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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	DR Congo	Belarus	DR Congo
1960	8,198,000	15,264,846	-	-
1961	8,271,216	15,662,374	0.89%	2.6%
1962	8,351,928	16,075,724	0.98%	2.64%
1963	8,437,232	16,507,599	1.02%	2.69%
1964	8,524,224	16,955,327	1.03%	2.71%
1965	8,610,000	17,427,802	1.01%	2.79%
1966	8,696,496	17,931,929	1%	2.89%
1967	8,785,648	18,462,782	1.03%	2.96%
1968	8,874,552	19,012,189	1.01%	2.98%
1969	8,960,304	19,570,445	0.97%	2.94%
1970	9,040,000	20,137,436	0.89%	2.9%
1971	9,115,576	20,695,569	0.84%	2.77%
1972	9,188,968	21,251,160	0.81%	2.68%
1973	9,257,272	21,827,665	0.74%	2.71%
1974	9,317,584	22,418,878	0.65%	2.71%
1975	9,367,000	23,021,101	0.53%	2.69%
1976	9,411,000	23,624,031	0.47%	2.62%
1977	9,463,000	24,229,061	0.55%	2.56%
1978	9,525,000	24,992,689	0.66%	3.15%
1979	9,584,000	25,886,782	0.62%	3.58%
1980	9,643,000	26,711,099	0.62%	3.18%
1981	9,710,000	27,500,515	0.69%	2.96%
1982	9,776,000	28,338,190	0.68%	3.05%
1983	9,843,000	29,250,963	0.69%	3.22%
1984	9,910,000	30,245,081	0.68%	3.4%
1985	9,975,000	31,264,816	0.66%	3.37%
1986	10,043,000	32,265,196	0.68%	3.2%
1987	10,111,000	33,298,904	0.68%	3.2%
1988	10,140,000	34,382,752	0.29%	3.25%
1989	10,170,000	35,486,866	0.3%	3.21%
1990	10,189,348	36,684,063	0.19%	3.37%
1991	10,194,050	37,925,817	0.05%	3.38%
1992	10,216,470	39,228,910	0.22%	3.44%
1993	10,239,050	40,656,336	0.22%	3.64%
1994	10,226,955	42,626,876	-0.12%	4.85%
1995	10,193,831	44,433,704	-0.32%	4.24%
1996	10,159,569	45,296,124	-0.34%	1.94%
1997	10,117,433	46,029,902	-0.41%	1.62%
1998	10,071,963	47,297,600	-0.45%	2.75%
1999	10,026,738	48,912,971	-0.45%	3.42%
2000	9,979,610	50,507,442	-0.47%	3.26%
2001	9,928,549	52,132,646	-0.51%	3.22%
2002	9,865,548	53,750,524	-0.63%	3.1%
2003	9,796,749	55,343,867	-0.7%	2.96%
2004	9,730,146	56,997,741	-0.68%	2.99%
2005	9,663,915	58,775,724	-0.68%	3.12%
2006	9,604,924	60,615,908	-0.61%	3.13%
2007	9,560,953	62,477,752	-0.46%	3.07%
2008	9,527,985	64,390,664	-0.34%	3.06%
2009	9,504,583	66,412,044	-0.25%	3.14%
2010	9,483,836	68,563,038	-0.22%	3.24%
2011	9,461,643	70,849,311	-0.23%	3.33%
2012	9,446,836	73,254,618	-0.16%	3.39%
2013	9,443,211	75,789,395	-0.04%	3.46%
2014	9,448,515	78,403,242	0.06%	3.45%
2015	9,461,076	81,035,531	0.13%	3.36%
2016	9,469,379	83,956,415	0.09%	3.6%
2017	9,458,989	87,083,398	-0.11%	3.72%
2018	9,438,785	90,047,644	-0.21%	3.4%
2019	9,419,758	92,947,442	-0.2%	3.22%
2020	9,379,952	95,989,998	-0.42%	3.27%
2021	9,302,585	99,148,932	-0.82%	3.29%
2022	9,228,071	102,396,968	-0.8%	3.28%
2023	9,178,298	105,789,731	-0.54%	3.31%
2024	9,133,712	109,276,265	-0.49%	3.3%
2025	9,074,112	112,832,475	-0.65%	3.25%
2026	9,013,013	116,452,162	-0.67%	3.21%
2027	8,951,103	120,129,744	-0.69%	3.16%
2028	8,888,816	123,871,555	-0.7%	3.11%
2029	8,825,470	127,674,141	-0.71%	3.07%
2030	8,761,505	131,532,201	-0.72%	3.02%
2031	8,697,799	135,447,495	-0.73%	2.98%
2032	8,634,092	139,408,613	-0.73%	2.92%
2033	8,570,188	143,414,031	-0.74%	2.87%
2034	8,506,564	147,468,142	-0.74%	2.83%
2035	8,443,463	151,560,102	-0.74%	2.77%
2036	8,380,891	155,689,453	-0.74%	2.72%
2037	8,318,818	159,848,574	-0.74%	2.67%
2038	8,256,896	164,045,610	-0.74%	2.63%
2039	8,194,864	168,296,695	-0.75%	2.59%
2040	8,133,047	172,595,578	-0.75%	2.55%
2041	8,071,502	176,946,261	-0.76%	2.52%
2042	8,010,552	181,350,407	-0.76%	2.49%
2043	7,950,255	185,805,168	-0.75%	2.46%
2044	7,889,949	190,312,004	-0.76%	2.43%
2045	7,829,484	194,865,386	-0.77%	2.39%
2046	7,768,823	199,464,487	-0.77%	2.36%
2047	7,707,590	204,105,925	-0.79%	2.33%
2048	7,645,086	208,783,692	-0.81%	2.29%
2049	7,581,407	213,497,692	-0.83%	2.26%
2050	7,516,925	218,246,073	-0.85%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st 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) Belarus' population will shrink by 17.2% to 7,516,925 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.