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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Mexico	Congo	Mexico
1960	1,056,732	36,724,615	-	-
1961	1,084,389	37,890,118	2.62%	3.17%
1962	1,113,175	39,129,200	2.65%	3.27%
1963	1,143,263	40,424,065	2.7%	3.31%
1964	1,174,816	41,772,049	2.76%	3.33%
1965	1,207,880	43,174,477	2.81%	3.36%
1966	1,242,534	44,629,106	2.87%	3.37%
1967	1,278,691	46,129,608	2.91%	3.36%
1968	1,316,519	47,668,303	2.96%	3.34%
1969	1,356,182	49,233,194	3.01%	3.28%
1970	1,397,638	50,814,953	3.06%	3.21%
1971	1,441,039	52,412,558	3.11%	3.14%
1972	1,486,468	54,030,168	3.15%	3.09%
1973	1,533,680	55,667,284	3.18%	3.03%
1974	1,582,301	57,320,149	3.17%	2.97%
1975	1,627,032	58,982,400	2.83%	2.9%
1976	1,667,225	60,645,512	2.47%	2.82%
1977	1,707,568	62,308,493	2.42%	2.74%
1978	1,748,089	63,979,046	2.37%	2.68%
1979	1,788,524	65,648,865	2.31%	2.61%
1980	1,828,985	67,300,334	2.26%	2.52%
1981	1,869,759	68,892,108	2.23%	2.37%
1982	1,910,430	70,433,260	2.18%	2.24%
1983	1,950,321	71,971,240	2.09%	2.18%
1984	1,999,528	73,506,846	2.52%	2.13%
1985	2,059,311	75,043,414	2.99%	2.09%
1986	2,120,602	76,585,637	2.98%	2.06%
1987	2,183,473	78,136,651	2.96%	2.03%
1988	2,247,653	79,695,531	2.94%	2%
1989	2,313,558	81,247,182	2.93%	1.95%
1990	2,380,560	82,820,170	2.9%	1.94%
1991	2,449,229	84,430,572	2.88%	1.94%
1992	2,519,465	86,044,809	2.87%	1.91%
1993	2,595,124	87,653,807	3%	1.87%
1994	2,673,144	89,259,205	3.01%	1.83%
1995	2,749,461	90,862,455	2.85%	1.8%
1996	2,826,785	92,452,702	2.81%	1.75%
1997	2,887,862	94,021,207	2.16%	1.7%
1998	2,952,061	95,575,245	2.22%	1.65%
1999	3,032,874	97,115,707	2.74%	1.61%
2000	3,151,345	98,625,552	3.91%	1.55%
2001	3,272,537	100,099,099	3.85%	1.49%
2002	3,350,771	101,548,624	2.39%	1.45%
2003	3,445,753	102,978,515	2.83%	1.41%
2004	3,565,554	104,394,131	3.48%	1.37%
2005	3,696,393	105,811,504	3.67%	1.36%
2006	3,837,409	107,253,666	3.81%	1.36%
2007	3,980,430	108,774,360	3.73%	1.42%
2008	4,113,517	110,374,288	3.34%	1.47%
2009	4,281,219	111,999,721	4.08%	1.47%
2010	4,462,290	113,623,895	4.23%	1.45%
2011	4,609,724	115,243,504	3.3%	1.43%
2012	4,740,450	116,818,208	2.84%	1.37%
2013	4,857,099	118,343,573	2.46%	1.31%
2014	4,975,880	119,784,261	2.45%	1.22%
2015	5,097,581	121,072,306	2.45%	1.08%
2016	5,222,536	122,251,351	2.45%	0.97%
2017	5,351,011	123,400,057	2.46%	0.94%
2018	5,483,118	124,573,711	2.47%	0.95%
2019	5,616,661	125,762,982	2.44%	0.95%
2020	5,752,791	126,799,054	2.42%	0.82%
2021	5,892,183	127,648,148	2.42%	0.67%
2022	6,035,104	128,613,117	2.43%	0.76%
2023	6,182,885	129,739,759	2.45%	0.88%
2024	6,332,961	130,861,007	2.43%	0.86%
2025	6,484,427	131,946,905	2.39%	0.83%
2026	6,637,777	132,997,664	2.36%	0.8%
2027	6,794,288	134,017,711	2.36%	0.77%
2028	6,953,966	135,008,697	2.35%	0.74%
2029	7,116,456	135,970,893	2.34%	0.71%
2030	7,282,261	136,904,747	2.33%	0.69%
2031	7,452,405	137,811,068	2.34%	0.66%
2032	7,626,474	138,690,189	2.34%	0.64%
2033	7,802,988	139,542,087	2.31%	0.61%
2034	7,981,338	140,362,026	2.29%	0.59%
2035	8,160,723	141,150,818	2.25%	0.56%
2036	8,341,706	141,909,168	2.22%	0.54%
2037	8,524,798	142,637,546	2.19%	0.51%
2038	8,709,719	143,336,222	2.17%	0.49%
2039	8,896,164	143,998,296	2.14%	0.46%
2040	9,083,959	144,624,328	2.11%	0.43%
2041	9,274,654	145,217,780	2.1%	0.41%
2042	9,466,745	145,777,459	2.07%	0.39%
2043	9,658,834	146,300,011	2.03%	0.36%
2044	9,850,493	146,787,722	1.98%	0.33%
2045	10,041,891	147,240,096	1.94%	0.31%
2046	10,234,360	147,654,160	1.92%	0.28%
2047	10,427,899	148,030,153	1.89%	0.25%
2048	10,621,379	148,372,233	1.86%	0.23%
2049	10,813,639	148,677,894	1.81%	0.21%
2050	11,006,454	148,946,272	1.78%	0.18%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Mexico gained 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2006 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.