Population in the Congo compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Papua New Guinea	Congo	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,056,732	1,995,110	-	-
1961	1,084,389	2,046,127	2.62%	2.56%
1962	1,113,175	2,093,919	2.65%	2.34%
1963	1,143,263	2,141,376	2.7%	2.27%
1964	1,174,816	2,188,325	2.76%	2.19%
1965	1,207,880	2,235,820	2.81%	2.17%
1966	1,242,534	2,285,774	2.87%	2.23%
1967	1,278,691	2,337,532	2.91%	2.26%
1968	1,316,519	2,390,803	2.96%	2.28%
1969	1,356,182	2,446,927	3.01%	2.35%
1970	1,397,638	2,505,628	3.06%	2.4%
1971	1,441,039	2,566,421	3.11%	2.43%
1972	1,486,468	2,628,432	3.15%	2.42%
1973	1,533,680	2,690,629	3.18%	2.37%
1974	1,582,301	2,752,671	3.17%	2.31%
1975	1,627,032	2,814,820	2.83%	2.26%
1976	1,667,225	2,877,327	2.47%	2.22%
1977	1,707,568	2,940,327	2.42%	2.19%
1978	1,748,089	3,003,714	2.37%	2.16%
1979	1,788,524	3,067,341	2.31%	2.12%
1980	1,828,985	3,131,512	2.26%	2.09%
1981	1,869,759	3,197,019	2.23%	2.09%
1982	1,910,430	3,264,291	2.18%	2.1%
1983	1,950,321	3,333,633	2.09%	2.12%
1984	1,999,528	3,405,198	2.52%	2.15%
1985	2,059,311	3,478,936	2.99%	2.17%
1986	2,120,602	3,554,793	2.98%	2.18%
1987	2,183,473	3,632,543	2.96%	2.19%
1988	2,247,653	3,711,880	2.94%	2.18%
1989	2,313,558	3,796,078	2.93%	2.27%
1990	2,380,560	3,896,481	2.9%	2.64%
1991	2,449,229	4,021,837	2.88%	3.22%
1992	2,519,465	4,166,699	2.87%	3.6%
1993	2,595,124	4,320,872	3%	3.7%
1994	2,673,144	4,480,208	3.01%	3.69%
1995	2,749,461	4,644,278	2.85%	3.66%
1996	2,826,785	4,813,361	2.81%	3.64%
1997	2,887,862	4,987,883	2.16%	3.63%
1998	2,952,061	5,166,390	2.22%	3.58%
1999	3,032,874	5,349,333	2.74%	3.54%
2000	3,151,345	5,537,064	3.91%	3.51%
2001	3,272,537	5,728,435	3.85%	3.46%
2002	3,350,771	5,924,003	2.39%	3.41%
2003	3,445,753	6,123,997	2.83%	3.38%
2004	3,565,554	6,328,041	3.48%	3.33%
2005	3,696,393	6,535,905	3.67%	3.28%
2006	3,837,409	6,747,720	3.81%	3.24%
2007	3,980,430	6,963,345	3.73%	3.2%
2008	4,113,517	7,183,002	3.34%	3.15%
2009	4,281,219	7,406,438	4.08%	3.11%
2010	4,462,290	7,633,523	4.23%	3.07%
2011	4,609,724	7,859,346	3.3%	2.96%
2012	4,740,450	8,081,390	2.84%	2.83%
2013	4,857,099	8,302,698	2.46%	2.74%
2014	4,975,880	8,523,441	2.45%	2.66%
2015	5,097,581	8,743,246	2.45%	2.58%
2016	5,222,536	8,961,718	2.45%	2.5%
2017	5,351,011	9,178,714	2.46%	2.42%
2018	5,483,118	9,394,513	2.47%	2.35%
2019	5,616,661	9,609,010	2.44%	2.28%
2020	5,752,791	9,815,746	2.42%	2.15%
2021	5,892,183	10,012,896	2.42%	2.01%
2022	6,035,104	10,203,169	2.43%	1.9%
2023	6,182,885	10,389,635	2.45%	1.83%
2024	6,332,961	10,576,502	2.43%	1.8%
2025	6,484,427	10,762,813	2.39%	1.76%
2026	6,637,777	10,947,845	2.36%	1.72%
2027	6,794,288	11,131,268	2.36%	1.68%
2028	6,953,966	11,312,895	2.35%	1.63%
2029	7,116,456	11,492,799	2.34%	1.59%
2030	7,282,261	11,671,420	2.33%	1.55%
2031	7,452,405	11,848,221	2.34%	1.51%
2032	7,626,474	12,023,121	2.34%	1.48%
2033	7,802,988	12,196,639	2.31%	1.44%
2034	7,981,338	12,369,248	2.29%	1.42%
2035	8,160,723	12,540,596	2.25%	1.39%
2036	8,341,706	12,710,682	2.22%	1.36%
2037	8,524,798	12,879,737	2.19%	1.33%
2038	8,709,719	13,047,122	2.17%	1.3%
2039	8,896,164	13,212,668	2.14%	1.27%
2040	9,083,959	13,376,156	2.11%	1.24%
2041	9,274,654	13,537,361	2.1%	1.21%
2042	9,466,745	13,696,139	2.07%	1.17%
2043	9,658,834	13,853,410	2.03%	1.15%
2044	9,850,493	14,009,926	1.98%	1.13%
2045	10,041,891	14,165,578	1.94%	1.11%
2046	10,234,360	14,318,889	1.92%	1.08%
2047	10,427,899	14,469,210	1.89%	1.05%
2048	10,621,379	14,617,364	1.86%	1.02%
2049	10,813,639	14,763,600	1.81%	1%
2050	11,006,454	14,906,584	1.78%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Congo's population will grow by 65.8% to 11,006,454 people with a rank change from 109th to 95th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.