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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	South Sudan	Congo	South Sudan
1960	1,056,732	2,931,559	-	-
1961	1,084,389	2,976,724	2.62%	1.54%
1962	1,113,175	3,024,308	2.65%	1.6%
1963	1,143,263	3,072,669	2.7%	1.6%
1964	1,174,816	3,129,918	2.76%	1.86%
1965	1,207,880	3,189,835	2.81%	1.91%
1966	1,242,534	3,236,423	2.87%	1.46%
1967	1,278,691	3,277,648	2.91%	1.27%
1968	1,316,519	3,321,528	2.96%	1.34%
1969	1,356,182	3,365,533	3.01%	1.32%
1970	1,397,638	3,409,614	3.06%	1.31%
1971	1,441,039	3,468,646	3.11%	1.73%
1972	1,486,468	3,542,497	3.15%	2.13%
1973	1,533,680	3,627,383	3.18%	2.4%
1974	1,582,301	3,723,259	3.17%	2.64%
1975	1,627,032	3,821,494	2.83%	2.64%
1976	1,667,225	3,921,910	2.47%	2.63%
1977	1,707,568	4,024,032	2.42%	2.6%
1978	1,748,089	4,127,657	2.37%	2.58%
1979	1,788,524	4,232,605	2.31%	2.54%
1980	1,828,985	4,339,030	2.26%	2.51%
1981	1,869,759	4,447,272	2.23%	2.49%
1982	1,910,430	4,557,686	2.18%	2.48%
1983	1,950,321	4,661,574	2.09%	2.28%
1984	1,999,528	4,750,627	2.52%	1.91%
1985	2,059,311	4,834,296	2.99%	1.76%
1986	2,120,602	4,921,240	2.98%	1.8%
1987	2,183,473	4,962,395	2.96%	0.84%
1988	2,247,653	4,848,029	2.94%	-2.3%
1989	2,313,558	4,713,229	2.93%	-2.78%
1990	2,380,560	4,737,633	2.9%	0.52%
1991	2,449,229	4,836,677	2.88%	2.09%
1992	2,519,465	4,909,749	2.87%	1.51%
1993	2,595,124	4,956,002	3%	0.94%
1994	2,673,144	5,071,184	3.01%	2.32%
1995	2,749,461	5,225,836	2.85%	3.05%
1996	2,826,785	5,356,925	2.81%	2.51%
1997	2,887,862	5,509,136	2.16%	2.84%
1998	2,952,061	5,620,068	2.22%	2.01%
1999	3,032,874	5,771,628	2.74%	2.7%
2000	3,151,345	6,032,267	3.91%	4.52%
2001	3,272,537	6,308,391	3.85%	4.58%
2002	3,350,771	6,596,806	2.39%	4.57%
2003	3,445,753	6,903,127	2.83%	4.64%
2004	3,565,554	7,233,041	3.48%	4.78%
2005	3,696,393	7,590,143	3.67%	4.94%
2006	3,837,409	7,976,526	3.81%	5.09%
2007	3,980,430	8,388,788	3.73%	5.17%
2008	4,113,517	8,817,647	3.34%	5.11%
2009	4,281,219	9,243,556	4.08%	4.83%
2010	4,462,290	9,745,953	4.23%	5.44%
2011	4,609,724	10,288,109	3.3%	5.56%
2012	4,740,450	10,756,240	2.84%	4.55%
2013	4,857,099	11,166,275	2.46%	3.81%
2014	4,975,880	11,235,073	2.45%	0.62%
2015	5,097,581	11,107,561	2.45%	-1.13%
2016	5,222,536	10,830,102	2.45%	-2.5%
2017	5,351,011	10,259,154	2.46%	-5.27%
2018	5,483,118	10,122,977	2.47%	-1.33%
2019	5,616,661	10,423,384	2.44%	2.97%
2020	5,752,791	10,698,467	2.42%	2.64%
2021	5,892,183	10,865,780	2.42%	1.56%
2022	6,035,104	11,021,177	2.43%	1.43%
2023	6,182,885	11,483,374	2.45%	4.19%
2024	6,332,961	11,943,408	2.43%	4.01%
2025	6,484,427	12,188,793	2.39%	2.05%
2026	6,637,777	12,436,036	2.36%	2.03%
2027	6,794,288	12,687,301	2.36%	2.02%
2028	6,953,966	12,941,503	2.35%	2%
2029	7,116,456	13,198,080	2.34%	1.98%
2030	7,282,261	13,457,446	2.33%	1.97%
2031	7,452,405	13,725,413	2.34%	1.99%
2032	7,626,474	13,996,343	2.34%	1.97%
2033	7,802,988	14,261,762	2.31%	1.9%
2034	7,981,338	14,527,550	2.29%	1.86%
2035	8,160,723	14,798,602	2.25%	1.87%
2036	8,341,706	15,070,098	2.22%	1.83%
2037	8,524,798	15,335,700	2.19%	1.76%
2038	8,709,719	15,595,968	2.17%	1.7%
2039	8,896,164	15,850,696	2.14%	1.63%
2040	9,083,959	16,101,470	2.11%	1.58%
2041	9,274,654	16,350,149	2.1%	1.54%
2042	9,466,745	16,593,361	2.07%	1.49%
2043	9,658,834	16,829,209	2.03%	1.42%
2044	9,850,493	17,060,176	1.98%	1.37%
2045	10,041,891	17,286,412	1.94%	1.33%
2046	10,234,360	17,509,693	1.92%	1.29%
2047	10,427,899	17,728,331	1.89%	1.25%
2048	10,621,379	17,938,437	1.86%	1.19%
2049	10,813,639	18,142,893	1.81%	1.14%
2050	11,006,454	18,341,968	1.78%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.