Demographics of Congo

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date173 Jul 2024

There are 3.12 million males and 3.13 million females in Congo. The percentage of the male population is 49.94%, compared to 50.06% of the female population. Congo has 7k more females than males. The sex ratio in Congo in 2024 will be 99.768 males per 100 females. Congo is in the 147th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Congo population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950835,1322.13
1955933,4182.33
19601,055,6932.57
19651,207,4122.81
19701,396,9893.02
19751,624,9352.49
19801,829,2562.25
19852,062,5552.98
19902,385,4352.75
19952,742,3092.72
20003,134,0305.01
20053,672,8393.78
20104,437,8843.35
20155,064,3862.39
20205,702,1742.35
20215,835,8062.29
20225,970,4242.27
20236,106,8692.25
20246,244,5472.21
  • Total
  • Crude

Congo death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195019,71537,50323.60244.898
195519,45241,22420.83544.156
196018,59745,78017.61343.357
196518,57152,48515.37743.457
197019,24261,41413.77043.950
197520,47171,18412.55643.660
198021,03976,16911.45641.474
198521,84683,18910.59040.327
199026,59492,69111.14638.847
199533,677104,63312.28738.175
200037,765114,98112.20437.158
200535,929136,5369.83137.359
201036,018172,3118.12338.858
201536,512175,7887.19634.648
202039,496177,7366.92331.155
202141,238179,1937.06330.691
202243,439180,1757.27530.175
202344,069182,2177.21529.832
202444,742183,9557.16429.453
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Congo

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950206,199621,05324.926
1955258,973661,24528.143
1960327,769709,45131.601
1965417,746766,57035.273
1970534,042830,77039.129
1975687,909902,13043.264
1980880,532959,40347.857
19851,111,1371,016,63352.221
19901,325,7611,114,69654.324
19951,579,1321,220,12356.413
20001,893,3401,332,38758.695
20052,267,6801,450,56360.988
20102,774,8271,611,86663.256
20153,274,2861,721,36265.543
20203,857,3531,829,56467.829
20213,983,6981,850,39168.283
20224,113,3121,870,87768.736
20234,246,4261,891,10269.188
20244,383,3331,911,16269.638
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Congo population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 435,786 427,562 863,348 13.83 101.923
05-09 419,293 411,216 830,509 13.30 101.964
10-14 408,411 402,000 810,411 12.98 101.595
15-19 339,091 335,199 674,289 10.80 101.161
20-24 271,404 269,219 540,623 8.66 100.812
25-29 225,340 224,385 449,726 7.20 100.426
30-34 199,183 199,142 398,325 6.38 100.021
35-39 185,305 186,400 371,706 5.95 99.413
40-44 162,775 163,258 326,034 5.22 99.704
45-49 139,435 141,686 281,121 4.50 98.411
50-54 109,418 113,231 222,649 3.57 96.633
55-59 83,724 89,924 173,648 2.78 93.105
60-64 59,780 64,785 124,566 1.99 92.274
65-69 38,511 43,956 82,468 1.32 87.613
70-74 21,747 26,933 48,680 0.78 80.745
75-79 11,640 15,405 27,045 0.43 75.560
80-84 5,346 7,540 12,886 0.21 70.902
85-89 1,942 3,133 5,074 0.08 61.985
90-94 446 796 1,242 0.02 56.030
95-99 67 121 189 0.00 55.372
100+ 3 6 9 0.00 50.000
Total 3,118,647 3,125,897 6,244,548 99.768