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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Turkey	Congo	Turkey
1960	1,056,732	28,329,898	-	-
1961	1,084,389	29,119,238	2.62%	2.79%
1962	1,113,175	29,916,147	2.65%	2.74%
1963	1,143,263	30,726,841	2.7%	2.71%
1964	1,174,816	31,543,072	2.76%	2.66%
1965	1,207,880	32,345,220	2.81%	2.54%
1966	1,242,534	33,177,672	2.87%	2.57%
1967	1,278,691	34,050,421	2.91%	2.63%
1968	1,316,519	34,921,684	2.96%	2.56%
1969	1,356,182	35,787,774	3.01%	2.48%
1970	1,397,638	36,638,465	3.06%	2.38%
1971	1,441,039	37,518,611	3.11%	2.4%
1972	1,486,468	38,430,221	3.15%	2.43%
1973	1,533,680	39,329,533	3.18%	2.34%
1974	1,582,301	40,210,234	3.17%	2.24%
1975	1,627,032	41,053,126	2.83%	2.1%
1976	1,667,225	41,899,984	2.47%	2.06%
1977	1,707,568	42,773,298	2.42%	2.08%
1978	1,748,089	43,645,306	2.37%	2.04%
1979	1,788,524	44,510,429	2.31%	1.98%
1980	1,828,985	45,408,815	2.26%	2.02%
1981	1,869,759	46,321,190	2.23%	2.01%
1982	1,910,430	47,322,096	2.18%	2.16%
1983	1,950,321	48,447,410	2.09%	2.38%
1984	1,999,528	49,574,069	2.52%	2.33%
1985	2,059,311	50,687,115	2.99%	2.25%
1986	2,120,602	51,777,772	2.98%	2.15%
1987	2,183,473	52,843,670	2.96%	2.06%
1988	2,247,653	53,909,626	2.94%	2.02%
1989	2,313,558	54,976,723	2.93%	1.98%
1990	2,380,560	56,015,628	2.9%	1.89%
1991	2,449,229	57,009,887	2.88%	1.77%
1992	2,519,465	57,990,118	2.87%	1.72%
1993	2,595,124	58,999,167	3%	1.74%
1994	2,673,144	60,033,836	3.01%	1.75%
1995	2,749,461	61,024,503	2.85%	1.65%
1996	2,826,785	61,951,134	2.81%	1.52%
1997	2,887,862	62,852,966	2.16%	1.46%
1998	2,952,061	63,734,383	2.22%	1.4%
1999	3,032,874	64,591,923	2.74%	1.35%
2000	3,151,345	65,425,961	3.91%	1.29%
2001	3,272,537	66,245,128	3.85%	1.25%
2002	3,350,771	67,048,795	2.39%	1.21%
2003	3,445,753	67,831,730	2.83%	1.17%
2004	3,565,554	68,592,617	3.48%	1.12%
2005	3,696,393	69,329,557	3.67%	1.07%
2006	3,837,409	70,045,349	3.81%	1.03%
2007	3,980,430	70,158,112	3.73%	0.16%
2008	4,113,517	71,051,678	3.34%	1.27%
2009	4,281,219	72,039,206	4.08%	1.39%
2010	4,462,290	73,142,150	4.23%	1.53%
2011	4,609,724	74,223,629	3.3%	1.48%
2012	4,740,450	75,175,827	2.84%	1.28%
2013	4,857,099	76,147,624	2.46%	1.29%
2014	4,975,880	77,181,884	2.45%	1.36%
2015	5,097,581	78,218,479	2.45%	1.34%
2016	5,222,536	79,277,962	2.45%	1.35%
2017	5,351,011	80,312,698	2.46%	1.31%
2018	5,483,118	81,407,204	2.47%	1.36%
2019	5,616,661	82,579,440	2.44%	1.44%
2020	5,752,791	83,384,680	2.42%	0.98%
2021	5,892,183	84,147,318	2.42%	0.91%
2022	6,035,104	84,979,913	2.43%	0.99%
2023	6,182,885	85,325,965	2.45%	0.41%
2024	6,332,961	85,518,661	2.43%	0.23%
2025	6,484,427	85,725,557	2.39%	0.24%
2026	6,637,777	85,960,835	2.36%	0.27%
2027	6,794,288	86,227,115	2.36%	0.31%
2028	6,953,966	86,502,744	2.35%	0.32%
2029	7,116,456	86,771,652	2.34%	0.31%
2030	7,282,261	87,037,680	2.33%	0.31%
2031	7,452,405	87,297,191	2.34%	0.3%
2032	7,626,474	87,537,075	2.34%	0.27%
2033	7,802,988	87,762,403	2.31%	0.26%
2034	7,981,338	87,974,138	2.29%	0.24%
2035	8,160,723	88,172,739	2.25%	0.23%
2036	8,341,706	88,364,318	2.22%	0.22%
2037	8,524,798	88,545,669	2.19%	0.21%
2038	8,709,719	88,707,268	2.17%	0.18%
2039	8,896,164	88,849,956	2.14%	0.16%
2040	9,083,959	88,975,510	2.11%	0.14%
2041	9,274,654	89,083,304	2.1%	0.12%
2042	9,466,745	89,177,769	2.07%	0.11%
2043	9,658,834	89,254,147	2.03%	0.09%
2044	9,850,493	89,311,458	1.98%	0.06%
2045	10,041,891	89,349,806	1.94%	0.04%
2046	10,234,360	89,375,429	1.92%	0.03%
2047	10,427,899	89,383,765	1.89%	0.009%
2048	10,621,379	89,361,174	1.86%	-0.03%
2049	10,813,639	89,306,566	1.81%	-0.06%
2050	11,006,454	89,218,346	1.78%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.