Republic of the Congo's population rose from 2.83M in 1996 to 6.48M in 2025.
Republic of the Congo · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Republic of the Congo's population growth fell from 2.8 % in 1996 to 2.4 % in 2025.
Republic of the Congo's population density rose from 7.8 in 1994 to 18.1 in 2023.
Republic of the Congo's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.2 % in 1996 to 50.0 % in 2025.
Republic of the Congo's urbanisation rose from 56.8 % in 1996 to 64.1 % in 2025.
Republic of the Congo's urban population rose from 1.61M in 1996 to 4.16M in 2025.
Republic of the Congo's rural population rose from 1.22M in 1996 to 2.33M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.2 %24th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.7 %28th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.7 %149th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.6 %203rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs189th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts26th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts192nd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts194th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.3 pts26th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts193rd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −20.4 %128th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.6 pts105th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +2.3 %60th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs188th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs190th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs178th of 217