Population in the Congo compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Saudi Arabia	Congo	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,056,732	2,435,403	-	-
1961	1,084,389	2,526,347	2.62%	3.73%
1962	1,113,175	2,620,910	2.65%	3.74%
1963	1,143,263	2,719,341	2.7%	3.76%
1964	1,174,816	2,821,968	2.76%	3.77%
1965	1,207,880	2,928,771	2.81%	3.78%
1966	1,242,534	3,039,887	2.87%	3.79%
1967	1,278,691	3,157,242	2.91%	3.86%
1968	1,316,519	3,282,711	2.96%	3.97%
1969	1,356,182	3,417,114	3.01%	4.09%
1970	1,397,638	3,562,470	3.06%	4.25%
1971	1,441,039	3,724,031	3.11%	4.54%
1972	1,486,468	3,905,722	3.15%	4.88%
1973	1,533,680	4,106,344	3.18%	5.14%
1974	1,582,301	4,323,632	3.17%	5.29%
1975	1,627,032	4,556,287	2.83%	5.38%
1976	1,667,225	4,807,933	2.47%	5.52%
1977	1,707,568	5,083,048	2.42%	5.72%
1978	1,748,089	5,381,902	2.37%	5.88%
1979	1,788,524	5,703,698	2.31%	5.98%
1980	1,828,985	6,047,997	2.26%	6.04%
1981	1,869,759	6,420,551	2.23%	6.16%
1982	1,910,430	6,824,486	2.18%	6.29%
1983	1,950,321	7,252,941	2.09%	6.28%
1984	1,999,528	7,697,307	2.52%	6.13%
1985	2,059,311	8,151,779	2.99%	5.9%
1986	2,120,602	8,628,639	2.98%	5.85%
1987	2,183,473	9,130,194	2.96%	5.81%
1988	2,247,653	9,629,165	2.94%	5.47%
1989	2,313,558	10,128,394	2.93%	5.18%
1990	2,380,560	10,640,691	2.9%	5.06%
1991	2,449,229	11,160,744	2.88%	4.89%
1992	2,519,465	11,686,676	2.87%	4.71%
1993	2,595,124	12,215,862	3%	4.53%
1994	2,673,144	12,750,040	3.01%	4.37%
1995	2,749,461	13,289,245	2.85%	4.23%
1996	2,826,785	13,831,009	2.81%	4.08%
1997	2,887,862	14,374,943	2.16%	3.93%
1998	2,952,061	14,922,185	2.22%	3.81%
1999	3,032,874	15,472,075	2.74%	3.69%
2000	3,151,345	16,177,722	3.91%	4.56%
2001	3,272,537	17,041,397	3.85%	5.34%
2002	3,350,771	17,910,910	2.39%	5.1%
2003	3,445,753	18,786,767	2.83%	4.89%
2004	3,565,554	19,669,480	3.48%	4.7%
2005	3,696,393	20,559,890	3.67%	4.53%
2006	3,837,409	21,459,144	3.81%	4.37%
2007	3,980,430	22,368,313	3.73%	4.24%
2008	4,113,517	23,287,877	3.34%	4.11%
2009	4,281,219	24,217,654	4.08%	3.99%
2010	4,462,290	23,978,487	4.23%	-0.99%
2011	4,609,724	25,091,867	3.3%	4.64%
2012	4,740,450	26,168,861	2.84%	4.29%
2013	4,857,099	27,624,004	2.46%	5.56%
2014	4,975,880	28,309,273	2.45%	2.48%
2015	5,097,581	29,816,382	2.45%	5.32%
2016	5,222,536	30,954,198	2.45%	3.82%
2017	5,351,011	30,977,355	2.46%	0.07%
2018	5,483,118	30,196,281	2.47%	-2.52%
2019	5,616,661	30,063,799	2.44%	-0.44%
2020	5,752,791	31,552,510	2.42%	4.95%
2021	5,892,183	30,784,383	2.42%	-2.43%
2022	6,035,104	32,175,224	2.43%	4.52%
2023	6,182,885	33,702,731	2.45%	4.75%
2024	6,332,961	35,300,280	2.43%	4.74%
2025	6,484,427	35,927,625	2.39%	1.78%
2026	6,637,777	36,550,694	2.36%	1.73%
2027	6,794,288	37,167,513	2.36%	1.69%
2028	6,953,966	37,775,810	2.35%	1.64%
2029	7,116,456	38,364,377	2.34%	1.56%
2030	7,282,261	38,918,375	2.33%	1.44%
2031	7,452,405	39,450,880	2.34%	1.37%
2032	7,626,474	39,983,934	2.34%	1.35%
2033	7,802,988	40,517,599	2.31%	1.33%
2034	7,981,338	41,052,423	2.29%	1.32%
2035	8,160,723	41,588,429	2.25%	1.31%
2036	8,341,706	42,125,184	2.22%	1.29%
2037	8,524,798	42,661,908	2.19%	1.27%
2038	8,709,719	43,198,420	2.17%	1.26%
2039	8,896,164	43,734,316	2.14%	1.24%
2040	9,083,959	44,269,571	2.11%	1.22%
2041	9,274,654	44,804,338	2.1%	1.21%
2042	9,466,745	45,338,111	2.07%	1.19%
2043	9,658,834	45,870,896	2.03%	1.18%
2044	9,850,493	46,403,116	1.98%	1.16%
2045	10,041,891	46,934,822	1.94%	1.15%
2046	10,234,360	47,465,267	1.92%	1.13%
2047	10,427,899	47,993,976	1.89%	1.11%
2048	10,621,379	48,521,364	1.86%	1.1%
2049	10,813,639	49,047,461	1.81%	1.08%
2050	11,006,454	49,572,202	1.78%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.