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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Zimbabwe	Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	1,056,732	3,809,389	-	-
1961	1,084,389	3,930,401	2.62%	3.18%
1962	1,113,175	4,055,959	2.65%	3.19%
1963	1,143,263	4,185,877	2.7%	3.2%
1964	1,174,816	4,320,006	2.76%	3.2%
1965	1,207,880	4,458,462	2.81%	3.2%
1966	1,242,534	4,601,217	2.87%	3.2%
1967	1,278,691	4,748,307	2.91%	3.2%
1968	1,316,519	4,900,440	2.96%	3.2%
1969	1,356,182	5,058,181	3.01%	3.22%
1970	1,397,638	5,215,918	3.06%	3.12%
1971	1,441,039	5,374,712	3.11%	3.04%
1972	1,486,468	5,542,445	3.15%	3.12%
1973	1,533,680	5,720,404	3.18%	3.21%
1974	1,582,301	5,908,328	3.17%	3.29%
1975	1,627,032	6,098,658	2.83%	3.22%
1976	1,667,225	6,287,105	2.47%	3.09%
1977	1,707,568	6,449,512	2.42%	2.58%
1978	1,748,089	6,543,575	2.37%	1.46%
1979	1,788,524	6,647,556	2.31%	1.59%
1980	1,828,985	7,041,303	2.26%	5.92%
1981	1,869,759	7,498,635	2.23%	6.49%
1982	1,910,430	7,796,496	2.18%	3.97%
1983	1,950,321	8,098,404	2.09%	3.87%
1984	1,999,528	8,391,488	2.52%	3.62%
1985	2,059,311	8,686,813	2.99%	3.52%
1986	2,120,602	8,982,578	2.98%	3.4%
1987	2,183,473	9,284,644	2.96%	3.36%
1988	2,247,653	9,583,094	2.94%	3.21%
1989	2,313,558	9,864,798	2.93%	2.94%
1990	2,380,560	10,137,281	2.9%	2.76%
1991	2,449,229	10,404,816	2.88%	2.64%
1992	2,519,465	10,702,700	2.87%	2.86%
1993	2,595,124	10,860,288	3%	1.47%
1994	2,673,144	10,873,148	3.01%	0.12%
1995	2,749,461	10,974,599	2.85%	0.93%
1996	2,826,785	11,158,360	2.81%	1.67%
1997	2,887,862	11,369,827	2.16%	1.9%
1998	2,952,061	11,594,297	2.22%	1.97%
1999	3,032,874	11,783,458	2.74%	1.63%
2000	3,151,345	11,892,055	3.91%	0.92%
2001	3,272,537	11,971,901	3.85%	0.67%
2002	3,350,771	12,087,653	2.39%	0.97%
2003	3,445,753	12,232,323	2.83%	1.2%
2004	3,565,554	12,365,896	3.48%	1.09%
2005	3,696,393	12,483,432	3.67%	0.95%
2006	3,837,409	12,636,445	3.81%	1.23%
2007	3,980,430	12,804,058	3.73%	1.33%
2008	4,113,517	12,959,149	3.34%	1.21%
2009	4,281,219	13,142,790	4.08%	1.42%
2010	4,462,290	13,356,548	4.23%	1.63%
2011	4,609,724	13,595,424	3.3%	1.79%
2012	4,740,450	13,817,887	2.84%	1.64%
2013	4,857,099	14,013,808	2.46%	1.42%
2014	4,975,880	14,207,359	2.45%	1.38%
2015	5,097,581	14,399,013	2.45%	1.35%
2016	5,222,536	14,600,294	2.45%	1.4%
2017	5,351,011	14,812,482	2.46%	1.45%
2018	5,483,118	15,034,452	2.47%	1.5%
2019	5,616,661	15,271,368	2.44%	1.58%
2020	5,752,791	15,526,888	2.42%	1.67%
2021	5,892,183	15,797,210	2.42%	1.74%
2022	6,035,104	16,069,056	2.43%	1.72%
2023	6,182,885	16,340,822	2.45%	1.69%
2024	6,332,961	16,634,373	2.43%	1.8%
2025	6,484,427	16,950,805	2.39%	1.9%
2026	6,637,777	17,273,591	2.36%	1.9%
2027	6,794,288	17,600,621	2.36%	1.89%
2028	6,953,966	17,932,015	2.35%	1.88%
2029	7,116,456	18,268,967	2.34%	1.88%
2030	7,282,261	18,610,356	2.33%	1.87%
2031	7,452,405	18,956,207	2.34%	1.86%
2032	7,626,474	19,311,368	2.34%	1.87%
2033	7,802,988	19,675,929	2.31%	1.89%
2034	7,981,338	20,041,125	2.29%	1.86%
2035	8,160,723	20,409,159	2.25%	1.84%
2036	8,341,706	20,778,662	2.22%	1.81%
2037	8,524,798	21,144,748	2.19%	1.76%
2038	8,709,719	21,512,919	2.17%	1.74%
2039	8,896,164	21,881,123	2.14%	1.71%
2040	9,083,959	22,250,123	2.11%	1.69%
2041	9,274,654	22,627,428	2.1%	1.7%
2042	9,466,745	23,000,906	2.07%	1.65%
2043	9,658,834	23,371,301	2.03%	1.61%
2044	9,850,493	23,740,630	1.98%	1.58%
2045	10,041,891	24,102,391	1.94%	1.52%
2046	10,234,360	24,462,491	1.92%	1.49%
2047	10,427,899	24,816,449	1.89%	1.45%
2048	10,621,379	25,168,419	1.86%	1.42%
2049	10,813,639	25,518,513	1.81%	1.39%
2050	11,006,454	25,866,397	1.78%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.