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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Luxembourg	Congo	Luxembourg
1960	1,056,732	313,970	-	-
1961	1,084,389	316,845	2.62%	0.92%
1962	1,113,175	320,750	2.65%	1.23%
1963	1,143,263	324,100	2.7%	1.04%
1964	1,174,816	327,750	2.76%	1.13%
1965	1,207,880	331,500	2.81%	1.14%
1966	1,242,534	333,895	2.87%	0.72%
1967	1,278,691	334,995	2.91%	0.33%
1968	1,316,519	335,850	2.96%	0.26%
1969	1,356,182	337,500	3.01%	0.49%
1970	1,397,638	339,171	3.06%	0.5%
1971	1,441,039	342,421	3.11%	0.96%
1972	1,486,468	346,600	3.15%	1.22%
1973	1,533,680	350,450	3.18%	1.11%
1974	1,582,301	355,050	3.17%	1.31%
1975	1,627,032	358,950	2.83%	1.1%
1976	1,667,225	360,731	2.47%	0.5%
1977	1,707,568	361,358	2.42%	0.17%
1978	1,748,089	362,007	2.37%	0.18%
1979	1,788,524	362,856	2.31%	0.23%
1980	1,828,985	364,150	2.26%	0.36%
1981	1,869,759	365,225	2.23%	0.3%
1982	1,910,430	365,525	2.18%	0.08%
1983	1,950,321	365,622	2.09%	0.03%
1984	1,999,528	365,998	2.52%	0.1%
1985	2,059,311	366,706	2.99%	0.19%
1986	2,120,602	368,355	2.98%	0.45%
1987	2,183,473	370,750	2.96%	0.65%
1988	2,247,653	373,450	2.94%	0.73%
1989	2,313,558	377,100	2.93%	0.98%
1990	2,380,560	381,850	2.9%	1.26%
1991	2,449,229	387,000	2.88%	1.35%
1992	2,519,465	392,175	2.87%	1.34%
1993	2,595,124	397,475	3%	1.35%
1994	2,673,144	402,925	3.01%	1.37%
1995	2,749,461	408,625	2.85%	1.41%
1996	2,826,785	414,225	2.81%	1.37%
1997	2,887,862	419,450	2.16%	1.26%
1998	2,952,061	424,700	2.22%	1.25%
1999	3,032,874	430,475	2.74%	1.36%
2000	3,151,345	436,300	3.91%	1.35%
2001	3,272,537	441,525	3.85%	1.2%
2002	3,350,771	446,175	2.39%	1.05%
2003	3,445,753	451,630	2.83%	1.22%
2004	3,565,554	458,095	3.48%	1.43%
2005	3,696,393	465,158	3.67%	1.54%
2006	3,837,409	472,637	3.81%	1.61%
2007	3,980,430	479,993	3.73%	1.56%
2008	4,113,517	488,650	3.34%	1.8%
2009	4,281,219	497,783	4.08%	1.87%
2010	4,462,290	506,953	4.23%	1.84%
2011	4,609,724	518,347	3.3%	2.25%
2012	4,740,450	530,946	2.84%	2.43%
2013	4,857,099	543,360	2.46%	2.34%
2014	4,975,880	556,319	2.45%	2.38%
2015	5,097,581	569,604	2.45%	2.39%
2016	5,222,536	582,014	2.45%	2.18%
2017	5,351,011	596,336	2.46%	2.46%
2018	5,483,118	607,950	2.47%	1.95%
2019	5,616,661	620,001	2.44%	1.98%
2020	5,752,791	630,419	2.42%	1.68%
2021	5,892,183	640,064	2.42%	1.53%
2022	6,035,104	653,103	2.43%	2.04%
2023	6,182,885	666,430	2.45%	2.04%
2024	6,332,961	677,012	2.43%	1.59%
2025	6,484,427	684,467	2.39%	1.1%
2026	6,637,777	691,496	2.36%	1.03%
2027	6,794,288	698,375	2.36%	0.99%
2028	6,953,966	705,222	2.35%	0.98%
2029	7,116,456	711,761	2.34%	0.93%
2030	7,282,261	717,879	2.33%	0.86%
2031	7,452,405	723,679	2.34%	0.81%
2032	7,626,474	729,358	2.34%	0.78%
2033	7,802,988	734,839	2.31%	0.75%
2034	7,981,338	739,997	2.29%	0.7%
2035	8,160,723	745,000	2.25%	0.68%
2036	8,341,706	749,815	2.22%	0.65%
2037	8,524,798	754,334	2.19%	0.6%
2038	8,709,719	758,761	2.17%	0.59%
2039	8,896,164	763,128	2.14%	0.58%
2040	9,083,959	767,173	2.11%	0.53%
2041	9,274,654	770,954	2.1%	0.49%
2042	9,466,745	774,612	2.07%	0.47%
2043	9,658,834	778,001	2.03%	0.44%
2044	9,850,493	781,123	1.98%	0.4%
2045	10,041,891	784,141	1.94%	0.39%
2046	10,234,360	786,968	1.92%	0.36%
2047	10,427,899	789,534	1.89%	0.33%
2048	10,621,379	791,997	1.86%	0.31%
2049	10,813,639	794,237	1.81%	0.28%
2050	11,006,454	796,129	1.78%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Luxembourg gained 109,377 people (a 23.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Luxembourg's population increased by 109,557 (a 18.8% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2006 and ranked 164th 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 Luxembourg will increase by 15.1% to 796,129 people and will still be ranked 164th.