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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Namibia	Congo	Namibia
1960	1,056,732	591,465	-	-
1961	1,084,389	603,067	2.62%	1.96%
1962	1,113,175	615,759	2.65%	2.1%
1963	1,143,263	629,589	2.7%	2.25%
1964	1,174,816	644,530	2.76%	2.37%
1965	1,207,880	660,558	2.81%	2.49%
1966	1,242,534	677,655	2.87%	2.59%
1967	1,278,691	696,045	2.91%	2.71%
1968	1,316,519	715,542	2.96%	2.8%
1969	1,356,182	736,120	3.01%	2.88%
1970	1,397,638	757,868	3.06%	2.95%
1971	1,441,039	780,584	3.11%	3%
1972	1,486,468	804,399	3.15%	3.05%
1973	1,533,680	828,928	3.18%	3.05%
1974	1,582,301	854,320	3.17%	3.06%
1975	1,627,032	881,032	2.83%	3.13%
1976	1,667,225	906,566	2.47%	2.9%
1977	1,707,568	931,104	2.42%	2.71%
1978	1,748,089	947,269	2.37%	1.74%
1979	1,788,524	962,825	2.31%	1.64%
1980	1,828,985	981,434	2.26%	1.93%
1981	1,869,759	992,500	2.23%	1.13%
1982	1,910,430	1,010,308	2.18%	1.79%
1983	1,950,321	1,037,511	2.09%	2.69%
1984	1,999,528	1,065,989	2.52%	2.74%
1985	2,059,311	1,096,890	2.99%	2.9%
1986	2,120,602	1,131,081	2.98%	3.12%
1987	2,183,473	1,167,889	2.96%	3.25%
1988	2,247,653	1,209,696	2.94%	3.58%
1989	2,313,558	1,288,947	2.93%	6.55%
1990	2,380,560	1,369,303	2.9%	6.23%
1991	2,449,229	1,415,684	2.88%	3.39%
1992	2,519,465	1,461,322	2.87%	3.22%
1993	2,595,124	1,508,697	3%	3.24%
1994	2,673,144	1,556,304	3.01%	3.16%
1995	2,749,461	1,602,170	2.85%	2.95%
1996	2,826,785	1,646,103	2.81%	2.74%
1997	2,887,862	1,689,264	2.16%	2.62%
1998	2,952,061	1,732,745	2.22%	2.57%
1999	3,032,874	1,776,368	2.74%	2.52%
2000	3,151,345	1,818,647	3.91%	2.38%
2001	3,272,537	1,857,048	3.85%	2.11%
2002	3,350,771	1,889,970	2.39%	1.77%
2003	3,445,753	1,917,464	2.83%	1.45%
2004	3,565,554	1,942,082	3.48%	1.28%
2005	3,696,393	1,966,582	3.67%	1.26%
2006	3,837,409	1,991,888	3.81%	1.29%
2007	3,980,430	2,018,600	3.73%	1.34%
2008	4,113,517	2,047,056	3.34%	1.41%
2009	4,281,219	2,077,394	4.08%	1.48%
2010	4,462,290	2,109,811	4.23%	1.56%
2011	4,609,724	2,146,325	3.3%	1.73%
2012	4,740,450	2,194,654	2.84%	2.25%
2013	4,857,099	2,252,508	2.46%	2.64%
2014	4,975,880	2,312,139	2.45%	2.65%
2015	5,097,581	2,374,300	2.45%	2.69%
2016	5,222,536	2,439,213	2.45%	2.73%
2017	5,351,011	2,506,853	2.46%	2.77%
2018	5,483,118	2,577,327	2.47%	2.81%
2019	5,616,661	2,650,494	2.44%	2.84%
2020	5,752,791	2,728,762	2.42%	2.95%
2021	5,892,183	2,810,548	2.42%	3%
2022	6,035,104	2,889,662	2.43%	2.81%
2023	6,182,885	2,963,095	2.45%	2.54%
2024	6,332,961	3,030,131	2.43%	2.26%
2025	6,484,427	3,092,826	2.39%	2.07%
2026	6,637,777	3,153,252	2.36%	1.95%
2027	6,794,288	3,212,910	2.36%	1.89%
2028	6,953,966	3,272,166	2.35%	1.84%
2029	7,116,456	3,330,819	2.34%	1.79%
2030	7,282,261	3,389,961	2.33%	1.78%
2031	7,452,405	3,449,508	2.34%	1.76%
2032	7,626,474	3,508,245	2.34%	1.7%
2033	7,802,988	3,565,349	2.31%	1.63%
2034	7,981,338	3,621,829	2.29%	1.58%
2035	8,160,723	3,678,888	2.25%	1.58%
2036	8,341,706	3,735,939	2.22%	1.55%
2037	8,524,798	3,792,807	2.19%	1.52%
2038	8,709,719	3,850,310	2.17%	1.52%
2039	8,896,164	3,907,182	2.14%	1.48%
2040	9,083,959	3,962,414	2.11%	1.41%
2041	9,274,654	4,017,690	2.1%	1.4%
2042	9,466,745	4,073,359	2.07%	1.39%
2043	9,658,834	4,129,577	2.03%	1.38%
2044	9,850,493	4,186,114	1.98%	1.37%
2045	10,041,891	4,243,359	1.94%	1.37%
2046	10,234,360	4,299,969	1.92%	1.33%
2047	10,427,899	4,355,507	1.89%	1.29%
2048	10,621,379	4,409,459	1.86%	1.24%
2049	10,813,639	4,460,507	1.81%	1.16%
2050	11,006,454	4,512,307	1.78%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Namibia gained 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 767,064 (a 32.3% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2005 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.6% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.