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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belgium	DR Congo	Belgium	DR Congo
1960	9,153,489	15,264,846	-	-
1961	9,183,948	15,662,374	0.33%	2.6%
1962	9,220,578	16,075,724	0.4%	2.64%
1963	9,289,770	16,507,599	0.75%	2.69%
1964	9,378,113	16,955,327	0.95%	2.71%
1965	9,463,667	17,427,802	0.91%	2.79%
1966	9,527,807	17,931,929	0.68%	2.89%
1967	9,580,991	18,462,782	0.56%	2.96%
1968	9,618,756	19,012,189	0.39%	2.98%
1969	9,646,032	19,570,445	0.28%	2.94%
1970	9,655,549	20,137,436	0.1%	2.9%
1971	9,673,162	20,695,569	0.18%	2.77%
1972	9,711,115	21,251,160	0.39%	2.68%
1973	9,741,720	21,827,665	0.32%	2.71%
1974	9,772,419	22,418,878	0.32%	2.71%
1975	9,800,700	23,021,101	0.29%	2.69%
1976	9,818,227	23,624,031	0.18%	2.62%
1977	9,830,358	24,229,061	0.12%	2.56%
1978	9,839,534	24,992,689	0.09%	3.15%
1979	9,848,382	25,886,782	0.09%	3.58%
1980	9,859,242	26,711,099	0.11%	3.18%
1981	9,858,982	27,500,515	-0.003%	2.96%
1982	9,856,303	28,338,190	-0.03%	3.05%
1983	9,855,520	29,250,963	-0.008%	3.22%
1984	9,855,372	30,245,081	-0.002%	3.4%
1985	9,858,308	31,264,816	0.03%	3.37%
1986	9,861,823	32,265,196	0.04%	3.2%
1987	9,870,234	33,298,904	0.09%	3.2%
1988	9,901,664	34,382,752	0.32%	3.25%
1989	9,937,697	35,486,866	0.36%	3.21%
1990	9,967,379	36,684,063	0.3%	3.37%
1991	10,004,486	37,925,817	0.37%	3.38%
1992	10,045,158	39,228,910	0.41%	3.44%
1993	10,084,475	40,656,336	0.39%	3.64%
1994	10,115,603	42,626,876	0.31%	4.85%
1995	10,136,811	44,433,704	0.21%	4.24%
1996	10,156,637	45,296,124	0.2%	1.94%
1997	10,181,245	46,029,902	0.24%	1.62%
1998	10,203,008	47,297,600	0.21%	2.75%
1999	10,226,419	48,912,971	0.23%	3.42%
2000	10,251,250	50,507,442	0.24%	3.26%
2001	10,286,570	52,132,646	0.34%	3.22%
2002	10,332,785	53,750,524	0.45%	3.1%
2003	10,376,133	55,343,867	0.42%	2.96%
2004	10,421,137	56,997,741	0.43%	2.99%
2005	10,478,617	58,775,724	0.55%	3.12%
2006	10,547,958	60,615,908	0.66%	3.13%
2007	10,625,700	62,477,752	0.74%	3.07%
2008	10,709,973	64,390,664	0.79%	3.06%
2009	10,796,493	66,412,044	0.81%	3.14%
2010	10,895,586	68,563,038	0.92%	3.24%
2011	11,038,264	70,849,311	1.31%	3.33%
2012	11,106,932	73,254,618	0.62%	3.39%
2013	11,159,407	75,789,395	0.47%	3.46%
2014	11,209,057	78,403,242	0.44%	3.45%
2015	11,274,196	81,035,531	0.58%	3.36%
2016	11,331,422	83,956,415	0.51%	3.6%
2017	11,375,158	87,083,398	0.39%	3.72%
2018	11,427,054	90,047,644	0.46%	3.4%
2019	11,488,980	92,947,442	0.54%	3.22%
2020	11,538,604	95,989,998	0.43%	3.27%
2021	11,586,195	99,148,932	0.41%	3.29%
2022	11,680,210	102,396,968	0.81%	3.28%
2023	11,787,423	105,789,731	0.92%	3.31%
2024	11,876,844	109,276,265	0.76%	3.3%
2025	11,896,918	112,832,475	0.17%	3.25%
2026	11,913,154	116,452,162	0.14%	3.21%
2027	11,927,312	120,129,744	0.12%	3.16%
2028	11,940,447	123,871,555	0.11%	3.11%
2029	11,952,623	127,674,141	0.1%	3.07%
2030	11,963,228	131,532,201	0.09%	3.02%
2031	11,972,203	135,447,495	0.08%	2.98%
2032	11,980,413	139,408,613	0.07%	2.92%
2033	11,988,622	143,414,031	0.07%	2.87%
2034	11,996,340	147,468,142	0.06%	2.83%
2035	12,003,132	151,560,102	0.06%	2.77%
2036	12,009,585	155,689,453	0.05%	2.72%
2037	12,016,237	159,848,574	0.06%	2.67%
2038	12,022,688	164,045,610	0.05%	2.63%
2039	12,027,954	168,296,695	0.04%	2.59%
2040	12,032,091	172,595,578	0.03%	2.55%
2041	12,035,890	176,946,261	0.03%	2.52%
2042	12,038,939	181,350,407	0.03%	2.49%
2043	12,040,642	185,805,168	0.01%	2.46%
2044	12,041,547	190,312,004	0.008%	2.43%
2045	12,040,973	194,865,386	-0.005%	2.39%
2046	12,038,516	199,464,487	-0.02%	2.36%
2047	12,034,474	204,105,925	-0.03%	2.33%
2048	12,028,475	208,783,692	-0.05%	2.29%
2049	12,020,405	213,497,692	-0.07%	2.26%
2050	12,010,542	218,246,073	-0.08%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belgium increased by 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belgium gained 635,764 (a 5.64% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2005 and is 83rd 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) Belgium's population will grow by 0.84% to 12,010,542 people with a rank change from 83rd to 92nd. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.