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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	DR Congo	Australia	DR Congo
1960	10,276,477	15,264,846	-	-
1961	10,483,000	15,662,374	2.01%	2.6%
1962	10,742,000	16,075,724	2.47%	2.64%
1963	10,950,000	16,507,599	1.94%	2.69%
1964	11,167,000	16,955,327	1.98%	2.71%
1965	11,388,000	17,427,802	1.98%	2.79%
1966	11,651,000	17,931,929	2.31%	2.89%
1967	11,799,000	18,462,782	1.27%	2.96%
1968	12,009,000	19,012,189	1.78%	2.98%
1969	12,263,000	19,570,445	2.12%	2.94%
1970	12,507,000	20,137,436	1.99%	2.9%
1971	12,937,000	20,695,569	3.44%	2.77%
1972	13,177,000	21,251,160	1.86%	2.68%
1973	13,380,000	21,827,665	1.54%	2.71%
1974	13,723,000	22,418,878	2.56%	2.71%
1975	13,893,000	23,021,101	1.24%	2.69%
1976	14,033,000	23,624,031	1.01%	2.62%
1977	14,192,000	24,229,061	1.13%	2.56%
1978	14,358,000	24,992,689	1.17%	3.15%
1979	14,514,000	25,886,782	1.09%	3.58%
1980	14,692,000	26,711,099	1.23%	3.18%
1981	14,923,260	27,500,515	1.57%	2.96%
1982	15,184,247	28,338,190	1.75%	3.05%
1983	15,393,472	29,250,963	1.38%	3.22%
1984	15,579,391	30,245,081	1.21%	3.4%
1985	15,788,312	31,264,816	1.34%	3.37%
1986	16,018,350	32,265,196	1.46%	3.2%
1987	16,263,874	33,298,904	1.53%	3.2%
1988	16,532,164	34,382,752	1.65%	3.25%
1989	16,814,416	35,486,866	1.71%	3.21%
1990	17,065,128	36,684,063	1.49%	3.37%
1991	17,284,036	37,925,817	1.28%	3.38%
1992	17,478,635	39,228,910	1.13%	3.44%
1993	17,634,808	40,656,336	0.89%	3.64%
1994	17,805,468	42,626,876	0.97%	4.85%
1995	18,004,882	44,433,704	1.12%	4.24%
1996	18,224,767	45,296,124	1.22%	1.94%
1997	18,423,037	46,029,902	1.09%	1.62%
1998	18,607,584	47,297,600	1%	2.75%
1999	18,812,264	48,912,971	1.1%	3.42%
2000	19,028,802	50,507,442	1.15%	3.26%
2001	19,274,701	52,132,646	1.29%	3.22%
2002	19,495,210	53,750,524	1.14%	3.1%
2003	19,720,737	55,343,867	1.16%	2.96%
2004	19,932,722	56,997,741	1.07%	2.99%
2005	20,176,844	58,775,724	1.22%	3.12%
2006	20,450,966	60,615,908	1.36%	3.13%
2007	20,827,622	62,477,752	1.84%	3.07%
2008	21,249,199	64,390,664	2.02%	3.06%
2009	21,691,653	66,412,044	2.08%	3.14%
2010	22,031,750	68,563,038	1.57%	3.24%
2011	22,340,024	70,849,311	1.4%	3.33%
2012	22,733,465	73,254,618	1.76%	3.39%
2013	23,128,129	75,789,395	1.74%	3.46%
2014	23,475,686	78,403,242	1.5%	3.45%
2015	23,815,995	81,035,531	1.45%	3.36%
2016	24,190,907	83,956,415	1.57%	3.6%
2017	24,592,588	87,083,398	1.66%	3.72%
2018	24,963,258	90,047,644	1.51%	3.4%
2019	25,334,826	92,947,442	1.49%	3.22%
2020	25,649,248	95,989,998	1.24%	3.27%
2021	25,685,412	99,148,932	0.14%	3.29%
2022	26,014,399	102,396,968	1.28%	3.28%
2023	26,652,777	105,789,731	2.45%	3.31%
2024	27,204,809	109,276,265	2.07%	3.3%
2025	27,470,426	112,832,475	0.98%	3.25%
2026	27,728,157	116,452,162	0.94%	3.21%
2027	27,979,877	120,129,744	0.91%	3.16%
2028	28,228,958	123,871,555	0.89%	3.11%
2029	28,471,054	127,674,141	0.86%	3.07%
2030	28,707,292	131,532,201	0.83%	3.02%
2031	28,940,769	135,447,495	0.81%	2.98%
2032	29,169,013	139,408,613	0.79%	2.92%
2033	29,392,748	143,414,031	0.77%	2.87%
2034	29,614,137	147,468,142	0.75%	2.83%
2035	29,835,307	151,560,102	0.75%	2.77%
2036	30,056,752	155,689,453	0.74%	2.72%
2037	30,273,692	159,848,574	0.72%	2.67%
2038	30,488,994	164,045,610	0.71%	2.63%
2039	30,703,245	168,296,695	0.7%	2.59%
2040	30,916,122	172,595,578	0.69%	2.55%
2041	31,132,858	176,946,261	0.7%	2.52%
2042	31,352,893	181,350,407	0.71%	2.49%
2043	31,572,750	185,805,168	0.7%	2.46%
2044	31,790,565	190,312,004	0.69%	2.43%
2045	32,009,555	194,865,386	0.69%	2.39%
2046	32,232,946	199,464,487	0.7%	2.36%
2047	32,452,651	204,105,925	0.68%	2.33%
2048	32,672,016	208,783,692	0.68%	2.29%
2049	32,891,546	213,497,692	0.67%	2.26%
2050	33,105,190	218,246,073	0.65%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.