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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Senegal	Congo	Senegal
1960	1,056,732	3,340,907	-	-
1961	1,084,389	3,436,375	2.62%	2.86%
1962	1,113,175	3,534,686	2.65%	2.86%
1963	1,143,263	3,635,876	2.7%	2.86%
1964	1,174,816	3,740,535	2.76%	2.88%
1965	1,207,880	3,849,788	2.81%	2.92%
1966	1,242,534	3,964,299	2.87%	2.97%
1967	1,278,691	4,083,870	2.91%	3.02%
1968	1,316,519	4,207,587	2.96%	3.03%
1969	1,356,182	4,334,974	3.01%	3.03%
1970	1,397,638	4,466,328	3.06%	3.03%
1971	1,441,039	4,601,864	3.11%	3.03%
1972	1,486,468	4,741,631	3.15%	3.04%
1973	1,533,680	4,885,181	3.18%	3.03%
1974	1,582,301	5,029,437	3.17%	2.95%
1975	1,627,032	5,170,810	2.83%	2.81%
1976	1,667,225	5,308,564	2.47%	2.66%
1977	1,707,568	5,439,549	2.42%	2.47%
1978	1,748,089	5,568,096	2.37%	2.36%
1979	1,788,524	5,702,895	2.31%	2.42%
1980	1,828,985	5,845,638	2.26%	2.5%
1981	1,869,759	5,997,160	2.23%	2.59%
1982	1,910,430	6,156,961	2.18%	2.66%
1983	1,950,321	6,324,504	2.09%	2.72%
1984	1,999,528	6,499,364	2.52%	2.76%
1985	2,059,311	6,683,287	2.99%	2.83%
1986	2,120,602	6,878,192	2.98%	2.92%
1987	2,183,473	7,081,530	2.96%	2.96%
1988	2,247,653	7,289,618	2.94%	2.94%
1989	2,313,558	7,502,207	2.93%	2.92%
1990	2,380,560	7,720,523	2.9%	2.91%
1991	2,449,229	7,943,085	2.88%	2.88%
1992	2,519,465	8,168,395	2.87%	2.84%
1993	2,595,124	8,396,288	3%	2.79%
1994	2,673,144	8,624,078	3.01%	2.71%
1995	2,749,461	8,848,101	2.85%	2.6%
1996	2,826,785	9,067,014	2.81%	2.47%
1997	2,887,862	9,283,495	2.16%	2.39%
1998	2,952,061	9,502,952	2.22%	2.36%
1999	3,032,874	9,730,887	2.74%	2.4%
2000	3,151,345	9,968,260	3.91%	2.44%
2001	3,272,537	10,212,942	3.85%	2.45%
2002	3,350,771	10,466,214	2.39%	2.48%
2003	3,445,753	10,721,176	2.83%	2.44%
2004	3,565,554	10,975,704	3.48%	2.37%
2005	3,696,393	11,235,472	3.67%	2.37%
2006	3,837,409	11,500,094	3.81%	2.36%
2007	3,980,430	11,770,344	3.73%	2.35%
2008	4,113,517	12,048,959	3.34%	2.37%
2009	4,281,219	12,337,389	4.08%	2.39%
2010	4,462,290	12,635,413	4.23%	2.42%
2011	4,609,724	12,958,897	3.3%	2.56%
2012	4,740,450	13,310,495	2.84%	2.71%
2013	4,857,099	13,710,849	2.46%	3.01%
2014	4,975,880	14,152,102	2.45%	3.22%
2015	5,097,581	14,593,331	2.45%	3.12%
2016	5,222,536	15,034,521	2.45%	3.02%
2017	5,351,011	15,475,002	2.46%	2.93%
2018	5,483,118	15,914,498	2.47%	2.84%
2019	5,616,661	16,352,922	2.44%	2.75%
2020	5,752,791	16,789,219	2.42%	2.67%
2021	5,892,183	17,220,867	2.42%	2.57%
2022	6,035,104	17,651,103	2.43%	2.5%
2023	6,182,885	18,077,573	2.45%	2.42%
2024	6,332,961	18,501,984	2.43%	2.35%
2025	6,484,427	18,931,964	2.39%	2.32%
2026	6,637,777	19,366,546	2.36%	2.3%
2027	6,794,288	19,807,242	2.36%	2.28%
2028	6,953,966	20,254,562	2.35%	2.26%
2029	7,116,456	20,706,628	2.34%	2.23%
2030	7,282,261	21,163,189	2.33%	2.2%
2031	7,452,405	21,623,709	2.34%	2.18%
2032	7,626,474	22,085,928	2.34%	2.14%
2033	7,802,988	22,548,831	2.31%	2.1%
2034	7,981,338	23,012,018	2.29%	2.05%
2035	8,160,723	23,476,591	2.25%	2.02%
2036	8,341,706	23,942,221	2.22%	1.98%
2037	8,524,798	24,407,574	2.19%	1.94%
2038	8,709,719	24,872,512	2.17%	1.9%
2039	8,896,164	25,335,991	2.14%	1.86%
2040	9,083,959	25,797,506	2.11%	1.82%
2041	9,274,654	26,257,464	2.1%	1.78%
2042	9,466,745	26,716,424	2.07%	1.75%
2043	9,658,834	27,174,896	2.03%	1.72%
2044	9,850,493	27,632,997	1.98%	1.69%
2045	10,041,891	28,089,695	1.94%	1.65%
2046	10,234,360	28,546,280	1.92%	1.63%
2047	10,427,899	29,002,001	1.89%	1.6%
2048	10,621,379	29,457,233	1.86%	1.57%
2049	10,813,639	29,911,840	1.81%	1.54%
2050	11,006,454	30,364,944	1.78%	1.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Senegal gained 3,357,859 people (a 29.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,687,723 (a 32.1% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Senegal was ranked 73rd in 2005 and ranked 68th 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 Senegal will increase by 57.5% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.