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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Taiwan	Congo	Taiwan
1960	1,056,732	-	-	-
1961	1,084,389	11,030,385	2.62%	-
1962	1,113,175	11,392,513	2.65%	3.28%
1963	1,143,263	11,762,101	2.7%	3.24%
1964	1,174,816	12,137,143	2.76%	3.19%
1965	1,207,880	12,511,863	2.81%	3.09%
1966	1,242,534	12,874,153	2.87%	2.9%
1967	1,278,691	13,210,344	2.91%	2.61%
1968	1,316,519	13,548,537	2.96%	2.56%
1969	1,356,182	14,068,984	3.01%	3.84%
1970	1,397,638	14,582,944	3.06%	3.65%
1971	1,441,039	14,913,564	3.11%	2.27%
1972	1,486,468	15,220,495	3.15%	2.06%
1973	1,533,680	15,505,121	3.18%	1.87%
1974	1,582,301	15,784,817	3.17%	1.8%
1975	1,627,032	16,075,128	2.83%	1.84%
1976	1,667,225	16,401,413	2.47%	2.03%
1977	1,707,568	16,730,895	2.42%	2.01%
1978	1,748,089	17,042,272	2.37%	1.86%
1979	1,788,524	17,372,779	2.31%	1.94%
1980	1,828,985	17,704,538	2.26%	1.91%
1981	1,869,759	18,029,982	2.23%	1.84%
1982	1,910,430	18,354,855	2.18%	1.8%
1983	1,950,321	18,653,146	2.09%	1.63%
1984	1,999,528	18,929,866	2.52%	1.48%
1985	2,059,311	19,191,510	2.99%	1.38%
1986	2,120,602	19,411,454	2.98%	1.15%
1987	2,183,473	19,617,046	2.96%	1.06%
1988	2,247,653	19,839,704	2.94%	1.14%
1989	2,313,558	20,055,492	2.93%	1.09%
1990	2,380,560	20,278,946	2.9%	1.11%
1991	2,449,229	20,503,568	2.88%	1.11%
1992	2,519,465	20,704,227	2.87%	0.98%
1993	2,595,124	20,899,019	3%	0.94%
1994	2,673,144	21,086,645	3.01%	0.9%
1995	2,749,461	21,267,653	2.85%	0.86%
1996	2,826,785	21,441,432	2.81%	0.82%
1997	2,887,862	21,634,124	2.16%	0.9%
1998	2,952,061	21,835,703	2.22%	0.93%
1999	3,032,874	22,010,489	2.74%	0.8%
2000	3,151,345	22,184,530	3.91%	0.79%
2001	3,272,537	22,341,120	3.85%	0.71%
2002	3,350,771	22,463,172	2.39%	0.55%
2003	3,445,753	22,562,663	2.83%	0.44%
2004	3,565,554	22,646,836	3.48%	0.37%
2005	3,696,393	22,729,753	3.67%	0.37%
2006	3,837,409	22,823,455	3.81%	0.41%
2007	3,980,430	22,917,444	3.73%	0.41%
2008	4,113,517	22,997,696	3.34%	0.35%
2009	4,281,219	23,078,402	4.08%	0.35%
2010	4,462,290	23,140,948	4.23%	0.27%
2011	4,609,724	23,193,518	3.3%	0.23%
2012	4,740,450	23,270,367	2.84%	0.33%
2013	4,857,099	23,344,670	2.46%	0.32%
2014	4,975,880	23,403,635	2.45%	0.25%
2015	5,097,581	23,462,914	2.45%	0.25%
2016	5,222,536	23,515,945	2.45%	0.23%
2017	5,351,011	23,555,522	2.46%	0.17%
2018	5,483,118	23,580,080	2.47%	0.1%
2019	5,616,661	23,596,027	2.44%	0.07%
2020	5,752,791	23,582,179	2.42%	-0.06%
2021	5,892,183	23,468,275	2.42%	-0.48%
2022	6,035,104	23,319,977	2.43%	-0.63%
2023	6,182,885	23,342,541	2.45%	0.1%
2024	6,332,961	23,410,331	2.43%	0.29%
2025	6,484,427	23,308,308	2.39%	-0.44%
2026	6,637,777	23,205,944	2.36%	-0.44%
2027	6,794,288	23,102,120	2.36%	-0.45%
2028	6,953,966	22,996,693	2.35%	-0.46%
2029	7,116,456	22,890,335	2.34%	-0.46%
2030	7,282,261	22,781,040	2.33%	-0.48%
2031	7,452,405	22,667,327	2.34%	-0.5%
2032	7,626,474	22,549,689	2.34%	-0.52%
2033	7,802,988	22,428,721	2.31%	-0.54%
2034	7,981,338	22,302,402	2.29%	-0.56%
2035	8,160,723	22,170,689	2.25%	-0.59%
2036	8,341,706	22,034,775	2.22%	-0.61%
2037	8,524,798	21,893,029	2.19%	-0.64%
2038	8,709,719	21,746,001	2.17%	-0.67%
2039	8,896,164	21,594,236	2.14%	-0.7%
2040	9,083,959	21,436,947	2.11%	-0.73%
2041	9,274,654	21,274,187	2.1%	-0.76%
2042	9,466,745	21,105,682	2.07%	-0.79%
2043	9,658,834	20,932,105	2.03%	-0.82%
2044	9,850,493	20,754,623	1.98%	-0.85%
2045	10,041,891	20,571,741	1.94%	-0.88%
2046	10,234,360	20,384,903	1.92%	-0.91%
2047	10,427,899	20,194,425	1.89%	-0.93%
2048	10,621,379	19,999,753	1.86%	-0.96%
2049	10,813,639	19,801,293	1.81%	-0.99%
2050	11,006,454	19,598,997	1.78%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.