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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Somalia	Congo	Somalia
1960	1,056,732	2,876,331	-	-
1961	1,084,389	2,952,054	2.62%	2.63%
1962	1,113,175	3,030,091	2.65%	2.64%
1963	1,143,263	3,110,361	2.7%	2.65%
1964	1,174,816	3,192,796	2.76%	2.65%
1965	1,207,880	3,277,874	2.81%	2.66%
1966	1,242,534	3,365,106	2.87%	2.66%
1967	1,278,691	3,454,537	2.91%	2.66%
1968	1,316,519	3,546,590	2.96%	2.66%
1969	1,356,182	3,641,015	3.01%	2.66%
1970	1,397,638	3,738,448	3.06%	2.68%
1971	1,441,039	3,837,691	3.11%	2.65%
1972	1,486,468	3,939,436	3.15%	2.65%
1973	1,533,680	4,045,592	3.18%	2.69%
1974	1,582,301	4,151,842	3.17%	2.63%
1975	1,627,032	4,257,535	2.83%	2.55%
1976	1,667,225	4,365,812	2.47%	2.54%
1977	1,707,568	4,484,050	2.42%	2.71%
1978	1,748,089	4,814,892	2.37%	7.38%
1979	1,788,524	5,449,117	2.31%	13.2%
1980	1,828,985	5,936,154	2.26%	8.94%
1981	1,869,759	5,982,849	2.23%	0.79%
1982	1,910,430	6,003,840	2.18%	0.35%
1983	1,950,321	6,198,430	2.09%	3.24%
1984	1,999,528	6,428,389	2.52%	3.71%
1985	2,059,311	6,693,289	2.99%	4.12%
1986	2,120,602	6,974,788	2.98%	4.21%
1987	2,183,473	7,228,302	2.96%	3.63%
1988	2,247,653	7,235,360	2.94%	0.1%
1989	2,313,558	7,114,817	2.93%	-1.67%
1990	2,380,560	7,082,811	2.9%	-0.45%
1991	2,449,229	6,813,760	2.88%	-3.8%
1992	2,519,465	6,495,107	2.87%	-4.68%
1993	2,595,124	6,681,399	3%	2.87%
1994	2,673,144	7,026,797	3.01%	5.17%
1995	2,749,461	7,285,007	2.85%	3.67%
1996	2,826,785	7,554,474	2.81%	3.7%
1997	2,887,862	7,824,525	2.16%	3.57%
1998	2,952,061	8,155,417	2.22%	4.23%
1999	3,032,874	8,492,059	2.74%	4.13%
2000	3,151,345	8,838,713	3.91%	4.08%
2001	3,272,537	9,198,493	3.85%	4.07%
2002	3,350,771	9,550,063	2.39%	3.82%
2003	3,445,753	9,909,157	2.83%	3.76%
2004	3,565,554	10,280,998	3.48%	3.75%
2005	3,696,393	10,644,228	3.67%	3.53%
2006	3,837,409	10,975,502	3.81%	3.11%
2007	3,980,430	11,322,582	3.73%	3.16%
2008	4,113,517	11,663,084	3.34%	3.01%
2009	4,281,219	11,961,201	4.08%	2.56%
2010	4,462,290	12,261,756	4.23%	2.51%
2011	4,609,724	12,348,830	3.3%	0.71%
2012	4,740,450	12,461,160	2.84%	0.91%
2013	4,857,099	12,869,594	2.46%	3.28%
2014	4,975,880	13,339,491	2.45%	3.65%
2015	5,097,581	13,806,963	2.45%	3.5%
2016	5,222,536	14,348,740	2.45%	3.92%
2017	5,351,011	14,916,629	2.46%	3.96%
2018	5,483,118	15,452,487	2.47%	3.59%
2019	5,616,661	16,030,971	2.44%	3.74%
2020	5,752,791	16,651,191	2.42%	3.87%
2021	5,892,183	17,271,431	2.42%	3.72%
2022	6,035,104	17,801,897	2.43%	3.07%
2023	6,182,885	18,358,615	2.45%	3.13%
2024	6,332,961	19,009,151	2.43%	3.54%
2025	6,484,427	19,654,737	2.39%	3.4%
2026	6,637,777	20,305,905	2.36%	3.31%
2027	6,794,288	20,959,056	2.36%	3.22%
2028	6,953,966	21,601,810	2.35%	3.07%
2029	7,116,456	22,247,714	2.34%	2.99%
2030	7,282,261	22,915,042	2.33%	3%
2031	7,452,405	23,589,793	2.34%	2.94%
2032	7,626,474	24,258,789	2.34%	2.84%
2033	7,802,988	24,921,830	2.31%	2.73%
2034	7,981,338	25,593,666	2.29%	2.7%
2035	8,160,723	26,294,943	2.25%	2.74%
2036	8,341,706	27,009,199	2.22%	2.72%
2037	8,524,798	27,731,170	2.19%	2.67%
2038	8,709,719	28,455,755	2.17%	2.61%
2039	8,896,164	29,167,897	2.14%	2.5%
2040	9,083,959	29,896,286	2.11%	2.5%
2041	9,274,654	30,635,956	2.1%	2.47%
2042	9,466,745	31,350,028	2.07%	2.33%
2043	9,658,834	32,057,980	2.03%	2.26%
2044	9,850,493	32,780,417	1.98%	2.25%
2045	10,041,891	33,510,163	1.94%	2.23%
2046	10,234,360	34,248,030	1.92%	2.2%
2047	10,427,899	34,996,366	1.89%	2.19%
2048	10,621,379	35,743,960	1.86%	2.14%
2049	10,813,639	36,474,683	1.81%	2.04%
2050	11,006,454	37,206,497	1.78%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.