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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	South Korea	Congo	South Korea
1960	1,056,732	25,012,374	-	-
1961	1,084,389	25,765,673	2.62%	3.01%
1962	1,113,175	26,513,030	2.65%	2.9%
1963	1,143,263	27,261,747	2.7%	2.82%
1964	1,174,816	27,984,155	2.76%	2.65%
1965	1,207,880	28,704,674	2.81%	2.57%
1966	1,242,534	29,435,571	2.87%	2.55%
1967	1,278,691	30,130,983	2.91%	2.36%
1968	1,316,519	30,838,302	2.96%	2.35%
1969	1,356,182	31,544,266	3.01%	2.29%
1970	1,397,638	32,240,827	3.06%	2.21%
1971	1,441,039	32,882,704	3.11%	1.99%
1972	1,486,468	33,505,406	3.15%	1.89%
1973	1,533,680	34,103,149	3.18%	1.78%
1974	1,582,301	34,692,266	3.17%	1.73%
1975	1,627,032	35,280,725	2.83%	1.7%
1976	1,667,225	35,848,523	2.47%	1.61%
1977	1,707,568	36,411,795	2.42%	1.57%
1978	1,748,089	36,969,185	2.37%	1.53%
1979	1,788,524	37,534,236	2.31%	1.53%
1980	1,828,985	38,123,775	2.26%	1.57%
1981	1,869,759	38,723,248	2.23%	1.57%
1982	1,910,430	39,326,352	2.18%	1.56%
1983	1,950,321	39,910,403	2.09%	1.49%
1984	1,999,528	40,405,956	2.52%	1.24%
1985	2,059,311	40,805,744	2.99%	0.99%
1986	2,120,602	41,213,674	2.98%	1%
1987	2,183,473	41,621,690	2.96%	0.99%
1988	2,247,653	42,031,247	2.94%	0.98%
1989	2,313,558	42,449,038	2.93%	0.99%
1990	2,380,560	42,869,283	2.9%	0.99%
1991	2,449,229	43,295,704	2.88%	0.99%
1992	2,519,465	43,747,962	2.87%	1.04%
1993	2,595,124	44,194,628	3%	1.02%
1994	2,673,144	44,641,540	3.01%	1.01%
1995	2,749,461	45,092,991	2.85%	1.01%
1996	2,826,785	45,524,681	2.81%	0.96%
1997	2,887,862	45,953,580	2.16%	0.94%
1998	2,952,061	46,286,503	2.22%	0.72%
1999	3,032,874	46,616,677	2.74%	0.71%
2000	3,151,345	47,008,111	3.91%	0.84%
2001	3,272,537	47,370,164	3.85%	0.77%
2002	3,350,771	47,644,736	2.39%	0.58%
2003	3,445,753	47,892,330	2.83%	0.52%
2004	3,565,554	48,082,519	3.48%	0.4%
2005	3,696,393	48,184,561	3.67%	0.21%
2006	3,837,409	48,438,292	3.81%	0.53%
2007	3,980,430	48,683,638	3.73%	0.51%
2008	4,113,517	49,054,708	3.34%	0.76%
2009	4,281,219	49,307,835	4.08%	0.52%
2010	4,462,290	49,554,112	4.23%	0.5%
2011	4,609,724	49,936,638	3.3%	0.77%
2012	4,740,450	50,199,853	2.84%	0.53%
2013	4,857,099	50,428,893	2.46%	0.46%
2014	4,975,880	50,746,659	2.45%	0.63%
2015	5,097,581	51,014,947	2.45%	0.53%
2016	5,222,536	51,217,803	2.45%	0.4%
2017	5,351,011	51,361,911	2.46%	0.28%
2018	5,483,118	51,585,058	2.47%	0.43%
2019	5,616,661	51,764,822	2.44%	0.35%
2020	5,752,791	51,836,239	2.42%	0.14%
2021	5,892,183	51,769,539	2.42%	-0.13%
2022	6,035,104	51,672,569	2.43%	-0.19%
2023	6,182,885	51,712,619	2.45%	0.08%
2024	6,332,961	51,751,065	2.43%	0.07%
2025	6,484,427	51,700,480	2.39%	-0.1%
2026	6,637,777	51,633,793	2.36%	-0.13%
2027	6,794,288	51,552,198	2.36%	-0.16%
2028	6,953,966	51,456,707	2.35%	-0.19%
2029	7,116,456	51,347,230	2.34%	-0.21%
2030	7,282,261	51,221,713	2.33%	-0.24%
2031	7,452,405	51,081,220	2.34%	-0.27%
2032	7,626,474	50,924,233	2.34%	-0.31%
2033	7,802,988	50,747,132	2.31%	-0.35%
2034	7,981,338	50,549,508	2.29%	-0.39%
2035	8,160,723	50,333,286	2.25%	-0.43%
2036	8,341,706	50,098,951	2.22%	-0.47%
2037	8,524,798	49,845,669	2.19%	-0.51%
2038	8,709,719	49,573,234	2.17%	-0.55%
2039	8,896,164	49,283,770	2.14%	-0.58%
2040	9,083,959	48,980,369	2.11%	-0.62%
2041	9,274,654	48,661,905	2.1%	-0.65%
2042	9,466,745	48,331,004	2.07%	-0.68%
2043	9,658,834	47,990,085	2.03%	-0.71%
2044	9,850,493	47,634,183	1.98%	-0.74%
2045	10,041,891	47,263,526	1.94%	-0.78%
2046	10,234,360	46,881,228	1.92%	-0.81%
2047	10,427,899	46,482,133	1.89%	-0.85%
2048	10,621,379	46,063,595	1.86%	-0.9%
2049	10,813,639	45,626,805	1.81%	-0.95%
2050	11,006,454	45,172,356	1.78%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.