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Population in the Congo compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Congo was 6,332,961 in 2024 vs 179,744 people in Saint Lucia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Congo's population is 6,607,609 people compared to 180,421 in Saint Lucia.

Population statistics:

  • The Congo's population is 36.6 times bigger than Saint Lucia's.
  • The Congo is ranked the 109th most populous country in the world, while Saint Lucia is the 178th.
  • The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.08% for the Congo vs 0.002% for Saint Lucia.
  • For the last 10 years, the Congo has had an average growth rate of +2.44% per year vs +0.33% in Saint Lucia.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Congo has increased from 3.7M people to 6.61M (78.8% growth), while Saint Lucia has grown from 165K to 180K (9.05% growth).
  • The Congo is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20M people compared to the peak of 181K people in 2032 for Saint Lucia.

Congo vs Saint Lucia: live population counter

Congo Saint Lucia
Current population
6607609
180421
Population rank 109/197 178/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.002%
One net population change
3.5 minutes
19.1 hours
One birth every
2.78 minutes
4.34 hours
One death every
13.5 minutes
5.67 hours
One migration net change every
3.52 hours
1.86 months
Annual migration change -2,491 -7
Daily growth/decline +411 +1
Annual growth/decline +150,076 +459
Annual growth/decline rate +2.43% +0.26%
Population growth rate rank 33/197 152/197

the Congo and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Congo
Population

Growth rate
Saint Lucia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Congo Saint Lucia Congo Saint Lucia
1960 1,056,732 92,585 - -
1961 1,084,389 93,490 2.62% 0.98%
1962 1,113,175 94,505 2.65% 1.09%
1963 1,143,263 95,519 2.7% 1.07%
1964 1,174,816 96,505 2.76% 1.03%
1965 1,207,880 97,493 2.81% 1.02%
1966 1,242,534 98,463 2.87% 0.99%
1967 1,278,691 99,504 2.91% 1.06%
1968 1,316,519 100,675 2.96% 1.18%
1969 1,356,182 101,879 3.01% 1.2%
1970 1,397,638 103,165 3.06% 1.26%
1971 1,441,039 104,564 3.11% 1.36%
1972 1,486,468 106,002 3.15% 1.38%
1973 1,533,680 107,498 3.18% 1.41%
1974 1,582,301 109,076 3.17% 1.47%
1975 1,627,032 110,725 2.83% 1.51%
1976 1,667,225 112,425 2.47% 1.54%
1977 1,707,568 114,135 2.42% 1.52%
1978 1,748,089 115,834 2.37% 1.49%
1979 1,788,524 117,528 2.31% 1.46%
1980 1,828,985 119,290 2.26% 1.5%
1981 1,869,759 121,166 2.23% 1.57%
1982 1,910,430 123,087 2.18% 1.59%
1983 1,950,321 125,044 2.09% 1.59%
1984 1,999,528 127,067 2.52% 1.62%
1985 2,059,311 129,159 2.99% 1.65%
1986 2,120,602 131,239 2.98% 1.61%
1987 2,183,473 133,227 2.96% 1.51%
1988 2,247,653 135,000 2.94% 1.33%
1989 2,313,558 136,512 2.93% 1.12%
1990 2,380,560 137,857 2.9% 0.99%
1991 2,449,229 139,520 2.88% 1.21%
1992 2,519,465 141,617 2.87% 1.5%
1993 2,595,124 143,726 3% 1.49%
1994 2,673,144 145,890 3.01% 1.51%
1995 2,749,461 148,208 2.85% 1.59%
1996 2,826,785 150,436 2.81% 1.5%
1997 2,887,862 152,569 2.16% 1.42%
1998 2,952,061 154,677 2.22% 1.38%
1999 3,032,874 156,702 2.74% 1.31%
2000 3,151,345 158,616 3.91% 1.22%
2001 3,272,537 160,237 3.85% 1.02%
2002 3,350,771 161,641 2.39% 0.88%
2003 3,445,753 162,976 2.83% 0.83%
2004 3,565,554 164,239 3.48% 0.77%
2005 3,696,393 165,450 3.67% 0.74%
2006 3,837,409 166,639 3.81% 0.72%
2007 3,980,430 167,758 3.73% 0.67%
2008 4,113,517 168,808 3.34% 0.63%
2009 4,281,219 169,869 4.08% 0.63%
2010 4,462,290 170,906 4.23% 0.61%
2011 4,609,724 171,801 3.3% 0.52%
2012 4,740,450 172,587 2.84% 0.46%
2013 4,857,099 173,369 2.46% 0.45%
2014 4,975,880 174,138 2.45% 0.44%
2015 5,097,581 174,905 2.45% 0.44%
2016 5,222,536 175,646 2.45% 0.42%
2017 5,351,011 176,342 2.46% 0.4%
2018 5,483,118 177,017 2.47% 0.38%
2019 5,616,661 177,661 2.44% 0.36%
2020 5,752,791 178,250 2.42% 0.33%
2021 5,892,183 178,522 2.42% 0.15%
2022 6,035,104 178,781 2.43% 0.15%
2023 6,182,885 179,285 2.45% 0.28%
2024 6,332,961 179,744 2.43% 0.26%
2025 6,484,427 180,148 2.39% 0.23%
2026 6,637,777 180,489 2.36% 0.19%
2027 6,794,288 180,771 2.36% 0.16%
2028 6,953,966 181,003 2.35% 0.13%
2029 7,116,456 181,198 2.34% 0.11%
2030 7,282,261 181,360 2.33% 0.09%
2031 7,452,405 181,463 2.34% 0.06%
2032 7,626,474 181,495 2.34% 0.02%
2033 7,802,988 181,458 2.31% -0.02%
2034 7,981,338 181,354 2.29% -0.06%
2035 8,160,723 181,177 2.25% -0.1%
2036 8,341,706 180,948 2.22% -0.13%
2037 8,524,798 180,636 2.19% -0.17%
2038 8,709,719 180,230 2.17% -0.22%
2039 8,896,164 179,781 2.14% -0.25%
2040 9,083,959 179,296 2.11% -0.27%
2041 9,274,654 178,760 2.1% -0.3%
2042 9,466,745 178,187 2.07% -0.32%
2043 9,658,834 177,593 2.03% -0.33%
2044 9,850,493 176,937 1.98% -0.37%
2045 10,041,891 176,243 1.94% -0.39%
2046 10,234,360 175,520 1.92% -0.41%
2047 10,427,899 174,726 1.89% -0.45%
2048 10,621,379 173,877 1.86% -0.49%
2049 10,813,639 172,991 1.81% -0.51%
2050 11,006,454 172,081 1.78% -0.53%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.

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