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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Venezuela	Congo	Venezuela
1960	1,056,732	8,160,090	-	-
1961	1,084,389	8,455,915	2.62%	3.63%
1962	1,113,175	8,756,870	2.65%	3.56%
1963	1,143,263	9,064,021	2.7%	3.51%
1964	1,174,816	9,377,712	2.76%	3.46%
1965	1,207,880	9,697,790	2.81%	3.41%
1966	1,242,534	10,024,854	2.87%	3.37%
1967	1,278,691	10,358,513	2.91%	3.33%
1968	1,316,519	10,697,530	2.96%	3.27%
1969	1,356,182	11,040,280	3.01%	3.2%
1970	1,397,638	11,387,790	3.06%	3.15%
1971	1,441,039	11,741,008	3.11%	3.1%
1972	1,486,468	12,099,180	3.15%	3.05%
1973	1,533,680	12,463,537	3.18%	3.01%
1974	1,582,301	12,835,351	3.17%	2.98%
1975	1,627,032	13,215,892	2.83%	2.96%
1976	1,667,225	13,606,284	2.47%	2.95%
1977	1,707,568	14,006,812	2.42%	2.94%
1978	1,748,089	14,416,684	2.37%	2.93%
1979	1,788,524	14,834,552	2.31%	2.9%
1980	1,828,985	15,258,218	2.26%	2.86%
1981	1,869,759	15,687,297	2.23%	2.81%
1982	1,910,430	16,121,874	2.18%	2.77%
1983	1,950,321	16,562,205	2.09%	2.73%
1984	1,999,528	17,008,841	2.52%	2.7%
1985	2,059,311	17,461,434	2.99%	2.66%
1986	2,120,602	17,923,536	2.98%	2.65%
1987	2,183,473	18,394,963	2.96%	2.63%
1988	2,247,653	18,871,020	2.94%	2.59%
1989	2,313,558	19,348,921	2.93%	2.53%
1990	2,380,560	19,827,010	2.9%	2.47%
1991	2,449,229	20,304,896	2.88%	2.41%
1992	2,519,465	20,780,948	2.87%	2.34%
1993	2,595,124	21,254,520	3%	2.28%
1994	2,673,144	21,725,188	3.01%	2.21%
1995	2,749,461	22,193,821	2.85%	2.16%
1996	2,826,785	22,662,113	2.81%	2.11%
1997	2,887,862	23,131,685	2.16%	2.07%
1998	2,952,061	23,601,337	2.22%	2.03%
1999	3,032,874	24,066,593	2.74%	1.97%
2000	3,151,345	24,526,708	3.91%	1.91%
2001	3,272,537	24,979,922	3.85%	1.85%
2002	3,350,771	25,435,671	2.39%	1.82%
2003	3,445,753	25,892,703	2.83%	1.8%
2004	3,565,554	26,340,838	3.48%	1.73%
2005	3,696,393	26,785,804	3.67%	1.69%
2006	3,837,409	27,224,686	3.81%	1.64%
2007	3,980,430	27,649,363	3.73%	1.56%
2008	4,113,517	28,053,696	3.34%	1.46%
2009	4,281,219	28,438,298	4.08%	1.37%
2010	4,462,290	28,813,101	4.23%	1.32%
2011	4,609,724	29,185,212	3.3%	1.29%
2012	4,740,450	29,553,826	2.84%	1.26%
2013	4,857,099	29,912,198	2.46%	1.21%
2014	4,975,880	30,254,079	2.45%	1.14%
2015	5,097,581	30,573,972	2.45%	1.06%
2016	5,222,536	30,765,720	2.45%	0.63%
2017	5,351,011	30,565,323	2.46%	-0.65%
2018	5,483,118	29,807,592	2.47%	-2.48%
2019	5,616,661	28,938,098	2.44%	-2.92%
2020	5,752,791	28,444,077	2.42%	-1.71%
2021	5,892,183	28,237,826	2.42%	-0.73%
2022	6,035,104	28,213,017	2.43%	-0.09%
2023	6,182,885	28,300,854	2.45%	0.31%
2024	6,332,961	28,405,543	2.43%	0.37%
2025	6,484,427	28,516,898	2.39%	0.39%
2026	6,637,777	28,633,718	2.36%	0.41%
2027	6,794,288	28,758,565	2.36%	0.44%
2028	6,953,966	28,885,166	2.35%	0.44%
2029	7,116,456	29,014,444	2.34%	0.45%
2030	7,282,261	29,151,809	2.33%	0.47%
2031	7,452,405	29,295,744	2.34%	0.49%
2032	7,626,474	29,442,534	2.34%	0.5%
2033	7,802,988	29,587,099	2.31%	0.49%
2034	7,981,338	29,735,159	2.29%	0.5%
2035	8,160,723	29,883,329	2.25%	0.5%
2036	8,341,706	30,020,167	2.22%	0.46%
2037	8,524,798	30,146,546	2.19%	0.42%
2038	8,709,719	30,268,328	2.17%	0.4%
2039	8,896,164	30,386,284	2.14%	0.39%
2040	9,083,959	30,495,445	2.11%	0.36%
2041	9,274,654	30,590,207	2.1%	0.31%
2042	9,466,745	30,674,532	2.07%	0.28%
2043	9,658,834	30,749,671	2.03%	0.24%
2044	9,850,493	30,813,805	1.98%	0.21%
2045	10,041,891	30,871,490	1.94%	0.19%
2046	10,234,360	30,923,463	1.92%	0.17%
2047	10,427,899	30,974,366	1.89%	0.16%
2048	10,621,379	31,021,600	1.86%	0.15%
2049	10,813,639	31,059,954	1.81%	0.12%
2050	11,006,454	31,094,884	1.78%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.