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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Uganda	Congo	Uganda
1960	1,056,732	7,640,973	-	-
1961	1,084,389	7,862,217	2.62%	2.9%
1962	1,113,175	8,092,231	2.65%	2.93%
1963	1,143,263	8,333,663	2.7%	2.98%
1964	1,174,816	8,586,363	2.76%	3.03%
1965	1,207,880	8,849,203	2.81%	3.06%
1966	1,242,534	9,122,864	2.87%	3.09%
1967	1,278,691	9,408,924	2.91%	3.14%
1968	1,316,519	9,708,632	2.96%	3.19%
1969	1,356,182	10,014,858	3.01%	3.15%
1970	1,397,638	10,321,603	3.06%	3.06%
1971	1,441,039	10,618,206	3.11%	2.87%
1972	1,486,468	10,885,796	3.15%	2.52%
1973	1,533,680	11,144,236	3.18%	2.37%
1974	1,582,301	11,424,846	3.17%	2.52%
1975	1,627,032	11,725,240	2.83%	2.63%
1976	1,667,225	12,037,294	2.47%	2.66%
1977	1,707,568	12,359,669	2.42%	2.68%
1978	1,748,089	12,692,113	2.37%	2.69%
1979	1,788,524	13,002,163	2.31%	2.44%
1980	1,828,985	13,275,741	2.26%	2.1%
1981	1,869,759	13,556,452	2.23%	2.11%
1982	1,910,430	13,873,631	2.18%	2.34%
1983	1,950,321	14,221,881	2.09%	2.51%
1984	1,999,528	14,607,677	2.52%	2.71%
1985	2,059,311	15,023,681	2.99%	2.85%
1986	2,120,602	15,467,579	2.98%	2.95%
1987	2,183,473	15,954,170	2.96%	3.15%
1988	2,247,653	16,470,483	2.94%	3.24%
1989	2,313,558	17,010,698	2.93%	3.28%
1990	2,380,560	17,569,897	2.9%	3.29%
1991	2,449,229	18,155,901	2.88%	3.34%
1992	2,519,465	18,785,032	2.87%	3.47%
1993	2,595,124	19,445,161	3%	3.51%
1994	2,673,144	20,108,801	3.01%	3.41%
1995	2,749,461	20,665,667	2.85%	2.77%
1996	2,826,785	21,231,550	2.81%	2.74%
1997	2,887,862	21,856,046	2.16%	2.94%
1998	2,952,061	22,515,806	2.22%	3.02%
1999	3,032,874	23,257,281	2.74%	3.29%
2000	3,151,345	24,000,150	3.91%	3.19%
2001	3,272,537	24,745,676	3.85%	3.11%
2002	3,350,771	25,532,870	2.39%	3.18%
2003	3,445,753	26,352,124	2.83%	3.21%
2004	3,565,554	27,154,515	3.48%	3.04%
2005	3,696,393	27,963,289	3.67%	2.98%
2006	3,837,409	28,794,003	3.81%	2.97%
2007	3,980,430	29,653,430	3.73%	2.98%
2008	4,113,517	30,539,553	3.34%	2.99%
2009	4,281,219	31,451,151	4.08%	2.98%
2010	4,462,290	32,390,802	4.23%	2.99%
2011	4,609,724	33,354,543	3.3%	2.98%
2012	4,740,450	34,337,438	2.84%	2.95%
2013	4,857,099	35,337,042	2.46%	2.91%
2014	4,975,880	36,395,539	2.45%	3%
2015	5,097,581	37,531,446	2.45%	3.12%
2016	5,222,536	38,799,152	2.45%	3.38%
2017	5,351,011	40,177,388	2.46%	3.55%
2018	5,483,118	41,565,831	2.47%	3.46%
2019	5,616,661	42,999,637	2.44%	3.45%
2020	5,752,791	44,457,152	2.42%	3.39%
2021	5,892,183	45,910,930	2.42%	3.27%
2022	6,035,104	47,312,719	2.43%	3.05%
2023	6,182,885	48,656,601	2.45%	2.84%
2024	6,332,961	50,015,092	2.43%	2.79%
2025	6,484,427	51,384,895	2.39%	2.74%
2026	6,637,777	52,761,471	2.36%	2.68%
2027	6,794,288	54,144,274	2.36%	2.62%
2028	6,953,966	55,532,564	2.35%	2.56%
2029	7,116,456	56,922,797	2.34%	2.5%
2030	7,282,261	58,312,944	2.33%	2.44%
2031	7,452,405	59,703,537	2.34%	2.38%
2032	7,626,474	61,089,060	2.34%	2.32%
2033	7,802,988	62,464,116	2.31%	2.25%
2034	7,981,338	63,833,872	2.29%	2.19%
2035	8,160,723	65,205,570	2.25%	2.15%
2036	8,341,706	66,573,737	2.22%	2.1%
2037	8,524,798	67,942,634	2.19%	2.06%
2038	8,709,719	69,312,210	2.17%	2.02%
2039	8,896,164	70,669,875	2.14%	1.96%
2040	9,083,959	72,020,414	2.11%	1.91%
2041	9,274,654	73,372,658	2.1%	1.88%
2042	9,466,745	74,730,004	2.07%	1.85%
2043	9,658,834	76,090,991	2.03%	1.82%
2044	9,850,493	77,449,517	1.98%	1.79%
2045	10,041,891	78,797,995	1.94%	1.74%
2046	10,234,360	80,139,174	1.92%	1.7%
2047	10,427,899	81,478,503	1.89%	1.67%
2048	10,621,379	82,812,102	1.86%	1.64%
2049	10,813,639	84,130,056	1.81%	1.59%
2050	11,006,454	85,431,202	1.78%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.