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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Portugal	Congo	Portugal
1960	1,056,732	8,857,716	-	-
1961	1,084,389	8,929,316	2.62%	0.81%
1962	1,113,175	8,993,985	2.65%	0.72%
1963	1,143,263	9,030,355	2.7%	0.4%
1964	1,174,816	9,035,365	2.76%	0.06%
1965	1,207,880	8,998,595	2.81%	-0.41%
1966	1,242,534	8,930,990	2.87%	-0.75%
1967	1,278,691	8,874,520	2.91%	-0.63%
1968	1,316,519	8,836,650	2.96%	-0.43%
1969	1,356,182	8,757,705	3.01%	-0.89%
1970	1,397,638	8,680,431	3.06%	-0.88%
1971	1,441,039	8,643,756	3.11%	-0.42%
1972	1,486,468	8,630,430	3.15%	-0.15%
1973	1,533,680	8,633,100	3.18%	0.03%
1974	1,582,301	8,754,365	3.17%	1.4%
1975	1,627,032	9,093,470	2.83%	3.87%
1976	1,667,225	9,355,810	2.47%	2.88%
1977	1,707,568	9,455,675	2.42%	1.07%
1978	1,748,089	9,558,250	2.37%	1.08%
1979	1,788,524	9,661,265	2.31%	1.08%
1980	1,828,985	9,766,312	2.26%	1.09%
1981	1,869,759	9,851,362	2.23%	0.87%
1982	1,910,430	9,911,771	2.18%	0.61%
1983	1,950,321	9,957,865	2.09%	0.47%
1984	1,999,528	9,996,232	2.52%	0.39%
1985	2,059,311	10,023,613	2.99%	0.27%
1986	2,120,602	10,032,734	2.98%	0.09%
1987	2,183,473	10,030,031	2.96%	-0.03%
1988	2,247,653	10,019,610	2.94%	-0.1%
1989	2,313,558	10,005,000	2.93%	-0.15%
1990	2,380,560	9,983,218	2.9%	-0.22%
1991	2,449,229	9,960,235	2.88%	-0.23%
1992	2,519,465	9,952,494	2.87%	-0.08%
1993	2,595,124	9,964,675	3%	0.12%
1994	2,673,144	9,991,525	3.01%	0.27%
1995	2,749,461	10,026,176	2.85%	0.35%
1996	2,826,785	10,063,945	2.81%	0.38%
1997	2,887,862	10,108,977	2.16%	0.45%
1998	2,952,061	10,160,196	2.22%	0.51%
1999	3,032,874	10,217,828	2.74%	0.57%
2000	3,151,345	10,289,898	3.91%	0.71%
2001	3,272,537	10,362,722	3.85%	0.71%
2002	3,350,771	10,419,631	2.39%	0.55%
2003	3,445,753	10,458,821	2.83%	0.38%
2004	3,565,554	10,483,861	3.48%	0.24%
2005	3,696,393	10,503,330	3.67%	0.19%
2006	3,837,409	10,522,288	3.81%	0.18%
2007	3,980,430	10,542,964	3.73%	0.2%
2008	4,113,517	10,558,177	3.34%	0.14%
2009	4,281,219	10,568,247	4.08%	0.1%
2010	4,462,290	10,573,100	4.23%	0.05%
2011	4,609,724	10,557,560	3.3%	-0.15%
2012	4,740,450	10,514,844	2.84%	-0.4%
2013	4,857,099	10,457,295	2.46%	-0.55%
2014	4,975,880	10,401,062	2.45%	-0.54%
2015	5,097,581	10,358,076	2.45%	-0.41%
2016	5,222,536	10,325,452	2.45%	-0.31%
2017	5,351,011	10,300,300	2.46%	-0.24%
2018	5,483,118	10,283,822	2.47%	-0.16%
2019	5,616,661	10,286,263	2.44%	0.02%
2020	5,752,791	10,297,081	2.42%	0.11%
2021	5,892,183	10,361,831	2.42%	0.63%
2022	6,035,104	10,434,332	2.43%	0.7%
2023	6,182,885	10,578,174	2.45%	1.38%
2024	6,332,961	10,701,636	2.43%	1.17%
2025	6,484,427	10,687,819	2.39%	-0.13%
2026	6,637,777	10,670,917	2.36%	-0.16%
2027	6,794,288	10,653,073	2.36%	-0.17%
2028	6,953,966	10,632,868	2.35%	-0.19%
2029	7,116,456	10,611,484	2.34%	-0.2%
2030	7,282,261	10,591,436	2.33%	-0.19%
2031	7,452,405	10,571,418	2.34%	-0.19%
2032	7,626,474	10,549,456	2.34%	-0.21%
2033	7,802,988	10,526,482	2.31%	-0.22%
2034	7,981,338	10,502,882	2.29%	-0.22%
2035	8,160,723	10,478,843	2.25%	-0.23%
2036	8,341,706	10,454,630	2.22%	-0.23%
2037	8,524,798	10,430,128	2.19%	-0.23%
2038	8,709,719	10,404,947	2.17%	-0.24%
2039	8,896,164	10,377,968	2.14%	-0.26%
2040	9,083,959	10,349,515	2.11%	-0.27%
2041	9,274,654	10,321,577	2.1%	-0.27%
2042	9,466,745	10,294,106	2.07%	-0.27%
2043	9,658,834	10,264,596	2.03%	-0.29%
2044	9,850,493	10,233,543	1.98%	-0.3%
2045	10,041,891	10,201,832	1.94%	-0.31%
2046	10,234,360	10,168,932	1.92%	-0.32%
2047	10,427,899	10,135,159	1.89%	-0.33%
2048	10,621,379	10,101,419	1.86%	-0.33%
2049	10,813,639	10,066,064	1.81%	-0.35%
2050	11,006,454	10,029,252	1.78%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.