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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belize	DR Congo	Belize	DR Congo
1960	91,318	15,264,846	-	-
1961	93,632	15,662,374	2.53%	2.6%
1962	96,042	16,075,724	2.57%	2.64%
1963	98,704	16,507,599	2.77%	2.69%
1964	101,603	16,955,327	2.94%	2.71%
1965	104,675	17,427,802	3.02%	2.79%
1966	107,906	17,931,929	3.09%	2.89%
1967	111,272	18,462,782	3.12%	2.96%
1968	114,713	19,012,189	3.09%	2.98%
1969	118,040	19,570,445	2.9%	2.94%
1970	120,736	20,137,436	2.28%	2.9%
1971	122,805	20,695,569	1.71%	2.77%
1972	124,676	21,251,160	1.52%	2.68%
1973	126,445	21,827,665	1.42%	2.71%
1974	128,185	22,418,878	1.38%	2.71%
1975	130,387	23,021,101	1.72%	2.69%
1976	133,099	23,624,031	2.08%	2.62%
1977	135,887	24,229,061	2.09%	2.56%
1978	138,713	24,992,689	2.08%	3.15%
1979	141,678	25,886,782	2.14%	3.58%
1980	145,062	26,711,099	2.39%	3.18%
1981	148,786	27,500,515	2.57%	2.96%
1982	152,548	28,338,190	2.53%	3.05%
1983	156,297	29,250,963	2.46%	3.22%
1984	160,044	30,245,081	2.4%	3.4%
1985	163,796	31,264,816	2.34%	3.37%
1986	167,554	32,265,196	2.29%	3.2%
1987	171,338	33,298,904	2.26%	3.2%
1988	175,180	34,382,752	2.24%	3.25%
1989	179,107	35,486,866	2.24%	3.21%
1990	183,076	36,684,063	2.22%	3.37%
1991	187,040	37,925,817	2.17%	3.38%
1992	190,983	39,228,910	2.11%	3.44%
1993	194,902	40,656,336	2.05%	3.64%
1994	199,097	42,626,876	2.15%	4.85%
1995	204,146	44,433,704	2.54%	4.24%
1996	210,310	45,296,124	3.02%	1.94%
1997	217,446	46,029,902	3.39%	1.62%
1998	225,173	47,297,600	3.55%	2.75%
1999	233,059	48,912,971	3.5%	3.42%
2000	240,799	50,507,442	3.32%	3.26%
2001	248,379	52,132,646	3.15%	3.22%
2002	256,009	53,750,524	3.07%	3.1%
2003	263,780	55,343,867	3.04%	2.96%
2004	271,688	56,997,741	3%	2.99%
2005	279,731	58,775,724	2.96%	3.12%
2006	287,878	60,615,908	2.91%	3.13%
2007	296,100	62,477,752	2.86%	3.07%
2008	304,361	64,390,664	2.79%	3.06%
2009	312,614	66,412,044	2.71%	3.14%
2010	320,245	68,563,038	2.44%	3.24%
2011	327,298	70,849,311	2.2%	3.33%
2012	334,414	73,254,618	2.17%	3.39%
2013	341,627	75,789,395	2.16%	3.46%
2014	348,923	78,403,242	2.14%	3.45%
2015	356,333	81,035,531	2.12%	3.36%
2016	364,705	83,956,415	2.35%	3.6%
2017	373,202	87,083,398	2.33%	3.72%
2018	380,226	90,047,644	1.88%	3.4%
2019	385,829	92,947,442	1.47%	3.22%
2020	390,812	95,989,998	1.29%	3.27%
2021	395,346	99,148,932	1.16%	3.29%
2022	402,733	102,396,968	1.87%	3.28%
2023	411,106	105,789,731	2.08%	3.31%
2024	417,072	109,276,265	1.45%	3.3%
2025	422,922	112,832,475	1.4%	3.25%
2026	428,651	116,452,162	1.35%	3.21%
2027	434,214	120,129,744	1.3%	3.16%
2028	439,588	123,871,555	1.24%	3.11%
2029	444,794	127,674,141	1.18%	3.07%
2030	449,845	131,532,201	1.14%	3.02%
2031	454,733	135,447,495	1.09%	2.98%
2032	459,517	139,408,613	1.05%	2.92%
2033	464,203	143,414,031	1.02%	2.87%
2034	468,777	147,468,142	0.99%	2.83%
2035	473,126	151,560,102	0.93%	2.77%
2036	477,230	155,689,453	0.87%	2.72%
2037	481,157	159,848,574	0.82%	2.67%
2038	484,877	164,045,610	0.77%	2.63%
2039	488,334	168,296,695	0.71%	2.59%
2040	491,592	172,595,578	0.67%	2.55%
2041	494,725	176,946,261	0.64%	2.52%
2042	497,695	181,350,407	0.6%	2.49%
2043	500,514	185,805,168	0.57%	2.46%
2044	503,171	190,312,004	0.53%	2.43%
2045	505,692	194,865,386	0.5%	2.39%
2046	508,116	199,464,487	0.48%	2.36%
2047	510,423	204,105,925	0.45%	2.33%
2048	512,657	208,783,692	0.44%	2.29%
2049	514,721	213,497,692	0.4%	2.26%
2050	516,621	218,246,073	0.37%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belize increased by 76,602 people (a 27.4% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belize gained 71,190 (a 20% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2005 and is 171st 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) Belize's population will grow by 20.8% to 516,621 people with a rank change from 171st to 172nd. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.