Demographics of Congo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Congo is projected at 5.66 million, up by 2.17% compared with 5.52 million in 2020. Congo is ranked 113th in terms of population and 36th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.18 million births in Congo in 2021. That is 491 per day, which is ranked 89th. The crude birth rate is 31.64 per 1000 people. There are 0.04 million deaths in Congo in 2021. That is 101 per day, which is ranked 111th. The crude death rate is 6.5 per 1000 people.

3.98 million people are living in urban areas, which is 68.28% of Congo population. Congo is ranked 108th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Congo in 2021 is 99.87 males per 100 females. There are 2.83 million males and 2.83 million females in Congo. The percentage of female population is 50.03% compare to 49.97% male population. Congo has 3.74 thousand more females than males. Congo is at 147th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Congo population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	827,246	-
1955	911,033	1.77
1960	1,018,254	1.61
1965	1,155,389	1.80
1970	1,326,894	2.10
1975	1,536,658	2.87
1980	1,777,932	3.49
1985	2,054,308	2.86
1990	2,356,740	2.99
1995	2,707,532	2.84
2000	3,127,420	2.55
2005	3,622,775	2.41
2010	4,273,738	2.44
2015	4,856,093	2.38
2016	4,980,996	2.34
2017	5,110,701	2.30
2018	5,244,363	2.26
2019	5,380,504	2.23
2020	5,518,092	2.20
2021	5,657,017	2.17

Total
Crude

Congo death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	20,132	35,336	24.04	42.17
1955	19,572	38,464	21.42	42.16
1960	19,339	43,600	18.92	42.70
1965	19,653	50,383	16.94	43.48
1970	20,424	58,485	15.33	43.94
1975	21,384	67,422	13.88	43.77
1980	22,259	74,750	12.49	41.98
1985	23,508	80,944	11.45	39.38
1990	27,125	89,727	11.48	38.00
1995	34,234	103,392	12.58	38.07
2000	40,432	120,769	12.89	38.55
2005	39,909	140,073	10.97	38.36
2010	36,562	157,847	8.58	37.11
2015	35,007	168,042	7.18	34.51
2020	36,211	176,735	6.55	31.99
2021	36,860	179,227	6.50	31.64

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Congo

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	206,199	621,053	-	24.926
1955	258,973	661,245	4.73	28.143
1960	327,769	709,451	4.89	31.601
1965	417,746	766,570	5.00	35.273
1970	534,042	830,770	5.10	39.129
1975	687,909	902,130	5.28	43.264
1980	880,532	959,403	4.98	47.857
1985	1,111,137	1,016,633	4.20	52.221
1990	1,325,761	1,114,696	3.56	54.324
1995	1,579,132	1,220,123	3.58	56.413
2000	1,893,340	1,332,387	3.67	58.695
2005	2,267,680	1,450,563	3.90	60.988
2010	2,774,827	1,611,866	3.87	63.256
2015	3,274,286	1,721,362	3.28	65.543
2020	3,857,353	1,829,564	3.31	67.829
2021	3,983,698	1,850,391	3.28	68.283

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Congo population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	419,157	410,149	829,306	14.66	102.196
05-09	395,021	387,807	782,828	13.84	101.860
10-14	354,872	349,559	704,431	12.45	101.520
15-19	298,648	295,432	594,080	10.50	101.089
20-24	247,289	245,672	492,961	8.71	100.658
25-29	205,238	204,280	409,518	7.24	100.469
30-34	179,850	179,186	359,036	6.35	100.371
35-39	164,716	165,023	329,739	5.83	99.814
40-44	149,475	149,993	299,468	5.29	99.655
45-49	125,304	125,631	250,935	4.44	99.740
50-54	97,958	99,274	197,232	3.49	98.674
55-59	71,513	74,546	146,059	2.58	95.931
60-64	48,752	53,491	102,243	1.81	91.141
65-69	32,242	37,963	70,205	1.24	84.930
70-74	19,680	25,875	45,555	0.81	76.058
75-79	10,737	15,749	26,486	0.47	68.176
80-84	4,657	7,734	12,391	0.22	60.215
85-89	1,327	2,559	3,886	0.07	51.856
90-94	190	431	621	0.01	44.084
95-99	11	26	37	0.00	42.308
100+	0	0	0	0.00	-
Total	2,826,637	2,830,380	5,657,017		99.868