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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Spain	Congo	Spain
1960	1,056,732	30,455,000	-	-
1961	1,084,389	30,739,250	2.62%	0.93%
1962	1,113,175	31,023,366	2.65%	0.92%
1963	1,143,263	31,296,651	2.7%	0.88%
1964	1,174,816	31,609,195	2.76%	1%
1965	1,207,880	31,954,292	2.81%	1.09%
1966	1,242,534	32,283,194	2.87%	1.03%
1967	1,278,691	32,682,947	2.91%	1.24%
1968	1,316,519	33,113,134	2.96%	1.32%
1969	1,356,182	33,441,054	3.01%	0.99%
1970	1,397,638	33,814,531	3.06%	1.12%
1971	1,441,039	34,224,490	3.11%	1.21%
1972	1,486,468	34,604,469	3.15%	1.11%
1973	1,533,680	34,988,947	3.18%	1.11%
1974	1,582,301	35,373,335	3.17%	1.1%
1975	1,627,032	35,757,900	2.83%	1.09%
1976	1,667,225	36,137,812	2.47%	1.06%
1977	1,707,568	36,511,638	2.42%	1.03%
1978	1,748,089	36,864,898	2.37%	0.97%
1979	1,788,524	37,191,330	2.31%	0.89%
1980	1,828,985	37,491,165	2.26%	0.81%
1981	1,869,759	37,758,631	2.23%	0.71%
1982	1,910,430	37,986,012	2.18%	0.6%
1983	1,950,321	38,171,525	2.09%	0.49%
1984	1,999,528	38,330,364	2.52%	0.42%
1985	2,059,311	38,469,512	2.99%	0.36%
1986	2,120,602	38,584,624	2.98%	0.3%
1987	2,183,473	38,684,815	2.96%	0.26%
1988	2,247,653	38,766,939	2.94%	0.21%
1989	2,313,558	38,827,764	2.93%	0.16%
1990	2,380,560	38,867,322	2.9%	0.1%
1991	2,449,229	38,966,376	2.88%	0.25%
1992	2,519,465	39,157,685	2.87%	0.49%
1993	2,595,124	39,361,262	3%	0.52%
1994	2,673,144	39,549,108	3.01%	0.48%
1995	2,749,461	39,724,050	2.85%	0.44%
1996	2,826,785	39,889,852	2.81%	0.42%
1997	2,887,862	40,057,389	2.16%	0.42%
1998	2,952,061	40,223,509	2.22%	0.41%
1999	3,032,874	40,386,875	2.74%	0.41%
2000	3,151,345	40,567,864	3.91%	0.45%
2001	3,272,537	40,850,412	3.85%	0.7%
2002	3,350,771	41,431,558	2.39%	1.42%
2003	3,445,753	42,187,645	2.83%	1.82%
2004	3,565,554	42,921,895	3.48%	1.74%
2005	3,696,393	43,653,155	3.67%	1.7%
2006	3,837,409	44,397,319	3.81%	1.7%
2007	3,980,430	45,226,803	3.73%	1.87%
2008	4,113,517	45,954,106	3.34%	1.61%
2009	4,281,219	46,362,946	4.08%	0.89%
2010	4,462,290	46,576,897	4.23%	0.46%
2011	4,609,724	46,742,697	3.3%	0.36%
2012	4,740,450	46,773,055	2.84%	0.06%
2013	4,857,099	46,604,197	2.46%	-0.36%
2014	4,975,880	46,460,733	2.45%	-0.31%
2015	5,097,581	46,422,303	2.45%	-0.08%
2016	5,222,536	46,458,139	2.45%	0.08%
2017	5,351,011	46,571,232	2.46%	0.24%
2018	5,483,118	46,782,011	2.47%	0.45%
2019	5,616,661	47,118,501	2.44%	0.72%
2020	5,752,791	47,359,424	2.42%	0.51%
2021	5,892,183	47,443,821	2.42%	0.18%
2022	6,035,104	47,786,102	2.43%	0.72%
2023	6,182,885	48,347,910	2.45%	1.18%
2024	6,332,961	48,807,137	2.43%	0.95%
2025	6,484,427	48,786,181	2.39%	-0.04%
2026	6,637,777	48,746,279	2.36%	-0.08%
2027	6,794,288	48,696,847	2.36%	-0.1%
2028	6,953,966	48,642,132	2.35%	-0.11%
2029	7,116,456	48,578,166	2.34%	-0.13%
2030	7,282,261	48,501,513	2.33%	-0.16%
2031	7,452,405	48,412,854	2.34%	-0.18%
2032	7,626,474	48,321,195	2.34%	-0.19%
2033	7,802,988	48,230,054	2.31%	-0.19%
2034	7,981,338	48,136,421	2.29%	-0.19%
2035	8,160,723	48,036,650	2.25%	-0.21%
2036	8,341,706	47,929,957	2.22%	-0.22%
2037	8,524,798	47,819,257	2.19%	-0.23%
2038	8,709,719	47,706,580	2.17%	-0.24%
2039	8,896,164	47,588,878	2.14%	-0.25%
2040	9,083,959	47,463,597	2.11%	-0.26%
2041	9,274,654	47,332,618	2.1%	-0.28%
2042	9,466,745	47,194,588	2.07%	-0.29%
2043	9,658,834	47,052,293	2.03%	-0.3%
2044	9,850,493	46,902,636	1.98%	-0.32%
2045	10,041,891	46,738,565	1.94%	-0.35%
2046	10,234,360	46,564,383	1.92%	-0.37%
2047	10,427,899	46,381,681	1.89%	-0.39%
2048	10,621,379	46,190,642	1.86%	-0.41%
2049	10,813,639	45,985,428	1.81%	-0.44%
2050	11,006,454	45,769,362	1.78%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.