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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Niger	Congo	Niger
1960	1,056,732	3,505,050	-	-
1961	1,084,389	3,608,162	2.62%	2.94%
1962	1,113,175	3,714,520	2.65%	2.95%
1963	1,143,263	3,823,873	2.7%	2.94%
1964	1,174,816	3,935,814	2.76%	2.93%
1965	1,207,880	4,049,695	2.81%	2.89%
1966	1,242,534	4,165,544	2.87%	2.86%
1967	1,278,691	4,283,590	2.91%	2.83%
1968	1,316,519	4,403,637	2.96%	2.8%
1969	1,356,182	4,525,725	3.01%	2.77%
1970	1,397,638	4,650,275	3.06%	2.75%
1971	1,441,039	4,776,225	3.11%	2.71%
1972	1,486,468	4,904,845	3.15%	2.69%
1973	1,533,680	5,037,865	3.18%	2.71%
1974	1,582,301	5,174,953	3.17%	2.72%
1975	1,627,032	5,317,019	2.83%	2.75%
1976	1,667,225	5,464,962	2.47%	2.78%
1977	1,707,568	5,619,716	2.42%	2.83%
1978	1,748,089	5,782,932	2.37%	2.9%
1979	1,788,524	5,955,556	2.31%	2.99%
1980	1,828,985	6,135,971	2.26%	3.03%
1981	1,869,759	6,322,006	2.23%	3.03%
1982	1,910,430	6,512,732	2.18%	3.02%
1983	1,950,321	6,708,644	2.09%	3.01%
1984	1,999,528	6,909,971	2.52%	3%
1985	2,059,311	7,118,457	2.99%	3.02%
1986	2,120,602	7,335,811	2.98%	3.05%
1987	2,183,473	7,561,150	2.96%	3.07%
1988	2,247,653	7,793,748	2.94%	3.08%
1989	2,313,558	8,034,780	2.93%	3.09%
1990	2,380,560	8,286,059	2.9%	3.13%
1991	2,449,229	8,546,900	2.88%	3.15%
1992	2,519,465	8,817,633	2.87%	3.17%
1993	2,595,124	9,100,789	3%	3.21%
1994	2,673,144	9,398,258	3.01%	3.27%
1995	2,749,461	9,714,529	2.85%	3.37%
1996	2,826,785	10,044,852	2.81%	3.4%
1997	2,887,862	10,383,969	2.16%	3.38%
1998	2,952,061	10,741,413	2.22%	3.44%
1999	3,032,874	11,117,411	2.74%	3.5%
2000	3,151,345	11,509,630	3.91%	3.53%
2001	3,272,537	11,920,647	3.85%	3.57%
2002	3,350,771	12,349,144	2.39%	3.59%
2003	3,445,753	12,796,984	2.83%	3.63%
2004	3,565,554	13,265,836	3.48%	3.66%
2005	3,696,393	13,756,192	3.67%	3.7%
2006	3,837,409	14,268,581	3.81%	3.72%
2007	3,980,430	14,803,610	3.73%	3.75%
2008	4,113,517	15,361,915	3.34%	3.77%
2009	4,281,219	15,943,675	4.08%	3.79%
2010	4,462,290	16,548,835	4.23%	3.8%
2011	4,609,724	17,176,283	3.3%	3.79%
2012	4,740,450	17,836,769	2.84%	3.85%
2013	4,857,099	18,519,898	2.46%	3.83%
2014	4,975,880	19,215,909	2.45%	3.76%
2015	5,097,581	19,939,498	2.45%	3.77%
2016	5,222,536	20,685,753	2.45%	3.74%
2017	5,351,011	21,435,446	2.46%	3.62%
2018	5,483,118	22,188,069	2.47%	3.51%
2019	5,616,661	22,947,757	2.44%	3.42%
2020	5,752,791	23,717,613	2.42%	3.35%
2021	5,892,183	24,502,140	2.42%	3.31%
2022	6,035,104	25,311,973	2.43%	3.31%
2023	6,182,885	26,159,867	2.45%	3.35%
2024	6,332,961	27,032,412	2.43%	3.34%
2025	6,484,427	27,917,825	2.39%	3.28%
2026	6,637,777	28,814,872	2.36%	3.21%
2027	6,794,288	29,723,688	2.36%	3.15%
2028	6,953,966	30,643,561	2.35%	3.09%
2029	7,116,456	31,575,091	2.34%	3.04%
2030	7,282,261	32,518,069	2.33%	2.99%
2031	7,452,405	33,469,616	2.34%	2.93%
2032	7,626,474	34,428,638	2.34%	2.87%
2033	7,802,988	35,397,029	2.31%	2.81%
2034	7,981,338	36,372,374	2.29%	2.76%
2035	8,160,723	37,353,462	2.25%	2.7%
2036	8,341,706	38,340,142	2.22%	2.64%
2037	8,524,798	39,330,372	2.19%	2.58%
2038	8,709,719	40,323,460	2.17%	2.52%
2039	8,896,164	41,318,407	2.14%	2.47%
2040	9,083,959	42,316,733	2.11%	2.42%
2041	9,274,654	43,319,236	2.1%	2.37%
2042	9,466,745	44,326,115	2.07%	2.32%
2043	9,658,834	45,337,248	2.03%	2.28%
2044	9,850,493	46,353,160	1.98%	2.24%
2045	10,041,891	47,374,113	1.94%	2.2%
2046	10,234,360	48,397,993	1.92%	2.16%
2047	10,427,899	49,423,853	1.89%	2.12%
2048	10,621,379	50,452,202	1.86%	2.08%
2049	10,813,639	51,482,559	1.81%	2.04%
2050	11,006,454	52,513,870	1.78%	2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Niger gained 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Niger was ranked 65th in 2005 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.