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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Netherlands	Congo	Netherlands
1960	1,056,732	11,486,631	-	-
1961	1,084,389	11,638,712	2.62%	1.32%
1962	1,113,175	11,805,689	2.65%	1.43%
1963	1,143,263	11,965,966	2.7%	1.36%
1964	1,174,816	12,127,120	2.76%	1.35%
1965	1,207,880	12,294,732	2.81%	1.38%
1966	1,242,534	12,456,251	2.87%	1.31%
1967	1,278,691	12,598,201	2.91%	1.14%
1968	1,316,519	12,729,721	2.96%	1.04%
1969	1,356,182	12,877,984	3.01%	1.16%
1970	1,397,638	13,038,526	3.06%	1.25%
1971	1,441,039	13,194,497	3.11%	1.2%
1972	1,486,468	13,328,593	3.15%	1.02%
1973	1,533,680	13,439,322	3.18%	0.83%
1974	1,582,301	13,545,056	3.17%	0.79%
1975	1,627,032	13,666,335	2.83%	0.9%
1976	1,667,225	13,774,037	2.47%	0.79%
1977	1,707,568	13,856,185	2.42%	0.6%
1978	1,748,089	13,941,700	2.37%	0.62%
1979	1,788,524	14,038,270	2.31%	0.69%
1980	1,828,985	14,149,800	2.26%	0.79%
1981	1,869,759	14,247,208	2.23%	0.69%
1982	1,910,430	14,312,690	2.18%	0.46%
1983	1,950,321	14,367,070	2.09%	0.38%
1984	1,999,528	14,424,211	2.52%	0.4%
1985	2,059,311	14,491,632	2.99%	0.47%
1986	2,120,602	14,572,278	2.98%	0.56%
1987	2,183,473	14,665,037	2.96%	0.64%
1988	2,247,653	14,760,094	2.94%	0.65%
1989	2,313,558	14,848,907	2.93%	0.6%
1990	2,380,560	14,951,510	2.9%	0.69%
1991	2,449,229	15,069,798	2.88%	0.79%
1992	2,519,465	15,184,166	2.87%	0.76%
1993	2,595,124	15,290,368	3%	0.7%
1994	2,673,144	15,382,838	3.01%	0.6%
1995	2,749,461	15,459,006	2.85%	0.5%
1996	2,826,785	15,530,498	2.81%	0.46%
1997	2,887,862	15,610,650	2.16%	0.52%
1998	2,952,061	15,707,209	2.22%	0.62%
1999	3,032,874	15,812,088	2.74%	0.67%
2000	3,151,345	15,925,513	3.91%	0.72%
2001	3,272,537	16,046,180	3.85%	0.76%
2002	3,350,771	16,148,929	2.39%	0.64%
2003	3,445,753	16,225,302	2.83%	0.47%
2004	3,565,554	16,281,779	3.48%	0.35%
2005	3,696,393	16,319,868	3.67%	0.23%
2006	3,837,409	16,346,101	3.81%	0.16%
2007	3,980,430	16,381,696	3.73%	0.22%
2008	4,113,517	16,445,593	3.34%	0.39%
2009	4,281,219	16,530,388	4.08%	0.52%
2010	4,462,290	16,615,394	4.23%	0.51%
2011	4,609,724	16,693,074	3.3%	0.47%
2012	4,740,450	16,754,962	2.84%	0.37%
2013	4,857,099	16,804,432	2.46%	0.3%
2014	4,975,880	16,865,008	2.45%	0.36%
2015	5,097,581	16,939,923	2.45%	0.44%
2016	5,222,536	17,030,314	2.45%	0.53%
2017	5,351,011	17,131,296	2.46%	0.59%
2018	5,483,118	17,231,624	2.47%	0.59%
2019	5,616,661	17,344,874	2.44%	0.66%
2020	5,752,791	17,441,500	2.42%	0.56%
2021	5,892,183	17,533,044	2.42%	0.52%
2022	6,035,104	17,700,982	2.43%	0.96%
2023	6,182,885	17,877,117	2.45%	1%
2024	6,332,961	17,994,237	2.43%	0.66%
2025	6,484,427	18,110,800	2.39%	0.65%
2026	6,637,777	18,211,436	2.36%	0.56%
2027	6,794,288	18,299,531	2.36%	0.48%
2028	6,953,966	18,379,573	2.35%	0.44%
2029	7,116,456	18,452,044	2.34%	0.39%
2030	7,282,261	18,515,913	2.33%	0.35%
2031	7,452,405	18,571,934	2.34%	0.3%
2032	7,626,474	18,621,087	2.34%	0.26%
2033	7,802,988	18,664,975	2.31%	0.24%
2034	7,981,338	18,702,456	2.29%	0.2%
2035	8,160,723	18,733,223	2.25%	0.16%
2036	8,341,706	18,760,054	2.22%	0.14%
2037	8,524,798	18,781,793	2.19%	0.12%
2038	8,709,719	18,798,283	2.17%	0.09%
2039	8,896,164	18,810,276	2.14%	0.06%
2040	9,083,959	18,817,745	2.11%	0.04%
2041	9,274,654	18,820,870	2.1%	0.02%
2042	9,466,745	18,819,607	2.07%	-0.007%
2043	9,658,834	18,815,261	2.03%	-0.02%
2044	9,850,493	18,807,564	1.98%	-0.04%
2045	10,041,891	18,797,005	1.94%	-0.06%
2046	10,234,360	18,785,724	1.92%	-0.06%
2047	10,427,899	18,771,651	1.89%	-0.07%
2048	10,621,379	18,754,325	1.86%	-0.09%
2049	10,813,639	18,735,299	1.81%	-0.1%
2050	11,006,454	18,714,579	1.78%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.