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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	DR Congo	Canada	DR Congo
1960	17,909,356	15,264,846	-	-
1961	18,271,000	15,662,374	2.02%	2.6%
1962	18,614,000	16,075,724	1.88%	2.64%
1963	18,964,000	16,507,599	1.88%	2.69%
1964	19,325,000	16,955,327	1.9%	2.71%
1965	19,678,000	17,427,802	1.83%	2.79%
1966	20,048,000	17,931,929	1.88%	2.89%
1967	20,412,000	18,462,782	1.82%	2.96%
1968	20,744,000	19,012,189	1.63%	2.98%
1969	21,028,000	19,570,445	1.37%	2.94%
1970	21,324,000	20,137,436	1.41%	2.9%
1971	21,962,032	20,695,569	2.99%	2.77%
1972	22,218,463	21,251,160	1.17%	2.68%
1973	22,491,777	21,827,665	1.23%	2.71%
1974	22,807,969	22,418,878	1.41%	2.71%
1975	23,143,275	23,021,101	1.47%	2.69%
1976	23,449,808	23,624,031	1.32%	2.62%
1977	23,725,843	24,229,061	1.18%	2.56%
1978	23,963,203	24,992,689	1%	3.15%
1979	24,201,544	25,886,782	0.99%	3.58%
1980	24,515,667	26,711,099	1.3%	3.18%
1981	24,819,915	27,500,515	1.24%	2.96%
1982	25,116,942	28,338,190	1.2%	3.05%
1983	25,366,451	29,250,963	0.99%	3.22%
1984	25,607,053	30,245,081	0.95%	3.4%
1985	25,842,116	31,264,816	0.92%	3.37%
1986	26,100,278	32,265,196	1%	3.2%
1987	26,446,601	33,298,904	1.33%	3.2%
1988	26,791,747	34,382,752	1.31%	3.25%
1989	27,276,781	35,486,866	1.81%	3.21%
1990	27,691,138	36,684,063	1.52%	3.37%
1991	28,037,420	37,925,817	1.25%	3.38%
1992	28,371,264	39,228,910	1.19%	3.44%
1993	28,684,764	40,656,336	1.1%	3.64%
1994	29,000,663	42,626,876	1.1%	4.85%
1995	29,302,311	44,433,704	1.04%	4.24%
1996	29,610,218	45,296,124	1.05%	1.94%
1997	29,905,948	46,029,902	1%	1.62%
1998	30,155,173	47,297,600	0.83%	2.75%
1999	30,401,286	48,912,971	0.82%	3.42%
2000	30,685,730	50,507,442	0.94%	3.26%
2001	31,020,855	52,132,646	1.09%	3.22%
2002	31,359,199	53,750,524	1.09%	3.1%
2003	31,642,461	55,343,867	0.9%	2.96%
2004	31,938,807	56,997,741	0.94%	2.99%
2005	32,242,732	58,775,724	0.95%	3.12%
2006	32,571,193	60,615,908	1.02%	3.13%
2007	32,888,886	62,477,752	0.98%	3.07%
2008	33,247,298	64,390,664	1.09%	3.06%
2009	33,630,069	66,412,044	1.15%	3.14%
2010	34,005,902	68,563,038	1.12%	3.24%
2011	34,339,221	70,849,311	0.98%	3.33%
2012	34,713,395	73,254,618	1.09%	3.39%
2013	35,080,992	75,789,395	1.06%	3.46%
2014	35,434,066	78,403,242	1.01%	3.45%
2015	35,704,498	81,035,531	0.76%	3.36%
2016	36,110,803	83,956,415	1.14%	3.6%
2017	36,545,075	87,083,398	1.2%	3.72%
2018	37,072,620	90,047,644	1.44%	3.4%
2019	37,618,495	92,947,442	1.47%	3.22%
2020	38,028,638	95,989,998	1.09%	3.27%
2021	38,239,864	99,148,932	0.56%	3.29%
2022	38,935,934	102,396,968	1.82%	3.28%
2023	40,083,484	105,789,731	2.95%	3.31%
2024	41,288,599	109,276,265	3.01%	3.3%
2025	41,687,850	112,832,475	0.97%	3.25%
2026	42,042,113	116,452,162	0.85%	3.21%
2027	42,368,857	120,129,744	0.78%	3.16%
2028	42,683,927	123,871,555	0.74%	3.11%
2029	42,986,030	127,674,141	0.71%	3.07%
2030	43,276,190	131,532,201	0.68%	3.02%
2031	43,559,839	135,447,495	0.66%	2.98%
2032	43,833,228	139,408,613	0.63%	2.92%
2033	44,089,067	143,414,031	0.58%	2.87%
2034	44,336,794	147,468,142	0.56%	2.83%
2035	44,574,481	151,560,102	0.54%	2.77%
2036	44,802,196	155,689,453	0.51%	2.72%
2037	45,029,252	159,848,574	0.51%	2.67%
2038	45,250,482	164,045,610	0.49%	2.63%
2039	45,461,809	168,296,695	0.47%	2.59%
2040	45,661,339	172,595,578	0.44%	2.55%
2041	45,855,081	176,946,261	0.42%	2.52%
2042	46,046,286	181,350,407	0.42%	2.49%
2043	46,232,447	185,805,168	0.4%	2.46%
2044	46,413,908	190,312,004	0.39%	2.43%
2045	46,594,973	194,865,386	0.39%	2.39%
2046	46,768,120	199,464,487	0.37%	2.36%
2047	46,930,946	204,105,925	0.35%	2.33%
2048	47,092,745	208,783,692	0.34%	2.29%
2049	47,246,217	213,497,692	0.33%	2.26%
2050	47,396,788	218,246,073	0.32%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Canada increased by 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Canada gained 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2005 and is 38th 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) Canada's population will grow by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people with a rank change from 38th to 45th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.