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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Chile was 19,764,771 in 2024 vs 109,276,265 people in the DR Congo in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chile's population is 19,928,941 people compared to 115,740,092 in the DR Congo.

Population statistics:

  • The DR Congo's population is 5.81 times bigger than Chile's.
  • Chile is ranked the 67th most populous country in the world, while the DR Congo is the 15th.
  • The countries together account for 1.64% of the world: 0.24% for Chile vs 1.4% for the DR Congo.
  • For the last 10 years, Chile has had an average growth rate of +1.02% per year vs +3.38% in the DR Congo.
  • Since 2005, the population of Chile has increased from 16.3M people to 19.9M (21.9% growth), while the DR Congo has grown from 58.8M to 116M (96.9% growth).
  • Chile is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 20.5M people compared to the peak of 431M people in 2100 for the DR Congo.

Chile vs DR Congo: live population counter

Chile DR Congo
Current population
19928941
115740092
Population rank 67/197 15/197
Percent of world population 0.24% 1.4%
One net population change
4.96 minutes
9.05 seconds
One birth every
2.98 minutes
7.22 seconds
One death every
4.12 minutes
35 seconds
One migration net change every
9.01 minutes
19.5 minutes
Annual migration change +58,316 -26,968
Daily growth/decline +290 +9,552
Annual growth/decline +105,936 +3,486,534
Annual growth/decline rate +0.54% +3.3%
Population growth rate rank 131/197 12/197

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

Chile
Population

Growth rate
DR Congo
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Chile DR Congo Chile DR Congo
1960 8,153,350 15,264,846 - -
1961 8,324,802 15,662,374 2.1% 2.6%
1962 8,497,059 16,075,724 2.07% 2.64%
1963 8,670,144 16,507,599 2.04% 2.69%
1964 8,842,525 16,955,327 1.99% 2.71%
1965 9,012,938 17,427,802 1.93% 2.79%
1966 9,181,722 17,931,929 1.87% 2.89%
1967 9,348,939 18,462,782 1.82% 2.96%
1968 9,514,716 19,012,189 1.77% 2.98%
1969 9,680,282 19,570,445 1.74% 2.94%
1970 9,845,344 20,137,436 1.71% 2.9%
1971 10,009,701 20,695,569 1.67% 2.77%
1972 10,174,678 21,251,160 1.65% 2.68%
1973 10,340,362 21,827,665 1.63% 2.71%
1974 10,505,817 22,418,878 1.6% 2.71%
1975 10,671,559 23,021,101 1.58% 2.69%
1976 10,838,251 23,624,031 1.56% 2.62%
1977 11,005,519 24,229,061 1.54% 2.56%
1978 11,172,695 24,992,689 1.52% 3.15%
1979 11,339,779 25,886,782 1.5% 3.58%
1980 11,508,550 26,711,099 1.49% 3.18%
1981 11,678,717 27,500,515 1.48% 2.96%
1982 11,850,214 28,338,190 1.47% 3.05%
1983 12,026,138 29,250,963 1.48% 3.22%
1984 12,207,733 30,245,081 1.51% 3.4%
1985 12,395,274 31,264,816 1.54% 3.37%
1986 12,588,914 32,265,196 1.56% 3.2%
1987 12,790,150 33,298,904 1.6% 3.2%
1988 12,999,424 34,382,752 1.64% 3.25%
1989 13,215,005 35,486,866 1.66% 3.21%
1990 13,437,176 36,684,063 1.68% 3.37%
1991 13,662,491 37,925,817 1.68% 3.38%
1992 13,884,577 39,228,910 1.63% 3.44%
1993 14,102,276 40,656,336 1.57% 3.64%
1994 14,316,256 42,626,876 1.52% 4.85%
1995 14,527,381 44,433,704 1.47% 4.24%
1996 14,734,046 45,296,124 1.42% 1.94%
1997 14,932,434 46,029,902 1.35% 1.62%
1998 15,127,799 47,297,600 1.31% 2.75%
1999 15,319,313 48,912,971 1.27% 3.42%
2000 15,503,635 50,507,442 1.2% 3.26%
2001 15,683,849 52,132,646 1.16% 3.22%
2002 15,857,925 53,750,524 1.11% 3.1%
2003 16,024,752 55,343,867 1.05% 2.96%
2004 16,187,322 56,997,741 1.01% 2.99%
2005 16,348,778 58,775,724 1% 3.12%
2006 16,509,195 60,615,908 0.98% 3.13%
2007 16,671,581 62,477,752 0.98% 3.07%
2008 16,838,988 64,390,664 1% 3.06%
2009 17,009,731 66,412,044 1.01% 3.14%
2010 17,181,464 68,563,038 1.01% 3.24%
2011 17,351,816 70,849,311 0.99% 3.33%
2012 17,519,119 73,254,618 0.96% 3.39%
2013 17,687,006 75,789,395 0.96% 3.46%
2014 17,864,195 78,403,242 1% 3.45%
2015 18,047,625 81,035,531 1.03% 3.36%
2016 18,267,221 83,956,415 1.22% 3.6%
2017 18,558,868 87,083,398 1.6% 3.72%
2018 18,893,191 90,047,644 1.8% 3.4%
2019 19,197,744 92,947,442 1.61% 3.22%
2020 19,370,624 95,989,998 0.9% 3.27%
2021 19,456,334 99,148,932 0.44% 3.29%
2022 19,553,036 102,396,968 0.5% 3.28%
2023 19,658,835 105,789,731 0.54% 3.31%
2024 19,764,771 109,276,265 0.54% 3.3%
2025 19,859,915 112,832,475 0.48% 3.25%
2026 19,945,846 116,452,162 0.43% 3.21%
2027 20,026,149 120,129,744 0.4% 3.16%
2028 20,100,930 123,871,555 0.37% 3.11%
2029 20,169,619 127,674,141 0.34% 3.07%
2030 20,233,182 131,532,201 0.32% 3.02%
2031 20,290,979 135,447,495 0.29% 2.98%
2032 20,341,797 139,408,613 0.25% 2.92%
2033 20,385,069 143,414,031 0.21% 2.87%
2034 20,422,546 147,468,142 0.18% 2.83%
2035 20,455,937 151,560,102 0.16% 2.77%
2036 20,485,080 155,689,453 0.14% 2.72%
2037 20,507,949 159,848,574 0.11% 2.67%
2038 20,524,482 164,045,610 0.08% 2.63%
2039 20,535,707 168,296,695 0.05% 2.59%
2040 20,542,096 172,595,578 0.03% 2.55%
2041 20,543,284 176,946,261 0.006% 2.52%
2042 20,539,909 181,350,407 -0.02% 2.49%
2043 20,532,920 185,805,168 -0.03% 2.46%
2044 20,519,677 190,312,004 -0.06% 2.43%
2045 20,499,138 194,865,386 -0.1% 2.39%
2046 20,473,283 199,464,487 -0.13% 2.36%
2047 20,443,720 204,105,925 -0.14% 2.33%
2048 20,408,327 208,783,692 -0.17% 2.29%
2049 20,366,435 213,497,692 -0.21% 2.26%
2050 20,320,302 218,246,073 -0.23% 2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chile increased by 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chile gained 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Chile was ranked 60th most populous country in 2005 and is 67th 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) Chile's population will grow by 1.96% to 20,320,302 people with a rank change from 67th to 75th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.

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