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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Argentina was 45,696,159 in 2024 vs 109,276,265 people in the DR Congo in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Argentina's population is 45,973,765 people compared to 115,740,092 in the DR Congo.

Population statistics:

  • The DR Congo's population is 2.52 times bigger than Argentina's.
  • Argentina is ranked the 35th most populous country in the world, while the DR Congo is the 15th.
  • The countries together account for 1.96% of the world: 0.56% for Argentina vs 1.4% for the DR Congo.
  • For the last 10 years, Argentina has had an average growth rate of +0.64% per year vs +3.38% in the DR Congo.
  • Since 2005, the population of Argentina has increased from 39.2M people to 46M (17.2% growth), while the DR Congo has grown from 58.8M to 116M (96.9% growth).
  • Argentina is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 48.3M people compared to the peak of 431M people in 2100 for the DR Congo.

Argentina vs DR Congo: live population counter

Argentina DR Congo
Current population
45973765
115740092
Population rank 35/197 15/197
Percent of world population 0.56% 1.4%
One net population change
3.33 minutes
9.05 seconds
One birth every
1.04 minutes
7.22 seconds
One death every
1.51 minutes
35 seconds
One migration net change every
2.54 hours
19.5 minutes
Annual migration change +3,454 -26,968
Daily growth/decline +432 +9,552
Annual growth/decline +157,758 +3,486,534
Annual growth/decline rate +0.35% +3.3%
Population growth rate rank 143/197 12/197

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

Argentina
Population

Growth rate
DR Congo
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Argentina DR Congo Argentina DR Congo
1960 20,386,045 15,264,846 - -
1961 20,726,276 15,662,374 1.67% 2.6%
1962 21,072,538 16,075,724 1.67% 2.64%
1963 21,421,705 16,507,599 1.66% 2.69%
1964 21,769,453 16,955,327 1.62% 2.71%
1965 22,112,629 17,427,802 1.58% 2.79%
1966 22,453,893 17,931,929 1.54% 2.89%
1967 22,799,059 18,462,782 1.54% 2.96%
1968 23,150,583 19,012,189 1.54% 2.98%
1969 23,508,711 19,570,445 1.55% 2.94%
1970 23,878,327 20,137,436 1.57% 2.9%
1971 24,257,208 20,695,569 1.59% 2.77%
1972 24,644,328 21,251,160 1.6% 2.68%
1973 25,046,005 21,827,665 1.63% 2.71%
1974 25,461,351 22,418,878 1.66% 2.71%
1975 25,874,107 23,021,101 1.62% 2.69%
1976 26,282,283 23,624,031 1.58% 2.62%
1977 26,701,805 24,229,061 1.6% 2.56%
1978 27,132,158 24,992,689 1.61% 3.15%
1979 27,568,895 25,886,782 1.61% 3.58%
1980 28,011,596 26,711,099 1.61% 3.18%
1981 28,463,959 27,500,515 1.61% 2.96%
1982 28,924,262 28,338,190 1.62% 3.05%
1983 29,391,332 29,250,963 1.61% 3.22%
1984 29,863,093 30,245,081 1.61% 3.4%
1985 30,336,441 31,264,816 1.59% 3.37%
1986 30,811,980 32,265,196 1.57% 3.2%
1987 31,291,762 33,298,904 1.56% 3.2%
1988 31,780,532 34,382,752 1.56% 3.25%
1989 32,270,948 35,486,866 1.54% 3.21%
1990 32,755,901 36,684,063 1.5% 3.37%
1991 33,230,294 37,925,817 1.45% 3.38%
1992 33,693,527 39,228,910 1.39% 3.44%
1993 34,152,717 40,656,336 1.36% 3.64%
1994 34,613,491 42,626,876 1.35% 4.85%
1995 35,070,020 44,433,704 1.32% 4.24%
1996 35,513,793 45,296,124 1.27% 1.94%
1997 35,947,791 46,029,902 1.22% 1.62%
1998 36,372,860 47,297,600 1.18% 2.75%
1999 36,794,682 48,912,971 1.16% 3.42%
2000 37,213,984 50,507,442 1.14% 3.26%
2001 37,624,825 52,132,646 1.1% 3.22%
2002 38,029,349 53,750,524 1.08% 3.1%
2003 38,424,282 55,343,867 1.04% 2.96%
2004 38,815,916 56,997,741 1.02% 2.99%
2005 39,216,789 58,775,724 1.03% 3.12%
2006 39,622,115 60,615,908 1.03% 3.13%
2007 40,016,763 62,477,752 1% 3.07%
2008 40,424,148 64,390,664 1.02% 3.06%
2009 40,854,831 66,412,044 1.07% 3.14%
2010 41,288,694 68,563,038 1.06% 3.24%
2011 41,730,660 70,849,311 1.07% 3.33%
2012 42,161,721 73,254,618 1.03% 3.39%
2013 42,582,455 75,789,395 1% 3.46%
2014 43,024,071 78,403,242 1.04% 3.45%
2015 43,477,012 81,035,531 1.05% 3.36%
2016 43,900,313 83,956,415 0.97% 3.6%
2017 44,288,894 87,083,398 0.89% 3.72%
2018 44,654,882 90,047,644 0.83% 3.4%
2019 44,973,465 92,947,442 0.71% 3.22%
2020 45,191,965 95,989,998 0.49% 3.27%
2021 45,312,281 99,148,932 0.27% 3.29%
2022 45,407,904 102,396,968 0.21% 3.28%
2023 45,538,401 105,789,731 0.29% 3.31%
2024 45,696,159 109,276,265 0.35% 3.3%
2025 45,851,384 112,832,475 0.34% 3.25%
2026 46,003,737 116,452,162 0.33% 3.21%
2027 46,153,348 120,129,744 0.33% 3.16%
2028 46,299,948 123,871,555 0.32% 3.11%
2029 46,443,774 127,674,141 0.31% 3.07%
2030 46,585,029 131,532,201 0.3% 3.02%
2031 46,723,742 135,447,495 0.3% 2.98%
2032 46,859,882 139,408,613 0.29% 2.92%
2033 46,993,528 143,414,031 0.29% 2.87%
2034 47,124,543 147,468,142 0.28% 2.83%
2035 47,251,997 151,560,102 0.27% 2.77%
2036 47,375,364 155,689,453 0.26% 2.72%
2037 47,494,519 159,848,574 0.25% 2.67%
2038 47,608,792 164,045,610 0.24% 2.63%
2039 47,716,834 168,296,695 0.23% 2.59%
2040 47,817,648 172,595,578 0.21% 2.55%
2041 47,910,494 176,946,261 0.19% 2.52%
2042 47,994,515 181,350,407 0.18% 2.49%
2043 48,069,559 185,805,168 0.16% 2.46%
2044 48,135,530 190,312,004 0.14% 2.43%
2045 48,191,844 194,865,386 0.12% 2.39%
2046 48,237,681 199,464,487 0.1% 2.36%
2047 48,272,493 204,105,925 0.07% 2.33%
2048 48,296,034 208,783,692 0.05% 2.29%
2049 48,308,275 213,497,692 0.03% 2.26%
2050 48,308,953 218,246,073 0.001% 2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Argentina increased by 4,260,223 people (a 10.9% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Argentina gained 2,496,753 (a 5.74% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Argentina was ranked 30th most populous country in 2005 and is 35th 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) Argentina's population will grow by 5.08% to 48,308,953 people with a rank change from 35th to 44th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.

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