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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Syria	Congo	Syria
1960	1,056,732	4,673,500	-	-
1961	1,084,389	4,815,466	2.62%	3.04%
1962	1,113,175	4,959,340	2.65%	2.99%
1963	1,143,263	5,110,467	2.7%	3.05%
1964	1,174,816	5,269,087	2.76%	3.1%
1965	1,207,880	5,435,267	2.81%	3.15%
1966	1,242,534	5,609,047	2.87%	3.2%
1967	1,278,691	5,790,198	2.91%	3.23%
1968	1,316,519	5,978,742	2.96%	3.26%
1969	1,356,182	6,175,166	3.01%	3.29%
1970	1,397,638	6,380,609	3.06%	3.33%
1971	1,441,039	6,598,094	3.11%	3.41%
1972	1,486,468	6,826,024	3.15%	3.45%
1973	1,533,680	7,060,321	3.18%	3.43%
1974	1,582,301	7,302,160	3.17%	3.43%
1975	1,627,032	7,554,364	2.83%	3.45%
1976	1,667,225	7,817,320	2.47%	3.48%
1977	1,707,568	8,090,501	2.42%	3.49%
1978	1,748,089	8,372,759	2.37%	3.49%
1979	1,788,524	8,661,909	2.31%	3.45%
1980	1,828,985	8,957,663	2.26%	3.41%
1981	1,869,759	9,260,189	2.23%	3.38%
1982	1,910,430	9,572,511	2.18%	3.37%
1983	1,950,321	9,904,809	2.09%	3.47%
1984	1,999,528	10,258,398	2.52%	3.57%
1985	2,059,311	10,625,672	2.99%	3.58%
1986	2,120,602	11,002,844	2.98%	3.55%
1987	2,183,473	11,388,923	2.96%	3.51%
1988	2,247,653	11,782,264	2.94%	3.45%
1989	2,313,558	12,179,060	2.93%	3.37%
1990	2,380,560	12,579,208	2.9%	3.29%
1991	2,449,229	12,980,821	2.88%	3.19%
1992	2,519,465	13,385,571	2.87%	3.12%
1993	2,595,124	13,795,686	3%	3.06%
1994	2,673,144	14,208,583	3.01%	2.99%
1995	2,749,461	14,616,801	2.85%	2.87%
1996	2,826,785	15,018,104	2.81%	2.75%
1997	2,887,862	15,417,542	2.16%	2.66%
1998	2,952,061	15,820,413	2.22%	2.61%
1999	3,032,874	16,228,061	2.74%	2.58%
2000	3,151,345	16,637,888	3.91%	2.53%
2001	3,272,537	17,051,338	3.85%	2.48%
2002	3,350,771	17,468,332	2.39%	2.45%
2003	3,445,753	17,889,296	2.83%	2.41%
2004	3,565,554	18,336,875	3.48%	2.5%
2005	3,696,393	18,814,091	3.67%	2.6%
2006	3,837,409	19,637,022	3.81%	4.37%
2007	3,980,430	20,884,125	3.73%	6.35%
2008	4,113,517	21,636,564	3.34%	3.6%
2009	4,281,219	21,976,969	4.08%	1.57%
2010	4,462,290	22,482,421	4.23%	2.3%
2011	4,609,724	22,878,098	3.3%	1.76%
2012	4,740,450	22,759,763	2.84%	-0.52%
2013	4,857,099	21,666,917	2.46%	-4.8%
2014	4,975,880	20,273,659	2.45%	-6.43%
2015	5,097,581	19,424,618	2.45%	-4.19%
2016	5,222,536	19,193,834	2.45%	-1.19%
2017	5,351,011	19,224,668	2.46%	0.16%
2018	5,483,118	19,577,845	2.47%	1.84%
2019	5,616,661	20,353,534	2.44%	3.96%
2020	5,752,791	21,049,429	2.42%	3.42%
2021	5,892,183	21,628,839	2.42%	2.75%
2022	6,035,104	22,462,173	2.43%	3.85%
2023	6,182,885	23,594,623	2.45%	5.04%
2024	6,332,961	24,672,760	2.43%	4.57%
2025	6,484,427	25,620,422	2.39%	3.84%
2026	6,637,777	26,472,499	2.36%	3.33%
2027	6,794,288	27,261,544	2.36%	2.98%
2028	6,953,966	28,006,558	2.35%	2.73%
2029	7,116,456	28,719,309	2.34%	2.54%
2030	7,282,261	29,395,545	2.33%	2.35%
2031	7,452,405	30,029,824	2.34%	2.16%
2032	7,626,474	30,633,661	2.34%	2.01%
2033	7,802,988	31,212,478	2.31%	1.89%
2034	7,981,338	31,768,138	2.29%	1.78%
2035	8,160,723	32,294,792	2.25%	1.66%
2036	8,341,706	32,788,153	2.22%	1.53%
2037	8,524,798	33,258,407	2.19%	1.43%
2038	8,709,719	33,710,718	2.17%	1.36%
2039	8,896,164	34,131,238	2.14%	1.25%
2040	9,083,959	34,533,185	2.11%	1.18%
2041	9,274,654	34,916,936	2.1%	1.11%
2042	9,466,745	35,279,863	2.07%	1.04%
2043	9,658,834	35,623,325	2.03%	0.97%
2044	9,850,493	35,944,394	1.98%	0.9%
2045	10,041,891	36,265,295	1.94%	0.89%
2046	10,234,360	36,583,260	1.92%	0.88%
2047	10,427,899	36,878,640	1.89%	0.81%
2048	10,621,379	37,171,029	1.86%	0.79%
2049	10,813,639	37,477,690	1.81%	0.83%
2050	11,006,454	37,793,378	1.78%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Congo increased by 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Congo gained 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2006 and is 109th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.