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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Vanuatu	Congo	Vanuatu
1960	1,056,732	64,431	-	-
1961	1,084,389	66,264	2.62%	2.84%
1962	1,113,175	68,174	2.65%	2.88%
1963	1,143,263	70,159	2.7%	2.91%
1964	1,174,816	72,219	2.76%	2.94%
1965	1,207,880	74,358	2.81%	2.96%
1966	1,242,534	76,590	2.87%	3%
1967	1,278,691	78,921	2.91%	3.04%
1968	1,316,519	81,314	2.96%	3.03%
1969	1,356,182	83,755	3.01%	3%
1970	1,397,638	86,266	3.06%	3%
1971	1,441,039	88,862	3.11%	3.01%
1972	1,486,468	91,562	3.15%	3.04%
1973	1,533,680	94,362	3.18%	3.06%
1974	1,582,301	97,260	3.17%	3.07%
1975	1,627,032	100,269	2.83%	3.09%
1976	1,667,225	103,388	2.47%	3.11%
1977	1,707,568	106,618	2.42%	3.12%
1978	1,748,089	109,963	2.37%	3.14%
1979	1,788,524	113,040	2.31%	2.8%
1980	1,828,985	115,660	2.26%	2.32%
1981	1,869,759	118,249	2.23%	2.24%
1982	1,910,430	121,035	2.18%	2.36%
1983	1,950,321	123,998	2.09%	2.45%
1984	1,999,528	127,109	2.52%	2.51%
1985	2,059,311	130,356	2.99%	2.55%
1986	2,120,602	133,720	2.98%	2.58%
1987	2,183,473	137,187	2.96%	2.59%
1988	2,247,653	140,756	2.94%	2.6%
1989	2,313,558	144,393	2.93%	2.58%
1990	2,380,560	148,063	2.9%	2.54%
1991	2,449,229	151,793	2.88%	2.52%
1992	2,519,465	155,608	2.87%	2.51%
1993	2,595,124	159,463	3%	2.48%
1994	2,673,144	163,314	3.01%	2.41%
1995	2,749,461	167,137	2.85%	2.34%
1996	2,826,785	170,911	2.81%	2.26%
1997	2,887,862	174,626	2.16%	2.17%
1998	2,952,061	178,313	2.22%	2.11%
1999	3,032,874	182,048	2.74%	2.09%
2000	3,151,345	186,281	3.91%	2.33%
2001	3,272,537	191,031	3.85%	2.55%
2002	3,350,771	195,863	2.39%	2.53%
2003	3,445,753	200,746	2.83%	2.49%
2004	3,565,554	205,711	3.48%	2.47%
2005	3,696,393	210,760	3.67%	2.45%
2006	3,837,409	215,923	3.81%	2.45%
2007	3,980,430	221,276	3.73%	2.48%
2008	4,113,517	226,896	3.34%	2.54%
2009	4,281,219	232,731	4.08%	2.57%
2010	4,462,290	238,248	4.23%	2.37%
2011	4,609,724	243,474	3.3%	2.19%
2012	4,740,450	248,883	2.84%	2.22%
2013	4,857,099	254,482	2.46%	2.25%
2014	4,975,880	260,240	2.45%	2.26%
2015	5,097,581	266,101	2.45%	2.25%
2016	5,222,536	272,087	2.45%	2.25%
2017	5,351,011	278,507	2.46%	2.36%
2018	5,483,118	285,259	2.47%	2.42%
2019	5,616,661	291,985	2.44%	2.36%
2020	5,752,791	298,858	2.42%	2.35%
2021	5,892,183	305,868	2.42%	2.35%
2022	6,035,104	313,046	2.43%	2.35%
2023	6,182,885	320,409	2.45%	2.35%
2024	6,332,961	327,777	2.43%	2.3%
2025	6,484,427	335,169	2.39%	2.26%
2026	6,637,777	342,565	2.36%	2.21%
2027	6,794,288	349,970	2.36%	2.16%
2028	6,953,966	357,397	2.35%	2.12%
2029	7,116,456	364,883	2.34%	2.09%
2030	7,282,261	372,429	2.33%	2.07%
2031	7,452,405	380,015	2.34%	2.04%
2032	7,626,474	387,657	2.34%	2.01%
2033	7,802,988	395,366	2.31%	1.99%
2034	7,981,338	403,188	2.29%	1.98%
2035	8,160,723	411,061	2.25%	1.95%
2036	8,341,706	419,006	2.22%	1.93%
2037	8,524,798	427,031	2.19%	1.92%
2038	8,709,719	435,150	2.17%	1.9%
2039	8,896,164	443,311	2.14%	1.88%
2040	9,083,959	451,509	2.11%	1.85%
2041	9,274,654	459,733	2.1%	1.82%
2042	9,466,745	468,003	2.07%	1.8%
2043	9,658,834	476,308	2.03%	1.77%
2044	9,850,493	484,636	1.98%	1.75%
2045	10,041,891	492,989	1.94%	1.72%
2046	10,234,360	501,316	1.92%	1.69%
2047	10,427,899	509,621	1.89%	1.66%
2048	10,621,379	517,889	1.86%	1.62%
2049	10,813,639	526,138	1.81%	1.59%
2050	11,006,454	534,374	1.78%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.