Population in the Congo compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Sri Lanka	Congo	Sri Lanka
1960	1,056,732	9,661,389	-	-
1961	1,084,389	9,899,372	2.62%	2.46%
1962	1,113,175	10,143,754	2.65%	2.47%
1963	1,143,263	10,395,040	2.7%	2.48%
1964	1,174,816	10,653,397	2.76%	2.49%
1965	1,207,880	10,916,965	2.81%	2.47%
1966	1,242,534	11,183,928	2.87%	2.45%
1967	1,278,691	11,457,328	2.91%	2.44%
1968	1,316,519	11,736,088	2.96%	2.43%
1969	1,356,182	12,013,858	3.01%	2.37%
1970	1,397,638	12,287,110	3.06%	2.27%
1971	1,441,039	12,551,910	3.11%	2.16%
1972	1,486,468	12,809,205	3.15%	2.05%
1973	1,533,680	13,060,916	3.18%	1.97%
1974	1,582,301	13,305,693	3.17%	1.87%
1975	1,627,032	13,548,984	2.83%	1.83%
1976	1,667,225	13,796,770	2.47%	1.83%
1977	1,707,568	14,049,371	2.42%	1.83%
1978	1,748,089	14,310,128	2.37%	1.86%
1979	1,788,524	14,579,614	2.31%	1.88%
1980	1,828,985	14,847,974	2.26%	1.84%
1981	1,869,759	15,099,414	2.23%	1.69%
1982	1,910,430	15,286,567	2.18%	1.24%
1983	1,950,321	15,388,794	2.09%	0.67%
1984	1,999,528	15,441,860	2.52%	0.34%
1985	2,059,311	15,544,154	2.99%	0.66%
1986	2,120,602	15,731,256	2.98%	1.2%
1987	2,183,473	15,916,576	2.96%	1.18%
1988	2,247,653	16,078,621	2.94%	1.02%
1989	2,313,558	16,248,557	2.93%	1.06%
1990	2,380,560	16,352,458	2.9%	0.64%
1991	2,449,229	16,475,354	2.88%	0.75%
1992	2,519,465	16,739,284	2.87%	1.6%
1993	2,595,124	17,025,918	3%	1.71%
1994	2,673,144	17,275,773	3.01%	1.47%
1995	2,749,461	17,564,068	2.85%	1.67%
1996	2,826,785	17,905,018	2.81%	1.94%
1997	2,887,862	18,248,200	2.16%	1.92%
1998	2,952,061	18,596,003	2.22%	1.91%
1999	3,032,874	18,944,731	2.74%	1.88%
2000	3,151,345	19,293,054	3.91%	1.84%
2001	3,272,537	19,600,362	3.85%	1.59%
2002	3,350,771	19,805,752	2.39%	1.05%
2003	3,445,753	19,951,521	2.83%	0.74%
2004	3,565,554	20,087,605	3.48%	0.68%
2005	3,696,393	20,216,524	3.67%	0.64%
2006	3,837,409	20,352,411	3.81%	0.67%
2007	3,980,430	20,492,545	3.73%	0.69%
2008	4,113,517	20,629,378	3.34%	0.67%
2009	4,281,219	20,756,435	4.08%	0.62%
2010	4,462,290	20,879,089	4.23%	0.59%
2011	4,609,724	21,009,048	3.3%	0.62%
2012	4,740,450	21,169,458	2.84%	0.76%
2013	4,857,099	20,585,000	2.46%	-2.76%
2014	4,975,880	20,778,000	2.45%	0.94%
2015	5,097,581	20,970,000	2.45%	0.92%
2016	5,222,536	21,209,000	2.45%	1.14%
2017	5,351,011	21,453,000	2.46%	1.15%
2018	5,483,118	21,670,000	2.47%	1.01%
2019	5,616,661	21,803,000	2.44%	0.61%
2020	5,752,791	21,919,000	2.42%	0.53%
2021	5,892,183	22,156,000	2.42%	1.08%
2022	6,035,104	22,181,000	2.43%	0.11%
2023	6,182,885	22,037,000	2.45%	-0.65%
2024	6,332,961	21,916,000	2.43%	-0.55%
2025	6,484,427	22,035,440	2.39%	0.54%
2026	6,637,777	22,148,172	2.36%	0.51%
2027	6,794,288	22,255,601	2.36%	0.49%
2028	6,953,966	22,357,682	2.35%	0.46%
2029	7,116,456	22,453,922	2.34%	0.43%
2030	7,282,261	22,546,245	2.33%	0.41%
2031	7,452,405	22,635,106	2.34%	0.39%
2032	7,626,474	22,720,118	2.34%	0.38%
2033	7,802,988	22,802,043	2.31%	0.36%
2034	7,981,338	22,879,527	2.29%	0.34%
2035	8,160,723	22,952,739	2.25%	0.32%
2036	8,341,706	23,022,027	2.22%	0.3%
2037	8,524,798	23,088,877	2.19%	0.29%
2038	8,709,719	23,152,480	2.17%	0.28%
2039	8,896,164	23,211,633	2.14%	0.26%
2040	9,083,959	23,265,986	2.11%	0.23%
2041	9,274,654	23,315,260	2.1%	0.21%
2042	9,466,745	23,359,578	2.07%	0.19%
2043	9,658,834	23,398,752	2.03%	0.17%
2044	9,850,493	23,433,096	1.98%	0.15%
2045	10,041,891	23,464,943	1.94%	0.14%
2046	10,234,360	23,492,738	1.92%	0.12%
2047	10,427,899	23,512,629	1.89%	0.08%
2048	10,621,379	23,525,953	1.86%	0.06%
2049	10,813,639	23,533,940	1.81%	0.03%
2050	11,006,454	23,538,230	1.78%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.