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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Zambia	Congo	Zambia
1960	1,056,732	3,153,729	-	-
1961	1,084,389	3,254,086	2.62%	3.18%
1962	1,113,175	3,358,099	2.65%	3.2%
1963	1,143,263	3,465,907	2.7%	3.21%
1964	1,174,816	3,577,017	2.76%	3.21%
1965	1,207,880	3,692,086	2.81%	3.22%
1966	1,242,534	3,812,003	2.87%	3.25%
1967	1,278,691	3,936,343	2.91%	3.26%
1968	1,316,519	4,065,593	2.96%	3.28%
1969	1,356,182	4,197,116	3.01%	3.24%
1970	1,397,638	4,321,718	3.06%	2.97%
1971	1,441,039	4,442,525	3.11%	2.8%
1972	1,486,468	4,569,309	3.15%	2.85%
1973	1,533,680	4,702,693	3.18%	2.92%
1974	1,582,301	4,842,746	3.17%	2.98%
1975	1,627,032	4,990,086	2.83%	3.04%
1976	1,667,225	5,143,842	2.47%	3.08%
1977	1,707,568	5,302,480	2.42%	3.08%
1978	1,748,089	5,465,374	2.37%	3.07%
1979	1,788,524	5,631,728	2.31%	3.04%
1980	1,828,985	5,802,833	2.26%	3.04%
1981	1,869,759	5,983,289	2.23%	3.11%
1982	1,910,430	6,178,637	2.18%	3.26%
1983	1,950,321	6,381,038	2.09%	3.28%
1984	1,999,528	6,580,490	2.52%	3.13%
1985	2,059,311	6,780,953	2.99%	3.05%
1986	2,120,602	6,986,471	2.98%	3.03%
1987	2,183,473	7,191,282	2.96%	2.93%
1988	2,247,653	7,391,440	2.94%	2.78%
1989	2,313,558	7,589,216	2.93%	2.68%
1990	2,380,560	7,786,169	2.9%	2.6%
1991	2,449,229	7,981,650	2.88%	2.51%
1992	2,519,465	8,176,680	2.87%	2.44%
1993	2,595,124	8,373,921	3%	2.41%
1994	2,673,144	8,576,269	3.01%	2.42%
1995	2,749,461	8,785,763	2.85%	2.44%
1996	2,826,785	9,004,053	2.81%	2.48%
1997	2,887,862	9,237,063	2.16%	2.59%
1998	2,952,061	9,482,408	2.22%	2.66%
1999	3,032,874	9,740,005	2.74%	2.72%
2000	3,151,345	10,017,631	3.91%	2.85%
2001	3,272,537	10,325,185	3.85%	3.07%
2002	3,350,771	10,647,949	2.39%	3.13%
2003	3,445,753	10,983,595	2.83%	3.15%
2004	3,565,554	11,338,198	3.48%	3.23%
2005	3,696,393	11,718,819	3.67%	3.36%
2006	3,837,409	12,129,553	3.81%	3.5%
2007	3,980,430	12,565,085	3.73%	3.59%
2008	4,113,517	13,021,324	3.34%	3.63%
2009	4,281,219	13,490,389	4.08%	3.6%
2010	4,462,290	13,965,594	4.23%	3.52%
2011	4,609,724	14,437,796	3.3%	3.38%
2012	4,740,450	14,913,629	2.84%	3.3%
2013	4,857,099	15,398,997	2.46%	3.25%
2014	4,975,880	15,895,315	2.45%	3.22%
2015	5,097,581	16,399,089	2.45%	3.17%
2016	5,222,536	16,914,423	2.45%	3.14%
2017	5,351,011	17,441,320	2.46%	3.12%
2018	5,483,118	17,973,569	2.47%	3.05%
2019	5,616,661	18,513,839	2.44%	3.01%
2020	5,752,791	19,059,395	2.42%	2.95%
2021	5,892,183	19,603,607	2.42%	2.86%
2022	6,035,104	20,152,938	2.43%	2.8%
2023	6,182,885	20,723,965	2.45%	2.83%
2024	6,332,961	21,314,956	2.43%	2.85%
2025	6,484,427	21,913,869	2.39%	2.81%
2026	6,637,777	22,521,905	2.36%	2.77%
2027	6,794,288	23,138,716	2.36%	2.74%
2028	6,953,966	23,761,368	2.35%	2.69%
2029	7,116,456	24,389,681	2.34%	2.64%
2030	7,282,261	25,024,887	2.33%	2.6%
2031	7,452,405	25,666,496	2.34%	2.56%
2032	7,626,474	26,311,946	2.34%	2.51%
2033	7,802,988	26,960,073	2.31%	2.46%
2034	7,981,338	27,611,621	2.29%	2.42%
2035	8,160,723	28,266,887	2.25%	2.37%
2036	8,341,706	28,925,103	2.22%	2.33%
2037	8,524,798	29,583,482	2.19%	2.28%
2038	8,709,719	30,240,549	2.17%	2.22%
2039	8,896,164	30,895,586	2.14%	2.17%
2040	9,083,959	31,550,394	2.11%	2.12%
2041	9,274,654	32,204,340	2.1%	2.07%
2042	9,466,745	32,856,596	2.07%	2.03%
2043	9,658,834	33,510,500	2.03%	1.99%
2044	9,850,493	34,165,920	1.98%	1.96%
2045	10,041,891	34,821,101	1.94%	1.92%
2046	10,234,360	35,475,795	1.92%	1.88%
2047	10,427,899	36,129,270	1.89%	1.84%
2048	10,621,379	36,782,260	1.86%	1.81%
2049	10,813,639	37,434,667	1.81%	1.77%
2050	11,006,454	38,083,369	1.78%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.