Population in the Congo compared to the Dominican Republic: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and the Dominican Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Dominican Republic	Congo	Dominican Republic
1960	1,056,732	3,268,336	-	-
1961	1,084,389	3,373,233	2.62%	3.21%
1962	1,113,175	3,479,936	2.65%	3.16%
1963	1,143,263	3,588,287	2.7%	3.11%
1964	1,174,816	3,698,559	2.76%	3.07%
1965	1,207,880	3,808,963	2.81%	2.99%
1966	1,242,534	3,921,847	2.87%	2.96%
1967	1,278,691	4,038,928	2.91%	2.99%
1968	1,316,519	4,157,189	2.96%	2.93%
1969	1,356,182	4,277,035	3.01%	2.88%
1970	1,397,638	4,399,290	3.06%	2.86%
1971	1,441,039	4,524,234	3.11%	2.84%
1972	1,486,468	4,651,883	3.15%	2.82%
1973	1,533,680	4,782,227	3.18%	2.8%
1974	1,582,301	4,914,197	3.17%	2.76%
1975	1,627,032	5,046,776	2.83%	2.7%
1976	1,667,225	5,180,404	2.47%	2.65%
1977	1,707,568	5,315,443	2.42%	2.61%
1978	1,748,089	5,451,882	2.37%	2.57%
1979	1,788,524	5,589,690	2.31%	2.53%
1980	1,828,985	5,729,037	2.26%	2.49%
1981	1,869,759	5,868,453	2.23%	2.43%
1982	1,910,430	6,007,114	2.18%	2.36%
1983	1,950,321	6,147,248	2.09%	2.33%
1984	1,999,528	6,289,040	2.52%	2.31%
1985	2,059,311	6,430,404	2.99%	2.25%
1986	2,120,602	6,571,208	2.98%	2.19%
1987	2,183,473	6,712,515	2.96%	2.15%
1988	2,247,653	6,855,734	2.94%	2.13%
1989	2,313,558	7,002,295	2.93%	2.14%
1990	2,380,560	7,151,166	2.9%	2.13%
1991	2,449,229	7,299,853	2.88%	2.08%
1992	2,519,465	7,447,474	2.87%	2.02%
1993	2,595,124	7,594,572	3%	1.98%
1994	2,673,144	7,741,694	3.01%	1.94%
1995	2,749,461	7,888,115	2.85%	1.89%
1996	2,826,785	8,032,894	2.81%	1.84%
1997	2,887,862	8,174,078	2.16%	1.76%
1998	2,952,061	8,310,362	2.22%	1.67%
1999	3,032,874	8,446,208	2.74%	1.63%
2000	3,151,345	8,584,190	3.91%	1.63%
2001	3,272,537	8,720,283	3.85%	1.59%
2002	3,350,771	8,852,235	2.39%	1.51%
2003	3,445,753	8,980,620	2.83%	1.45%
2004	3,565,554	9,104,892	3.48%	1.38%
2005	3,696,393	9,225,034	3.67%	1.32%
2006	3,837,409	9,341,183	3.81%	1.26%
2007	3,980,430	9,455,658	3.73%	1.23%
2008	4,113,517	9,573,130	3.34%	1.24%
2009	4,281,219	9,695,265	4.08%	1.28%
2010	4,462,290	9,820,175	4.23%	1.29%
2011	4,609,724	9,945,621	3.3%	1.28%
2012	4,740,450	10,070,411	2.84%	1.25%
2013	4,857,099	10,193,833	2.46%	1.23%
2014	4,975,880	10,315,528	2.45%	1.19%
2015	5,097,581	10,434,829	2.45%	1.16%
2016	5,222,536	10,551,430	2.45%	1.12%
2017	5,351,011	10,666,843	2.46%	1.09%
2018	5,483,118	10,782,053	2.47%	1.08%
2019	5,616,661	10,894,043	2.44%	1.04%
2020	5,752,791	11,008,300	2.42%	1.05%
2021	5,892,183	11,123,476	2.42%	1.05%
2022	6,035,104	11,230,734	2.43%	0.96%
2023	6,182,885	11,331,265	2.45%	0.9%
2024	6,332,961	11,427,557	2.43%	0.85%
2025	6,484,427	11,520,480	2.39%	0.81%
2026	6,637,777	11,609,496	2.36%	0.77%
2027	6,794,288	11,695,935	2.36%	0.74%
2028	6,953,966	11,779,929	2.35%	0.72%
2029	7,116,456	11,860,814	2.34%	0.69%
2030	7,282,261	11,938,853	2.33%	0.66%
2031	7,452,405	12,014,148	2.34%	0.63%
2032	7,626,474	12,086,669	2.34%	0.6%
2033	7,802,988	12,156,523	2.31%	0.58%
2034	7,981,338	12,224,121	2.29%	0.56%
2035	8,160,723	12,289,431	2.25%	0.53%
2036	8,341,706	12,352,228	2.22%	0.51%
2037	8,524,798	12,412,542	2.19%	0.49%
2038	8,709,719	12,470,656	2.17%	0.47%
2039	8,896,164	12,526,156	2.14%	0.45%
2040	9,083,959	12,579,320	2.11%	0.42%
2041	9,274,654	12,630,679	2.1%	0.41%
2042	9,466,745	12,680,019	2.07%	0.39%
2043	9,658,834	12,727,289	2.03%	0.37%
2044	9,850,493	12,772,651	1.98%	0.36%
2045	10,041,891	12,816,003	1.94%	0.34%
2046	10,234,360	12,856,883	1.92%	0.32%
2047	10,427,899	12,895,158	1.89%	0.3%
2048	10,621,379	12,931,165	1.86%	0.28%
2049	10,813,639	12,964,841	1.81%	0.26%
2050	11,006,454	12,996,290	1.78%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th in 2005 and ranked 84th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Congo's population will grow by 66.6% to 11,006,454 people with a rank change from 109th to 95th. The population of the Dominican Republic will increase by 12.1% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.