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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Malawi	Congo	Malawi
1960	1,056,732	3,628,134	-	-
1961	1,084,389	3,715,534	2.62%	2.41%
1962	1,113,175	3,806,307	2.65%	2.44%
1963	1,143,263	3,900,506	2.7%	2.47%
1964	1,174,816	3,997,305	2.76%	2.48%
1965	1,207,880	4,096,157	2.81%	2.47%
1966	1,242,534	4,197,926	2.87%	2.48%
1967	1,278,691	4,303,012	2.91%	2.5%
1968	1,316,519	4,411,054	2.96%	2.51%
1969	1,356,182	4,521,184	3.01%	2.5%
1970	1,397,638	4,633,944	3.06%	2.49%
1971	1,441,039	4,751,434	3.11%	2.54%
1972	1,486,468	4,874,475	3.15%	2.59%
1973	1,533,680	5,003,938	3.18%	2.66%
1974	1,582,301	5,141,337	3.17%	2.75%
1975	1,627,032	5,287,367	2.83%	2.84%
1976	1,667,225	5,443,384	2.47%	2.95%
1977	1,707,568	5,614,983	2.42%	3.15%
1978	1,748,089	5,810,132	2.37%	3.48%
1979	1,788,524	6,028,749	2.31%	3.76%
1980	1,828,985	6,265,529	2.26%	3.93%
1981	1,869,759	6,516,454	2.23%	4%
1982	1,910,430	6,778,879	2.18%	4.03%
1983	1,950,321	7,051,709	2.09%	4.02%
1984	1,999,528	7,332,810	2.52%	3.99%
1985	2,059,311	7,620,508	2.99%	3.92%
1986	2,120,602	7,906,480	2.98%	3.75%
1987	2,183,473	8,293,174	2.96%	4.89%
1988	2,247,653	8,753,262	2.94%	5.55%
1989	2,313,558	9,176,220	2.93%	4.83%
1990	2,380,560	9,545,852	2.9%	4.03%
1991	2,449,229	9,844,227	2.88%	3.13%
1992	2,519,465	10,135,079	2.87%	2.95%
1993	2,595,124	10,284,024	3%	1.47%
1994	2,673,144	10,164,894	3.01%	-1.16%
1995	2,749,461	10,150,117	2.85%	-0.15%
1996	2,826,785	10,352,228	2.81%	1.99%
1997	2,887,862	10,562,035	2.16%	2.03%
1998	2,952,061	10,792,876	2.22%	2.19%
1999	3,032,874	11,047,804	2.74%	2.36%
2000	3,151,345	11,315,942	3.91%	2.43%
2001	3,272,537	11,593,058	3.85%	2.45%
2002	3,350,771	11,880,440	2.39%	2.48%
2003	3,445,753	12,181,574	2.83%	2.53%
2004	3,565,554	12,500,737	3.48%	2.62%
2005	3,696,393	12,840,031	3.67%	2.71%
2006	3,837,409	13,198,701	3.81%	2.79%
2007	3,980,430	13,576,343	3.73%	2.86%
2008	4,113,517	13,976,417	3.34%	2.95%
2009	4,281,219	14,395,788	4.08%	3%
2010	4,462,290	14,826,463	4.23%	2.99%
2011	4,609,724	15,265,022	3.3%	2.96%
2012	4,740,450	15,709,577	2.84%	2.91%
2013	4,857,099	16,161,816	2.46%	2.88%
2014	4,975,880	16,621,538	2.45%	2.84%
2015	5,097,581	17,085,587	2.45%	2.79%
2016	5,222,536	17,557,739	2.45%	2.76%
2017	5,351,011	18,039,715	2.46%	2.75%
2018	5,483,118	18,528,081	2.47%	2.71%
2019	5,616,661	19,025,752	2.44%	2.69%
2020	5,752,791	19,533,888	2.42%	2.67%
2021	5,892,183	20,047,258	2.42%	2.63%
2022	6,035,104	20,568,728	2.43%	2.6%
2023	6,182,885	21,104,482	2.45%	2.6%
2024	6,332,961	21,655,286	2.43%	2.61%
2025	6,484,427	22,216,113	2.39%	2.59%
2026	6,637,777	22,785,530	2.36%	2.56%
2027	6,794,288	23,366,187	2.36%	2.55%
2028	6,953,966	23,954,450	2.35%	2.52%
2029	7,116,456	24,553,499	2.34%	2.5%
2030	7,282,261	25,160,293	2.33%	2.47%
2031	7,452,405	25,763,534	2.34%	2.4%
2032	7,626,474	26,366,760	2.34%	2.34%
2033	7,802,988	26,978,417	2.31%	2.32%
2034	7,981,338	27,595,295	2.29%	2.29%
2035	8,160,723	28,213,784	2.25%	2.24%
2036	8,341,706	28,835,595	2.22%	2.2%
2037	8,524,798	29,462,509	2.19%	2.17%
2038	8,709,719	30,081,741	2.17%	2.1%
2039	8,896,164	30,691,578	2.14%	2.03%
2040	9,083,959	31,302,092	2.11%	1.99%
2041	9,274,654	31,911,242	2.1%	1.95%
2042	9,466,745	32,517,509	2.07%	1.9%
2043	9,658,834	33,122,481	2.03%	1.86%
2044	9,850,493	33,736,523	1.98%	1.85%
2045	10,041,891	34,350,947	1.94%	1.82%
2046	10,234,360	34,959,606	1.92%	1.77%
2047	10,427,899	35,567,989	1.89%	1.74%
2048	10,621,379	36,165,757	1.86%	1.68%
2049	10,813,639	36,760,998	1.81%	1.65%
2050	11,006,454	37,361,672	1.78%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.