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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Palau	Congo	Palau
1960	1,056,732	9,328	-	-
1961	1,084,389	9,555	2.62%	2.43%
1962	1,113,175	9,793	2.65%	2.49%
1963	1,143,263	10,037	2.7%	2.49%
1964	1,174,816	10,292	2.76%	2.54%
1965	1,207,880	10,547	2.81%	2.48%
1966	1,242,534	10,805	2.87%	2.45%
1967	1,278,691	10,988	2.91%	1.69%
1968	1,316,519	11,080	2.96%	0.84%
1969	1,356,182	11,159	3.01%	0.71%
1970	1,397,638	11,368	3.06%	1.87%
1971	1,441,039	11,759	3.11%	3.44%
1972	1,486,468	12,194	3.15%	3.7%
1973	1,533,680	12,552	3.18%	2.94%
1974	1,582,301	12,687	3.17%	1.08%
1975	1,627,032	12,655	2.83%	-0.25%
1976	1,667,225	12,598	2.47%	-0.45%
1977	1,707,568	12,525	2.42%	-0.58%
1978	1,748,089	12,440	2.37%	-0.68%
1979	1,788,524	12,337	2.31%	-0.83%
1980	1,828,985	12,271	2.26%	-0.53%
1981	1,869,759	12,402	2.23%	1.07%
1982	1,910,430	12,694	2.18%	2.35%
1983	1,950,321	13,006	2.09%	2.46%
1984	1,999,528	13,337	2.52%	2.54%
1985	2,059,311	13,688	2.99%	2.63%
1986	2,120,602	14,024	2.98%	2.45%
1987	2,183,473	14,334	2.96%	2.21%
1988	2,247,653	14,645	2.94%	2.17%
1989	2,313,558	14,945	2.93%	2.05%
1990	2,380,560	15,259	2.9%	2.1%
1991	2,449,229	15,614	2.88%	2.33%
1992	2,519,465	15,989	2.87%	2.4%
1993	2,595,124	16,372	3%	2.4%
1994	2,673,144	16,770	3.01%	2.43%
1995	2,749,461	17,195	2.85%	2.53%
1996	2,826,785	17,654	2.81%	2.67%
1997	2,887,862	18,108	2.16%	2.57%
1998	2,952,061	18,524	2.22%	2.3%
1999	3,032,874	18,901	2.74%	2.04%
2000	3,151,345	19,178	3.91%	1.47%
2001	3,272,537	19,352	3.85%	0.91%
2002	3,350,771	19,503	2.39%	0.78%
2003	3,445,753	19,659	2.83%	0.8%
2004	3,565,554	19,820	3.48%	0.82%
2005	3,696,393	19,819	3.67%	-0.005%
2006	3,837,409	19,593	3.81%	-1.14%
2007	3,980,430	19,302	3.73%	-1.49%
2008	4,113,517	19,009	3.34%	-1.52%
2009	4,281,219	18,709	4.08%	-1.58%
2010	4,462,290	18,396	4.23%	-1.67%
2011	4,609,724	18,078	3.3%	-1.73%
2012	4,740,450	17,765	2.84%	-1.73%
2013	4,857,099	17,648	2.46%	-0.66%
2014	4,975,880	17,715	2.45%	0.38%
2015	5,097,581	17,770	2.45%	0.31%
2016	5,222,536	17,797	2.45%	0.15%
2017	5,351,011	17,812	2.46%	0.08%
2018	5,483,118	17,814	2.47%	0.01%
2019	5,616,661	17,798	2.44%	-0.09%
2020	5,752,791	17,792	2.42%	-0.03%
2021	5,892,183	17,783	2.42%	-0.05%
2022	6,035,104	17,759	2.43%	-0.13%
2023	6,182,885	17,727	2.45%	-0.18%
2024	6,332,961	17,695	2.43%	-0.18%
2025	6,484,427	17,663	2.39%	-0.18%
2026	6,637,777	17,618	2.36%	-0.25%
2027	6,794,288	17,564	2.36%	-0.31%
2028	6,953,966	17,504	2.35%	-0.34%
2029	7,116,456	17,436	2.34%	-0.39%
2030	7,282,261	17,376	2.33%	-0.34%
2031	7,452,405	17,299	2.34%	-0.44%
2032	7,626,474	17,228	2.34%	-0.41%
2033	7,802,988	17,163	2.31%	-0.38%
2034	7,981,338	17,092	2.29%	-0.41%
2035	8,160,723	17,012	2.25%	-0.47%
2036	8,341,706	16,940	2.22%	-0.43%
2037	8,524,798	16,858	2.19%	-0.48%
2038	8,709,719	16,779	2.17%	-0.47%
2039	8,896,164	16,689	2.14%	-0.54%
2040	9,083,959	16,604	2.11%	-0.51%
2041	9,274,654	16,510	2.1%	-0.57%
2042	9,466,745	16,403	2.07%	-0.65%
2043	9,658,834	16,302	2.03%	-0.61%
2044	9,850,493	16,202	1.98%	-0.62%
2045	10,041,891	16,097	1.94%	-0.65%
2046	10,234,360	15,977	1.92%	-0.74%
2047	10,427,899	15,863	1.89%	-0.71%
2048	10,621,379	15,749	1.86%	-0.72%
2049	10,813,639	15,632	1.81%	-0.74%
2050	11,006,454	15,515	1.78%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.