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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	DR Congo	Colombia	DR Congo
1960	15,606,209	15,264,846	-	-
1961	16,095,203	15,662,374	3.13%	2.6%
1962	16,599,029	16,075,724	3.13%	2.64%
1963	17,113,823	16,507,599	3.1%	2.69%
1964	17,637,411	16,955,327	3.06%	2.71%
1965	18,169,050	17,427,802	3.01%	2.79%
1966	18,702,688	17,931,929	2.94%	2.89%
1967	19,235,618	18,462,782	2.85%	2.96%
1968	19,766,796	19,012,189	2.76%	2.98%
1969	20,291,942	19,570,445	2.66%	2.94%
1970	20,811,782	20,137,436	2.56%	2.9%
1971	21,319,096	20,695,569	2.44%	2.77%
1972	21,819,563	21,251,160	2.35%	2.68%
1973	22,325,374	21,827,665	2.32%	2.71%
1974	22,833,469	22,418,878	2.28%	2.71%
1975	23,344,644	23,021,101	2.24%	2.69%
1976	23,858,810	23,624,031	2.2%	2.62%
1977	24,393,494	24,229,061	2.24%	2.56%
1978	24,950,337	24,992,689	2.28%	3.15%
1979	25,515,626	25,886,782	2.27%	3.58%
1980	26,104,498	26,711,099	2.31%	3.18%
1981	26,713,267	27,500,515	2.33%	2.96%
1982	27,338,331	28,338,190	2.34%	3.05%
1983	27,988,173	29,250,963	2.38%	3.22%
1984	28,642,690	30,245,081	2.34%	3.4%
1985	29,268,470	31,264,816	2.18%	3.37%
1986	29,879,112	32,265,196	2.09%	3.2%
1987	30,499,467	33,298,904	2.08%	3.2%
1988	31,130,524	34,382,752	2.07%	3.25%
1989	31,776,279	35,486,866	2.07%	3.21%
1990	32,440,069	36,684,063	2.09%	3.37%
1991	33,098,372	37,925,817	2.03%	3.38%
1992	33,760,571	39,228,910	2%	3.44%
1993	34,441,473	40,656,336	2.02%	3.64%
1994	35,127,410	42,626,876	1.99%	4.85%
1995	35,804,662	44,433,704	1.93%	4.24%
1996	36,462,745	45,296,124	1.84%	1.94%
1997	37,121,149	46,029,902	1.81%	1.62%
1998	37,792,165	47,297,600	1.81%	2.75%
1999	38,454,863	48,912,971	1.75%	3.42%
2000	39,089,934	50,507,442	1.65%	3.26%
2001	39,709,262	52,132,646	1.58%	3.22%
2002	40,324,680	53,750,524	1.55%	3.1%
2003	40,937,429	55,343,867	1.52%	2.96%
2004	41,543,171	56,997,741	1.48%	2.99%
2005	42,128,977	58,775,724	1.41%	3.12%
2006	42,691,084	60,615,908	1.33%	3.13%
2007	43,235,374	62,477,752	1.27%	3.07%
2008	43,758,808	64,390,664	1.21%	3.06%
2009	44,271,541	66,412,044	1.17%	3.14%
2010	44,777,319	68,563,038	1.14%	3.24%
2011	45,259,614	70,849,311	1.08%	3.33%
2012	45,715,810	73,254,618	1.01%	3.39%
2013	46,151,584	75,789,395	0.95%	3.46%
2014	46,565,429	78,403,242	0.9%	3.45%
2015	46,969,940	81,035,531	0.87%	3.36%
2016	47,437,512	83,956,415	1%	3.6%
2017	48,131,078	87,083,398	1.46%	3.72%
2018	49,024,465	90,047,644	1.86%	3.4%
2019	49,907,985	92,947,442	1.8%	3.22%
2020	50,629,997	95,989,998	1.45%	3.27%
2021	51,188,173	99,148,932	1.1%	3.29%
2022	51,737,944	102,396,968	1.07%	3.28%
2023	52,321,152	105,789,731	1.13%	3.31%
2024	52,886,363	109,276,265	1.08%	3.3%
2025	53,425,632	112,832,475	1.02%	3.25%
2026	53,936,234	116,452,162	0.96%	3.21%
2027	54,422,275	120,129,744	0.9%	3.16%
2028	54,885,123	123,871,555	0.85%	3.11%
2029	55,322,627	127,674,141	0.8%	3.07%
2030	55,736,477	131,532,201	0.75%	3.02%
2031	56,125,966	135,447,495	0.7%	2.98%
2032	56,490,496	139,408,613	0.65%	2.92%
2033	56,832,264	143,414,031	0.61%	2.87%
2034	57,151,619	147,468,142	0.56%	2.83%
2035	57,445,755	151,560,102	0.51%	2.77%
2036	57,716,869	155,689,453	0.47%	2.72%
2037	57,965,300	159,848,574	0.43%	2.67%
2038	58,190,082	164,045,610	0.39%	2.63%
2039	58,394,310	168,296,695	0.35%	2.59%
2040	58,576,452	172,595,578	0.31%	2.55%
2041	58,736,886	176,946,261	0.27%	2.52%
2042	58,878,126	181,350,407	0.24%	2.49%
2043	59,000,362	185,805,168	0.21%	2.46%
2044	59,104,592	190,312,004	0.18%	2.43%
2045	59,190,826	194,865,386	0.15%	2.39%
2046	59,259,758	199,464,487	0.12%	2.36%
2047	59,313,132	204,105,925	0.09%	2.33%
2048	59,351,262	208,783,692	0.06%	2.29%
2049	59,375,012	213,497,692	0.04%	2.26%
2050	59,385,355	218,246,073	0.02%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.