The latest officially reported population of the Congo was 6,332,961 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Congo's population is 6,607,609 people compared to 4,614,993 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- The Congo's population is 1.43 times bigger than Panama's.
- The Congo is ranked the 109th most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.08% for the Congo vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, the Congo has had an average growth rate of +2.44% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2005, the population of the Congo has increased from 3.7M people to 6.61M (78.8% growth), while Panama has grown from 3.31M to 4.61M (39.3% growth).
- The Congo is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20M people compared to the peak of 6.03M people in 2080 for Panama.
Congo vs Panama: live population counter
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| Current population |
6607609
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4614993
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| Population rank | 109/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
3.5 minutes
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9.25 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.78 minutes
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7.35 minutes
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| One death every |
13.5 minutes
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24.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.52 hours
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1.31 hours
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| Annual migration change | -2,491 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | +411 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | +150,076 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.43% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 33/197 | 85/197 |
the Congo and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,056,732 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,084,389 | 1,159,870 | 2.62% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 1,113,175 | 1,195,301 | 2.65% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 1,143,263 | 1,232,124 | 2.7% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 1,174,816 | 1,270,065 | 2.76% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 1,207,880 | 1,308,835 | 2.81% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 1,242,534 | 1,348,388 | 2.87% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 1,278,691 | 1,388,628 | 2.91% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 1,316,519 | 1,429,447 | 2.96% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 1,356,182 | 1,470,886 | 3.01% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 1,397,638 | 1,513,070 | 3.06% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 1,441,039 | 1,556,081 | 3.11% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 1,486,468 | 1,599,723 | 3.15% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 1,533,680 | 1,643,690 | 3.18% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 1,582,301 | 1,687,926 | 3.17% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 1,627,032 | 1,732,389 | 2.83% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 1,667,225 | 1,776,935 | 2.47% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 1,707,568 | 1,821,543 | 2.42% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 1,748,089 | 1,866,311 | 2.37% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 1,788,524 | 1,911,552 | 2.31% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 1,828,985 | 1,957,534 | 2.26% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 1,869,759 | 2,004,418 | 2.23% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 1,910,430 | 2,052,271 | 2.18% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 1,950,321 | 2,101,106 | 2.09% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 1,999,528 | 2,150,782 | 2.52% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 2,059,311 | 2,200,915 | 2.99% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 2,120,602 | 2,251,325 | 2.98% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 2,183,473 | 2,301,970 | 2.96% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 2,247,653 | 2,352,848 | 2.94% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 2,313,558 | 2,403,820 | 2.93% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 2,380,560 | 2,455,583 | 2.9% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 2,449,229 | 2,508,265 | 2.88% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 2,519,465 | 2,561,336 | 2.87% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 2,595,124 | 2,615,099 | 3% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 2,673,144 | 2,669,546 | 3.01% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 2,749,461 | 2,724,557 | 2.85% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 2,826,785 | 2,780,227 | 2.81% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 2,887,862 | 2,836,695 | 2.16% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 2,952,061 | 2,893,914 | 2.22% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 3,032,874 | 2,951,822 | 2.74% | 2% |
| 2000 | 3,151,345 | 3,010,369 | 3.91% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 3,272,537 | 3,069,537 | 3.85% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 3,350,771 | 3,129,344 | 2.39% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 3,445,753 | 3,189,807 | 2.83% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 3,565,554 | 3,251,155 | 3.48% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 3,696,393 | 3,313,026 | 3.67% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 3,837,409 | 3,375,024 | 3.81% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 3,980,430 | 3,437,490 | 3.73% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 4,113,517 | 3,500,648 | 3.34% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 4,281,219 | 3,564,381 | 4.08% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 4,462,290 | 3,628,535 | 4.23% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 4,609,724 | 3,693,505 | 3.3% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 4,740,450 | 3,759,256 | 2.84% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 4,857,099 | 3,825,329 | 2.46% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 4,975,880 | 3,892,101 | 2.45% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 5,097,581 | 3,960,035 | 2.45% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 5,222,536 | 4,029,086 | 2.45% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 5,351,011 | 4,098,707 | 2.46% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 5,483,118 | 4,167,860 | 2.47% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 5,616,661 | 4,234,700 | 2.44% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 5,752,791 | 4,293,261 | 2.42% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 5,892,183 | 4,345,405 | 2.42% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 6,035,104 | 4,400,773 | 2.43% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 6,182,885 | 4,458,759 | 2.45% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 6,332,961 | 4,515,577 | 2.43% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 6,484,427 | 4,571,195 | 2.39% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 6,637,777 | 4,625,720 | 2.36% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 6,794,288 | 4,679,241 | 2.36% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 6,953,966 | 4,731,818 | 2.35% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 7,116,456 | 4,783,378 | 2.34% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 7,282,261 | 4,833,856 | 2.33% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 7,452,405 | 4,883,390 | 2.34% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 7,626,474 | 4,932,075 | 2.34% | 1% |
| 2033 | 7,802,988 | 4,979,812 | 2.31% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 7,981,338 | 5,026,494 | 2.29% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 8,160,723 | 5,072,267 | 2.25% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 8,341,706 | 5,117,124 | 2.22% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 8,524,798 | 5,161,085 | 2.19% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 8,709,719 | 5,204,053 | 2.17% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 8,896,164 | 5,245,902 | 2.14% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 9,083,959 | 5,286,595 | 2.11% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 9,274,654 | 5,326,183 | 2.1% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 9,466,745 | 5,364,671 | 2.07% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 9,658,834 | 5,402,037 | 2.03% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 9,850,493 | 5,438,259 | 1.98% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 10,041,891 | 5,473,283 | 1.94% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 10,234,360 | 5,507,148 | 1.92% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 10,427,899 | 5,539,873 | 1.89% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 10,621,379 | 5,571,404 | 1.86% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 10,813,639 | 5,601,670 | 1.81% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 11,006,454 | 5,630,681 | 1.78% | 0.52% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Panama gained 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Panama's population increased by 654,958 (a 16.5% growth).
The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Panama was ranked 128th in 2005 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 22% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Brazzaville | 2.15M |
| Pointe-Noire | 1.42M |
| Kayes | 71.6K |
| Madingou | 36.2K |
| Gamboma | 26.1K |
| Kinkala | 12.1K |
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Population differences between the Congo and Panama
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| Life expectancy | 66.2 years | 80 years |
| Average age | 24.2 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 19.5 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 4.16 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 48 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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