Population of Congo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	08 Jan 2025

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The current population of Congo is 6,458,378 as of April 30, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Congo is projected at 6,332,961, or 6.33 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Congo is projected at 6,182,885, or 6.18 million people for the year 2023.

Congo ranks 113th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Congo is ranked 36th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Congo population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	826,239	835,261	18,045	2.160	0.0335
1951	844,284	853,635	18,702	2.191	0.0336
1952	862,986	872,682	19,391	2.222	0.0338
1953	882,377	892,466	20,177	2.261	0.0339
1954	902,554	913,017	20,926	2.292	0.0340
1955	923,480	934,432	21,903	2.344	0.0341
1956	945,383	956,823	22,881	2.391	0.0342
1957	968,264	980,198	23,869	2.435	0.0344
1958	992,133	1,004,628	24,989	2.488	0.0345
1959	1,017,122	1,030,155	26,066	2.530	0.0347
1960	1,043,188	1,056,732	27,087	2.563	0.0350
1961	1,070,275	1,084,389	28,229	2.603	0.0354
1962	1,098,504	1,113,175	29,342	2.636	0.0356
1963	1,127,846	1,143,263	30,834	2.697	0.0358
1964	1,158,680	1,174,816	32,273	2.747	0.0360
1965	1,190,953	1,207,880	33,855	2.803	0.0362
1966	1,224,808	1,242,534	35,453	2.853	0.0365
1967	1,260,261	1,278,691	36,861	2.883	0.0368
1968	1,297,122	1,316,519	38,794	2.947	0.0371
1969	1,335,916	1,356,182	40,533	2.989	0.0375
1970	1,376,449	1,397,638	42,377	3.032	0.0378
1971	1,418,826	1,441,039	44,426	3.083	0.0382
1972	1,463,252	1,486,468	46,433	3.124	0.0387
1973	1,509,685	1,533,680	47,991	3.129	0.0391
1974	1,557,676	1,582,301	49,250	3.113	0.0396
1975	1,606,926	1,627,032	40,211	2.472	0.0400
1976	1,647,137	1,667,225	40,176	2.410	0.0402
1977	1,687,313	1,707,568	40,509	2.372	0.0405
1978	1,727,822	1,748,089	40,533	2.319	0.0407
1979	1,768,355	1,788,524	40,338	2.255	0.0409
1980	1,808,693	1,828,985	40,583	2.219	0.0411
1981	1,849,276	1,869,759	40,966	2.191	0.0413
1982	1,890,242	1,910,430	40,377	2.114	0.0414
1983	1,930,619	1,950,321	39,403	2.020	0.0415
1984	1,970,022	1,999,528	59,013	2.952	0.0418
1985	2,029,035	2,059,311	60,553	2.941	0.0423
1986	2,089,588	2,120,602	62,029	2.925	0.0428
1987	2,151,617	2,183,473	63,712	2.918	0.0432
1988	2,215,329	2,247,653	64,647	2.876	0.0437
1989	2,279,976	2,313,558	67,164	2.903	0.0442
1990	2,347,140	2,380,560	66,840	2.808	0.0447
1991	2,413,980	2,449,229	70,499	2.879	0.0452
1992	2,484,479	2,519,465	69,973	2.777	0.0458
1993	2,554,452	2,595,124	81,344	3.135	0.0464
1994	2,635,796	2,673,144	74,697	2.795	0.0471
1995	2,710,493	2,749,461	77,935	2.835	0.0477
1996	2,788,428	2,826,785	76,713	2.714	0.0484
1997	2,865,141	2,887,862	45,442	1.574	0.0487
1998	2,910,583	2,952,061	82,957	2.810	0.0491
1999	2,993,540	3,032,874	78,667	2.594	0.0498
2000	3,072,207	3,151,345	158,277	5.024	0.0511
2001	3,230,484	3,272,537	84,107	2.570	0.0523
2002	3,314,591	3,350,771	72,359	2.160	0.0529
2003	3,386,950	3,445,753	117,605	3.413	0.0537
2004	3,504,555	3,565,554	121,998	3.422	0.0548
2005	3,626,553	3,696,393	139,680	3.779	0.0561
2006	3,766,233	3,837,409	142,352	3.710	0.0575
2007	3,908,585	3,980,430	143,690	3.610	0.0589
2008	4,052,275	4,113,517	122,485	2.978	0.0601
2009	4,174,760	4,281,219	212,918	4.974	0.0618
2010	4,387,678	4,462,290	149,224	3.344	0.0635
2011	4,536,902	4,609,724	145,644	3.160	0.0648
2012	4,682,546	4,740,450	115,808	2.443	0.0658
2013	4,798,354	4,857,099	117,490	2.419	0.0666
2014	4,915,844	4,975,880	120,072	2.413	0.0674
2015	5,035,916	5,097,581	123,329	2.419	0.0682
2016	5,159,245	5,222,536	126,582	2.424	0.0691
2017	5,285,827	5,351,011	130,368	2.436	0.0700
2018	5,416,195	5,483,118	133,846	2.441	0.0709
2019	5,550,041	5,616,661	133,240	2.372	0.0719
2020	5,683,281	5,752,791	139,019	2.417	0.0729
2021	5,822,300	5,892,183	139,766	2.372	0.0741
2022	5,962,066	6,035,104	146,076	2.421	0.0752
2023	6,108,142	6,182,885	149,486	2.418	0.0764

Congo population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	6,257,628	6,332,961	150,666	2.379	0.0776
2025	6,408,294	6,484,437	152,286	2.349	0.0788
2026	6,560,580	6,637,785	154,411	2.326	0.0800
2027	6,714,991	6,794,294	158,606	2.335	0.0812
2028	6,873,597	6,953,972	160,751	2.312	0.0824
2029	7,034,348	7,116,463	164,230	2.308	0.0837
2030	7,198,578	7,282,266	167,377	2.299	0.0850
2031	7,365,955	7,452,409	172,909	2.320	0.0863
2032	7,538,864	7,626,477	175,226	2.298	0.0877
2033	7,714,090	7,802,999	177,818	2.279	0.0891
2034	7,891,908	7,981,344	178,872	2.241	0.0905
2035	8,070,780	8,160,733	179,905	2.205	0.0918
2036	8,250,685	8,341,711	182,053	2.183	0.0932
2037	8,432,738	8,524,801	184,127	2.160	0.0947
2038	8,616,865	8,709,726	185,721	2.132	0.0961
2039	8,802,586	8,896,174	187,176	2.104	0.0975
2040	8,989,762	9,083,971	188,419	2.074	0.0990
2041	9,178,181	9,274,659	192,957	2.081	0.1005
2042	9,371,138	9,466,760	191,243	2.020	0.1019
2043	9,562,381	9,658,842	192,921	1.997	0.1034
2044	9,755,302	9,850,507	190,410	1.933	0.1049
2045	9,945,712	10,041,901	192,378	1.916	0.1064
2046	10,138,090	10,234,371	192,563	1.882	0.1079
2047	10,330,653	10,427,912	194,518	1.865	0.1094
2048	10,525,171	10,621,399	192,456	1.812	0.1109
2049	10,717,627	10,813,655	192,056	1.776	0.1124
2050	10,909,683	11,006,471	193,577	1.759	0.1139
2051	11,103,260	11,200,449	194,378	1.735	0.1154
2052	11,297,638	11,394,540	193,805	1.701	0.1170
2053	11,491,443	11,588,702	194,519	1.679	0.1185
2054	11,685,962	11,783,763	195,602	1.660	0.1201
2055	11,881,564	11,977,754	192,381	1.606	0.1216
2056	12,073,945	12,170,789	193,687	1.591	0.1232
2057	12,267,632	12,364,401	193,539	1.565	0.1248
2058	12,461,171	12,558,479	194,616	1.550	0.1264
2059	12,655,787	12,754,017	196,461	1.540	0.1280
2060	12,852,248	12,950,780	197,063	1.522	0.1296
2061	13,049,311	13,148,492	198,361	1.509	0.1313
2062	13,247,672	13,348,745	202,145	1.514	0.1330
2063	13,449,817	13,549,289	198,943	1.468	0.1347
2064	13,648,760	13,747,451	197,382	1.436	0.1364
2065	13,846,142	13,945,147	198,009	1.420	0.1380
2066	14,044,151	14,143,856	199,410	1.410	0.1397
2067	14,243,561	14,340,898	194,675	1.358	0.1414
2068	14,438,236	14,536,301	196,130	1.349	0.1431
2069	14,634,366	14,733,635	198,538	1.348	0.1448
2070	14,832,904	14,929,960	194,113	1.300	0.1465
2071	15,027,017	15,124,135	194,235	1.284	0.1482
2072	15,221,252	15,317,711	192,919	1.259	0.1499
2073	15,414,171	15,510,183	192,024	1.238	0.1516
2074	15,606,195	15,700,217	188,043	1.198	0.1533
2075	15,794,238	15,888,666	188,857	1.189	0.1550
2076	15,983,095	16,074,470	182,750	1.137	0.1567
2077	16,165,845	16,257,211	182,732	1.124	0.1583
2078	16,348,577	16,440,547	183,940	1.119	0.1600
2079	16,532,517	16,622,258	179,482	1.080	0.1617
2080	16,711,999	16,802,276	180,555	1.075	0.1634
2081	16,892,554	16,980,264	175,419	1.033	0.1651
2082	17,067,973	17,158,125	180,305	1.051	0.1668
2083	17,248,278	17,336,315	176,073	1.016	0.1685
2084	17,424,351	17,511,543	174,385	0.996	0.1702
2085	17,598,736	17,683,692	169,911	0.961	0.1719
2086	17,768,647	17,854,605	171,916	0.963	0.1736
2087	17,940,563	18,025,474	169,822	0.942	0.1753
2088	18,110,385	18,195,509	170,248	0.936	0.1770
2089	18,280,633	18,362,315	163,363	0.890	0.1787
2090	18,443,996	18,525,565	163,138	0.881	0.1804
2091	18,607,134	18,687,358	160,448	0.859	0.1820
2092	18,767,582	18,846,995	158,825	0.843	0.1837
2093	18,926,407	19,003,267	153,719	0.809	0.1854
2094	19,080,126	19,155,559	150,866	0.788	0.1870
2095	19,230,992	19,305,619	149,254	0.773	0.1886
2096	19,380,246	19,454,162	147,833	0.760	0.1902
2097	19,528,079	19,600,617	145,075	0.740	0.1919
2098	19,673,154	19,745,458	144,607	0.732	0.1935
2099	19,817,761	19,887,449	139,377	0.701	0.1951
2100	19,957,138	20,025,644	137,012	0.684	0.1967