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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Vietnam	Congo	Vietnam
1960	1,056,732	32,531,933	-	-
1961	1,084,389	33,409,059	2.62%	2.7%
1962	1,113,175	34,288,560	2.65%	2.63%
1963	1,143,263	35,249,101	2.7%	2.8%
1964	1,174,816	36,201,563	2.76%	2.7%
1965	1,207,880	37,129,656	2.81%	2.56%
1966	1,242,534	38,024,836	2.87%	2.41%
1967	1,278,691	38,895,080	2.91%	2.29%
1968	1,316,519	39,734,609	2.96%	2.16%
1969	1,356,182	40,582,096	3.01%	2.13%
1970	1,397,638	41,475,230	3.06%	2.2%
1971	1,441,039	42,449,276	3.11%	2.35%
1972	1,486,468	43,429,168	3.15%	2.31%
1973	1,533,680	44,409,861	3.18%	2.26%
1974	1,582,301	45,413,537	3.17%	2.26%
1975	1,627,032	46,482,903	2.83%	2.35%
1976	1,667,225	47,684,931	2.47%	2.59%
1977	1,707,568	48,954,872	2.42%	2.66%
1978	1,748,089	50,249,552	2.37%	2.64%
1979	1,788,524	51,378,211	2.31%	2.25%
1980	1,828,985	52,490,101	2.26%	2.16%
1981	1,869,759	53,738,141	2.23%	2.38%
1982	1,910,430	55,011,289	2.18%	2.37%
1983	1,950,321	56,337,921	2.09%	2.41%
1984	1,999,528	57,706,067	2.52%	2.43%
1985	2,059,311	59,060,622	2.99%	2.35%
1986	2,120,602	60,347,048	2.98%	2.18%
1987	2,183,473	61,584,651	2.96%	2.05%
1988	2,247,653	62,843,228	2.94%	2.04%
1989	2,313,558	64,147,348	2.93%	2.08%
1990	2,380,560	65,504,552	2.9%	2.12%
1991	2,449,229	66,891,775	2.88%	2.12%
1992	2,519,465	68,260,337	2.87%	2.05%
1993	2,595,124	69,586,384	3%	1.94%
1994	2,673,144	70,854,391	3.01%	1.82%
1995	2,749,461	72,049,940	2.85%	1.69%
1996	2,826,785	73,156,447	2.81%	1.54%
1997	2,887,862	74,226,889	2.16%	1.46%
1998	2,952,061	75,299,660	2.22%	1.45%
1999	3,032,874	76,287,452	2.74%	1.31%
2000	3,151,345	77,154,011	3.91%	1.14%
2001	3,272,537	77,969,361	3.85%	1.06%
2002	3,350,771	78,772,224	2.39%	1.03%
2003	3,445,753	79,563,777	2.83%	1%
2004	3,565,554	80,338,971	3.48%	0.97%
2005	3,696,393	81,088,313	3.67%	0.93%
2006	3,837,409	82,167,897	3.81%	1.33%
2007	3,980,430	83,633,375	3.73%	1.78%
2008	4,113,517	85,175,788	3.34%	1.84%
2009	4,281,219	86,460,018	4.08%	1.51%
2010	4,462,290	87,455,152	4.23%	1.15%
2011	4,609,724	88,468,314	3.3%	1.16%
2012	4,740,450	89,510,356	2.84%	1.18%
2013	4,857,099	90,573,104	2.46%	1.19%
2014	4,975,880	91,679,578	2.45%	1.22%
2015	5,097,581	92,823,254	2.45%	1.25%
2016	5,222,536	94,000,117	2.45%	1.27%
2017	5,351,011	95,176,977	2.46%	1.25%
2018	5,483,118	96,237,319	2.47%	1.11%
2019	5,616,661	97,173,776	2.44%	0.97%
2020	5,752,791	98,079,191	2.42%	0.93%
2021	5,892,183	98,935,098	2.42%	0.87%
2022	6,035,104	99,680,655	2.43%	0.75%
2023	6,182,885	100,352,192	2.45%	0.67%
2024	6,332,961	100,987,686	2.43%	0.63%
2025	6,484,427	101,598,531	2.39%	0.6%
2026	6,637,777	102,177,434	2.36%	0.57%
2027	6,794,288	102,727,392	2.36%	0.54%
2028	6,953,966	103,255,746	2.35%	0.51%
2029	7,116,456	103,761,151	2.34%	0.49%
2030	7,282,261	104,254,900	2.33%	0.48%
2031	7,452,405	104,737,913	2.34%	0.46%
2032	7,626,474	105,204,401	2.34%	0.45%
2033	7,802,988	105,656,307	2.31%	0.43%
2034	7,981,338	106,097,515	2.29%	0.42%
2035	8,160,723	106,530,671	2.25%	0.41%
2036	8,341,706	106,945,842	2.22%	0.39%
2037	8,524,798	107,346,046	2.19%	0.37%
2038	8,709,719	107,732,019	2.17%	0.36%
2039	8,896,164	108,097,653	2.14%	0.34%
2040	9,083,959	108,437,634	2.11%	0.31%
2041	9,274,654	108,752,199	2.1%	0.29%
2042	9,466,745	109,040,314	2.07%	0.26%
2043	9,658,834	109,292,559	2.03%	0.23%
2044	9,850,493	109,506,274	1.98%	0.2%
2045	10,041,891	109,685,396	1.94%	0.16%
2046	10,234,360	109,827,664	1.92%	0.13%
2047	10,427,899	109,930,243	1.89%	0.09%
2048	10,621,379	109,994,024	1.86%	0.06%
2049	10,813,639	110,018,017	1.81%	0.02%
2050	11,006,454	110,008,910	1.78%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.