Population in the Congo compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	United Kingdom	Congo	United Kingdom
1960	1,056,732	52,400,000	-	-
1961	1,084,389	52,800,000	2.62%	0.76%
1962	1,113,175	53,250,000	2.65%	0.85%
1963	1,143,263	53,650,000	2.7%	0.75%
1964	1,174,816	54,000,000	2.76%	0.65%
1965	1,207,880	54,348,050	2.81%	0.64%
1966	1,242,534	54,648,500	2.87%	0.55%
1967	1,278,691	54,943,600	2.91%	0.54%
1968	1,316,519	55,211,700	2.96%	0.49%
1969	1,356,182	55,441,750	3.01%	0.42%
1970	1,397,638	55,663,250	3.06%	0.4%
1971	1,441,039	55,896,223	3.11%	0.42%
1972	1,486,468	56,086,065	3.15%	0.34%
1973	1,533,680	56,194,527	3.18%	0.19%
1974	1,582,301	56,229,974	3.17%	0.06%
1975	1,627,032	56,225,800	2.83%	-0.007%
1976	1,667,225	56,211,968	2.47%	-0.02%
1977	1,707,568	56,193,492	2.42%	-0.03%
1978	1,748,089	56,196,504	2.37%	0.005%
1979	1,788,524	56,246,951	2.31%	0.09%
1980	1,828,985	56,314,216	2.26%	0.12%
1981	1,869,759	56,333,829	2.23%	0.03%
1982	1,910,430	56,313,641	2.18%	-0.04%
1983	1,950,321	56,332,848	2.09%	0.03%
1984	1,999,528	56,422,072	2.52%	0.16%
1985	2,059,311	56,550,268	2.99%	0.23%
1986	2,120,602	56,681,396	2.98%	0.23%
1987	2,183,473	56,802,050	2.96%	0.21%
1988	2,247,653	56,928,327	2.94%	0.22%
1989	2,313,558	57,076,711	2.93%	0.26%
1990	2,380,560	57,247,586	2.9%	0.3%
1991	2,449,229	57,424,897	2.88%	0.31%
1992	2,519,465	57,580,402	2.87%	0.27%
1993	2,595,124	57,718,614	3%	0.24%
1994	2,673,144	57,865,745	3.01%	0.25%
1995	2,749,461	58,019,030	2.85%	0.26%
1996	2,826,785	58,166,950	2.81%	0.25%
1997	2,887,862	58,316,954	2.16%	0.26%
1998	2,952,061	58,487,141	2.22%	0.29%
1999	3,032,874	58,682,466	2.74%	0.33%
2000	3,151,345	58,892,514	3.91%	0.36%
2001	3,272,537	59,119,673	3.85%	0.39%
2002	3,350,771	59,370,479	2.39%	0.42%
2003	3,445,753	59,647,577	2.83%	0.47%
2004	3,565,554	59,987,905	3.48%	0.57%
2005	3,696,393	60,401,206	3.67%	0.69%
2006	3,837,409	60,846,820	3.81%	0.74%
2007	3,980,430	61,322,463	3.73%	0.78%
2008	4,113,517	61,806,995	3.34%	0.79%
2009	4,281,219	62,276,270	4.08%	0.76%
2010	4,462,290	62,766,365	4.23%	0.79%
2011	4,609,724	63,258,810	3.3%	0.78%
2012	4,740,450	63,711,000	2.84%	0.71%
2013	4,857,099	64,139,000	2.46%	0.67%
2014	4,975,880	64,620,000	2.45%	0.75%
2015	5,097,581	65,088,000	2.45%	0.72%
2016	5,222,536	65,607,000	2.45%	0.8%
2017	5,351,011	65,966,000	2.46%	0.55%
2018	5,483,118	66,289,000	2.47%	0.49%
2019	5,616,661	66,631,000	2.44%	0.52%
2020	5,752,791	66,744,000	2.42%	0.17%
2021	5,892,183	66,984,000	2.42%	0.36%
2022	6,035,104	67,604,000	2.43%	0.93%
2023	6,182,885	68,492,000	2.45%	1.31%
2024	6,332,961	69,226,000	2.43%	1.07%
2025	6,484,427	69,639,673	2.39%	0.6%
2026	6,637,777	70,020,350	2.36%	0.55%
2027	6,794,288	70,382,853	2.36%	0.52%
2028	6,953,966	70,732,699	2.35%	0.5%
2029	7,116,456	71,061,482	2.34%	0.46%
2030	7,282,261	71,377,535	2.33%	0.44%
2031	7,452,405	71,678,351	2.34%	0.42%
2032	7,626,474	71,959,934	2.34%	0.39%
2033	7,802,988	72,234,509	2.31%	0.38%
2034	7,981,338	72,497,650	2.29%	0.36%
2035	8,160,723	72,749,096	2.25%	0.35%
2036	8,341,706	72,990,847	2.22%	0.33%
2037	8,524,798	73,218,850	2.19%	0.31%
2038	8,709,719	73,441,349	2.17%	0.3%
2039	8,896,164	73,658,392	2.14%	0.3%
2040	9,083,959	73,868,334	2.11%	0.29%
2041	9,274,654	74,074,316	2.1%	0.28%
2042	9,466,745	74,275,779	2.07%	0.27%
2043	9,658,834	74,475,035	2.03%	0.27%
2044	9,850,493	74,667,284	1.98%	0.26%
2045	10,041,891	74,848,605	1.94%	0.24%
2046	10,234,360	75,020,949	1.92%	0.23%
2047	10,427,899	75,184,478	1.89%	0.22%
2048	10,621,379	75,337,543	1.86%	0.2%
2049	10,813,639	75,476,141	1.81%	0.18%
2050	11,006,454	75,600,588	1.78%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.