The latest officially reported population of the Congo was 6,332,961 in 2024 vs 2,127,400 people in Slovenia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Congo's population is 6,639,487 people compared to 2,123,263 in Slovenia.
Population statistics:
- The Congo's population is 3.13 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- The Congo is ranked the 109th most populous country in the world, while Slovenia is the 147th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.08% for the Congo vs 0.03% for Slovenia.
- For the last 10 years, the Congo has had an average growth rate of +2.44% per year vs +0.29% in Slovenia.
- Since 2006, the population of the Congo has increased from 3.84M people to 6.64M (73% growth), while Slovenia has grown from 2.01M to 2.12M (5.8% growth).
- The Congo is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20M people, while Slovenia's population already peaked in 2024 at 2.13M people and is projected to decrease to 1.64M people by 2100.
Congo vs Slovenia: live population counter
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| Current population |
6639487
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2123263
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| Population rank | 109/197 | 147/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
3.5 minutes
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1.26 hours
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| One birth every |
2.78 minutes
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31 minutes
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| One death every |
13.5 minutes
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24.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.52 hours
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2.64 hours
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| Annual migration change | -2,491 | +3,319 |
| Daily growth/decline | +411 | +19 |
| Annual growth/decline | +150,076 | +6,939 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.43% | +0.33% |
| Population growth rate rank | 31/197 | 148/197 |
the Congo and Slovenia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,056,732 | 1,584,720 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,084,389 | 1,594,131 | 2.62% | 0.59% |
| 1962 | 1,113,175 | 1,603,649 | 2.65% | 0.6% |
| 1963 | 1,143,263 | 1,616,971 | 2.7% | 0.83% |
| 1964 | 1,174,816 | 1,632,114 | 2.76% | 0.94% |
| 1965 | 1,207,880 | 1,649,160 | 2.81% | 1.04% |
| 1966 | 1,242,534 | 1,669,905 | 2.87% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 1,278,691 | 1,689,528 | 2.91% | 1.18% |
| 1968 | 1,316,519 | 1,704,546 | 2.96% | 0.89% |
| 1969 | 1,356,182 | 1,713,874 | 3.01% | 0.55% |
| 1970 | 1,397,638 | 1,724,891 | 3.06% | 0.64% |
| 1971 | 1,441,039 | 1,738,335 | 3.11% | 0.78% |
| 1972 | 1,486,468 | 1,752,233 | 3.15% | 0.8% |
| 1973 | 1,533,680 | 1,766,697 | 3.18% | 0.83% |
| 1974 | 1,582,301 | 1,776,132 | 3.17% | 0.53% |
| 1975 | 1,627,032 | 1,793,581 | 2.83% | 0.98% |
| 1976 | 1,667,225 | 1,820,249 | 2.47% | 1.49% |
| 1977 | 1,707,568 | 1,842,377 | 2.42% | 1.22% |
| 1978 | 1,748,089 | 1,862,548 | 2.37% | 1.09% |
| 1979 | 1,788,524 | 1,882,599 | 2.31% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 1,828,985 | 1,901,315 | 2.26% | 0.99% |
| 1981 | 1,869,759 | 1,906,531 | 2.23% | 0.27% |
| 1982 | 1,910,430 | 1,910,334 | 2.18% | 0.2% |
| 1983 | 1,950,321 | 1,922,321 | 2.09% | 0.63% |
| 1984 | 1,999,528 | 1,932,154 | 2.52% | 0.51% |
| 1985 | 2,059,311 | 1,941,641 | 2.99% | 0.49% |
| 1986 | 2,120,602 | 1,965,964 | 2.98% | 1.25% |
| 1987 | 2,183,473 | 1,989,776 | 2.96% | 1.21% |
| 1988 | 2,247,653 | 1,995,196 | 2.94% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 2,313,558 | 1,996,351 | 2.93% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 2,380,560 | 1,998,161 | 2.9% | 0.09% |
| 1991 | 2,449,229 | 1,999,429 | 2.88% | 0.06% |
| 1992 | 2,519,465 | 1,996,498 | 2.87% | -0.15% |
| 1993 | 2,595,124 | 1,991,746 | 3% | -0.24% |
| 1994 | 2,673,144 | 1,989,443 | 3.01% | -0.12% |
| 1995 | 2,749,461 | 1,989,872 | 2.85% | 0.02% |
| 1996 | 2,826,785 | 1,988,628 | 2.81% | -0.06% |
| 1997 | 2,887,862 | 1,985,956 | 2.16% | -0.13% |
| 1998 | 2,952,061 | 1,981,629 | 2.22% | -0.22% |
| 1999 | 3,032,874 | 1,983,045 | 2.74% | 0.07% |
| 2000 | 3,151,345 | 1,988,925 | 3.91% | 0.3% |
| 2001 | 3,272,537 | 1,992,060 | 3.85% | 0.16% |
| 2002 | 3,350,771 | 1,994,530 | 2.39% | 0.12% |
| 2003 | 3,445,753 | 1,995,733 | 2.83% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 3,565,554 | 1,997,012 | 3.48% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 3,696,393 | 2,000,474 | 3.67% | 0.17% |
| 2006 | 3,837,409 | 2,006,868 | 3.81% | 0.32% |
| 2007 | 3,980,430 | 2,018,122 | 3.73% | 0.56% |
| 2008 | 4,113,517 | 2,021,316 | 3.34% | 0.16% |
| 2009 | 4,281,219 | 2,039,669 | 4.08% | 0.91% |
| 2010 | 4,462,290 | 2,048,583 | 4.23% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 4,609,724 | 2,052,843 | 3.3% | 0.21% |
| 2012 | 4,740,450 | 2,057,159 | 2.84% | 0.21% |
| 2013 | 4,857,099 | 2,059,953 | 2.46% | 0.14% |
| 2014 | 4,975,880 | 2,061,980 | 2.45% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 5,097,581 | 2,063,531 | 2.45% | 0.08% |
| 2016 | 5,222,536 | 2,065,042 | 2.45% | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 5,351,011 | 2,066,388 | 2.46% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 5,483,118 | 2,073,894 | 2.47% | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 5,616,661 | 2,088,385 | 2.44% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 5,752,791 | 2,102,419 | 2.42% | 0.67% |
| 2021 | 5,892,183 | 2,108,079 | 2.42% | 0.27% |
| 2022 | 6,035,104 | 2,112,076 | 2.43% | 0.19% |
| 2023 | 6,182,885 | 2,120,461 | 2.45% | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 6,332,961 | 2,127,400 | 2.43% | 0.33% |
| 2025 | 6,484,427 | 2,125,771 | 2.39% | -0.08% |
| 2026 | 6,637,777 | 2,123,263 | 2.36% | -0.12% |
| 2027 | 6,794,288 | 2,120,217 | 2.36% | -0.14% |
| 2028 | 6,953,966 | 2,116,494 | 2.35% | -0.18% |
| 2029 | 7,116,456 | 2,112,173 | 2.34% | -0.2% |
| 2030 | 7,282,261 | 2,107,590 | 2.33% | -0.22% |
| 2031 | 7,452,405 | 2,102,682 | 2.34% | -0.23% |
| 2032 | 7,626,474 | 2,097,639 | 2.34% | -0.24% |
| 2033 | 7,802,988 | 2,092,539 | 2.31% | -0.24% |
| 2034 | 7,981,338 | 2,087,474 | 2.29% | -0.24% |
| 2035 | 8,160,723 | 2,082,359 | 2.25% | -0.25% |
| 2036 | 8,341,706 | 2,076,980 | 2.22% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 8,524,798 | 2,071,332 | 2.19% | -0.27% |
| 2038 | 8,709,719 | 2,065,836 | 2.17% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 8,896,164 | 2,060,512 | 2.14% | -0.26% |
| 2040 | 9,083,959 | 2,055,171 | 2.11% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 9,274,654 | 2,049,707 | 2.1% | -0.27% |
| 2042 | 9,466,745 | 2,043,776 | 2.07% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 9,658,834 | 2,037,534 | 2.03% | -0.31% |
| 2044 | 9,850,493 | 2,031,130 | 1.98% | -0.31% |
| 2045 | 10,041,891 | 2,024,576 | 1.94% | -0.32% |
| 2046 | 10,234,360 | 2,017,955 | 1.92% | -0.33% |
| 2047 | 10,427,899 | 2,011,220 | 1.89% | -0.33% |
| 2048 | 10,621,379 | 2,004,390 | 1.86% | -0.34% |
| 2049 | 10,813,639 | 1,997,296 | 1.81% | -0.35% |
| 2050 | 11,006,454 | 1,989,697 | 1.78% | -0.38% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Slovenia gained 58,174 people (a 2.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Slovenia's population increased by 58,221 (a 2.82% growth).
The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Slovenia was ranked 141st in 2006 and ranked 147th 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 Slovenia will decrease by 6.29% to 1,989,697 people and will still be ranked 147th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Brazzaville | 2.15M |
| Pointe-Noire | 1.42M |
| Kayes | 71.6K |
| Madingou | 36.2K |
| Gamboma | 26.1K |
| Kinkala | 12.1K |
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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Population differences between the Congo and Slovenia
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| Life expectancy | 66.4 years | 82.1 years |
| Average age | 24.2 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 19.5 years | 45.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.16 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 48 ppl/mi² | 273.7 ppl/mi² |
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