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	574,346	2.43%	3.91%
2025	6,484,427	580,514	2.39%	1.07%
2026	6,637,777	584,351	2.36%	0.66%
2027	6,794,288	586,444	2.36%	0.36%
2028	6,953,966	588,290	2.35%	0.31%
2029	7,116,456	589,776	2.34%	0.25%
2030	7,282,261	590,973	2.33%	0.2%
2031	7,452,405	591,921	2.34%	0.16%
2032	7,626,474	592,622	2.34%	0.12%
2033	7,802,988	592,974	2.31%	0.06%
2034	7,981,338	592,827	2.29%	-0.02%
2035	8,160,723	592,332	2.25%	-0.08%
2036	8,341,706	591,668	2.22%	-0.11%
2037	8,524,798	590,830	2.19%	-0.14%
2038	8,709,719	589,771	2.17%	-0.18%
2039	8,896,164	588,528	2.14%	-0.21%
2040	9,083,959	587,256	2.11%	-0.22%
2041	9,274,654	585,895	2.1%	-0.23%
2042	9,466,745	584,467	2.07%	-0.24%
2043	9,658,834	582,966	2.03%	-0.26%
2044	9,850,493	581,355	1.98%	-0.28%
2045	10,041,891	579,693	1.94%	-0.29%
2046	10,234,360	577,954	1.92%	-0.3%
2047	10,427,899	576,050	1.89%	-0.33%
2048	10,621,379	574,050	1.86%	-0.35%
2049	10,813,639	572,187	1.81%	-0.32%
2050	11,006,454	570,210	1.78%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.