Population in Algeria compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	DR Congo	Algeria	DR Congo
1960	11,424,922	15,264,846	-	-
1961	11,628,883	15,662,374	1.79%	2.6%
1962	11,800,771	16,075,724	1.48%	2.64%
1963	11,982,118	16,507,599	1.54%	2.69%
1964	12,179,813	16,955,327	1.65%	2.71%
1965	12,365,976	17,427,802	1.53%	2.79%
1966	12,590,069	17,931,929	1.81%	2.89%
1967	12,876,118	18,462,782	2.27%	2.96%
1968	13,172,614	19,012,189	2.3%	2.98%
1969	13,475,960	19,570,445	2.3%	2.94%
1970	13,783,719	20,137,436	2.28%	2.9%
1971	14,098,936	20,695,569	2.29%	2.77%
1972	14,427,072	21,251,160	2.33%	2.68%
1973	14,771,147	21,827,665	2.38%	2.71%
1974	15,133,502	22,418,878	2.45%	2.71%
1975	15,678,596	23,021,101	3.6%	2.69%
1976	16,409,170	23,624,031	4.66%	2.62%
1977	17,015,994	24,229,061	3.7%	2.56%
1978	17,506,974	24,992,689	2.89%	3.15%
1979	18,036,655	25,886,782	3.03%	3.58%
1980	18,607,174	26,711,099	3.16%	3.18%
1981	19,220,704	27,500,515	3.3%	2.96%
1982	19,872,348	28,338,190	3.39%	3.05%
1983	20,558,115	29,250,963	3.45%	3.22%
1984	21,271,969	30,245,081	3.47%	3.4%
1985	22,008,544	31,264,816	3.46%	3.37%
1986	22,745,499	32,265,196	3.35%	3.2%
1987	23,443,624	33,298,904	3.07%	3.2%
1988	24,109,536	34,382,752	2.84%	3.25%
1989	24,754,485	35,486,866	2.68%	3.21%
1990	25,375,810	36,684,063	2.51%	3.37%
1991	25,987,928	37,925,817	2.41%	3.38%
1992	26,628,568	39,228,910	2.47%	3.44%
1993	27,277,048	40,656,336	2.44%	3.64%
1994	27,887,279	42,626,876	2.24%	4.85%
1995	28,470,191	44,433,704	2.09%	4.24%
1996	29,033,044	45,296,124	1.98%	1.94%
1997	29,579,301	46,029,902	1.88%	1.62%
1998	30,054,133	47,297,600	1.61%	2.75%
1999	30,474,354	48,912,971	1.4%	3.42%
2000	30,903,893	50,507,442	1.41%	3.26%
2001	31,331,221	52,132,646	1.38%	3.22%
2002	31,750,835	53,750,524	1.34%	3.1%
2003	32,175,818	55,343,867	1.34%	2.96%
2004	32,628,286	56,997,741	1.41%	2.99%
2005	33,109,249	58,775,724	1.47%	3.12%
2006	33,623,506	60,615,908	1.55%	3.13%
2007	34,189,416	62,477,752	1.68%	3.07%
2008	34,816,961	64,390,664	1.84%	3.06%
2009	35,490,445	66,412,044	1.93%	3.14%
2010	36,188,236	68,563,038	1.97%	3.24%
2011	36,903,376	70,849,311	1.98%	3.33%
2012	37,646,166	73,254,618	2.01%	3.39%
2013	38,414,171	75,789,395	2.04%	3.46%
2014	39,205,031	78,403,242	2.06%	3.45%
2015	40,019,529	81,035,531	2.08%	3.36%
2016	40,850,721	83,956,415	2.08%	3.6%
2017	41,689,299	87,083,398	2.05%	3.72%
2018	42,505,035	90,047,644	1.96%	3.4%
2019	43,294,546	92,947,442	1.86%	3.22%
2020	44,042,091	95,989,998	1.73%	3.27%
2021	44,761,099	99,148,932	1.63%	3.29%
2022	45,477,389	102,396,968	1.6%	3.28%
2023	46,164,219	105,789,731	1.51%	3.31%
2024	46,814,308	109,276,265	1.41%	3.3%
2025	47,435,316	112,832,475	1.33%	3.25%
2026	48,028,344	116,452,162	1.25%	3.21%
2027	48,593,419	120,129,744	1.18%	3.16%
2028	49,135,532	123,871,555	1.12%	3.11%
2029	49,655,386	127,674,141	1.06%	3.07%
2030	50,154,168	131,532,201	1%	3.02%
2031	50,637,369	135,447,495	0.96%	2.98%
2032	51,113,505	139,408,613	0.94%	2.92%
2033	51,584,249	143,414,031	0.92%	2.87%
2034	52,048,009	147,468,142	0.9%	2.83%
2035	52,516,794	151,560,102	0.9%	2.77%
2036	52,986,277	155,689,453	0.89%	2.72%
2037	53,452,788	159,848,574	0.88%	2.67%
2038	53,921,847	164,045,610	0.88%	2.63%
2039	54,396,263	168,296,695	0.88%	2.59%
2040	54,873,482	172,595,578	0.88%	2.55%
2041	55,351,998	176,946,261	0.87%	2.52%
2042	55,834,554	181,350,407	0.87%	2.49%
2043	56,319,606	185,805,168	0.87%	2.46%
2044	56,806,185	190,312,004	0.86%	2.43%
2045	57,290,162	194,865,386	0.85%	2.39%
2046	57,767,681	199,464,487	0.83%	2.36%
2047	58,234,183	204,105,925	0.81%	2.33%
2048	58,690,893	208,783,692	0.78%	2.29%
2049	59,136,165	213,497,692	0.76%	2.26%
2050	59,565,558	218,246,073	0.73%	2.22%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while the DR Congo gained 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2006 and ranked 15th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.