
1963	1,143,263	1,227,414	2.7%	2.54%
1964	1,174,816	1,258,745	2.76%	2.55%
1965	1,207,880	1,291,156	2.81%	2.57%
1966	1,242,534	1,324,383	2.87%	2.57%
1967	1,278,691	1,358,435	2.91%	2.57%
1968	1,316,519	1,393,530	2.96%	2.58%
1969	1,356,182	1,429,605	3.01%	2.59%
1970	1,397,638	1,466,676	3.06%	2.59%
1971	1,441,039	1,504,077	3.11%	2.55%
1972	1,486,468	1,542,670	3.15%	2.57%
1973	1,533,680	1,583,588	3.18%	2.65%
1974	1,582,301	1,626,362	3.17%	2.7%
1975	1,627,032	1,670,913	2.83%	2.74%
1976	1,667,225	1,717,060	2.47%	2.76%
1977	1,707,568	1,766,019	2.42%	2.85%
1978	1,748,089	1,818,247	2.37%	2.96%
1979	1,788,524	1,872,713	2.31%	3%
1980	1,828,985	1,929,253	2.26%	3.02%
1981	1,869,759	1,986,867	2.23%	2.99%
1982	1,910,430	2,045,073	2.18%	2.93%
1983	1,950,321	2,107,113	2.09%	3.03%
1984	1,999,528	2,173,312	2.52%	3.14%
1985	2,059,311	2,240,539	2.99%	3.09%
1986	2,120,602	2,308,511	2.98%	3.03%
1987	2,183,473	2,377,229	2.96%	2.98%
1988	2,247,653	2,446,941	2.94%	2.93%
1989	2,313,558	2,517,858	2.93%	2.9%
1990	2,380,560	2,223,667	2.9%	-11.7%
1991	2,449,229	1,956,518	2.88%	-12%
1992	2,519,465	2,072,461	2.87%	5.93%
1993	2,595,124	2,155,126	3%	3.99%
1994	2,673,144	2,149,928	3.01%	-0.24%
1995	2,749,461	2,169,162	2.85%	0.89%
1996	2,826,785	2,232,289	2.81%	2.91%
1997	2,887,862	2,412,989	2.16%	8.09%
1998	2,952,061	2,670,124	2.22%	10.7%
1999	3,032,874	2,821,684	2.74%	5.68%
2000	3,151,345	2,928,117	3.91%	3.77%
2001	3,272,537	3,015,338	3.85%	2.98%
2002	3,350,771	3,094,782	2.39%	2.63%
2003	3,445,753	3,119,532	2.83%	0.8%
2004	3,565,554	3,156,892	3.48%	1.2%
2005	3,696,393	3,301,015	3.67%	4.57%
2006	3,837,409	3,490,787	3.81%	5.75%
2007	3,980,430	3,669,050	3.73%	5.11%
2008	4,113,517	3,821,003	3.34%	4.14%
2009	4,281,219	3,943,028	4.08%	3.19%
2010	4,462,290	4,058,890	4.23%	2.94%
2011	4,609,724	4,221,178	3.3%	4%
2012	4,740,450	4,373,043	2.84%	3.6%
2013	4,857,099	4,470,239	2.46%	2.22%
2014	4,975,880	4,564,293	2.45%	2.1%
2015	5,097,581	4,659,431	2.45%	2.08%
2016	5,222,536	4,755,608	2.45%	2.06%
2017	5,351,011	4,848,925	2.46%	1.96%
2018	5,483,118	4,944,726	2.47%	1.98%
2019	5,616,661	5,043,721	2.44%	2%
2020	5,752,791	5,149,463	2.42%	2.1%
2021	5,892,183	5,259,323	2.42%	2.13%
2022	6,035,104	5,373,294	2.43%	2.17%
2023	6,182,885	5,493,031	2.45%	2.23%
2024	6,332,961	5,612,817	2.43%	2.18%
2025	6,484,427	5,731,211	2.39%	2.11%
2026	6,637,777	5,853,958	2.36%	2.14%
2027	6,794,288	5,986,805	2.36%	2.27%
2028	6,953,966	6,118,769	2.35%	2.2%
2029	7,116,456	6,245,093	2.34%	2.06%
2030	7,282,261	6,366,293	2.33%	1.94%
2031	7,452,405	6,486,749	2.34%	1.89%
2032	7,626,474	6,614,257	2.34%	1.97%
2033	7,802,988	6,744,927	2.31%	1.98%
2034	7,981,338	6,873,688	2.29%	1.91%
2035	8,160,723	7,003,567	2.25%	1.89%
2036	8,341,706	7,142,326	2.22%	1.98%
2037	8,524,798	7,278,759	2.19%	1.91%
2038	8,709,719	7,408,720	2.17%	1.79%
2039	8,896,164	7,545,510	2.14%	1.85%
2040	9,083,959	7,681,693	2.11%	1.8%
2041	9,274,654	7,817,089	2.1%	1.76%
2042	9,466,745	7,954,182	2.07%	1.75%
2043	9,658,834	8,077,173	2.03%	1.55%
2044	9,850,493	8,194,136	1.98%	1.45%
2045	10,041,891	8,310,657	1.94%	1.42%
2046	10,234,360	8,428,924	1.92%	1.42%
2047	10,427,899	8,552,033	1.89%	1.46%
2048	10,621,379	8,673,963	1.86%	1.43%
2049	10,813,639	8,795,838	1.81%	1.41%
2050	11,006,454	8,910,539	1.78%	1.3%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Liberia gained 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Liberia's population increased by 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Liberia was ranked 126th in 2006 and ranked 116th 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 Liberia will increase by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people and rank change from 116th to 107th.