Demographics of Congo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 Jul 2024

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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.

Congo population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	835,132	2.13
1955	933,418	2.33
1960	1,055,693	2.57
1965	1,207,412	2.81
1970	1,396,989	3.02
1975	1,624,935	2.49
1980	1,829,256	2.25
1985	2,062,555	2.98
1990	2,385,435	2.75
1995	2,742,309	2.72
2000	3,134,030	5.01
2005	3,672,839	3.78
2010	4,437,884	3.35
2015	5,064,386	2.39
2020	5,702,174	2.35
2021	5,835,806	2.29
2022	5,970,424	2.27
2023	6,106,869	2.25
2024	6,244,547	2.21

Population
Growth

Congo death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	19,715	37,503	23.602	44.898
1955	19,452	41,224	20.835	44.156
1960	18,597	45,780	17.613	43.357
1965	18,571	52,485	15.377	43.457
1970	19,242	61,414	13.770	43.950
1975	20,471	71,184	12.556	43.660
1980	21,039	76,169	11.456	41.474
1985	21,846	83,189	10.590	40.327
1990	26,594	92,691	11.146	38.847
1995	33,677	104,633	12.287	38.175
2000	37,765	114,981	12.204	37.158
2005	35,929	136,536	9.831	37.359
2010	36,018	172,311	8.123	38.858
2015	36,512	175,788	7.196	34.648
2020	39,496	177,736	6.923	31.155
2021	41,238	179,193	7.063	30.691
2022	43,439	180,175	7.275	30.175
2023	44,069	182,217	7.215	29.832
2024	44,742	183,955	7.164	29.453

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Congo
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	206,199	621,053	24.926
1955	258,973	661,245	28.143
1960	327,769	709,451	31.601
1965	417,746	766,570	35.273
1970	534,042	830,770	39.129
1975	687,909	902,130	43.264
1980	880,532	959,403	47.857
1985	1,111,137	1,016,633	52.221
1990	1,325,761	1,114,696	54.324
1995	1,579,132	1,220,123	56.413
2000	1,893,340	1,332,387	58.695
2005	2,267,680	1,450,563	60.988
2010	2,774,827	1,611,866	63.256
2015	3,274,286	1,721,362	65.543
2020	3,857,353	1,829,564	67.829
2021	3,983,698	1,850,391	68.283
2022	4,113,312	1,870,877	68.736
2023	4,246,426	1,891,102	69.188
2024	4,383,333	1,911,162	69.638

Population
Urbanization

Congo population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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

Population pyramid
Gender ratio