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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Rwanda	Congo	Rwanda
1960	1,056,732	3,022,294	-	-
1961	1,084,389	3,106,779	2.62%	2.8%
1962	1,113,175	3,186,025	2.65%	2.55%
1963	1,143,263	3,258,890	2.7%	2.29%
1964	1,174,816	3,334,834	2.76%	2.33%
1965	1,207,880	3,423,210	2.81%	2.65%
1966	1,242,534	3,521,626	2.87%	2.87%
1967	1,278,691	3,629,577	2.91%	3.07%
1968	1,316,519	3,744,010	2.96%	3.15%
1969	1,356,182	3,861,271	3.01%	3.13%
1970	1,397,638	3,980,669	3.06%	3.09%
1971	1,441,039	4,100,044	3.11%	3%
1972	1,486,468	4,220,335	3.15%	2.93%
1973	1,533,680	4,345,047	3.18%	2.96%
1974	1,582,301	4,474,228	3.17%	2.97%
1975	1,627,032	4,607,728	2.83%	2.98%
1976	1,667,225	4,745,954	2.47%	3%
1977	1,707,568	4,888,240	2.42%	3%
1978	1,748,089	5,035,171	2.37%	3.01%
1979	1,788,524	5,189,541	2.31%	3.07%
1980	1,828,985	5,353,259	2.26%	3.15%
1981	1,869,759	5,527,230	2.23%	3.25%
1982	1,910,430	5,711,549	2.18%	3.33%
1983	1,950,321	5,905,311	2.09%	3.39%
1984	1,999,528	6,107,627	2.52%	3.43%
1985	2,059,311	6,317,228	2.99%	3.43%
1986	2,120,602	6,531,881	2.98%	3.4%
1987	2,183,473	6,749,493	2.96%	3.33%
1988	2,247,653	6,968,071	2.94%	3.24%
1989	2,313,558	7,184,706	2.93%	3.11%
1990	2,380,560	7,375,307	2.9%	2.65%
1991	2,449,229	7,526,966	2.88%	2.06%
1992	2,519,465	7,683,266	2.87%	2.08%
1993	2,595,124	7,981,132	3%	3.88%
1994	2,673,144	6,792,352	3.01%	-14.9%
1995	2,749,461	5,674,118	2.85%	-16.5%
1996	2,826,785	6,708,764	2.81%	18.2%
1997	2,887,862	7,755,238	2.16%	15.6%
1998	2,952,061	8,081,681	2.22%	4.21%
1999	3,032,874	8,147,912	2.74%	0.82%
2000	3,151,345	8,213,931	3.91%	0.81%
2001	3,272,537	8,287,094	3.85%	0.89%
2002	3,350,771	8,400,180	2.39%	1.36%
2003	3,445,753	8,586,875	2.83%	2.22%
2004	3,565,554	8,816,844	3.48%	2.68%
2005	3,696,393	9,054,528	3.67%	2.7%
2006	3,837,409	9,299,246	3.81%	2.7%
2007	3,980,430	9,549,933	3.73%	2.7%
2008	4,113,517	9,804,269	3.34%	2.66%
2009	4,281,219	10,060,432	4.08%	2.61%
2010	4,462,290	10,317,553	4.23%	2.56%
2011	4,609,724	10,573,733	3.3%	2.48%
2012	4,740,450	10,829,901	2.84%	2.42%
2013	4,857,099	11,093,340	2.46%	2.43%
2014	4,975,880	11,364,757	2.45%	2.45%
2015	5,097,581	11,640,022	2.45%	2.42%
2016	5,222,536	11,919,183	2.45%	2.4%
2017	5,351,011	12,202,060	2.46%	2.37%
2018	5,483,118	12,487,996	2.47%	2.34%
2019	5,616,661	12,776,103	2.44%	2.31%
2020	5,752,791	13,065,837	2.42%	2.27%
2021	5,892,183	13,355,260	2.42%	2.22%
2022	6,035,104	13,651,030	2.43%	2.21%
2023	6,182,885	13,954,471	2.45%	2.22%
2024	6,332,961	14,256,567	2.43%	2.16%
2025	6,484,427	14,569,343	2.39%	2.19%
2026	6,637,777	14,889,694	2.36%	2.2%
2027	6,794,288	15,214,324	2.36%	2.18%
2028	6,953,966	15,536,461	2.35%	2.12%
2029	7,116,456	15,844,649	2.34%	1.98%
2030	7,282,261	16,154,698	2.33%	1.96%
2031	7,452,405	16,473,106	2.34%	1.97%
2032	7,626,474	16,771,820	2.34%	1.81%
2033	7,802,988	17,073,475	2.31%	1.8%
2034	7,981,338	17,402,250	2.29%	1.93%
2035	8,160,723	17,746,315	2.25%	1.98%
2036	8,341,706	18,076,769	2.22%	1.86%
2037	8,524,798	18,395,838	2.19%	1.77%
2038	8,709,719	18,729,778	2.17%	1.82%
2039	8,896,164	19,076,783	2.14%	1.85%
2040	9,083,959	19,440,762	2.11%	1.91%
2041	9,274,654	19,806,170	2.1%	1.88%
2042	9,466,745	20,153,979	2.07%	1.76%
2043	9,658,834	20,500,826	2.03%	1.72%
2044	9,850,493	20,837,079	1.98%	1.64%
2045	10,041,891	21,152,650	1.94%	1.51%
2046	10,234,360	21,459,144	1.92%	1.45%
2047	10,427,899	21,764,578	1.89%	1.42%
2048	10,621,379	22,086,112	1.86%	1.48%
2049	10,813,639	22,403,887	1.81%	1.44%
2050	11,006,454	22,707,896	1.78%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.