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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Malta	Congo	Malta
1960	1,056,732	326,550	-	-
1961	1,084,389	325,250	2.62%	-0.4%
1962	1,113,175	323,900	2.65%	-0.42%
1963	1,143,263	322,550	2.7%	-0.42%
1964	1,174,816	321,250	2.76%	-0.4%
1965	1,207,880	318,800	2.81%	-0.76%
1966	1,242,534	315,200	2.87%	-1.13%
1967	1,278,691	311,550	2.91%	-1.16%
1968	1,316,519	307,900	2.96%	-1.17%
1969	1,356,182	304,300	3.01%	-1.17%
1970	1,397,638	302,650	3.06%	-0.54%
1971	1,441,039	302,700	3.11%	0.02%
1972	1,486,468	302,450	3.15%	-0.08%
1973	1,533,680	302,200	3.18%	-0.08%
1974	1,582,301	301,996	3.17%	-0.07%
1975	1,627,032	304,222	2.83%	0.74%
1976	1,667,225	305,774	2.47%	0.51%
1977	1,707,568	306,970	2.42%	0.39%
1978	1,748,089	310,182	2.37%	1.05%
1979	1,788,524	313,342	2.31%	1.02%
1980	1,828,985	316,645	2.26%	1.05%
1981	1,869,759	318,982	2.23%	0.74%
1982	1,910,430	325,898	2.18%	2.17%
1983	1,950,321	330,524	2.09%	1.42%
1984	1,999,528	330,593	2.52%	0.02%
1985	2,059,311	336,452	2.99%	1.77%
1986	2,120,602	342,121	2.98%	1.68%
1987	2,183,473	344,485	2.96%	0.69%
1988	2,247,653	347,325	2.94%	0.82%
1989	2,313,558	350,722	2.93%	0.98%
1990	2,380,560	354,170	2.9%	0.98%
1991	2,449,229	363,845	2.88%	2.73%
1992	2,519,465	367,618	2.87%	1.04%
1993	2,595,124	371,308	3%	1%
1994	2,673,144	374,797	3.01%	0.94%
1995	2,749,461	377,419	2.85%	0.7%
1996	2,826,785	379,905	2.81%	0.66%
1997	2,887,862	382,791	2.16%	0.76%
1998	2,952,061	385,287	2.22%	0.65%
1999	3,032,874	387,578	2.74%	0.59%
2000	3,151,345	390,087	3.91%	0.65%
2001	3,272,537	393,028	3.85%	0.75%
2002	3,350,771	395,969	2.39%	0.75%
2003	3,445,753	398,582	2.83%	0.66%
2004	3,565,554	401,268	3.48%	0.67%
2005	3,696,393	403,834	3.67%	0.64%
2006	3,837,409	405,308	3.81%	0.37%
2007	3,980,430	406,724	3.73%	0.35%
2008	4,113,517	409,379	3.34%	0.65%
2009	4,281,219	412,477	4.08%	0.76%
2010	4,462,290	414,508	4.23%	0.49%
2011	4,609,724	416,268	3.3%	0.42%
2012	4,740,450	420,028	2.84%	0.9%
2013	4,857,099	424,810	2.46%	1.14%
2014	4,975,880	433,481	2.45%	2.04%
2015	5,097,581	444,220	2.45%	2.48%
2016	5,222,536	454,505	2.45%	2.32%
2017	5,351,011	467,106	2.46%	2.77%
2018	5,483,118	483,903	2.47%	3.6%
2019	5,616,661	503,912	2.44%	4.13%
2020	5,752,791	515,490	2.42%	2.3%
2021	5,892,183	518,150	2.42%	0.52%
2022	6,035,104	531,113	2.43%	2.5%
2023	6,182,885	552,747	2.45%	4.07%
2024	6,332,961	568,847	2.43%	2.91%
2025	6,484,427	574,955	2.39%	1.07%
2026	6,637,777	578,756	2.36%	0.66%
2027	6,794,288	580,829	2.36%	0.36%
2028	6,953,966	582,657	2.35%	0.31%
2029	7,116,456	584,129	2.34%	0.25%
2030	7,282,261	585,315	2.33%	0.2%
2031	7,452,405	586,254	2.34%	0.16%
2032	7,626,474	586,948	2.34%	0.12%
2033	7,802,988	587,297	2.31%	0.06%
2034	7,981,338	587,151	2.29%	-0.02%
2035	8,160,723	586,661	2.25%	-0.08%
2036	8,341,706	586,003	2.22%	-0.11%
2037	8,524,798	585,174	2.19%	-0.14%
2038	8,709,719	584,125	2.17%	-0.18%
2039	8,896,164	582,893	2.14%	-0.21%
2040	9,083,959	581,634	2.11%	-0.22%
2041	9,274,654	580,285	2.1%	-0.23%
2042	9,466,745	578,871	2.07%	-0.24%
2043	9,658,834	577,384	2.03%	-0.26%
2044	9,850,493	575,789	1.98%	-0.28%
2045	10,041,891	574,143	1.94%	-0.29%
2046	10,234,360	572,420	1.92%	-0.3%
2047	10,427,899	570,534	1.89%	-0.33%
2048	10,621,379	568,553	1.86%	-0.35%
2049	10,813,639	566,709	1.81%	-0.32%
2050	11,006,454	564,751	1.78%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.