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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Malaysia	Congo	Malaysia
1960	1,056,732	7,956,197	-	-
1961	1,084,389	8,164,443	2.62%	2.62%
1962	1,113,175	8,380,172	2.65%	2.64%
1963	1,143,263	8,602,160	2.7%	2.65%
1964	1,174,816	8,828,406	2.76%	2.63%
1965	1,207,880	9,056,408	2.81%	2.58%
1966	1,242,534	9,284,688	2.87%	2.52%
1967	1,278,691	9,507,099	2.91%	2.4%
1968	1,316,519	9,725,281	2.96%	2.29%
1969	1,356,182	9,947,597	3.01%	2.29%
1970	1,397,638	10,178,802	3.06%	2.32%
1971	1,441,039	10,423,453	3.11%	2.4%
1972	1,486,468	10,676,835	3.15%	2.43%
1973	1,533,680	10,935,621	3.18%	2.42%
1974	1,582,301	11,200,906	3.17%	2.43%
1975	1,627,032	11,471,914	2.83%	2.42%
1976	1,667,225	11,750,097	2.47%	2.42%
1977	1,707,568	12,035,713	2.42%	2.43%
1978	1,748,089	12,328,157	2.37%	2.43%
1979	1,788,524	12,627,862	2.31%	2.43%
1980	1,828,985	12,983,363	2.26%	2.82%
1981	1,869,759	13,399,203	2.23%	3.2%
1982	1,910,430	13,832,798	2.18%	3.24%
1983	1,950,321	14,285,907	2.09%	3.28%
1984	1,999,528	14,759,009	2.52%	3.31%
1985	2,059,311	15,252,258	2.99%	3.34%
1986	2,120,602	15,760,419	2.98%	3.33%
1987	2,183,473	16,276,737	2.96%	3.28%
1988	2,247,653	16,796,605	2.94%	3.19%
1989	2,313,558	17,314,997	2.93%	3.09%
1990	2,380,560	17,833,171	2.9%	2.99%
1991	2,449,229	18,342,464	2.88%	2.86%
1992	2,519,465	18,834,572	2.87%	2.68%
1993	2,595,124	19,322,664	3%	2.59%
1994	2,673,144	19,820,446	3.01%	2.58%
1995	2,749,461	20,330,599	2.85%	2.57%
1996	2,826,785	20,850,087	2.81%	2.56%
1997	2,887,862	21,375,218	2.16%	2.52%
1998	2,952,061	21,906,713	2.22%	2.49%
1999	3,032,874	22,435,531	2.74%	2.41%
2000	3,151,345	22,967,816	3.91%	2.37%
2001	3,272,537	23,526,538	3.85%	2.43%
2002	3,350,771	24,102,477	2.39%	2.45%
2003	3,445,753	24,679,602	2.83%	2.39%
2004	3,565,554	25,256,772	3.48%	2.34%
2005	3,696,393	25,836,071	3.67%	2.29%
2006	3,837,409	26,417,909	3.81%	2.25%
2007	3,980,430	26,998,389	3.73%	2.2%
2008	4,113,517	27,570,059	3.34%	2.12%
2009	4,281,219	28,124,778	4.08%	2.01%
2010	4,462,290	28,655,776	4.23%	1.89%
2011	4,609,724	29,162,039	3.3%	1.77%
2012	4,740,450	29,662,831	2.84%	1.72%
2013	4,857,099	30,174,265	2.46%	1.72%
2014	4,975,880	30,696,137	2.45%	1.73%
2015	5,097,581	31,232,798	2.45%	1.75%
2016	5,222,536	31,789,685	2.45%	1.78%
2017	5,351,011	32,355,644	2.46%	1.78%
2018	5,483,118	32,910,967	2.47%	1.72%
2019	5,616,661	33,440,596	2.44%	1.61%
2020	5,752,791	33,889,558	2.42%	1.34%
2021	5,892,183	34,282,399	2.42%	1.16%
2022	6,035,104	34,695,493	2.43%	1.2%
2023	6,182,885	35,126,298	2.45%	1.24%
2024	6,332,961	35,557,673	2.43%	1.23%
2025	6,484,427	35,977,838	2.39%	1.18%
2026	6,637,777	36,385,119	2.36%	1.13%
2027	6,794,288	36,785,089	2.36%	1.1%
2028	6,953,966	37,182,773	2.35%	1.08%
2029	7,116,456	37,574,292	2.34%	1.05%
2030	7,282,261	37,961,722	2.33%	1.03%
2031	7,452,405	38,347,786	2.34%	1.02%
2032	7,626,474	38,728,383	2.34%	0.99%
2033	7,802,988	39,097,871	2.31%	0.95%
2034	7,981,338	39,457,849	2.29%	0.92%
2035	8,160,723	39,814,834	2.25%	0.9%
2036	8,341,706	40,166,904	2.22%	0.88%
2037	8,524,798	40,512,289	2.19%	0.86%
2038	8,709,719	40,853,318	2.17%	0.84%
2039	8,896,164	41,185,892	2.14%	0.81%
2040	9,083,959	41,509,646	2.11%	0.79%
2041	9,274,654	41,828,594	2.1%	0.77%
2042	9,466,745	42,144,474	2.07%	0.76%
2043	9,658,834	42,455,952	2.03%	0.74%
2044	9,850,493	42,754,140	1.98%	0.7%
2045	10,041,891	43,038,205	1.94%	0.66%
2046	10,234,360	43,313,754	1.92%	0.64%
2047	10,427,899	43,580,459	1.89%	0.62%
2048	10,621,379	43,831,577	1.86%	0.58%
2049	10,813,639	44,065,538	1.81%	0.53%
2050	11,006,454	44,289,765	1.78%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.