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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Sweden	Congo	Sweden
1960	1,056,732	7,484,656	-	-
1961	1,084,389	7,519,998	2.62%	0.47%
1962	1,113,175	7,561,588	2.65%	0.55%
1963	1,143,263	7,604,328	2.7%	0.57%
1964	1,174,816	7,661,354	2.76%	0.75%
1965	1,207,880	7,733,853	2.81%	0.95%
1966	1,242,534	7,807,797	2.87%	0.96%
1967	1,278,691	7,867,931	2.91%	0.77%
1968	1,316,519	7,912,273	2.96%	0.56%
1969	1,356,182	7,968,072	3.01%	0.71%
1970	1,397,638	8,042,801	3.06%	0.94%
1971	1,441,039	8,098,334	3.11%	0.69%
1972	1,486,468	8,122,300	3.15%	0.3%
1973	1,533,680	8,136,312	3.18%	0.17%
1974	1,582,301	8,159,955	3.17%	0.29%
1975	1,627,032	8,192,437	2.83%	0.4%
1976	1,667,225	8,222,286	2.47%	0.36%
1977	1,707,568	8,251,540	2.42%	0.36%
1978	1,748,089	8,275,599	2.37%	0.29%
1979	1,788,524	8,293,678	2.31%	0.22%
1980	1,828,985	8,310,531	2.26%	0.2%
1981	1,869,759	8,320,503	2.23%	0.12%
1982	1,910,430	8,325,263	2.18%	0.06%
1983	1,950,321	8,329,033	2.09%	0.05%
1984	1,999,528	8,336,605	2.52%	0.09%
1985	2,059,311	8,350,386	2.99%	0.17%
1986	2,120,602	8,369,829	2.98%	0.23%
1987	2,183,473	8,397,804	2.96%	0.33%
1988	2,247,653	8,436,489	2.94%	0.46%
1989	2,313,558	8,492,964	2.93%	0.67%
1990	2,380,560	8,558,835	2.9%	0.78%
1991	2,449,229	8,617,375	2.88%	0.68%
1992	2,519,465	8,668,067	2.87%	0.59%
1993	2,595,124	8,718,561	3%	0.58%
1994	2,673,144	8,780,745	3.01%	0.71%
1995	2,749,461	8,826,939	2.85%	0.53%
1996	2,826,785	8,840,998	2.81%	0.16%
1997	2,887,862	8,846,062	2.16%	0.06%
1998	2,952,061	8,850,974	2.22%	0.06%
1999	3,032,874	8,857,874	2.74%	0.08%
2000	3,151,345	8,872,109	3.91%	0.16%
2001	3,272,537	8,895,960	3.85%	0.27%
2002	3,350,771	8,924,958	2.39%	0.33%
2003	3,445,753	8,958,229	2.83%	0.37%
2004	3,565,554	8,993,531	3.48%	0.39%
2005	3,696,393	9,029,572	3.67%	0.4%
2006	3,837,409	9,080,505	3.81%	0.56%
2007	3,980,430	9,148,092	3.73%	0.74%
2008	4,113,517	9,219,637	3.34%	0.78%
2009	4,281,219	9,298,515	4.08%	0.86%
2010	4,462,290	9,378,126	4.23%	0.86%
2011	4,609,724	9,449,213	3.3%	0.76%
2012	4,740,450	9,519,374	2.84%	0.74%
2013	4,857,099	9,600,379	2.46%	0.85%
2014	4,975,880	9,696,110	2.45%	1%
2015	5,097,581	9,799,186	2.45%	1.06%
2016	5,222,536	9,923,085	2.45%	1.26%
2017	5,351,011	10,057,698	2.46%	1.36%
2018	5,483,118	10,175,214	2.47%	1.17%
2019	5,616,661	10,278,887	2.44%	1.02%
2020	5,752,791	10,353,442	2.42%	0.73%
2021	5,892,183	10,415,811	2.42%	0.6%
2022	6,035,104	10,486,941	2.43%	0.68%
2023	6,182,885	10,536,632	2.45%	0.47%
2024	6,332,961	10,569,709	2.43%	0.31%
2025	6,484,427	10,619,177	2.39%	0.47%
2026	6,637,777	10,663,427	2.36%	0.42%
2027	6,794,288	10,703,497	2.36%	0.38%
2028	6,953,966	10,740,420	2.35%	0.34%
2029	7,116,456	10,773,692	2.34%	0.31%
2030	7,282,261	10,803,699	2.33%	0.28%
2031	7,452,405	10,830,583	2.34%	0.25%
2032	7,626,474	10,855,855	2.34%	0.23%
2033	7,802,988	10,880,544	2.31%	0.23%
2034	7,981,338	10,903,924	2.29%	0.21%
2035	8,160,723	10,926,433	2.25%	0.21%
2036	8,341,706	10,949,062	2.22%	0.21%
2037	8,524,798	10,971,259	2.19%	0.2%
2038	8,709,719	10,993,203	2.17%	0.2%
2039	8,896,164	11,015,926	2.14%	0.21%
2040	9,083,959	11,039,663	2.11%	0.22%
2041	9,274,654	11,063,604	2.1%	0.22%
2042	9,466,745	11,088,299	2.07%	0.22%
2043	9,658,834	11,113,927	2.03%	0.23%
2044	9,850,493	11,139,125	1.98%	0.23%
2045	10,041,891	11,163,492	1.94%	0.22%
2046	10,234,360	11,186,803	1.92%	0.21%
2047	10,427,899	11,209,183	1.89%	0.2%
2048	10,621,379	11,230,526	1.86%	0.19%
2049	10,813,639	11,250,663	1.81%	0.18%
2050	11,006,454	11,269,877	1.78%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2005 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.