The latest officially reported population of the Congo was 6,332,961 in 2024 vs 2,888,278 people in Lithuania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Congo's population is 6,639,487 people compared to 2,825,872 in Lithuania.
Population statistics:
- The Congo's population is 2.35 times bigger than Lithuania's.
- The Congo is ranked the 109th most populous country in the world, while Lithuania is the 140th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.08% for the Congo vs 0.03% for Lithuania.
- For the last 10 years, the Congo has had an average growth rate of +2.44% per year vs -0.22% in Lithuania.
- Since 2006, the population of the Congo has increased from 3.84M people to 6.64M (73% growth), while Lithuania has declined from 3.27M to 2.83M (13.6% decline).
- The Congo is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20M people, while Lithuania's population already peaked in 1991 at 3.7M people and is projected to decrease to 1.22M people by 2100.
Congo vs Lithuania: live population counter
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| Current population |
6639487
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2825872
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| Population rank | 109/197 | 140/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
3.5 minutes
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31.5 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.78 minutes
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25.4 minutes
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| One death every |
13.5 minutes
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14.2 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.52 hours
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3.35 hours
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| Annual migration change | -2,491 | +2,617 |
| Daily growth/decline | +411 | +46 |
| Annual growth/decline | +150,076 | +16,693 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.43% | +0.58% |
| Population growth rate rank | 31/197 | 128/197 |
the Congo and Lithuania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,056,732 | 2,778,550 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,084,389 | 2,823,550 | 2.62% | 1.62% |
| 1962 | 1,113,175 | 2,863,350 | 2.65% | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 1,143,263 | 2,898,950 | 2.7% | 1.24% |
| 1964 | 1,174,816 | 2,935,200 | 2.76% | 1.25% |
| 1965 | 1,207,880 | 2,971,450 | 2.81% | 1.24% |
| 1966 | 1,242,534 | 3,008,050 | 2.87% | 1.23% |
| 1967 | 1,278,691 | 3,044,400 | 2.91% | 1.21% |
| 1968 | 1,316,519 | 3,078,850 | 2.96% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 1,356,182 | 3,107,321 | 3.01% | 0.92% |
| 1970 | 1,397,638 | 3,139,689 | 3.06% | 1.04% |
| 1971 | 1,441,039 | 3,179,041 | 3.11% | 1.25% |
| 1972 | 1,486,468 | 3,213,622 | 3.15% | 1.09% |
| 1973 | 1,533,680 | 3,244,438 | 3.18% | 0.96% |
| 1974 | 1,582,301 | 3,273,894 | 3.17% | 0.91% |
| 1975 | 1,627,032 | 3,301,652 | 2.83% | 0.85% |
| 1976 | 1,667,225 | 3,328,664 | 2.47% | 0.82% |
| 1977 | 1,707,568 | 3,355,036 | 2.42% | 0.79% |
| 1978 | 1,748,089 | 3,379,514 | 2.37% | 0.73% |
| 1979 | 1,788,524 | 3,397,842 | 2.31% | 0.54% |
| 1980 | 1,828,985 | 3,413,202 | 2.26% | 0.45% |
| 1981 | 1,869,759 | 3,432,947 | 2.23% | 0.58% |
| 1982 | 1,910,430 | 3,457,179 | 2.18% | 0.71% |
| 1983 | 1,950,321 | 3,485,192 | 2.09% | 0.81% |
| 1984 | 1,999,528 | 3,514,205 | 2.52% | 0.83% |
| 1985 | 2,059,311 | 3,544,543 | 2.99% | 0.86% |
| 1986 | 2,120,602 | 3,578,914 | 2.98% | 0.97% |
| 1987 | 2,183,473 | 3,616,367 | 2.96% | 1.05% |
| 1988 | 2,247,653 | 3,655,049 | 2.94% | 1.07% |
| 1989 | 2,313,558 | 3,684,255 | 2.93% | 0.8% |
| 1990 | 2,380,560 | 3,697,838 | 2.9% | 0.37% |
| 1991 | 2,449,229 | 3,704,134 | 2.88% | 0.17% |
| 1992 | 2,519,465 | 3,700,114 | 2.87% | -0.11% |
| 1993 | 2,595,124 | 3,682,613 | 3% | -0.47% |
| 1994 | 2,673,144 | 3,657,144 | 3.01% | -0.69% |
| 1995 | 2,749,461 | 3,629,102 | 2.85% | -0.77% |
| 1996 | 2,826,785 | 3,601,613 | 2.81% | -0.76% |
| 1997 | 2,887,862 | 3,575,137 | 2.16% | -0.74% |
| 1998 | 2,952,061 | 3,549,331 | 2.22% | -0.72% |
| 1999 | 3,032,874 | 3,524,238 | 2.74% | -0.71% |
| 2000 | 3,151,345 | 3,499,536 | 3.91% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 3,272,537 | 3,470,818 | 3.85% | -0.82% |
| 2002 | 3,350,771 | 3,443,067 | 2.39% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 3,445,753 | 3,415,213 | 2.83% | -0.81% |
| 2004 | 3,565,554 | 3,377,075 | 3.48% | -1.12% |
| 2005 | 3,696,393 | 3,322,528 | 3.67% | -1.62% |
| 2006 | 3,837,409 | 3,269,909 | 3.81% | -1.58% |
| 2007 | 3,980,430 | 3,231,294 | 3.73% | -1.18% |
| 2008 | 4,113,517 | 3,198,231 | 3.34% | -1.02% |
| 2009 | 4,281,219 | 3,162,916 | 4.08% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 4,462,290 | 3,097,282 | 4.23% | -2.08% |
| 2011 | 4,609,724 | 3,028,115 | 3.3% | -2.23% |
| 2012 | 4,740,450 | 2,989,139 | 2.84% | -1.29% |
| 2013 | 4,857,099 | 2,961,250 | 2.46% | -0.93% |
| 2014 | 4,975,880 | 2,937,253 | 2.45% | -0.81% |
| 2015 | 5,097,581 | 2,911,109 | 2.45% | -0.89% |
| 2016 | 5,222,536 | 2,877,325 | 2.45% | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 5,351,011 | 2,842,639 | 2.46% | -1.21% |
| 2018 | 5,483,118 | 2,819,200 | 2.47% | -0.82% |
| 2019 | 5,616,661 | 2,811,089 | 2.44% | -0.29% |
| 2020 | 5,752,791 | 2,810,369 | 2.42% | -0.03% |
| 2021 | 5,892,183 | 2,808,380 | 2.42% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 6,035,104 | 2,831,639 | 2.43% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | 6,182,885 | 2,871,585 | 2.45% | 1.41% |
| 2024 | 6,332,961 | 2,888,278 | 2.43% | 0.58% |
| 2025 | 6,484,427 | 2,859,019 | 2.39% | -1.01% |
| 2026 | 6,637,777 | 2,825,872 | 2.36% | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 6,794,288 | 2,802,522 | 2.36% | -0.83% |
| 2028 | 6,953,966 | 2,779,241 | 2.35% | -0.83% |
| 2029 | 7,116,456 | 2,756,374 | 2.34% | -0.82% |
| 2030 | 7,282,261 | 2,733,965 | 2.33% | -0.81% |
| 2031 | 7,452,405 | 2,711,850 | 2.34% | -0.81% |
| 2032 | 7,626,474 | 2,689,971 | 2.34% | -0.81% |
| 2033 | 7,802,988 | 2,668,091 | 2.31% | -0.81% |
| 2034 | 7,981,338 | 2,645,992 | 2.29% | -0.83% |
| 2035 | 8,160,723 | 2,623,885 | 2.25% | -0.84% |
| 2036 | 8,341,706 | 2,601,771 | 2.22% | -0.84% |
| 2037 | 8,524,798 | 2,579,132 | 2.19% | -0.87% |
| 2038 | 8,709,719 | 2,556,278 | 2.17% | -0.89% |
| 2039 | 8,896,164 | 2,533,153 | 2.14% | -0.9% |
| 2040 | 9,083,959 | 2,510,186 | 2.11% | -0.91% |
| 2041 | 9,274,654 | 2,487,576 | 2.1% | -0.9% |
| 2042 | 9,466,745 | 2,464,721 | 2.07% | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 9,658,834 | 2,441,596 | 2.03% | -0.94% |
| 2044 | 9,850,493 | 2,418,754 | 1.98% | -0.94% |
| 2045 | 10,041,891 | 2,396,338 | 1.94% | -0.93% |
| 2046 | 10,234,360 | 2,373,879 | 1.92% | -0.94% |
| 2047 | 10,427,899 | 2,350,981 | 1.89% | -0.96% |
| 2048 | 10,621,379 | 2,327,866 | 1.86% | -0.98% |
| 2049 | 10,813,639 | 2,305,016 | 1.81% | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 11,006,454 | 2,281,808 | 1.78% | -1.01% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Lithuania lost 392,584 people (a 12% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Lithuania's population decreased by -51,453 (a 1.79% decline).
The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Lithuania was ranked 130th in 2006 and ranked 140th 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 Lithuania will decrease by 19.3% to 2,281,808 people and rank change from 140th to 145th.
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Population differences between the Congo and Lithuania
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| Life expectancy | 66.4 years | 76.5 years |
| Average age | 24.2 years | 43 years |
| Median age | 19.5 years | 43.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 47.2:52.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.16 births per woman | 1.18 births per woman |
| Population density | 48 ppl/mi² | 119.5 ppl/mi² |
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