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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Thailand	Congo	Thailand
1960	1,056,732	26,851,747	-	-
1961	1,084,389	27,650,334	2.62%	2.97%
1962	1,113,175	28,481,040	2.65%	3%
1963	1,143,263	29,342,322	2.7%	3.02%
1964	1,174,816	30,232,141	2.76%	3.03%
1965	1,207,880	31,149,337	2.81%	3.03%
1966	1,242,534	32,086,071	2.87%	3.01%
1967	1,278,691	33,037,801	2.91%	2.97%
1968	1,316,519	34,002,560	2.96%	2.92%
1969	1,356,182	34,973,782	3.01%	2.86%
1970	1,397,638	35,954,408	3.06%	2.8%
1971	1,441,039	36,937,387	3.11%	2.73%
1972	1,486,468	37,933,929	3.15%	2.7%
1973	1,533,680	38,947,787	3.18%	2.67%
1974	1,582,301	39,952,891	3.17%	2.58%
1975	1,627,032	40,940,005	2.83%	2.47%
1976	1,667,225	41,896,504	2.47%	2.34%
1977	1,707,568	42,843,974	2.42%	2.26%
1978	1,748,089	43,788,976	2.37%	2.21%
1979	1,788,524	44,718,434	2.31%	2.12%
1980	1,828,985	45,650,022	2.26%	2.08%
1981	1,869,759	46,575,855	2.23%	2.03%
1982	1,910,430	47,494,577	2.18%	1.97%
1983	1,950,321	48,423,309	2.09%	1.96%
1984	1,999,528	49,351,708	2.52%	1.92%
1985	2,059,311	50,270,753	2.99%	1.86%
1986	2,120,602	51,177,834	2.98%	1.8%
1987	2,183,473	52,074,105	2.96%	1.75%
1988	2,247,653	52,969,595	2.94%	1.72%
1989	2,313,558	53,848,956	2.93%	1.66%
1990	2,380,560	54,738,329	2.9%	1.65%
1991	2,449,229	55,637,434	2.88%	1.64%
1992	2,519,465	56,528,834	2.87%	1.6%
1993	2,595,124	57,408,198	3%	1.56%
1994	2,673,144	58,260,854	3.01%	1.49%
1995	2,749,461	59,098,232	2.85%	1.44%
1996	2,826,785	59,920,064	2.81%	1.39%
1997	2,887,862	60,724,584	2.16%	1.34%
1998	2,952,061	61,522,630	2.22%	1.31%
1999	3,032,874	62,299,043	2.74%	1.26%
2000	3,151,345	63,007,815	3.91%	1.14%
2001	3,272,537	63,651,141	3.85%	1.02%
2002	3,350,771	64,266,437	2.39%	0.97%
2003	3,445,753	64,868,166	2.83%	0.94%
2004	3,565,554	65,452,047	3.48%	0.9%
2005	3,696,393	66,017,420	3.67%	0.86%
2006	3,837,409	66,567,687	3.81%	0.83%
2007	3,980,430	67,102,394	3.73%	0.8%
2008	4,113,517	67,619,830	3.34%	0.77%
2009	4,281,219	68,121,080	4.08%	0.74%
2010	4,462,290	68,579,447	4.23%	0.67%
2011	4,609,724	69,007,208	3.3%	0.62%
2012	4,740,450	69,436,098	2.84%	0.62%
2013	4,857,099	69,845,114	2.46%	0.59%
2014	4,975,880	70,216,367	2.45%	0.53%
2015	5,097,581	70,540,795	2.45%	0.46%
2016	5,222,536	70,859,841	2.45%	0.45%
2017	5,351,011	71,160,187	2.46%	0.42%
2018	5,483,118	71,376,079	2.47%	0.3%
2019	5,616,661	71,522,271	2.44%	0.2%
2020	5,752,791	71,641,484	2.42%	0.17%
2021	5,892,183	71,727,332	2.42%	0.12%
2022	6,035,104	71,735,329	2.43%	0.01%
2023	6,182,885	71,702,435	2.45%	-0.05%
2024	6,332,961	71,668,011	2.43%	-0.05%
2025	6,484,427	71,619,867	2.39%	-0.07%
2026	6,637,777	71,559,621	2.36%	-0.08%
2027	6,794,288	71,488,156	2.36%	-0.1%
2028	6,953,966	71,406,996	2.35%	-0.11%
2029	7,116,456	71,316,195	2.34%	-0.13%
2030	7,282,261	71,215,017	2.33%	-0.14%
2031	7,452,405	71,104,025	2.34%	-0.16%
2032	7,626,474	70,982,286	2.34%	-0.17%
2033	7,802,988	70,847,947	2.31%	-0.19%
2034	7,981,338	70,701,651	2.29%	-0.21%
2035	8,160,723	70,540,884	2.25%	-0.23%
2036	8,341,706	70,366,496	2.22%	-0.25%
2037	8,524,798	70,180,031	2.19%	-0.26%
2038	8,709,719	69,979,034	2.17%	-0.29%
2039	8,896,164	69,763,928	2.14%	-0.31%
2040	9,083,959	69,535,003	2.11%	-0.33%
2041	9,274,654	69,288,477	2.1%	-0.35%
2042	9,466,745	69,025,348	2.07%	-0.38%
2043	9,658,834	68,748,075	2.03%	-0.4%
2044	9,850,493	68,456,533	1.98%	-0.42%
2045	10,041,891	68,150,148	1.94%	-0.45%
2046	10,234,360	67,827,309	1.92%	-0.47%
2047	10,427,899	67,489,358	1.89%	-0.5%
2048	10,621,379	67,136,737	1.86%	-0.52%
2049	10,813,639	66,767,316	1.81%	-0.55%
2050	11,006,454	66,382,732	1.78%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.