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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	DR Congo	Brunei	DR Congo
1960	88,347	15,264,846	-	-
1961	92,517	15,662,374	4.72%	2.6%
1962	96,719	16,075,724	4.54%	2.64%
1963	101,159	16,507,599	4.59%	2.69%
1964	105,922	16,955,327	4.71%	2.71%
1965	110,838	17,427,802	4.64%	2.79%
1966	115,874	17,931,929	4.54%	2.89%
1967	121,017	18,462,782	4.44%	2.96%
1968	126,222	19,012,189	4.3%	2.98%
1969	131,446	19,570,445	4.14%	2.94%
1970	135,138	20,137,436	2.81%	2.9%
1971	137,921	20,695,569	2.06%	2.77%
1972	142,189	21,251,160	3.09%	2.68%
1973	147,369	21,827,665	3.64%	2.71%
1974	152,656	22,418,878	3.59%	2.71%
1975	158,070	23,021,101	3.55%	2.69%
1976	163,607	23,624,031	3.5%	2.62%
1977	169,277	24,229,061	3.47%	2.56%
1978	174,884	24,992,689	3.31%	3.15%
1979	180,422	25,886,782	3.17%	3.58%
1980	186,111	26,711,099	3.15%	3.18%
1981	191,977	27,500,515	3.15%	2.96%
1982	198,165	28,338,190	3.22%	3.05%
1983	204,741	29,250,963	3.32%	3.22%
1984	211,661	30,245,081	3.38%	3.4%
1985	218,919	31,264,816	3.43%	3.37%
1986	226,495	32,265,196	3.46%	3.2%
1987	233,860	33,298,904	3.25%	3.2%
1988	240,913	34,382,752	3.02%	3.25%
1989	248,064	35,486,866	2.97%	3.21%
1990	255,292	36,684,063	2.91%	3.37%
1991	262,596	37,925,817	2.86%	3.38%
1992	269,839	39,228,910	2.76%	3.44%
1993	276,971	40,656,336	2.64%	3.64%
1994	284,091	42,626,876	2.57%	4.85%
1995	291,195	44,433,704	2.5%	4.24%
1996	298,276	45,296,124	2.43%	1.94%
1997	305,341	46,029,902	2.37%	1.62%
1998	312,385	47,297,600	2.31%	2.75%
1999	319,411	48,912,971	2.25%	3.42%
2000	326,424	50,507,442	2.2%	3.26%
2001	333,345	52,132,646	2.12%	3.22%
2002	340,099	53,750,524	2.03%	3.1%
2003	346,637	55,343,867	1.92%	2.96%
2004	352,911	56,997,741	1.81%	2.99%
2005	358,916	58,775,724	1.7%	3.12%
2006	364,663	60,615,908	1.6%	3.13%
2007	370,873	62,477,752	1.7%	3.07%
2008	377,793	64,390,664	1.87%	3.06%
2009	384,952	66,412,044	1.89%	3.14%
2010	392,332	68,563,038	1.92%	3.24%
2011	399,389	70,849,311	1.8%	3.33%
2012	405,557	73,254,618	1.54%	3.39%
2013	411,202	75,789,395	1.39%	3.46%
2014	416,750	78,403,242	1.35%	3.45%
2015	422,212	81,035,531	1.31%	3.36%
2016	427,564	83,956,415	1.27%	3.6%
2017	432,772	87,083,398	1.22%	3.72%
2018	437,810	90,047,644	1.16%	3.4%
2019	442,680	92,947,442	1.11%	3.22%
2020	447,404	95,989,998	1.07%	3.27%
2021	451,721	99,148,932	0.96%	3.29%
2022	455,370	102,396,968	0.81%	3.28%
2023	458,949	105,789,731	0.79%	3.31%
2024	462,721	109,276,265	0.82%	3.3%
2025	466,324	112,832,475	0.78%	3.25%
2026	469,766	116,452,162	0.74%	3.21%
2027	473,148	120,129,744	0.72%	3.16%
2028	476,428	123,871,555	0.69%	3.11%
2029	479,491	127,674,141	0.64%	3.07%
2030	482,438	131,532,201	0.61%	3.02%
2031	485,308	135,447,495	0.59%	2.98%
2032	487,943	139,408,613	0.54%	2.92%
2033	490,424	143,414,031	0.51%	2.87%
2034	492,887	147,468,142	0.5%	2.83%
2035	495,286	151,560,102	0.49%	2.77%
2036	497,544	155,689,453	0.46%	2.72%
2037	499,693	159,848,574	0.43%	2.67%
2038	501,910	164,045,610	0.44%	2.63%
2039	504,061	168,296,695	0.43%	2.59%
2040	505,968	172,595,578	0.38%	2.55%
2041	507,800	176,946,261	0.36%	2.52%
2042	509,531	181,350,407	0.34%	2.49%
2043	511,124	185,805,168	0.31%	2.46%
2044	512,586	190,312,004	0.29%	2.43%
2045	514,047	194,865,386	0.29%	2.39%
2046	515,409	199,464,487	0.26%	2.36%
2047	516,596	204,105,925	0.23%	2.33%
2048	517,693	208,783,692	0.21%	2.29%
2049	518,684	213,497,692	0.19%	2.26%
2050	519,542	218,246,073	0.17%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th 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) Brunei's population will grow by 10.8% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.