Population in the Congo compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Sao Tome	Congo	Sao Tome
1960	1,056,732	68,012	-	-
1961	1,084,389	68,707	2.62%	1.02%
1962	1,113,175	69,403	2.65%	1.01%
1963	1,143,263	70,112	2.7%	1.02%
1964	1,174,816	70,865	2.76%	1.07%
1965	1,207,880	71,680	2.81%	1.15%
1966	1,242,534	72,576	2.87%	1.25%
1967	1,278,691	73,596	2.91%	1.41%
1968	1,316,519	74,765	2.96%	1.59%
1969	1,356,182	76,083	3.01%	1.76%
1970	1,397,638	77,626	3.06%	2.03%
1971	1,441,039	79,330	3.11%	2.2%
1972	1,486,468	81,041	3.15%	2.16%
1973	1,533,680	82,798	3.18%	2.17%
1974	1,582,301	84,672	3.17%	2.26%
1975	1,627,032	86,708	2.83%	2.4%
1976	1,667,225	88,922	2.47%	2.55%
1977	1,707,568	91,301	2.42%	2.68%
1978	1,748,089	93,794	2.37%	2.73%
1979	1,788,524	96,252	2.31%	2.62%
1980	1,828,985	98,544	2.26%	2.38%
1981	1,869,759	100,615	2.23%	2.1%
1982	1,910,430	102,508	2.18%	1.88%
1983	1,950,321	104,380	2.09%	1.83%
1984	1,999,528	106,394	2.52%	1.93%
1985	2,059,311	108,658	2.99%	2.13%
1986	2,120,602	111,150	2.98%	2.29%
1987	2,183,473	113,919	2.96%	2.49%
1988	2,247,653	116,939	2.94%	2.65%
1989	2,313,558	119,979	2.93%	2.6%
1990	2,380,560	122,980	2.9%	2.5%
1991	2,449,229	125,697	2.88%	2.21%
1992	2,519,465	128,110	2.87%	1.92%
1993	2,595,124	130,467	3%	1.84%
1994	2,673,144	132,732	3.01%	1.74%
1995	2,749,461	134,895	2.85%	1.63%
1996	2,826,785	136,962	2.81%	1.53%
1997	2,887,862	138,922	2.16%	1.43%
1998	2,952,061	140,751	2.22%	1.32%
1999	3,032,874	142,442	2.74%	1.2%
2000	3,151,345	144,018	3.91%	1.11%
2001	3,272,537	146,375	3.85%	1.64%
2002	3,350,771	149,922	2.39%	2.42%
2003	3,445,753	153,814	2.83%	2.6%
2004	3,565,554	157,705	3.48%	2.53%
2005	3,696,393	161,639	3.67%	2.49%
2006	3,837,409	165,638	3.81%	2.47%
2007	3,980,430	169,700	3.73%	2.45%
2008	4,113,517	173,793	3.34%	2.41%
2009	4,281,219	177,853	4.08%	2.34%
2010	4,462,290	181,802	4.23%	2.22%
2011	4,609,724	185,649	3.3%	2.12%
2012	4,740,450	189,439	2.84%	2.04%
2013	4,857,099	193,148	2.46%	1.96%
2014	4,975,880	196,767	2.45%	1.87%
2015	5,097,581	200,291	2.45%	1.79%
2016	5,222,536	203,689	2.45%	1.7%
2017	5,351,011	206,970	2.46%	1.61%
2018	5,483,118	210,187	2.47%	1.55%
2019	5,616,661	213,392	2.44%	1.52%
2020	5,752,791	217,435	2.42%	1.89%
2021	5,892,183	221,961	2.42%	2.08%
2022	6,035,104	226,305	2.43%	1.96%
2023	6,182,885	230,871	2.45%	2.02%
2024	6,332,961	235,536	2.43%	2.02%
2025	6,484,427	240,251	2.39%	2%
2026	6,637,777	244,987	2.36%	1.97%
2027	6,794,288	249,783	2.36%	1.96%
2028	6,953,966	254,657	2.35%	1.95%
2029	7,116,456	259,597	2.34%	1.94%
2030	7,282,261	264,560	2.33%	1.91%
2031	7,452,405	269,566	2.34%	1.89%
2032	7,626,474	274,643	2.34%	1.88%
2033	7,802,988	279,761	2.31%	1.86%
2034	7,981,338	284,911	2.29%	1.84%
2035	8,160,723	290,082	2.25%	1.81%
2036	8,341,706	295,269	2.22%	1.79%
2037	8,524,798	300,439	2.19%	1.75%
2038	8,709,719	305,590	2.17%	1.71%
2039	8,896,164	310,729	2.14%	1.68%
2040	9,083,959	315,833	2.11%	1.64%
2041	9,274,654	320,875	2.1%	1.6%
2042	9,466,745	325,888	2.07%	1.56%
2043	9,658,834	330,908	2.03%	1.54%
2044	9,850,493	335,919	1.98%	1.51%
2045	10,041,891	340,911	1.94%	1.49%
2046	10,234,360	345,883	1.92%	1.46%
2047	10,427,899	350,758	1.89%	1.41%
2048	10,621,379	355,569	1.86%	1.37%
2049	10,813,639	360,353	1.81%	1.35%
2050	11,006,454	365,103	1.78%	1.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,051 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 41,350 (a 20.3% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2006 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.