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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Sudan	Congo	Sudan
1960	1,056,732	8,364,489	-	-
1961	1,084,389	8,634,941	2.62%	3.23%
1962	1,113,175	8,919,028	2.65%	3.29%
1963	1,143,263	9,218,077	2.7%	3.35%
1964	1,174,816	9,531,109	2.76%	3.4%
1965	1,207,880	9,858,030	2.81%	3.43%
1966	1,242,534	10,197,578	2.87%	3.44%
1967	1,278,691	10,550,597	2.91%	3.46%
1968	1,316,519	10,917,999	2.96%	3.48%
1969	1,356,182	11,298,936	3.01%	3.49%
1970	1,397,638	11,695,771	3.06%	3.51%
1971	1,441,039	12,105,539	3.11%	3.5%
1972	1,486,468	12,527,856	3.15%	3.49%
1973	1,533,680	13,049,315	3.18%	4.16%
1974	1,582,301	13,580,723	3.17%	4.07%
1975	1,627,032	14,064,798	2.83%	3.56%
1976	1,667,225	14,569,716	2.47%	3.59%
1977	1,707,568	15,086,614	2.42%	3.55%
1978	1,748,089	15,695,003	2.37%	4.03%
1979	1,788,524	16,355,352	2.31%	4.21%
1980	1,828,985	17,058,905	2.26%	4.3%
1981	1,869,759	17,780,572	2.23%	4.23%
1982	1,910,430	18,486,645	2.18%	3.97%
1983	1,950,321	19,109,770	2.09%	3.37%
1984	1,999,528	19,546,528	2.52%	2.29%
1985	2,059,311	19,905,872	2.99%	1.84%
1986	2,120,602	20,288,238	2.98%	1.92%
1987	2,183,473	20,704,904	2.96%	2.05%
1988	2,247,653	21,138,431	2.94%	2.09%
1989	2,313,558	21,578,022	2.93%	2.08%
1990	2,380,560	22,021,481	2.9%	2.06%
1991	2,449,229	22,470,676	2.88%	2.04%
1992	2,519,465	22,927,355	2.87%	2.03%
1993	2,595,124	23,445,592	3%	2.26%
1994	2,673,144	24,043,948	3.01%	2.55%
1995	2,749,461	24,672,143	2.85%	2.61%
1996	2,826,785	25,231,528	2.81%	2.27%
1997	2,887,862	25,799,821	2.16%	2.25%
1998	2,952,061	26,458,999	2.22%	2.55%
1999	3,032,874	27,130,613	2.74%	2.54%
2000	3,151,345	27,816,745	3.91%	2.53%
2001	3,272,537	28,516,770	3.85%	2.52%
2002	3,350,771	29,228,727	2.39%	2.5%
2003	3,445,753	29,896,035	2.83%	2.28%
2004	3,565,554	30,556,637	3.48%	2.21%
2005	3,696,393	31,262,444	3.67%	2.31%
2006	3,837,409	31,992,435	3.81%	2.34%
2007	3,980,430	32,764,135	3.73%	2.41%
2008	4,113,517	33,623,980	3.34%	2.62%
2009	4,281,219	34,569,113	4.08%	2.81%
2010	4,462,290	35,414,399	4.23%	2.45%
2011	4,609,724	36,140,806	3.3%	2.05%
2012	4,740,450	36,923,178	2.84%	2.16%
2013	4,857,099	37,785,849	2.46%	2.34%
2014	4,975,880	38,823,318	2.45%	2.75%
2015	5,097,581	40,024,431	2.45%	3.09%
2016	5,222,536	41,259,892	2.45%	3.09%
2017	5,351,011	42,714,306	2.46%	3.53%
2018	5,483,118	44,230,596	2.47%	3.55%
2019	5,616,661	45,548,175	2.44%	2.98%
2020	5,752,791	46,789,231	2.42%	2.72%
2021	5,892,183	48,066,924	2.42%	2.73%
2022	6,035,104	49,383,346	2.43%	2.74%
2023	6,182,885	50,042,791	2.45%	1.34%
2024	6,332,961	50,448,963	2.43%	0.81%
2025	6,484,427	51,662,152	2.39%	2.4%
2026	6,637,777	53,282,718	2.36%	3.14%
2027	6,794,288	54,724,215	2.36%	2.71%
2028	6,953,966	55,993,833	2.35%	2.32%
2029	7,116,456	57,275,443	2.34%	2.29%
2030	7,282,261	58,571,624	2.33%	2.26%
2031	7,452,405	59,872,936	2.34%	2.22%
2032	7,626,474	61,179,476	2.34%	2.18%
2033	7,802,988	62,497,205	2.31%	2.15%
2034	7,981,338	63,822,356	2.29%	2.12%
2035	8,160,723	65,148,317	2.25%	2.08%
2036	8,341,706	66,470,018	2.22%	2.03%
2037	8,524,798	67,791,240	2.19%	1.99%
2038	8,709,719	69,107,712	2.17%	1.94%
2039	8,896,164	70,416,631	2.14%	1.89%
2040	9,083,959	71,730,604	2.11%	1.87%
2041	9,274,654	73,056,213	2.1%	1.85%
2042	9,466,745	74,387,562	2.07%	1.82%
2043	9,658,834	75,723,670	2.03%	1.8%
2044	9,850,493	77,066,454	1.98%	1.77%
2045	10,041,891	78,415,205	1.94%	1.75%
2046	10,234,360	79,767,271	1.92%	1.72%
2047	10,427,899	81,115,241	1.89%	1.69%
2048	10,621,379	82,463,202	1.86%	1.66%
2049	10,813,639	83,828,356	1.81%	1.66%
2050	11,006,454	85,206,384	1.78%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.