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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Mozambique	Congo	Mozambique
1960	1,056,732	6,713,695	-	-
1961	1,084,389	6,834,936	2.62%	1.81%
1962	1,113,175	6,969,364	2.65%	1.97%
1963	1,143,263	7,109,828	2.7%	2.02%
1964	1,174,816	7,255,061	2.76%	2.04%
1965	1,207,880	7,406,421	2.81%	2.09%
1966	1,242,534	7,562,990	2.87%	2.11%
1967	1,278,691	7,724,550	2.91%	2.14%
1968	1,316,519	7,892,613	2.96%	2.18%
1969	1,356,182	8,066,951	3.01%	2.21%
1970	1,397,638	8,250,506	3.06%	2.28%
1971	1,441,039	8,456,317	3.11%	2.49%
1972	1,486,468	8,692,935	3.15%	2.8%
1973	1,533,680	8,954,242	3.18%	3.01%
1974	1,582,301	9,236,093	3.17%	3.15%
1975	1,627,032	9,540,817	2.83%	3.3%
1976	1,667,225	9,867,209	2.47%	3.42%
1977	1,707,568	10,224,975	2.42%	3.63%
1978	1,748,089	10,618,250	2.37%	3.85%
1979	1,788,524	11,028,809	2.31%	3.87%
1980	1,828,985	11,336,221	2.26%	2.79%
1981	1,869,759	11,568,127	2.23%	2.05%
1982	1,910,430	11,824,370	2.18%	2.22%
1983	1,950,321	12,073,822	2.09%	2.11%
1984	1,999,528	12,315,954	2.52%	2.01%
1985	2,059,311	12,548,949	2.99%	1.89%
1986	2,120,602	12,770,578	2.98%	1.77%
1987	2,183,473	12,822,574	2.96%	0.41%
1988	2,247,653	12,800,558	2.94%	-0.17%
1989	2,313,558	12,906,842	2.93%	0.83%
1990	2,380,560	13,094,537	2.9%	1.45%
1991	2,449,229	13,352,090	2.88%	1.97%
1992	2,519,465	13,613,316	2.87%	1.96%
1993	2,595,124	14,051,192	3%	3.22%
1994	2,673,144	15,033,853	3.01%	6.99%
1995	2,749,461	15,960,530	2.85%	6.16%
1996	2,826,785	16,492,480	2.81%	3.33%
1997	2,887,862	16,949,982	2.16%	2.77%
1998	2,952,061	17,340,464	2.22%	2.3%
1999	3,032,874	17,734,506	2.74%	2.27%
2000	3,151,345	18,129,653	3.91%	2.23%
2001	3,272,537	18,537,729	3.85%	2.25%
2002	3,350,771	18,958,338	2.39%	2.27%
2003	3,445,753	19,392,475	2.83%	2.29%
2004	3,565,554	19,840,313	3.48%	2.31%
2005	3,696,393	20,304,569	3.67%	2.34%
2006	3,837,409	20,787,087	3.81%	2.38%
2007	3,980,430	21,287,635	3.73%	2.41%
2008	4,113,517	21,819,036	3.34%	2.5%
2009	4,281,219	22,391,745	4.08%	2.62%
2010	4,462,290	22,999,235	4.23%	2.71%
2011	4,609,724	23,649,039	3.3%	2.83%
2012	4,740,450	24,337,846	2.84%	2.91%
2013	4,857,099	25,051,611	2.46%	2.93%
2014	4,975,880	25,788,475	2.45%	2.94%
2015	5,097,581	26,547,572	2.45%	2.94%
2016	5,222,536	27,337,105	2.45%	2.97%
2017	5,351,011	28,166,393	2.46%	3.03%
2018	5,483,118	29,018,644	2.47%	3.03%
2019	5,616,661	29,884,380	2.44%	2.98%
2020	5,752,791	30,783,688	2.42%	3.01%
2021	5,892,183	31,707,800	2.42%	3%
2022	6,035,104	32,656,246	2.43%	2.99%
2023	6,182,885	33,635,160	2.45%	3%
2024	6,332,961	34,631,766	2.43%	2.96%
2025	6,484,427	35,631,656	2.39%	2.89%
2026	6,637,777	36,639,853	2.36%	2.83%
2027	6,794,288	37,668,656	2.36%	2.81%
2028	6,953,966	38,714,097	2.35%	2.78%
2029	7,116,456	39,774,947	2.34%	2.74%
2030	7,282,261	40,846,749	2.33%	2.69%
2031	7,452,405	41,931,250	2.34%	2.66%
2032	7,626,474	43,032,887	2.34%	2.63%
2033	7,802,988	44,144,533	2.31%	2.58%
2034	7,981,338	45,273,522	2.29%	2.56%
2035	8,160,723	46,411,774	2.25%	2.51%
2036	8,341,706	47,548,671	2.22%	2.45%
2037	8,524,798	48,684,563	2.19%	2.39%
2038	8,709,719	49,822,039	2.17%	2.34%
2039	8,896,164	50,971,124	2.14%	2.31%
2040	9,083,959	52,124,215	2.11%	2.26%
2041	9,274,654	53,271,004	2.1%	2.2%
2042	9,466,745	54,423,407	2.07%	2.16%
2043	9,658,834	55,574,711	2.03%	2.12%
2044	9,850,493	56,716,585	1.98%	2.05%
2045	10,041,891	57,851,787	1.94%	2%
2046	10,234,360	58,981,102	1.92%	1.95%
2047	10,427,899	60,117,587	1.89%	1.93%
2048	10,621,379	61,254,584	1.86%	1.89%
2049	10,813,639	62,397,018	1.81%	1.87%
2050	11,006,454	63,530,955	1.78%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.