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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chad	DR Congo	Chad	DR Congo
1960	3,049,838	15,264,846	-	-
1961	3,111,947	15,662,374	2.04%	2.6%
1962	3,175,598	16,075,724	2.05%	2.64%
1963	3,240,905	16,507,599	2.06%	2.69%
1964	3,307,479	16,955,327	2.05%	2.71%
1965	3,374,220	17,427,802	2.02%	2.79%
1966	3,440,903	17,931,929	1.98%	2.89%
1967	3,508,512	18,462,782	1.96%	2.96%
1968	3,578,231	19,012,189	1.99%	2.98%
1969	3,651,113	19,570,445	2.04%	2.94%
1970	3,727,828	20,137,436	2.1%	2.9%
1971	3,807,316	20,695,569	2.13%	2.77%
1972	3,893,252	21,251,160	2.26%	2.68%
1973	3,985,909	21,827,665	2.38%	2.71%
1974	4,078,356	22,418,878	2.32%	2.71%
1975	4,167,234	23,021,101	2.18%	2.69%
1976	4,251,297	23,624,031	2.02%	2.62%
1977	4,331,667	24,229,061	1.89%	2.56%
1978	4,411,366	24,992,689	1.84%	3.15%
1979	4,505,384	25,886,782	2.13%	3.58%
1980	4,515,453	26,711,099	0.22%	3.18%
1981	4,520,959	27,500,515	0.12%	2.96%
1982	4,738,483	28,338,190	4.81%	3.05%
1983	4,979,130	29,250,963	5.08%	3.22%
1984	5,045,145	30,245,081	1.33%	3.4%
1985	5,096,269	31,264,816	1.01%	3.37%
1986	5,251,069	32,265,196	3.04%	3.2%
1987	5,438,309	33,298,904	3.57%	3.2%
1988	5,625,602	34,382,752	3.44%	3.25%
1989	5,819,586	35,486,866	3.45%	3.21%
1990	5,982,833	36,684,063	2.81%	3.37%
1991	6,205,676	37,925,817	3.72%	3.38%
1992	6,474,656	39,228,910	4.33%	3.44%
1993	6,629,146	40,656,336	2.39%	3.64%
1994	6,783,450	42,626,876	2.33%	4.85%
1995	7,089,064	44,433,704	4.51%	4.24%
1996	7,410,108	45,296,124	4.53%	1.94%
1997	7,670,366	46,029,902	3.51%	1.62%
1998	7,938,840	47,297,600	3.5%	2.75%
1999	8,222,705	48,912,971	3.58%	3.42%
2000	8,512,093	50,507,442	3.52%	3.26%
2001	8,804,124	52,132,646	3.43%	3.22%
2002	9,116,192	53,750,524	3.54%	3.1%
2003	9,487,833	55,343,867	4.08%	2.96%
2004	9,920,036	56,997,741	4.56%	2.99%
2005	10,328,092	58,775,724	4.11%	3.12%
2006	10,706,424	60,615,908	3.66%	3.13%
2007	11,081,660	62,477,752	3.5%	3.07%
2008	11,476,296	64,390,664	3.56%	3.06%
2009	11,893,754	66,412,044	3.64%	3.14%
2010	12,312,575	68,563,038	3.52%	3.24%
2011	12,754,997	70,849,311	3.59%	3.33%
2012	13,210,998	73,254,618	3.58%	3.39%
2013	13,691,079	75,789,395	3.63%	3.46%
2014	14,188,678	78,403,242	3.63%	3.45%
2015	14,647,621	81,035,531	3.23%	3.36%
2016	15,114,655	83,956,415	3.19%	3.6%
2017	15,622,759	87,083,398	3.36%	3.72%
2018	16,156,531	90,047,644	3.42%	3.4%
2019	16,685,223	92,947,442	3.27%	3.22%
2020	17,224,679	95,989,998	3.23%	3.27%
2021	17,828,273	99,148,932	3.5%	3.29%
2022	18,455,316	102,396,968	3.52%	3.28%
2023	19,319,064	105,789,731	4.68%	3.31%
2024	20,299,123	109,276,265	5.07%	3.3%
2025	21,003,694	112,832,475	3.47%	3.25%
2026	21,560,377	116,452,162	2.65%	3.21%
2027	22,175,373	120,129,744	2.85%	3.16%
2028	22,847,740	123,871,555	3.03%	3.11%
2029	23,526,035	127,674,141	2.97%	3.07%
2030	24,207,481	131,532,201	2.9%	3.02%
2031	24,897,231	135,447,495	2.85%	2.98%
2032	25,596,224	139,408,613	2.81%	2.92%
2033	26,297,830	143,414,031	2.74%	2.87%
2034	26,997,395	147,468,142	2.66%	2.83%
2035	27,697,268	151,560,102	2.59%	2.77%
2036	28,410,489	155,689,453	2.58%	2.72%
2037	29,132,961	159,848,574	2.54%	2.67%
2038	29,856,451	164,045,610	2.48%	2.63%
2039	30,584,696	168,296,695	2.44%	2.59%
2040	31,307,329	172,595,578	2.36%	2.55%
2041	32,035,111	176,946,261	2.32%	2.52%
2042	32,777,662	181,350,407	2.32%	2.49%
2043	33,525,238	185,805,168	2.28%	2.46%
2044	34,272,313	190,312,004	2.23%	2.43%
2045	35,026,384	194,865,386	2.2%	2.39%
2046	35,788,056	199,464,487	2.17%	2.36%
2047	36,546,910	204,105,925	2.12%	2.33%
2048	37,317,460	208,783,692	2.11%	2.29%
2049	38,088,916	213,497,692	2.07%	2.26%
2050	38,857,671	218,246,073	2.02%	2.22%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Chad increased by 4,408,231 people (a 41.2% growth), while the DR Congo gained 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Chad gained 6,452,443 (a 42.7% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth).

Chad was ranked 76th most populous country in 2006 and is 64th in 2026. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2006 and ranked 15th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Chad's population will grow by 80.2% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.