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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Peru	Congo	Peru
1960	1,056,732	10,174,127	-	-
1961	1,084,389	10,475,123	2.62%	2.96%
1962	1,113,175	10,784,612	2.65%	2.95%
1963	1,143,263	11,102,099	2.7%	2.94%
1964	1,174,816	11,427,978	2.76%	2.94%
1965	1,207,880	11,761,085	2.81%	2.91%
1966	1,242,534	12,101,297	2.87%	2.89%
1967	1,278,691	12,448,814	2.91%	2.87%
1968	1,316,519	12,803,993	2.96%	2.85%
1969	1,356,182	13,166,767	3.01%	2.83%
1970	1,397,638	13,501,237	3.06%	2.54%
1971	1,441,039	13,838,067	3.11%	2.49%
1972	1,486,468	14,210,147	3.15%	2.69%
1973	1,533,680	14,582,867	3.18%	2.62%
1974	1,582,301	14,956,552	3.17%	2.56%
1975	1,627,032	15,333,957	2.83%	2.52%
1976	1,667,225	15,716,809	2.47%	2.5%
1977	1,707,568	16,109,806	2.42%	2.5%
1978	1,748,089	16,516,059	2.37%	2.52%
1979	1,788,524	16,933,139	2.31%	2.53%
1980	1,828,985	17,360,949	2.26%	2.53%
1981	1,869,759	17,798,805	2.23%	2.52%
1982	1,910,430	18,246,503	2.18%	2.52%
1983	1,950,321	18,705,957	2.09%	2.52%
1984	1,999,528	19,174,716	2.52%	2.51%
1985	2,059,311	19,648,204	2.99%	2.47%
1986	2,120,602	20,117,122	2.98%	2.39%
1987	2,183,473	20,582,320	2.96%	2.31%
1988	2,247,653	21,054,702	2.94%	2.3%
1989	2,313,558	21,532,589	2.93%	2.27%
1990	2,380,560	22,014,771	2.9%	2.24%
1991	2,449,229	22,483,775	2.88%	2.13%
1992	2,519,465	22,946,340	2.87%	2.06%
1993	2,595,124	23,413,783	3%	2.04%
1994	2,673,144	23,881,493	3.01%	2%
1995	2,749,461	24,348,919	2.85%	1.96%
1996	2,826,785	24,811,171	2.81%	1.9%
1997	2,887,862	25,274,147	2.16%	1.87%
1998	2,952,061	25,738,095	2.22%	1.84%
1999	3,032,874	26,186,504	2.74%	1.74%
2000	3,151,345	26,598,331	3.91%	1.57%
2001	3,272,537	26,964,601	3.85%	1.38%
2002	3,350,771	27,288,217	2.39%	1.2%
2003	3,445,753	27,580,490	2.83%	1.07%
2004	3,565,554	27,852,190	3.48%	0.99%
2005	3,696,393	28,101,180	3.67%	0.89%
2006	3,837,409	28,324,491	3.81%	0.79%
2007	3,980,430	28,530,699	3.73%	0.73%
2008	4,113,517	28,719,041	3.34%	0.66%
2009	4,281,219	28,896,811	4.08%	0.62%
2010	4,462,290	29,086,019	4.23%	0.65%
2011	4,609,724	29,304,086	3.3%	0.75%
2012	4,740,450	29,550,366	2.84%	0.84%
2013	4,857,099	29,817,919	2.46%	0.91%
2014	4,975,880	30,115,826	2.45%	1%
2015	5,097,581	30,457,600	2.45%	1.13%
2016	5,222,536	30,866,494	2.45%	1.34%
2017	5,351,011	31,324,637	2.46%	1.48%
2018	5,483,118	31,897,584	2.47%	1.83%
2019	5,616,661	32,449,303	2.44%	1.73%
2020	5,752,791	32,838,579	2.42%	1.2%
2021	5,892,183	33,155,882	2.42%	0.97%
2022	6,035,104	33,475,438	2.43%	0.96%
2023	6,182,885	33,845,617	2.45%	1.11%
2024	6,332,961	34,217,848	2.43%	1.1%
2025	6,484,427	34,576,670	2.39%	1.05%
2026	6,637,777	34,922,144	2.36%	1%
2027	6,794,288	35,255,683	2.36%	0.96%
2028	6,953,966	35,578,281	2.35%	0.92%
2029	7,116,456	35,890,705	2.34%	0.88%
2030	7,282,261	36,193,882	2.33%	0.84%
2031	7,452,405	36,488,437	2.34%	0.81%
2032	7,626,474	36,774,937	2.34%	0.79%
2033	7,802,988	37,054,380	2.31%	0.76%
2034	7,981,338	37,326,798	2.29%	0.74%
2035	8,160,723	37,591,420	2.25%	0.71%
2036	8,341,706	37,848,147	2.22%	0.68%
2037	8,524,798	38,096,898	2.19%	0.66%
2038	8,709,719	38,337,328	2.17%	0.63%
2039	8,896,164	38,569,891	2.14%	0.61%
2040	9,083,959	38,794,647	2.11%	0.58%
2041	9,274,654	39,011,537	2.1%	0.56%
2042	9,466,745	39,220,371	2.07%	0.54%
2043	9,658,834	39,420,647	2.03%	0.51%
2044	9,850,493	39,612,847	1.98%	0.49%
2045	10,041,891	39,796,723	1.94%	0.46%
2046	10,234,360	39,971,719	1.92%	0.44%
2047	10,427,899	40,137,869	1.89%	0.42%
2048	10,621,379	40,294,857	1.86%	0.39%
2049	10,813,639	40,443,273	1.81%	0.37%
2050	11,006,454	40,583,875	1.78%	0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.