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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Mali	Congo	Mali
1960	1,056,732	5,402,550	-	-
1961	1,084,389	5,482,283	2.62%	1.48%
1962	1,113,175	5,563,917	2.65%	1.49%
1963	1,143,263	5,646,605	2.7%	1.49%
1964	1,174,816	5,730,125	2.76%	1.48%
1965	1,207,880	5,815,487	2.81%	1.49%
1966	1,242,534	5,902,204	2.87%	1.49%
1967	1,278,691	5,990,906	2.91%	1.5%
1968	1,316,519	6,082,979	2.96%	1.54%
1969	1,356,182	6,177,704	3.01%	1.56%
1970	1,397,638	6,276,472	3.06%	1.6%
1971	1,441,039	6,377,944	3.11%	1.62%
1972	1,486,468	6,483,726	3.15%	1.66%
1973	1,533,680	6,597,106	3.18%	1.75%
1974	1,582,301	6,715,436	3.17%	1.79%
1975	1,627,032	6,837,261	2.83%	1.81%
1976	1,667,225	6,960,979	2.47%	1.81%
1977	1,707,568	7,090,979	2.42%	1.87%
1978	1,748,089	7,229,651	2.37%	1.96%
1979	1,788,524	7,375,266	2.31%	2.01%
1980	1,828,985	7,530,515	2.26%	2.1%
1981	1,869,759	7,692,766	2.23%	2.15%
1982	1,910,430	7,860,194	2.18%	2.18%
1983	1,950,321	8,034,400	2.09%	2.22%
1984	1,999,528	8,208,599	2.52%	2.17%
1985	2,059,311	8,374,663	2.99%	2.02%
1986	2,120,602	8,531,277	2.98%	1.87%
1987	2,183,473	8,681,164	2.96%	1.76%
1988	2,247,653	8,833,996	2.94%	1.76%
1989	2,313,558	8,999,938	2.93%	1.88%
1990	2,380,560	9,178,830	2.9%	1.99%
1991	2,449,229	9,362,888	2.88%	2.01%
1992	2,519,465	9,553,540	2.87%	2.04%
1993	2,595,124	9,754,786	3%	2.11%
1994	2,673,144	9,967,031	3.01%	2.18%
1995	2,749,461	10,185,365	2.85%	2.19%
1996	2,826,785	10,407,278	2.81%	2.18%
1997	2,887,862	10,646,495	2.16%	2.3%
1998	2,952,061	10,919,573	2.22%	2.56%
1999	3,032,874	11,227,415	2.74%	2.82%
2000	3,151,345	11,559,290	3.91%	2.96%
2001	3,272,537	11,912,158	3.85%	3.05%
2002	3,350,771	12,288,050	2.39%	3.16%
2003	3,445,753	12,684,955	2.83%	3.23%
2004	3,565,554	13,102,409	3.48%	3.29%
2005	3,696,393	13,538,647	3.67%	3.33%
2006	3,837,409	13,990,139	3.81%	3.33%
2007	3,980,430	14,457,775	3.73%	3.34%
2008	4,113,517	14,940,782	3.34%	3.34%
2009	4,281,219	15,435,539	4.08%	3.31%
2010	4,462,290	15,945,198	4.23%	3.3%
2011	4,609,724	16,469,049	3.3%	3.29%
2012	4,740,450	16,957,033	2.84%	2.96%
2013	4,857,099	17,459,615	2.46%	2.96%
2014	4,975,880	18,020,267	2.45%	3.21%
2015	5,097,581	18,593,022	2.45%	3.18%
2016	5,222,536	19,191,289	2.45%	3.22%
2017	5,351,011	19,813,011	2.46%	3.24%
2018	5,483,118	20,442,030	2.47%	3.17%
2019	5,616,661	21,068,405	2.44%	3.06%
2020	5,752,791	21,713,836	2.42%	3.06%
2021	5,892,183	22,388,630	2.42%	3.11%
2022	6,035,104	23,072,640	2.43%	3.06%
2023	6,182,885	23,769,127	2.45%	3.02%
2024	6,332,961	24,478,595	2.43%	2.98%
2025	6,484,427	25,198,817	2.39%	2.94%
2026	6,637,777	25,932,275	2.36%	2.91%
2027	6,794,288	26,679,171	2.36%	2.88%
2028	6,953,966	27,440,613	2.35%	2.85%
2029	7,116,456	28,215,513	2.34%	2.82%
2030	7,282,261	29,002,864	2.33%	2.79%
2031	7,452,405	29,804,545	2.34%	2.76%
2032	7,626,474	30,618,893	2.34%	2.73%
2033	7,802,988	31,442,801	2.31%	2.69%
2034	7,981,338	32,276,672	2.29%	2.65%
2035	8,160,723	33,118,344	2.25%	2.61%
2036	8,341,706	33,967,889	2.22%	2.57%
2037	8,524,798	34,823,450	2.19%	2.52%
2038	8,709,719	35,685,576	2.17%	2.48%
2039	8,896,164	36,549,487	2.14%	2.42%
2040	9,083,959	37,413,641	2.11%	2.36%
2041	9,274,654	38,280,868	2.1%	2.32%
2042	9,466,745	39,151,280	2.07%	2.27%
2043	9,658,834	40,026,317	2.03%	2.24%
2044	9,850,493	40,902,500	1.98%	2.19%
2045	10,041,891	41,778,984	1.94%	2.14%
2046	10,234,360	42,655,642	1.92%	2.1%
2047	10,427,899	43,530,852	1.89%	2.05%
2048	10,621,379	44,405,715	1.86%	2.01%
2049	10,813,639	45,279,772	1.81%	1.97%
2050	11,006,454	46,154,079	1.78%	1.93%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Mali gained 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Mali's population increased by 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Mali was ranked 66th in 2006 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.