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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Maldives	Congo	Maldives
1960	1,056,732	91,189	-	-
1961	1,084,389	93,450	2.62%	2.48%
1962	1,113,175	95,802	2.65%	2.52%
1963	1,143,263	98,222	2.7%	2.53%
1964	1,174,816	100,662	2.76%	2.48%
1965	1,207,880	104,102	2.81%	3.42%
1966	1,242,534	108,507	2.87%	4.23%
1967	1,278,691	112,528	2.91%	3.71%
1968	1,316,519	116,075	2.96%	3.15%
1969	1,356,182	119,564	3.01%	3.01%
1970	1,397,638	123,219	3.06%	3.06%
1971	1,441,039	127,035	3.11%	3.1%
1972	1,486,468	130,968	3.15%	3.1%
1973	1,533,680	134,952	3.18%	3.04%
1974	1,582,301	138,978	3.17%	2.98%
1975	1,627,032	143,158	2.83%	3.01%
1976	1,667,225	147,525	2.47%	3.05%
1977	1,707,568	151,930	2.42%	2.99%
1978	1,748,089	156,159	2.37%	2.78%
1979	1,788,524	160,360	2.31%	2.69%
1980	1,828,985	164,835	2.26%	2.79%
1981	1,869,759	169,532	2.23%	2.85%
1982	1,910,430	174,333	2.18%	2.83%
1983	1,950,321	179,128	2.09%	2.75%
1984	1,999,528	184,198	2.52%	2.83%
1985	2,059,311	190,169	2.99%	3.24%
1986	2,120,602	196,935	2.98%	3.56%
1987	2,183,473	203,944	2.96%	3.56%
1988	2,247,653	210,885	2.94%	3.4%
1989	2,313,558	217,738	2.93%	3.25%
1990	2,380,560	224,762	2.9%	3.23%
1991	2,449,229	231,802	2.88%	3.13%
1992	2,519,465	238,543	2.87%	2.91%
1993	2,595,124	244,884	3%	2.66%
1994	2,673,144	250,822	3.01%	2.42%
1995	2,749,461	256,649	2.85%	2.32%
1996	2,826,785	262,347	2.81%	2.22%
1997	2,887,862	267,707	2.16%	2.04%
1998	2,952,061	272,723	2.22%	1.87%
1999	3,032,874	277,412	2.74%	1.72%
2000	3,151,345	282,019	3.91%	1.66%
2001	3,272,537	286,767	3.85%	1.68%
2002	3,350,771	291,616	2.39%	1.69%
2003	3,445,753	296,491	2.83%	1.67%
2004	3,565,554	301,413	3.48%	1.66%
2005	3,696,393	306,429	3.67%	1.66%
2006	3,837,409	313,851	3.81%	2.42%
2007	3,980,430	324,479	3.73%	3.39%
2008	4,113,517	336,170	3.34%	3.6%
2009	4,281,219	348,275	4.08%	3.6%
2010	4,462,290	360,792	4.23%	3.59%
2011	4,609,724	373,674	3.3%	3.57%
2012	4,740,450	386,818	2.84%	3.52%
2013	4,857,099	400,070	2.46%	3.43%
2014	4,975,880	413,617	2.45%	3.39%
2015	5,097,581	428,154	2.45%	3.51%
2016	5,222,536	443,308	2.45%	3.54%
2017	5,351,011	458,287	2.46%	3.38%
2018	5,483,118	473,099	2.47%	3.23%
2019	5,616,661	487,731	2.44%	3.09%
2020	5,752,791	502,118	2.42%	2.95%
2021	5,892,183	516,154	2.42%	2.8%
2022	6,035,104	524,106	2.43%	1.54%
2023	6,182,885	525,994	2.45%	0.36%
2024	6,332,961	527,799	2.43%	0.34%
2025	6,484,427	529,677	2.39%	0.36%
2026	6,637,777	531,514	2.36%	0.35%
2027	6,794,288	533,433	2.36%	0.36%
2028	6,953,966	535,502	2.35%	0.39%
2029	7,116,456	537,574	2.34%	0.39%
2030	7,282,261	539,667	2.33%	0.39%
2031	7,452,405	541,929	2.34%	0.42%
2032	7,626,474	544,288	2.34%	0.44%
2033	7,802,988	546,723	2.31%	0.45%
2034	7,981,338	549,162	2.29%	0.45%
2035	8,160,723	551,599	2.25%	0.44%
2036	8,341,706	554,092	2.22%	0.45%
2037	8,524,798	556,637	2.19%	0.46%
2038	8,709,719	559,231	2.17%	0.47%
2039	8,896,164	561,958	2.14%	0.49%
2040	9,083,959	564,800	2.11%	0.51%
2041	9,274,654	567,606	2.1%	0.5%
2042	9,466,745	570,381	2.07%	0.49%
2043	9,658,834	573,138	2.03%	0.48%
2044	9,850,493	575,811	1.98%	0.47%
2045	10,041,891	578,459	1.94%	0.46%
2046	10,234,360	581,026	1.92%	0.44%
2047	10,427,899	583,393	1.89%	0.41%
2048	10,621,379	585,720	1.86%	0.4%
2049	10,813,639	587,988	1.81%	0.39%
2050	11,006,454	589,960	1.78%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.