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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Nigeria	Congo	Nigeria
1960	1,056,732	45,053,782	-	-
1961	1,084,389	45,989,310	2.62%	2.08%
1962	1,113,175	46,965,292	2.65%	2.12%
1963	1,143,263	47,973,575	2.7%	2.15%
1964	1,174,816	49,012,016	2.76%	2.16%
1965	1,207,880	50,086,764	2.81%	2.19%
1966	1,242,534	51,188,234	2.87%	2.2%
1967	1,278,691	52,293,065	2.91%	2.16%
1968	1,316,519	53,432,783	2.96%	2.18%
1969	1,356,182	54,631,914	3.01%	2.24%
1970	1,397,638	55,893,838	3.06%	2.31%
1971	1,441,039	57,214,684	3.11%	2.36%
1972	1,486,468	58,601,748	3.15%	2.42%
1973	1,533,680	60,082,139	3.18%	2.53%
1974	1,582,301	61,679,144	3.17%	2.66%
1975	1,627,032	63,410,815	2.83%	2.81%
1976	1,667,225	65,258,009	2.47%	2.91%
1977	1,707,568	67,234,590	2.42%	3.03%
1978	1,748,089	69,326,532	2.37%	3.11%
1979	1,788,524	71,498,242	2.31%	3.13%
1980	1,828,985	73,764,641	2.26%	3.17%
1981	1,869,759	76,068,103	2.23%	3.12%
1982	1,910,430	78,378,701	2.18%	3.04%
1983	1,950,321	80,438,260	2.09%	2.63%
1984	1,999,528	82,526,443	2.52%	2.6%
1985	2,059,311	84,897,973	2.99%	2.87%
1986	2,120,602	87,235,953	2.98%	2.75%
1987	2,183,473	89,591,716	2.96%	2.7%
1988	2,247,653	92,020,090	2.94%	2.71%
1989	2,313,558	94,531,014	2.93%	2.73%
1990	2,380,560	97,120,925	2.9%	2.74%
1991	2,449,229	99,720,162	2.88%	2.68%
1992	2,519,465	102,372,770	2.87%	2.66%
1993	2,595,124	105,122,069	3%	2.69%
1994	2,673,144	107,935,714	3.01%	2.68%
1995	2,749,461	110,819,428	2.85%	2.67%
1996	2,826,785	113,754,779	2.81%	2.65%
1997	2,887,862	116,754,792	2.16%	2.64%
1998	2,952,061	119,846,254	2.22%	2.65%
1999	3,032,874	123,047,320	2.74%	2.67%
2000	3,151,345	126,382,494	3.91%	2.71%
2001	3,272,537	129,862,595	3.85%	2.75%
2002	3,350,771	133,471,989	2.39%	2.78%
2003	3,445,753	137,202,644	2.83%	2.8%
2004	3,565,554	141,057,045	3.48%	2.81%
2005	3,696,393	145,017,253	3.67%	2.81%
2006	3,837,409	149,077,334	3.81%	2.8%
2007	3,980,430	153,267,261	3.73%	2.81%
2008	4,113,517	157,595,014	3.34%	2.82%
2009	4,281,219	162,049,464	4.08%	2.83%
2010	4,462,290	166,642,886	4.23%	2.83%
2011	4,609,724	171,379,598	3.3%	2.84%
2012	4,740,450	176,200,625	2.84%	2.81%
2013	4,857,099	181,049,443	2.46%	2.75%
2014	4,975,880	185,896,915	2.45%	2.68%
2015	5,097,581	190,671,878	2.45%	2.57%
2016	5,222,536	195,443,700	2.45%	2.5%
2017	5,351,011	200,254,579	2.46%	2.46%
2018	5,483,118	204,938,755	2.47%	2.34%
2019	5,616,661	209,485,641	2.44%	2.22%
2020	5,752,791	213,996,181	2.42%	2.15%
2021	5,892,183	218,529,286	2.42%	2.12%
2022	6,035,104	223,150,896	2.43%	2.11%
2023	6,182,885	227,882,945	2.45%	2.12%
2024	6,332,961	232,679,478	2.43%	2.1%
2025	6,484,427	237,527,783	2.39%	2.08%
2026	6,637,777	242,431,830	2.36%	2.06%
2027	6,794,288	247,374,258	2.36%	2.04%
2028	6,953,966	252,346,128	2.35%	2.01%
2029	7,116,456	257,352,638	2.34%	1.98%
2030	7,282,261	262,380,975	2.33%	1.95%
2031	7,452,405	267,421,079	2.34%	1.92%
2032	7,626,474	272,483,635	2.34%	1.89%
2033	7,802,988	277,555,116	2.31%	1.86%
2034	7,981,338	282,622,388	2.29%	1.83%
2035	8,160,723	287,685,757	2.25%	1.79%
2036	8,341,706	292,739,390	2.22%	1.76%
2037	8,524,798	297,773,236	2.19%	1.72%
2038	8,709,719	302,782,350	2.17%	1.68%
2039	8,896,164	307,764,754	2.14%	1.65%
2040	9,083,959	312,710,403	2.11%	1.61%
2041	9,274,654	317,607,237	2.1%	1.57%
2042	9,466,745	322,450,302	2.07%	1.52%
2043	9,658,834	327,243,941	2.03%	1.49%
2044	9,850,493	331,983,354	1.98%	1.45%
2045	10,041,891	336,662,502	1.94%	1.41%
2046	10,234,360	341,281,757	1.92%	1.37%
2047	10,427,899	345,844,004	1.89%	1.34%
2048	10,621,379	350,347,757	1.86%	1.3%
2049	10,813,639	354,792,418	1.81%	1.27%
2050	11,006,454	359,185,550	1.78%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.