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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Angola	DR Congo	Angola	DR Congo
1960	5,231,654	15,264,846	-	-
1961	5,301,583	15,662,374	1.34%	2.6%
1962	5,354,310	16,075,724	0.99%	2.64%
1963	5,408,320	16,507,599	1.01%	2.69%
1964	5,464,187	16,955,327	1.03%	2.71%
1965	5,521,981	17,427,802	1.06%	2.79%
1966	5,581,386	17,931,929	1.08%	2.89%
1967	5,641,807	18,462,782	1.08%	2.96%
1968	5,702,699	19,012,189	1.08%	2.98%
1969	5,763,685	19,570,445	1.07%	2.94%
1970	5,852,788	20,137,436	1.55%	2.9%
1971	5,991,102	20,695,569	2.36%	2.77%
1972	6,174,262	21,251,160	3.06%	2.68%
1973	6,388,528	21,827,665	3.47%	2.71%
1974	6,613,367	22,418,878	3.52%	2.71%
1975	6,842,947	23,021,101	3.47%	2.69%
1976	7,074,664	23,624,031	3.39%	2.62%
1977	7,317,829	24,229,061	3.44%	2.56%
1978	7,576,734	24,992,689	3.54%	3.15%
1979	7,847,207	25,886,782	3.57%	3.58%
1980	8,133,872	26,711,099	3.65%	3.18%
1981	8,435,607	27,500,515	3.71%	2.96%
1982	8,751,648	28,338,190	3.75%	3.05%
1983	9,082,983	29,250,963	3.79%	3.22%
1984	9,425,917	30,245,081	3.78%	3.4%
1985	9,779,120	31,264,816	3.75%	3.37%
1986	10,139,450	32,265,196	3.68%	3.2%
1987	10,497,858	33,298,904	3.53%	3.2%
1988	10,861,291	34,382,752	3.46%	3.25%
1989	11,238,562	35,486,866	3.47%	3.21%
1990	11,626,360	36,684,063	3.45%	3.37%
1991	12,023,529	37,925,817	3.42%	3.38%
1992	12,423,712	39,228,910	3.33%	3.44%
1993	12,827,135	40,656,336	3.25%	3.64%
1994	13,249,764	42,626,876	3.29%	4.85%
1995	13,699,778	44,433,704	3.4%	4.24%
1996	14,170,973	45,296,124	3.44%	1.94%
1997	14,660,413	46,029,902	3.45%	1.62%
1998	15,159,370	47,297,600	3.4%	2.75%
1999	15,667,235	48,912,971	3.35%	3.42%
2000	16,194,869	50,507,442	3.37%	3.26%
2001	16,747,208	52,132,646	3.41%	3.22%
2002	17,327,699	53,750,524	3.47%	3.1%
2003	17,943,712	55,343,867	3.56%	2.96%
2004	18,600,423	56,997,741	3.66%	2.99%
2005	19,291,161	58,775,724	3.71%	3.12%
2006	20,015,279	60,615,908	3.75%	3.13%
2007	20,778,561	62,477,752	3.81%	3.07%
2008	21,578,655	64,390,664	3.85%	3.06%
2009	22,414,773	66,412,044	3.87%	3.14%
2010	23,294,825	68,563,038	3.93%	3.24%
2011	24,218,352	70,849,311	3.96%	3.33%
2012	25,177,394	73,254,618	3.96%	3.39%
2013	26,165,620	75,789,395	3.93%	3.46%
2014	27,160,769	78,403,242	3.8%	3.45%
2015	28,157,798	81,035,531	3.67%	3.36%
2016	29,183,070	83,956,415	3.64%	3.6%
2017	30,234,839	87,083,398	3.6%	3.72%
2018	31,297,155	90,047,644	3.51%	3.4%
2019	32,375,632	92,947,442	3.45%	3.22%
2020	33,451,132	95,989,998	3.32%	3.27%
2021	34,532,429	99,148,932	3.23%	3.29%
2022	35,635,029	102,396,968	3.19%	3.28%
2023	36,749,906	105,789,731	3.13%	3.31%
2024	37,885,849	109,276,265	3.09%	3.3%
2025	39,040,029	112,832,475	3.05%	3.25%
2026	40,215,174	116,452,162	3.01%	3.21%
2027	41,415,119	120,129,744	2.98%	3.16%
2028	42,641,677	123,871,555	2.96%	3.11%
2029	43,891,847	127,674,141	2.93%	3.07%
2030	45,160,453	131,532,201	2.89%	3.02%
2031	46,449,962	135,447,495	2.86%	2.98%
2032	47,759,505	139,408,613	2.82%	2.92%
2033	49,091,470	143,414,031	2.79%	2.87%
2034	50,447,449	147,468,142	2.76%	2.83%
2035	51,821,711	151,560,102	2.72%	2.77%
2036	53,215,935	155,689,453	2.69%	2.72%
2037	54,625,858	159,848,574	2.65%	2.67%
2038	56,053,776	164,045,610	2.61%	2.63%
2039	57,501,906	168,296,695	2.58%	2.59%
2040	58,965,319	172,595,578	2.54%	2.55%
2041	60,441,178	176,946,261	2.5%	2.52%
2042	61,927,899	181,350,407	2.46%	2.49%
2043	63,430,872	185,805,168	2.43%	2.46%
2044	64,945,294	190,312,004	2.39%	2.43%
2045	66,464,320	194,865,386	2.34%	2.39%
2046	68,000,587	199,464,487	2.31%	2.36%
2047	69,554,157	204,105,925	2.28%	2.33%
2048	71,118,776	208,783,692	2.25%	2.29%
2049	72,701,379	213,497,692	2.23%	2.26%
2050	74,295,387	218,246,073	2.19%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Angola increased by 8,866,637 people (a 46% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Angola gained 11,826,199 (a 42% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2005 and is 39th in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Angola's population will grow by 85.8% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.