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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Turkmenistan	Congo	Turkmenistan
1960	1,056,732	1,643,457	-	-
1961	1,084,389	1,695,400	2.62%	3.16%
1962	1,113,175	1,749,214	2.65%	3.17%
1963	1,143,263	1,804,272	2.7%	3.15%
1964	1,174,816	1,859,997	2.76%	3.09%
1965	1,207,880	1,915,916	2.81%	3.01%
1966	1,242,534	1,971,737	2.87%	2.91%
1967	1,278,691	2,027,403	2.91%	2.82%
1968	1,316,519	2,083,069	2.96%	2.75%
1969	1,356,182	2,139,024	3.01%	2.69%
1970	1,397,638	2,195,616	3.06%	2.65%
1971	1,441,039	2,253,119	3.11%	2.62%
1972	1,486,468	2,311,430	3.15%	2.59%
1973	1,533,680	2,370,919	3.18%	2.57%
1974	1,582,301	2,432,028	3.17%	2.58%
1975	1,627,032	2,494,570	2.83%	2.57%
1976	1,667,225	2,558,521	2.47%	2.56%
1977	1,707,568	2,623,948	2.42%	2.56%
1978	1,748,089	2,691,088	2.37%	2.56%
1979	1,788,524	2,760,358	2.31%	2.57%
1980	1,828,985	2,832,203	2.26%	2.6%
1981	1,869,759	2,907,187	2.23%	2.65%
1982	1,910,430	2,985,557	2.18%	2.7%
1983	1,950,321	3,067,534	2.09%	2.75%
1984	1,999,528	3,154,079	2.52%	2.82%
1985	2,059,311	3,247,534	2.99%	2.96%
1986	2,120,602	3,347,809	2.98%	3.09%
1987	2,183,473	3,452,731	2.96%	3.13%
1988	2,247,653	3,559,363	2.94%	3.09%
1989	2,313,558	3,662,459	2.93%	2.9%
1990	2,380,560	3,760,562	2.9%	2.68%
1991	2,449,229	3,855,894	2.88%	2.54%
1992	2,519,465	3,944,689	2.87%	2.3%
1993	2,595,124	4,032,407	3%	2.22%
1994	2,673,144	4,116,662	3.01%	2.09%
1995	2,749,461	4,191,203	2.85%	1.81%
1996	2,826,785	4,263,819	2.81%	1.73%
1997	2,887,862	4,336,730	2.16%	1.71%
1998	2,952,061	4,410,507	2.22%	1.7%
1999	3,032,874	4,492,170	2.74%	1.85%
2000	3,151,345	4,582,677	3.91%	2.01%
2001	3,272,537	4,675,409	3.85%	2.02%
2002	3,350,771	4,769,465	2.39%	2.01%
2003	3,445,753	4,863,865	2.83%	1.98%
2004	3,565,554	4,958,093	3.48%	1.94%
2005	3,696,393	5,052,257	3.67%	1.9%
2006	3,837,409	5,147,105	3.81%	1.88%
2007	3,980,430	5,244,046	3.73%	1.88%
2008	4,113,517	5,345,029	3.34%	1.93%
2009	4,281,219	5,451,592	4.08%	1.99%
2010	4,462,290	5,564,356	4.23%	2.07%
2011	4,609,724	5,683,417	3.3%	2.14%
2012	4,740,450	5,808,546	2.84%	2.2%
2013	4,857,099	5,939,341	2.46%	2.25%
2014	4,975,880	6,075,283	2.45%	2.29%
2015	5,097,581	6,215,770	2.45%	2.31%
2016	5,222,536	6,360,041	2.45%	2.32%
2017	5,351,011	6,507,061	2.46%	2.31%
2018	5,483,118	6,655,524	2.47%	2.28%
2019	5,616,661	6,803,944	2.44%	2.23%
2020	5,752,791	6,949,912	2.42%	2.15%
2021	5,892,183	7,092,043	2.42%	2.05%
2022	6,035,104	7,230,193	2.43%	1.95%
2023	6,182,885	7,364,438	2.45%	1.86%
2024	6,332,961	7,494,498	2.43%	1.77%
2025	6,484,427	7,618,855	2.39%	1.66%
2026	6,637,777	7,736,635	2.36%	1.55%
2027	6,794,288	7,847,563	2.36%	1.43%
2028	6,953,966	7,951,300	2.35%	1.32%
2029	7,116,456	8,047,445	2.34%	1.21%
2030	7,282,261	8,135,732	2.33%	1.1%
2031	7,452,405	8,218,959	2.34%	1.02%
2032	7,626,474	8,300,260	2.34%	0.99%
2033	7,802,988	8,380,356	2.31%	0.96%
2034	7,981,338	8,459,731	2.29%	0.95%
2035	8,160,723	8,538,678	2.25%	0.93%
2036	8,341,706	8,617,567	2.22%	0.92%
2037	8,524,798	8,696,458	2.19%	0.92%
2038	8,709,719	8,775,204	2.17%	0.91%
2039	8,896,164	8,853,842	2.14%	0.9%
2040	9,083,959	8,932,237	2.11%	0.89%
2041	9,274,654	9,010,272	2.1%	0.87%
2042	9,466,745	9,087,668	2.07%	0.86%
2043	9,658,834	9,164,056	2.03%	0.84%
2044	9,850,493	9,239,278	1.98%	0.82%
2045	10,041,891	9,312,825	1.94%	0.8%
2046	10,234,360	9,384,188	1.92%	0.77%
2047	10,427,899	9,452,893	1.89%	0.73%
2048	10,621,379	9,518,558	1.86%	0.69%
2049	10,813,639	9,580,906	1.81%	0.66%
2050	11,006,454	9,639,711	1.78%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2005 and ranked 104th 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 Turkmenistan will increase by 25% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.