Population in the Congo compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Sierra Leone	Congo	Sierra Leone
1960	1,056,732	2,268,356	-	-
1961	1,084,389	2,304,227	2.62%	1.58%
1962	1,113,175	2,342,242	2.65%	1.65%
1963	1,143,263	2,382,258	2.7%	1.71%
1964	1,174,816	2,424,390	2.76%	1.77%
1965	1,207,880	2,468,666	2.81%	1.83%
1966	1,242,534	2,514,638	2.87%	1.86%
1967	1,278,691	2,562,384	2.91%	1.9%
1968	1,316,519	2,611,532	2.96%	1.92%
1969	1,356,182	2,661,365	3.01%	1.91%
1970	1,397,638	2,712,286	3.06%	1.91%
1971	1,441,039	2,763,222	3.11%	1.88%
1972	1,486,468	2,814,388	3.15%	1.85%
1973	1,533,680	2,866,955	3.18%	1.87%
1974	1,582,301	2,920,459	3.17%	1.87%
1975	1,627,032	2,974,657	2.83%	1.86%
1976	1,667,225	3,028,820	2.47%	1.82%
1977	1,707,568	3,085,354	2.42%	1.87%
1978	1,748,089	3,145,517	2.37%	1.95%
1979	1,788,524	3,207,499	2.31%	1.97%
1980	1,828,985	3,272,089	2.26%	2.01%
1981	1,869,759	3,338,940	2.23%	2.04%
1982	1,910,430	3,408,183	2.18%	2.07%
1983	1,950,321	3,481,646	2.09%	2.16%
1984	1,999,528	3,558,758	2.52%	2.21%
1985	2,059,311	3,638,438	2.99%	2.24%
1986	2,120,602	3,728,380	2.98%	2.47%
1987	2,183,473	3,829,718	2.96%	2.72%
1988	2,247,653	3,934,517	2.94%	2.74%
1989	2,313,558	4,034,037	2.93%	2.53%
1990	2,380,560	4,196,828	2.9%	4.04%
1991	2,449,229	4,246,267	2.88%	1.18%
1992	2,519,465	4,166,366	2.87%	-1.88%
1993	2,595,124	4,157,130	3%	-0.22%
1994	2,673,144	4,173,105	3.01%	0.38%
1995	2,749,461	4,179,179	2.85%	0.15%
1996	2,826,785	4,199,210	2.81%	0.48%
1997	2,887,862	4,253,716	2.16%	1.3%
1998	2,952,061	4,295,785	2.22%	0.99%
1999	3,032,874	4,318,043	2.74%	0.52%
2000	3,151,345	4,423,611	3.91%	2.44%
2001	3,272,537	4,692,716	3.85%	6.08%
2002	3,350,771	4,971,435	2.39%	5.94%
2003	3,445,753	5,177,687	2.83%	4.15%
2004	3,565,554	5,355,717	3.48%	3.44%
2005	3,696,393	5,501,712	3.67%	2.73%
2006	3,837,409	5,624,466	3.81%	2.23%
2007	3,980,430	5,749,352	3.73%	2.22%
2008	4,113,517	5,894,722	3.34%	2.53%
2009	4,281,219	6,055,646	4.08%	2.73%
2010	4,462,290	6,222,714	4.23%	2.76%
2011	4,609,724	6,387,251	3.3%	2.64%
2012	4,740,450	6,551,080	2.84%	2.56%
2013	4,857,099	6,714,051	2.46%	2.49%
2014	4,975,880	6,876,385	2.45%	2.42%
2015	5,097,581	7,037,655	2.45%	2.35%
2016	5,222,536	7,205,328	2.45%	2.38%
2017	5,351,011	7,379,299	2.46%	2.41%
2018	5,483,118	7,554,563	2.47%	2.38%
2019	5,616,661	7,731,991	2.44%	2.35%
2020	5,752,791	7,912,558	2.42%	2.34%
2021	5,892,183	8,094,602	2.42%	2.3%
2022	6,035,104	8,276,807	2.43%	2.25%
2023	6,182,885	8,460,512	2.45%	2.22%
2024	6,332,961	8,642,022	2.43%	2.15%
2025	6,484,427	8,819,789	2.39%	2.06%
2026	6,637,777	8,996,743	2.36%	2.01%
2027	6,794,288	9,174,695	2.36%	1.98%
2028	6,953,966	9,349,021	2.35%	1.9%
2029	7,116,456	9,520,811	2.34%	1.84%
2030	7,282,261	9,694,851	2.33%	1.83%
2031	7,452,405	9,870,295	2.34%	1.81%
2032	7,626,474	10,047,193	2.34%	1.79%
2033	7,802,988	10,221,006	2.31%	1.73%
2034	7,981,338	10,391,485	2.29%	1.67%
2035	8,160,723	10,563,163	2.25%	1.65%
2036	8,341,706	10,734,341	2.22%	1.62%
2037	8,524,798	10,902,263	2.19%	1.56%
2038	8,709,719	11,066,143	2.17%	1.5%
2039	8,896,164	11,230,060	2.14%	1.48%
2040	9,083,959	11,398,391	2.11%	1.5%
2041	9,274,654	11,566,213	2.1%	1.47%
2042	9,466,745	11,728,787	2.07%	1.41%
2043	9,658,834	11,887,934	2.03%	1.36%
2044	9,850,493	12,049,424	1.98%	1.36%
2045	10,041,891	12,208,872	1.94%	1.32%
2046	10,234,360	12,363,446	1.92%	1.27%
2047	10,427,899	12,512,739	1.89%	1.21%
2048	10,621,379	12,659,609	1.86%	1.17%
2049	10,813,639	12,805,136	1.81%	1.15%
2050	11,006,454	12,948,320	1.78%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.