Republic of the Congo Population

Population now

6,318,386

World: 113th
Africa: 35th

Male:	3,158,969	(50.00 %)
Female:	3,159,417	(50.00 %)

Births in 2026:	107,418
Deaths in 2026:	22,499

Life expectancy & Rates (2026)

Male:	64.29 years
Female:	67.49 years
Total:	65.89 years
Median Age:	18.94 years

Birth Rate:	30.46
Death Rate:	6.38
Growth Rate:	3.77 %
Fertility Rate:	4.04

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Republic of the Congo Population History

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
1960	1M	501k	518k	0.97	1.26%	42.70	18.92	5.88	45.72	43.25	48.35	18.23	31.60%	2.98
1961	1M	513k	530k	0.97	1.32%	42.86	18.49	5.92	46.34	43.82	49.01	18.08	32.32%	3.05
1962	1M	525k	544k	0.97	1.38%	43.02	18.07	5.97	46.93	44.37	49.63	17.93	33.05%	3.13
1963	1M	539k	558k	0.97	1.44%	43.19	17.67	6.01	47.49	44.88	50.23	17.79	33.78%	3.21
1964	1M	553k	573k	0.97	1.51%	43.34	17.30	6.06	48.02	45.37	50.80	17.65	34.52%	3.29
1965	1M	567k	588k	0.96	1.57%	43.49	16.94	6.10	48.52	45.83	51.34	17.53	35.27%	3.38
1966	1M	583k	604k	0.96	1.63%	43.61	16.60	6.14	48.99	46.28	51.85	17.36	36.03%	3.47
1967	1M	599k	621k	0.96	1.69%	43.73	16.27	6.18	49.45	46.71	52.32	17.20	36.80%	3.57
1968	1M	615k	638k	0.96	1.75%	43.82	15.95	6.21	49.89	47.13	52.78	17.07	37.57%	3.67
1969	1M	633k	657k	0.96	1.81%	43.89	15.64	6.24	50.31	47.55	53.21	16.95	38.35%	3.77
1970	1M	651k	676k	0.96	1.87%	43.94	15.33	6.27	50.73	47.96	53.62	16.83	39.13%	3.88
1971	1M	670k	695k	0.96	1.92%	43.96	15.03	6.29	51.13	48.36	54.01	16.69	39.92%	3.99
1972	1M	690k	716k	0.96	1.99%	43.97	14.73	6.31	51.51	48.74	54.40	16.56	40.72%	4.11
1973	1M	711k	737k	0.96	2.04%	43.95	14.44	6.32	51.89	49.11	54.77	16.45	41.51%	4.24
1974	1M	733k	760k	0.96	2.10%	43.89	14.16	6.32	52.25	49.46	55.14	16.36	42.36%	4.36
1975	2M	755k	782k	0.96	2.15%	43.77	13.88	6.32	52.60	49.80	55.49	16.27	43.26%	4.49
1976	2M	777k	805k	0.96	2.20%	43.58	13.60	6.30	52.94	50.13	55.85	16.15	44.18%	4.63
1977	2M	800k	829k	0.97	2.25%	43.30	13.32	6.26	53.28	50.45	56.20	16.05	45.09%	4.76
1978	2M	824k	853k	0.97	2.29%	42.93	13.04	6.21	53.61	50.76	56.54	15.96	46.01%	4.90
1979	2M	848k	878k	0.97	2.33%	42.49	12.76	6.14	53.93	51.05	56.87	15.90	46.93%	5.05
1980	2M	874k	904k	0.97	2.36%	41.98	12.49	6.06	54.23	51.33	57.19	15.87	47.86%	5.20
1981	2M	900k	931k	0.97	2.38%	41.43	12.24	5.96	54.51	51.58	57.50	15.84	48.78%	5.35
1982	2M	926k	958k	0.97	2.41%	40.87	12.00	5.86	54.76	51.80	57.79	15.85	49.71%	5.51
1983	2M	954k	987k	0.97	2.42%	40.33	11.78	5.75	54.98	51.98	58.05	15.89	50.63%	5.67
1984	2M	982k	1M	0.97	2.44%	39.83	11.59	5.64	55.15	52.11	58.27	15.94	51.56%	5.84
1985	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.44%	39.38	11.45	5.54	55.26	52.17	58.43	16.01	52.22%	6.01
1986	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.44%	38.99	11.35	5.44	55.29	52.17	58.50	16.07	52.64%	6.18
1987	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.42%	38.66	11.31	5.35	55.25	52.10	58.49	16.13	53.06%	6.35
1988	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.39%	38.38	11.31	5.26	55.12	51.96	58.37	16.21	53.49%	6.52
1989	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.36%	38.16	11.37	5.19	54.92	51.78	58.15	16.30	53.91%	6.71
1990	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.31%	38.00	11.48	5.12	54.64	51.54	57.82	16.41	54.32%	6.89
1991	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.25%	37.90	11.65	5.06	54.28	51.27	57.37	16.51	54.74%	7.08
1992	2M	1M	1M	0.97	2.19%	37.87	11.86	5.02	53.87	50.97	56.83	16.63	55.16%	7.28
1993	3M	1M	1M	0.97	2.13%	37.90	12.10	4.98	53.42	50.68	56.22	16.75	55.58%	7.49
1994	3M	1M	1M	0.97	2.08%	37.97	12.34	4.95	52.98	50.42	55.58	16.88	56.00%	7.70
1995	3M	1M	1M	0.97	2.03%	38.07	12.58	4.93	52.58	50.22	54.96	17.01	56.41%	7.92
1996	3M	1M	1M	0.97	1.99%	38.19	12.78	4.91	52.25	50.10	54.39	17.13	56.83%	8.15
1997	3M	1M	1M	0.97	1.97%	38.31	12.92	4.90	52.02	50.08	53.92	17.25	57.30%	8.38
1998	3M	1M	1M	0.97	1.96%	38.42	13.00	4.89	51.90	50.17	53.57	17.37	57.77%	8.63
1999	3M	1M	2M	0.97	1.96%	38.50	13.00	4.88	51.93	50.39	53.39	17.48	58.23%	8.88
2000	3M	2M	2M	0.97	1.99%	38.55	12.89	4.87	52.12	50.75	53.42	17.60	58.70%	9.14
2001	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.04%	38.58	12.67	4.86	52.52	51.27	53.67	17.67	59.16%	9.41
2002	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.12%	38.57	12.36	4.85	53.09	51.94	54.15	17.74	59.62%	9.68
2003	3M	2M	2M	0.98	2.23%	38.54	11.95	4.85	53.82	52.73	54.81	17.81	60.08%	9.96
2004	4M	2M	2M	0.98	2.35%	38.47	11.48	4.84	54.67	53.61	55.63	17.87	60.53%	10.26
2005	4M	2M	2M	0.98	2.50%	38.36	10.97	4.83	55.60	54.55	56.56	17.92	60.99%	10.59
2006	4M	2M	2M	0.98	2.66%	38.21	10.44	4.82	56.57	55.51	57.55	17.99	61.44%	10.95
2007	4M	2M	2M	0.99	2.84%	38.02	9.91	4.81	57.54	56.46	58.54	18.05	61.89%	11.33
2008	4M	2M	2M	0.99	3.01%	37.77	9.42	4.80	58.47	57.37	59.48	18.11	62.35%	11.73
2009	4M	2M	2M	0.99	3.18%	37.47	8.97	4.78	59.32	58.21	60.35	18.16	62.80%	12.12
2010	4M	2M	2M	0.99	3.33%	37.11	8.58	4.77	60.09	58.97	61.14	18.23	63.26%	12.50
2011	4M	2M	2M	0.99	3.45%	36.68	8.24	4.74	60.79	59.65	61.85	18.15	63.71%	12.85
2012	5M	2M	2M	0.99	3.56%	36.20	7.94	4.71	61.42	60.27	62.52	18.07	64.17%	13.19
2013	5M	2M	2M	0.99	3.66%	35.66	7.66	4.68	62.02	60.83	63.15	18.01	64.63%	13.52
2014	5M	2M	2M	0.99	3.74%	35.09	7.41	4.63	62.58	61.34	63.77	17.96	65.09%	13.85
2015	5M	2M	2M	1	3.81%	34.51	7.18	4.59	63.10	61.80	64.34	17.93	65.54%	14.20
2016	5M	2M	2M	1	3.85%	33.93	6.99	4.54	63.56	62.20	64.86	17.95	66.00%	14.56
2017	5M	3M	3M	1	3.89%	33.38	6.83	4.48	63.95	62.55	65.32	17.99	66.46%	14.94
2018	5M	3M	3M	1	3.90%	32.86	6.71	4.43	64.29	62.84	65.70	18.05	66.92%	15.33
2019	5M	3M	3M	1	3.90%	32.40	6.61	4.37	64.57	63.08	66.02	18.12	67.37%	15.73
2020	6M	3M	3M	1	3.88%	31.99	6.55	4.32	64.80	63.29	66.29	18.20	67.83%	16.13
2021	6M	3M	3M	1	3.88%	31.99	6.55	4.32	64.80	63.29	66.29	18.31	68.28%	16.54
2022	6M	3M	3M	1	3.88%	31.99	6.55	4.32	64.80	63.29	66.29	18.41	68.74%	16.95
2023	6M	3M	3M	1	3.83%	31.17	6.46	4.18	65.35	63.79	66.89	18.53	69.19%	17.37
2024	6M	3M	3M	1	3.81%	30.90	6.43	4.13	65.53	63.96	67.09	18.65	69.64%	17.80
2025	6M	3M	3M	1	3.79%	30.63	6.40	4.08	65.71	64.13	67.29	18.80	70.09%	18.23
2026	6M	3M	3M	1	3.77%	30.46	6.38	4.04	65.89	64.29	67.49	18.94	70.53%	18.67

Republic of the Congo Population Projections

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
2027	7M	3M	3M	1	3.75%	30.28	6.37	3.99	66.07	64.45	67.69	19.12	70.97%	19.12
2028	7M	3M	3M	1	3.74%	30.11	6.35	3.95	66.24	64.61	67.90	19.31	71.41%	19.58
2029	7M	3M	3M	1	3.72%	29.93	6.34	3.90	66.42	64.77	68.10	19.49	71.85%	20.05
2030	7M	4M	4M	1	3.71%	29.76	6.32	3.86	66.60	64.93	68.30	19.70	72.28%	20.53
2031	7M	4M	4M	1	3.68%	29.56	6.32	3.82	66.76	65.08	68.48	19.87	72.71%	21.01
2032	7M	4M	4M	1	3.65%	29.37	6.32	3.78	66.92	65.22	68.66	20.04	73.13%	21.50
2033	8M	4M	4M	1	3.62%	29.17	6.31	3.74	67.09	65.37	68.84	20.23	73.55%	22.00
2034	8M	4M	4M	1	3.59%	28.98	6.31	3.70	67.25	65.51	69.02	20.41	73.96%	22.50
2035	8M	4M	4M	1	3.56%	28.78	6.31	3.66	67.41	65.66	69.20	20.58	74.37%	23.01
2036	8M	4M	4M	1	3.52%	28.54	6.32	3.63	67.56	65.79	69.37	20.73	74.78%	23.53
2037	8M	4M	4M	1	3.47%	28.31	6.33	3.59	67.71	65.92	69.54	20.88	75.18%	24.06
2038	8M	4M	4M	1	3.43%	28.07	6.33	3.56	67.87	66.06	69.72	21.01	75.58%	24.59
2039	9M	4M	4M	1	3.39%	27.84	6.34	3.52	68.02	66.19	69.89	21.16	75.97%	25.12
2040	9M	4M	4M	1	3.35%	27.60	6.35	3.49	68.17	66.32	70.06	21.30	76.36%	25.66
2041	9M	4M	4M	1	3.30%	27.35	6.36	3.46	68.31	66.44	70.22	21.44	76.74%	26.21
2042	9M	5M	5M	1	3.25%	27.09	6.37	3.43	68.45	66.56	70.38	21.56	77.12%	26.76
2043	9M	5M	5M	1	3.20%	26.84	6.39	3.40	68.59	66.69	70.54	21.70	77.50%	27.31
2044	10M	5M	5M	1	3.15%	26.58	6.40	3.37	68.73	66.81	70.70	21.82	77.87%	27.87
2045	10M	5M	5M	1	3.11%	26.33	6.41	3.34	68.87	66.93	70.86	21.97	78.23%	28.43
2046	10M	5M	5M	1	3.06%	26.08	6.42	3.31	69.00	67.04	71.01	22.08	78.59%	29.00
2047	10M	5M	5M	1	3.01%	25.84	6.44	3.28	69.13	67.15	71.16	22.20	78.95%	29.57
2048	10M	5M	5M	1	2.97%	25.59	6.45	3.26	69.27	67.27	71.32	22.35	79.31%	30.14
2049	11M	5M	5M	1	2.92%	25.35	6.47	3.23	69.40	67.38	71.47	22.48	79.65%	30.71
2050	11M	5M	5M	1	2.87%	25.10	6.48	3.20	69.53	67.49	71.62	22.62	80.00%	31.29

Highest City Populations in Republic of the Congo

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Rank	City	Population, Urban Area	Population, City
1	Brazzaville	2,515,835	1,284,609
2	Pointe-Noire	1,276,641	659,084

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