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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	United States	Congo	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	1,056,732	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	1,084,389	183,691,481	2.62%	1.67%
1962	1,113,175	186,537,737	2.65%	1.55%
1963	1,143,263	189,241,798	2.7%	1.45%
1964	1,174,816	191,888,791	2.76%	1.4%
1965	1,207,880	194,302,963	2.81%	1.26%
1966	1,242,534	196,560,338	2.87%	1.16%
1967	1,278,691	198,712,056	2.91%	1.09%
1968	1,316,519	200,706,052	2.96%	1%
1969	1,356,182	202,676,946	3.01%	0.98%
1970	1,397,638	205,052,174	3.06%	1.17%
1971	1,441,039	207,660,677	3.11%	1.27%
1972	1,486,468	209,896,021	3.15%	1.08%
1973	1,533,680	211,908,788	3.18%	0.96%
1974	1,582,301	213,853,928	3.17%	0.92%
1975	1,627,032	215,973,199	2.83%	0.99%
1976	1,667,225	218,035,164	2.47%	0.95%
1977	1,707,568	220,239,425	2.42%	1.01%
1978	1,748,089	222,584,545	2.37%	1.06%
1979	1,788,524	225,055,487	2.31%	1.11%
1980	1,828,985	226,542,250	2.26%	0.66%
1981	1,869,759	229,465,744	2.23%	1.29%
1982	1,910,430	231,664,432	2.18%	0.96%
1983	1,950,321	233,792,014	2.09%	0.92%
1984	1,999,528	235,824,908	2.52%	0.87%
1985	2,059,311	237,923,734	2.99%	0.89%
1986	2,120,602	240,132,831	2.98%	0.93%
1987	2,183,473	242,288,936	2.96%	0.9%
1988	2,247,653	244,499,004	2.94%	0.91%
1989	2,313,558	246,819,222	2.93%	0.95%
1990	2,380,560	250,131,894	2.9%	1.34%
1991	2,449,229	253,492,503	2.88%	1.34%
1992	2,519,465	256,894,189	2.87%	1.34%
1993	2,595,124	260,255,352	3%	1.31%
1994	2,673,144	263,435,673	3.01%	1.22%
1995	2,749,461	266,557,091	2.85%	1.18%
1996	2,826,785	269,667,391	2.81%	1.17%
1997	2,887,862	272,911,760	2.16%	1.2%
1998	2,952,061	276,115,288	2.22%	1.17%
1999	3,032,874	279,294,713	2.74%	1.15%
2000	3,151,345	282,162,411	3.91%	1.03%
2001	3,272,537	284,968,955	3.85%	0.99%
2002	3,350,771	287,625,193	2.39%	0.93%
2003	3,445,753	290,107,933	2.83%	0.86%
2004	3,565,554	292,805,298	3.48%	0.93%
2005	3,696,393	295,516,599	3.67%	0.93%
2006	3,837,409	298,379,912	3.81%	0.97%
2007	3,980,430	301,231,207	3.73%	0.96%
2008	4,113,517	304,093,966	3.34%	0.95%
2009	4,281,219	306,771,529	4.08%	0.88%
2010	4,462,290	309,327,143	4.23%	0.83%
2011	4,609,724	311,583,481	3.3%	0.73%
2012	4,740,450	313,877,662	2.84%	0.74%
2013	4,857,099	316,059,947	2.46%	0.7%
2014	4,975,880	318,386,329	2.45%	0.74%
2015	5,097,581	320,738,994	2.45%	0.74%
2016	5,222,536	323,071,755	2.45%	0.73%
2017	5,351,011	325,122,128	2.46%	0.63%
2018	5,483,118	326,838,199	2.47%	0.53%
2019	5,616,661	328,329,953	2.44%	0.46%
2020	5,752,791	331,526,933	2.42%	0.97%
2021	5,892,183	331,893,745	2.42%	0.11%
2022	6,035,104	333,271,411	2.43%	0.42%
2023	6,182,885	334,914,895	2.45%	0.49%
2024	6,332,961	340,110,988	2.43%	1.55%
2025	6,484,427	341,931,772	2.39%	0.54%
2026	6,637,777	343,664,369	2.36%	0.51%
2027	6,794,288	345,331,185	2.36%	0.49%
2028	6,953,966	346,981,137	2.35%	0.48%
2029	7,116,456	348,601,982	2.34%	0.47%
2030	7,282,261	350,176,974	2.33%	0.45%
2031	7,452,405	351,725,612	2.34%	0.44%
2032	7,626,474	353,249,060	2.34%	0.43%
2033	7,802,988	354,749,644	2.31%	0.42%
2034	7,981,338	356,234,239	2.29%	0.42%
2035	8,160,723	357,694,316	2.25%	0.41%
2036	8,341,706	359,119,002	2.22%	0.4%
2037	8,524,798	360,517,853	2.19%	0.39%
2038	8,709,719	361,895,407	2.17%	0.38%
2039	8,896,164	363,229,908	2.14%	0.37%
2040	9,083,959	364,512,364	2.11%	0.35%
2041	9,274,654	365,753,139	2.1%	0.34%
2042	9,466,745	366,969,419	2.07%	0.33%
2043	9,658,834	368,146,925	2.03%	0.32%
2044	9,850,493	369,258,123	1.98%	0.3%
2045	10,041,891	370,318,770	1.94%	0.29%
2046	10,234,360	371,328,255	1.92%	0.27%
2047	10,427,899	372,299,116	1.89%	0.26%
2048	10,621,379	373,230,539	1.86%	0.25%
2049	10,813,639	374,119,803	1.81%	0.24%
2050	11,006,454	374,986,259	1.78%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.