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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Samoa	Congo	Samoa
1960	1,056,732	112,490	-	-
1961	1,084,389	115,496	2.62%	2.67%
1962	1,113,175	118,597	2.65%	2.68%
1963	1,143,263	121,764	2.7%	2.67%
1964	1,174,816	124,894	2.76%	2.57%
1965	1,207,880	127,978	2.81%	2.47%
1966	1,242,534	131,073	2.87%	2.42%
1967	1,278,691	133,764	2.91%	2.05%
1968	1,316,519	136,020	2.96%	1.69%
1969	1,356,182	138,233	3.01%	1.63%
1970	1,397,638	140,400	3.06%	1.57%
1971	1,441,039	142,503	3.11%	1.5%
1972	1,486,468	144,538	3.15%	1.43%
1973	1,533,680	146,516	3.18%	1.37%
1974	1,582,301	149,431	3.17%	1.99%
1975	1,627,032	153,344	2.83%	2.62%
1976	1,667,225	157,113	2.47%	2.46%
1977	1,707,568	159,753	2.42%	1.68%
1978	1,748,089	161,375	2.37%	1.02%
1979	1,788,524	162,882	2.31%	0.93%
1980	1,828,985	164,322	2.26%	0.88%
1981	1,869,759	165,678	2.23%	0.83%
1982	1,910,430	166,484	2.18%	0.49%
1983	1,950,321	166,714	2.09%	0.14%
1984	1,999,528	166,796	2.52%	0.05%
1985	2,059,311	166,849	2.99%	0.03%
1986	2,120,602	167,061	2.98%	0.13%
1987	2,183,473	167,661	2.96%	0.36%
1988	2,247,653	168,346	2.94%	0.41%
1989	2,313,558	168,768	2.93%	0.25%
1990	2,380,560	169,042	2.9%	0.16%
1991	2,449,229	169,368	2.88%	0.19%
1992	2,519,465	170,331	2.87%	0.57%
1993	2,595,124	171,774	3%	0.85%
1994	2,673,144	173,159	3.01%	0.81%
1995	2,749,461	174,571	2.85%	0.82%
1996	2,826,785	176,071	2.81%	0.86%
1997	2,887,862	177,547	2.16%	0.84%
1998	2,952,061	178,905	2.22%	0.76%
1999	3,032,874	180,275	2.74%	0.77%
2000	3,151,345	181,685	3.91%	0.78%
2001	3,272,537	183,166	3.85%	0.82%
2002	3,350,771	184,471	2.39%	0.71%
2003	3,445,753	185,430	2.83%	0.52%
2004	3,565,554	186,249	3.48%	0.44%
2005	3,696,393	186,978	3.67%	0.39%
2006	3,837,409	187,709	3.81%	0.39%
2007	3,980,430	188,753	3.73%	0.56%
2008	4,113,517	190,107	3.34%	0.72%
2009	4,281,219	191,513	4.08%	0.74%
2010	4,462,290	193,023	4.23%	0.79%
2011	4,609,724	194,713	3.3%	0.88%
2012	4,740,450	196,498	2.84%	0.92%
2013	4,857,099	198,268	2.46%	0.9%
2014	4,975,880	200,037	2.45%	0.89%
2015	5,097,581	201,782	2.45%	0.87%
2016	5,222,536	203,499	2.45%	0.85%
2017	5,351,011	205,415	2.46%	0.94%
2018	5,483,118	207,582	2.47%	1.05%
2019	5,616,661	209,780	2.44%	1.06%
2020	5,752,791	211,944	2.42%	1.03%
2021	5,892,183	213,779	2.42%	0.87%
2022	6,035,104	215,261	2.43%	0.69%
2023	6,182,885	216,663	2.45%	0.65%
2024	6,332,961	218,019	2.43%	0.63%
2025	6,484,427	219,302	2.39%	0.59%
2026	6,637,777	220,530	2.36%	0.56%
2027	6,794,288	221,772	2.36%	0.56%
2028	6,953,966	223,104	2.35%	0.6%
2029	7,116,456	224,504	2.34%	0.63%
2030	7,282,261	225,968	2.33%	0.65%
2031	7,452,405	227,581	2.34%	0.71%
2032	7,626,474	229,298	2.34%	0.75%
2033	7,802,988	231,110	2.31%	0.79%
2034	7,981,338	233,061	2.29%	0.84%
2035	8,160,723	235,172	2.25%	0.91%
2036	8,341,706	237,415	2.22%	0.95%
2037	8,524,798	239,730	2.19%	0.98%
2038	8,709,719	242,155	2.17%	1.01%
2039	8,896,164	244,653	2.14%	1.03%
2040	9,083,959	247,196	2.11%	1.04%
2041	9,274,654	249,796	2.1%	1.05%
2042	9,466,745	252,427	2.07%	1.05%
2043	9,658,834	255,023	2.03%	1.03%
2044	9,850,493	257,609	1.98%	1.01%
2045	10,041,891	260,250	1.94%	1.03%
2046	10,234,360	262,849	1.92%	1%
2047	10,427,899	265,365	1.89%	0.96%
2048	10,621,379	267,836	1.86%	0.93%
2049	10,813,639	270,291	1.81%	0.92%
2050	11,006,454	272,711	1.78%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.