Population in the Congo compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	South Africa	Congo	South Africa
1960	1,056,732	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,084,389	16,908,035	2.62%	2.85%
1962	1,113,175	17,418,522	2.65%	3.02%
1963	1,143,263	17,954,564	2.7%	3.08%
1964	1,174,816	18,511,361	2.76%	3.1%
1965	1,207,880	19,089,380	2.81%	3.12%
1966	1,242,534	19,690,087	2.87%	3.15%
1967	1,278,691	20,314,066	2.91%	3.17%
1968	1,316,519	20,957,287	2.96%	3.17%
1969	1,356,182	21,614,676	3.01%	3.14%
1970	1,397,638	22,279,984	3.06%	3.08%
1971	1,441,039	22,942,143	3.11%	2.97%
1972	1,486,468	23,609,456	3.15%	2.91%
1973	1,533,680	24,294,263	3.18%	2.9%
1974	1,582,301	24,989,108	3.17%	2.86%
1975	1,627,032	25,690,940	2.83%	2.81%
1976	1,667,225	26,395,450	2.47%	2.74%
1977	1,707,568	27,118,952	2.42%	2.74%
1978	1,748,089	27,869,507	2.37%	2.77%
1979	1,788,524	28,634,162	2.31%	2.74%
1980	1,828,985	29,518,857	2.26%	3.09%
1981	1,869,759	30,541,044	2.23%	3.46%
1982	1,910,430	31,615,339	2.18%	3.52%
1983	1,950,321	32,739,304	2.09%	3.56%
1984	1,999,528	33,892,788	2.52%	3.52%
1985	2,059,311	35,042,093	2.99%	3.39%
1986	2,120,602	36,180,515	2.98%	3.25%
1987	2,183,473	37,326,190	2.96%	3.17%
1988	2,247,653	38,480,649	2.94%	3.09%
1989	2,313,558	39,628,575	2.93%	2.98%
1990	2,380,560	40,746,268	2.9%	2.82%
1991	2,449,229	41,687,898	2.88%	2.31%
1992	2,519,465	42,443,509	2.87%	1.81%
1993	2,595,124	43,297,156	3%	2.01%
1994	2,673,144	44,004,139	3.01%	1.63%
1995	2,749,461	44,541,554	2.85%	1.22%
1996	2,826,785	45,123,018	2.81%	1.31%
1997	2,887,862	45,666,838	2.16%	1.21%
1998	2,952,061	46,223,880	2.22%	1.22%
1999	3,032,874	46,730,335	2.74%	1.1%
2000	3,151,345	47,159,719	3.91%	0.92%
2001	3,272,537	47,566,800	3.85%	0.86%
2002	3,350,771	48,019,415	2.39%	0.95%
2003	3,445,753	48,500,348	2.83%	1%
2004	3,565,554	48,991,421	3.48%	1.01%
2005	3,696,393	49,490,033	3.67%	1.02%
2006	3,837,409	49,998,277	3.81%	1.03%
2007	3,980,430	50,528,584	3.73%	1.06%
2008	4,113,517	51,114,599	3.34%	1.16%
2009	4,281,219	51,728,516	4.08%	1.2%
2010	4,462,290	52,344,051	4.23%	1.19%
2011	4,609,724	52,995,205	3.3%	1.24%
2012	4,740,450	53,782,567	2.84%	1.49%
2013	4,857,099	54,678,791	2.46%	1.67%
2014	4,975,880	55,594,838	2.45%	1.68%
2015	5,097,581	56,723,537	2.45%	2.03%
2016	5,222,536	57,259,551	2.45%	0.94%
2017	5,351,011	57,635,162	2.46%	0.66%
2018	5,483,118	58,613,001	2.47%	1.7%
2019	5,616,661	59,587,885	2.44%	1.66%
2020	5,752,791	60,562,381	2.42%	1.64%
2021	5,892,183	61,502,603	2.42%	1.55%
2022	6,035,104	62,378,410	2.43%	1.42%
2023	6,182,885	63,212,384	2.45%	1.34%
2024	6,332,961	64,007,187	2.43%	1.26%
2025	6,484,427	64,747,317	2.39%	1.16%
2026	6,637,777	65,453,086	2.36%	1.09%
2027	6,794,288	66,143,018	2.36%	1.05%
2028	6,953,966	66,830,384	2.35%	1.04%
2029	7,116,456	67,506,850	2.34%	1.01%
2030	7,282,261	68,161,357	2.33%	0.97%
2031	7,452,405	68,798,574	2.34%	0.93%
2032	7,626,474	69,426,441	2.34%	0.91%
2033	7,802,988	70,040,484	2.31%	0.88%
2034	7,981,338	70,641,572	2.29%	0.86%
2035	8,160,723	71,234,749	2.25%	0.84%
2036	8,341,706	71,816,372	2.22%	0.82%
2037	8,524,798	72,387,807	2.19%	0.8%
2038	8,709,719	72,949,611	2.17%	0.78%
2039	8,896,164	73,496,152	2.14%	0.75%
2040	9,083,959	74,035,615	2.11%	0.73%
2041	9,274,654	74,575,444	2.1%	0.73%
2042	9,466,745	75,111,899	2.07%	0.72%
2043	9,658,834	75,641,512	2.03%	0.71%
2044	9,850,493	76,164,461	1.98%	0.69%
2045	10,041,891	76,681,448	1.94%	0.68%
2046	10,234,360	77,199,542	1.92%	0.68%
2047	10,427,899	77,716,650	1.89%	0.67%
2048	10,621,379	78,215,323	1.86%	0.64%
2049	10,813,639	78,699,584	1.81%	0.62%
2050	11,006,454	79,177,329	1.78%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.