Population of Congo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Congo is 5,972,697 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Congo is projected at 5,657,013 or 5.68 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Congo is projected at 5,518,087 or 5.52 million people for the year 2020. Congo ranks number 116th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Congo is ranked 36th among 58 countries in Africa.

Congo's population will be increased year by year. The Congo population is projected to reach 7.02 million in 2030 and increase further to 10.7 million in 2050 and 20.9 million by 2100. Congo accounts for 0.07 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.04% in 1967 and is projected to increase by 0.19% by 2100.

Congo was at 138th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 77th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Congo population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	827,252	-	-	0.03
1951	842,471	15,219	1.84	0.03
1952	858,406	15,935	1.89	0.03
1953	875,105	16,699	1.95	0.03
1954	892,629	17,524	2.00	0.03
1955	911,029	18,400	2.06	0.03
1956	930,378	19,349	2.12	0.03
1957	950,716	20,338	2.19	0.03
1958	972,103	21,387	2.25	0.03
1959	994,598	22,495	2.31	0.03
1960	1,018,253	23,655	2.38	0.03
1961	1,043,116	24,863	2.44	0.03
1962	1,069,238	26,122	2.50	0.03
1963	1,096,638	27,400	2.56	0.03
1964	1,125,352	28,714	2.62	0.03
1965	1,155,392	30,040	2.67	0.03
1966	1,186,785	31,393	2.72	0.03
1967	1,219,541	32,756	2.76	0.04
1968	1,253,760	34,219	2.81	0.04
1969	1,289,522	35,762	2.85	0.04
1970	1,326,885	37,363	2.90	0.04
1971	1,365,899	39,014	2.94	0.04
1972	1,406,522	40,623	2.97	0.04
1973	1,448,637	42,115	2.99	0.04
1974	1,492,055	43,418	3.00	0.04
1975	1,536,654	44,599	2.99	0.04
1976	1,582,358	45,704	2.97	0.04
1977	1,629,209	46,851	2.96	0.04
1978	1,677,332	48,123	2.95	0.04
1979	1,726,866	49,534	2.95	0.04
1980	1,777,934	51,068	2.96	0.04
1981	1,830,632	52,698	2.96	0.04
1982	1,884,875	54,243	2.96	0.04
1983	1,940,443	55,568	2.95	0.04
1984	1,996,995	56,552	2.91	0.04
1985	2,054,312	57,317	2.87	0.04
1986	2,112,361	58,049	2.83	0.04
1987	2,171,321	58,960	2.79	0.04
1988	2,231,465	60,144	2.77	0.04
1989	2,293,166	61,701	2.77	0.04
1990	2,356,737	63,571	2.77	0.04
1991	2,422,305	65,568	2.78	0.04
1992	2,489,952	67,647	2.79	0.05
1993	2,559,873	69,921	2.81	0.05
1994	2,632,345	72,472	2.83	0.05
1995	2,707,537	75,192	2.86	0.05
1996	2,785,810	78,273	2.89	0.05
1997	2,867,280	81,470	2.92	0.05
1998	2,951,647	84,367	2.94	0.05
1999	3,038,433	86,786	2.94	0.05
2000	3,127,411	88,978	2.93	0.05
2001	3,217,933	90,522	2.89	0.05
2002	3,310,387	92,454	2.87	0.05
2003	3,406,922	96,535	2.92	0.05
2004	3,510,468	103,546	3.04	0.05
2005	3,622,775	112,307	3.20	0.06
2006	3,745,141	122,366	3.38	0.06
2007	3,876,119	130,978	3.50	0.06
2008	4,011,486	135,367	3.49	0.06
2009	4,145,391	133,905	3.34	0.06
2010	4,273,731	128,340	3.10	0.06
2011	4,394,844	121,113	2.83	0.06
2012	4,510,199	115,355	2.62	0.06
2013	4,622,762	112,563	2.50	0.06
2014	4,736,976	114,214	2.47	0.06
2015	4,856,095	119,119	2.51	0.07
2016	4,980,996	124,901	2.57	0.07
2017	5,110,695	129,699	2.60	0.07
2018	5,244,359	133,664	2.62	0.07
2019	5,380,508	136,149	2.60	0.07

Congo population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	5,518,087	137,579	2.56	0.07
2021	5,657,013	138,926	2.52	0.07
2022	5,797,805	140,792	2.49	0.07
2023	5,940,750	142,945	2.47	0.07
2024	6,086,284	145,534	2.45	0.08
2025	6,234,724	148,440	2.44	0.08
2026	6,386,127	151,403	2.43	0.08
2027	6,540,372	154,245	2.42	0.08
2028	6,697,436	157,064	2.40	0.08
2029	6,857,281	159,845	2.39	0.08
2030	7,019,831	162,550	2.37	0.08
2031	7,185,078	165,247	2.35	0.08
2032	7,352,979	167,901	2.34	0.08
2033	7,523,401	170,422	2.32	0.09
2034	7,696,190	172,789	2.30	0.09
2035	7,871,210	175,020	2.27	0.09
2036	8,048,358	177,148	2.25	0.09
2037	8,227,576	179,218	2.23	0.09
2038	8,408,768	181,192	2.20	0.09
2039	8,591,824	183,056	2.18	0.09
2040	8,776,648	184,824	2.15	0.10
2041	8,963,176	186,528	2.13	0.10
2042	9,151,311	188,135	2.10	0.10
2043	9,340,927	189,616	2.07	0.10
2044	9,531,884	190,957	2.04	0.10
2045	9,724,082	192,198	2.02	0.10
2046	9,917,442	193,360	1.99	0.10
2047	10,111,925	194,483	1.96	0.11
2048	10,307,508	195,583	1.93	0.11
2049	10,504,196	196,688	1.91	0.11
2050	10,701,994	197,798	1.88	0.11
2051	10,900,865	198,871	1.86	0.11
2052	11,100,779	199,914	1.83	0.11
2053	11,301,739	200,960	1.81	0.11
2054	11,503,735	201,996	1.79	0.12
2055	11,706,763	203,028	1.76	0.12
2056	11,910,790	204,027	1.74	0.12
2057	12,115,795	205,005	1.72	0.12
2058	12,321,862	206,067	1.70	0.12
2059	12,529,069	207,207	1.68	0.12
2060	12,737,460	208,391	1.66	0.13
2061	12,947,065	209,605	1.65	0.13
2062	13,157,790	210,725	1.63	0.13
2063	13,369,464	211,674	1.61	0.13
2064	13,581,868	212,404	1.59	0.13
2065	13,794,826	212,958	1.57	0.13
2066	14,008,221	213,395	1.55	0.14
2067	14,222,018	213,797	1.53	0.14
2068	14,436,277	214,259	1.51	0.14
2069	14,651,092	214,815	1.49	0.14
2070	14,866,501	215,409	1.47	0.14
2071	15,082,466	215,965	1.45	0.14
2072	15,298,807	216,341	1.43	0.15
2073	15,515,303	216,496	1.42	0.15
2074	15,731,645	216,342	1.39	0.15
2075	15,947,582	215,937	1.37	0.15
2076	16,162,966	215,384	1.35	0.15
2077	16,377,741	214,775	1.33	0.15
2078	16,591,776	214,035	1.31	0.16
2079	16,804,976	213,200	1.28	0.16
2080	17,017,240	212,264	1.26	0.16
2081	17,228,470	211,230	1.24	0.16
2082	17,438,561	210,091	1.22	0.16
2083	17,647,438	208,877	1.20	0.16
2084	17,855,031	207,593	1.18	0.17
2085	18,061,287	206,256	1.16	0.17
2086	18,266,132	204,845	1.13	0.17
2087	18,469,520	203,388	1.11	0.17
2088	18,671,360	201,840	1.09	0.17
2089	18,871,583	200,223	1.07	0.17
2090	19,070,131	198,548	1.05	0.18
2091	19,266,964	196,833	1.03	0.18
2092	19,462,074	195,110	1.01	0.18
2093	19,655,455	193,381	0.99	0.18
2094	19,847,122	191,667	0.98	0.18
2095	20,037,076	189,954	0.96	0.18
2096	20,225,354	188,278	0.94	0.19
2097	20,411,964	186,610	0.92	0.19
2098	20,596,921	184,957	0.91	0.19
2099	20,780,263	183,342	0.89	0.19
2100	20,961,988	181,725	0.87	0.19