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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Madagascar	Congo	Madagascar
1960	1,056,732	5,111,029	-	-
1961	1,084,389	5,246,158	2.62%	2.64%
1962	1,113,175	5,384,150	2.65%	2.63%
1963	1,143,263	5,525,185	2.7%	2.62%
1964	1,174,816	5,669,863	2.76%	2.62%
1965	1,207,880	5,819,116	2.81%	2.63%
1966	1,242,534	5,974,279	2.87%	2.67%
1967	1,278,691	6,136,486	2.91%	2.72%
1968	1,316,519	6,306,493	2.96%	2.77%
1969	1,356,182	6,484,716	3.01%	2.83%
1970	1,397,638	6,672,003	3.06%	2.89%
1971	1,441,039	6,868,868	3.11%	2.95%
1972	1,486,468	7,074,398	3.15%	2.99%
1973	1,533,680	7,288,048	3.18%	3.02%
1974	1,582,301	7,509,726	3.17%	3.04%
1975	1,627,032	7,739,336	2.83%	3.06%
1976	1,667,225	7,976,831	2.47%	3.07%
1977	1,707,568	8,222,240	2.42%	3.08%
1978	1,748,089	8,475,864	2.37%	3.08%
1979	1,788,524	8,737,581	2.31%	3.09%
1980	1,828,985	9,006,032	2.26%	3.07%
1981	1,869,759	9,279,011	2.23%	3.03%
1982	1,910,430	9,557,671	2.18%	3%
1983	1,950,321	9,843,044	2.09%	2.99%
1984	1,999,528	10,134,550	2.52%	2.96%
1985	2,059,311	10,433,142	2.99%	2.95%
1986	2,120,602	10,736,857	2.98%	2.91%
1987	2,183,473	11,047,291	2.96%	2.89%
1988	2,247,653	11,369,462	2.94%	2.92%
1989	2,313,558	11,704,998	2.93%	2.95%
1990	2,380,560	12,055,639	2.9%	3%
1991	2,449,229	12,421,412	2.88%	3.03%
1992	2,519,465	12,800,870	2.87%	3.05%
1993	2,595,124	13,197,345	3%	3.1%
1994	2,673,144	13,613,850	3.01%	3.16%
1995	2,749,461	14,051,275	2.85%	3.21%
1996	2,826,785	14,510,711	2.81%	3.27%
1997	2,887,862	14,990,814	2.16%	3.31%
1998	2,952,061	15,489,364	2.22%	3.33%
1999	3,032,874	16,000,506	2.74%	3.3%
2000	3,151,345	16,516,338	3.91%	3.22%
2001	3,272,537	17,032,939	3.85%	3.13%
2002	3,350,771	17,549,913	2.39%	3.04%
2003	3,445,753	18,071,854	2.83%	2.97%
2004	3,565,554	18,606,608	3.48%	2.96%
2005	3,696,393	19,159,707	3.67%	2.97%
2006	3,837,409	19,730,909	3.81%	2.98%
2007	3,980,430	20,318,583	3.73%	2.98%
2008	4,113,517	20,923,840	3.34%	2.98%
2009	4,281,219	21,547,280	4.08%	2.98%
2010	4,462,290	22,183,340	4.23%	2.95%
2011	4,609,724	22,822,300	3.3%	2.88%
2012	4,740,450	23,462,438	2.84%	2.8%
2013	4,857,099	24,109,290	2.46%	2.76%
2014	4,975,880	24,764,348	2.45%	2.72%
2015	5,097,581	25,426,702	2.45%	2.67%
2016	5,222,536	26,099,952	2.45%	2.65%
2017	5,351,011	26,788,375	2.46%	2.64%
2018	5,483,118	27,494,926	2.47%	2.64%
2019	5,616,661	28,219,554	2.44%	2.64%
2020	5,752,791	28,953,556	2.42%	2.6%
2021	5,892,183	29,691,083	2.42%	2.55%
2022	6,035,104	30,437,261	2.43%	2.51%
2023	6,182,885	31,195,932	2.45%	2.49%
2024	6,332,961	31,964,956	2.43%	2.47%
2025	6,484,427	32,740,675	2.39%	2.43%
2026	6,637,777	33,522,048	2.36%	2.39%
2027	6,794,288	34,308,785	2.36%	2.35%
2028	6,953,966	35,099,853	2.35%	2.31%
2029	7,116,456	35,894,674	2.34%	2.26%
2030	7,282,261	36,693,182	2.33%	2.22%
2031	7,452,405	37,495,701	2.34%	2.19%
2032	7,626,474	38,301,308	2.34%	2.15%
2033	7,802,988	39,109,380	2.31%	2.11%
2034	7,981,338	39,919,948	2.29%	2.07%
2035	8,160,723	40,733,841	2.25%	2.04%
2036	8,341,706	41,551,309	2.22%	2.01%
2037	8,524,798	42,371,330	2.19%	1.97%
2038	8,709,719	43,194,142	2.17%	1.94%
2039	8,896,164	44,019,285	2.14%	1.91%
2040	9,083,959	44,846,889	2.11%	1.88%
2041	9,274,654	45,676,973	2.1%	1.85%
2042	9,466,745	46,508,810	2.07%	1.82%
2043	9,658,834	47,342,285	2.03%	1.79%
2044	9,850,493	48,176,594	1.98%	1.76%
2045	10,041,891	49,011,270	1.94%	1.73%
2046	10,234,360	49,846,522	1.92%	1.7%
2047	10,427,899	50,682,055	1.89%	1.68%
2048	10,621,379	51,517,342	1.86%	1.65%
2049	10,813,639	52,351,981	1.81%	1.62%
2050	11,006,454	53,185,464	1.78%	1.59%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Madagascar gained 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Madagascar's population increased by 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Madagascar was ranked 57th in 2005 and ranked 49th 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 Madagascar will increase by 59.4% to 53,185,464 people and rank change from 49th to 37th.