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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brazil	DR Congo	Brazil	DR Congo
1960	72,388,126	15,264,846	-	-
1961	74,605,447	15,662,374	3.06%	2.6%
1962	76,865,323	16,075,724	3.03%	2.64%
1963	79,164,235	16,507,599	2.99%	2.69%
1964	81,488,595	16,955,327	2.94%	2.71%
1965	83,817,583	17,427,802	2.86%	2.79%
1966	86,139,359	17,931,929	2.77%	2.89%
1967	88,446,124	18,462,782	2.68%	2.96%
1968	90,741,240	19,012,189	2.59%	2.98%
1969	93,045,777	19,570,445	2.54%	2.94%
1970	95,375,651	20,137,436	2.5%	2.9%
1971	97,739,273	20,695,569	2.48%	2.77%
1972	100,146,797	21,251,160	2.46%	2.68%
1973	102,600,976	21,827,665	2.45%	2.71%
1974	105,089,675	22,418,878	2.43%	2.71%
1975	107,619,565	23,021,101	2.41%	2.69%
1976	110,213,349	23,624,031	2.41%	2.62%
1977	112,875,292	24,229,061	2.42%	2.56%
1978	115,600,942	24,992,689	2.41%	3.15%
1979	118,380,821	25,886,782	2.4%	3.58%
1980	121,207,461	26,711,099	2.39%	3.18%
1981	124,063,109	27,500,515	2.36%	2.96%
1982	126,923,155	28,338,190	2.31%	3.05%
1983	129,790,077	29,250,963	2.26%	3.22%
1984	132,658,864	30,245,081	2.21%	3.4%
1985	135,515,595	31,264,816	2.15%	3.37%
1986	138,336,370	32,265,196	2.08%	3.2%
1987	141,104,944	33,298,904	2%	3.2%
1988	143,826,357	34,382,752	1.93%	3.25%
1989	146,502,972	35,486,866	1.86%	3.21%
1990	149,143,223	36,684,063	1.8%	3.37%
1991	151,724,256	37,925,817	1.73%	3.38%
1992	154,275,079	39,228,910	1.68%	3.44%
1993	156,794,577	40,656,336	1.63%	3.64%
1994	159,265,006	42,626,876	1.58%	4.85%
1995	161,735,073	44,433,704	1.55%	4.24%
1996	164,202,549	45,296,124	1.53%	1.94%
1997	166,661,659	46,029,902	1.5%	1.62%
1998	169,159,655	47,297,600	1.5%	2.75%
1999	171,641,543	48,912,971	1.47%	3.42%
2000	174,018,282	50,507,442	1.38%	3.26%
2001	176,301,203	52,132,646	1.31%	3.22%
2002	178,503,484	53,750,524	1.25%	3.1%
2003	180,622,688	55,343,867	1.19%	2.96%
2004	182,675,143	56,997,741	1.14%	2.99%
2005	184,688,101	58,775,724	1.1%	3.12%
2006	186,653,106	60,615,908	1.06%	3.13%
2007	188,552,320	62,477,752	1.02%	3.07%
2008	190,367,302	64,390,664	0.96%	3.06%
2009	192,079,951	66,412,044	0.9%	3.14%
2010	193,701,929	68,563,038	0.84%	3.24%
2011	195,284,734	70,849,311	0.82%	3.33%
2012	196,876,111	73,254,618	0.81%	3.39%
2013	198,478,299	75,789,395	0.81%	3.46%
2014	200,085,127	78,403,242	0.81%	3.45%
2015	201,675,532	81,035,531	0.79%	3.36%
2016	203,218,114	83,956,415	0.76%	3.6%
2017	204,703,445	87,083,398	0.73%	3.72%
2018	206,107,261	90,047,644	0.69%	3.4%
2019	207,455,459	92,947,442	0.65%	3.22%
2020	208,660,842	95,989,998	0.58%	3.27%
2021	209,550,294	99,148,932	0.43%	3.29%
2022	210,306,415	102,396,968	0.36%	3.28%
2023	211,140,729	105,789,731	0.4%	3.31%
2024	211,998,573	109,276,265	0.41%	3.3%
2025	212,812,405	112,832,475	0.38%	3.25%
2026	213,562,674	116,452,162	0.35%	3.21%
2027	214,261,037	120,129,744	0.33%	3.16%
2028	214,911,388	123,871,555	0.3%	3.11%
2029	215,515,178	127,674,141	0.28%	3.07%
2030	216,074,424	131,532,201	0.26%	3.02%
2031	216,587,355	135,447,495	0.24%	2.98%
2032	217,055,392	139,408,613	0.22%	2.92%
2033	217,479,394	143,414,031	0.2%	2.87%
2034	217,860,892	147,468,142	0.18%	2.83%
2035	218,199,715	151,560,102	0.16%	2.77%
2036	218,495,215	155,689,453	0.14%	2.72%
2037	218,747,246	159,848,574	0.12%	2.67%
2038	218,955,573	164,045,610	0.1%	2.63%
2039	219,118,385	168,296,695	0.07%	2.59%
2040	219,237,085	172,595,578	0.05%	2.55%
2041	219,307,158	176,946,261	0.03%	2.52%
2042	219,319,771	181,350,407	0.006%	2.49%
2043	219,276,528	185,805,168	-0.02%	2.46%
2044	219,179,002	190,312,004	-0.04%	2.43%
2045	219,026,208	194,865,386	-0.07%	2.39%
2046	218,821,045	199,464,487	-0.09%	2.36%
2047	218,565,379	204,105,925	-0.12%	2.33%
2048	218,258,225	208,783,692	-0.14%	2.29%
2049	217,897,833	213,497,692	-0.17%	2.26%
2050	217,489,309	218,246,073	-0.19%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brazil increased by 16,987,431 people (a 9.2% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brazil gained 11,739,548 (a 5.82% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2005 and is 7th 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) Brazil's population will grow by 1.91% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.