The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 109,276,265 people in the DR Congo in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 115,740,092 in the DR Congo.
Population statistics:
- The DR Congo's population is 30.1 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while the DR Congo is the 15th.
- The countries together account for 1.45% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 1.4% for the DR Congo.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +3.38% in the DR Congo.
- Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), while the DR Congo has grown from 58.8M to 116M (96.9% growth).
- The DR Congo is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 431M people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Croatia vs DR Congo: live population counter
Croatia
|
DR Congo
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3839202
|
115740092
|
| Population rank | 129/197 | 15/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 1.4% |
| One net population change |
1.32 hours
|
9.05 seconds
|
| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
7.22 seconds
|
| One death every |
10.2 minutes
|
35 seconds
|
| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
19.5 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | -26,968 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +9,552 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,614 | +3,486,534 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +3.3% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 12/197 |
Croatia and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
DR Congo
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
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DR Congo
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Croatia
|
DR Congo
|
|
| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 15,264,846 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 15,662,374 | 0.65% | 2.6% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 16,075,724 | 0.71% | 2.64% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 16,507,599 | 0.69% | 2.69% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 16,955,327 | 0.64% | 2.71% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 17,427,802 | 0.66% | 2.79% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 17,931,929 | 0.7% | 2.89% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 18,462,782 | 0.65% | 2.96% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 19,012,189 | 0.62% | 2.98% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 19,570,445 | 0.59% | 2.94% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 20,137,436 | 0.47% | 2.9% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 20,695,569 | 0.43% | 2.77% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 21,251,160 | 0.44% | 2.68% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 21,827,665 | 0.44% | 2.71% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 22,418,878 | 0.46% | 2.71% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 23,021,101 | 0.48% | 2.69% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 23,624,031 | 0.53% | 2.62% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 24,229,061 | 0.52% | 2.56% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 24,992,689 | 0.47% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 25,886,782 | 0.3% | 3.58% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 26,711,099 | 0.11% | 3.18% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 27,500,515 | 0.25% | 2.96% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 28,338,190 | 0.49% | 3.05% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 29,250,963 | 0.52% | 3.22% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 30,245,081 | 0.47% | 3.4% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 31,264,816 | 0.45% | 3.37% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 32,265,196 | 0.43% | 3.2% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 33,298,904 | 0.39% | 3.2% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 34,382,752 | 0.33% | 3.25% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 35,486,866 | 0.25% | 3.21% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 36,684,063 | 0.21% | 3.37% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 37,925,817 | -1.85% | 3.38% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 39,228,910 | -2.41% | 3.44% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 40,656,336 | 0.54% | 3.64% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 42,626,876 | 1.12% | 4.85% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 44,433,704 | -0.69% | 4.24% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 45,296,124 | -1.36% | 1.94% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 46,029,902 | -0.49% | 1.62% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 47,297,600 | -0.06% | 2.75% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 48,912,971 | -0.43% | 3.42% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 50,507,442 | -0.98% | 3.26% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 52,132,646 | -3.77% | 3.22% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 53,750,524 | 0.06% | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 55,343,867 | 0.03% | 2.96% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 56,997,741 | 0.03% | 2.99% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 58,775,724 | 0.13% | 3.12% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 60,615,908 | 0.02% | 3.13% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 62,477,752 | -0.02% | 3.07% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 64,390,664 | -0.01% | 3.06% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 66,412,044 | -0.1% | 3.14% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 68,563,038 | -0.23% | 3.24% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 70,849,311 | -0.34% | 3.33% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 73,254,618 | -0.47% | 3.39% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 75,789,395 | -0.62% | 3.46% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 78,403,242 | -0.76% | 3.45% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 81,035,531 | -1.19% | 3.36% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 83,956,415 | -1.08% | 3.6% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 87,083,398 | -1.59% | 3.72% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 90,047,644 | -1.3% | 3.4% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 92,947,442 | -0.99% | 3.22% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 95,989,998 | -0.89% | 3.27% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 99,148,932 | -0.9% | 3.29% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 102,396,968 | -0.6% | 3.28% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 105,789,731 | 0.1% | 3.31% |
| 2024 | 3,866,300 | 109,276,265 | 0.17% | 3.3% |
| 2025 | 3,839,202 | 112,832,475 | -0.7% | 3.25% |
| 2026 | 3,813,444 | 116,452,162 | -0.67% | 3.21% |
| 2027 | 3,788,509 | 120,129,744 | -0.65% | 3.16% |
| 2028 | 3,764,509 | 123,871,555 | -0.63% | 3.11% |
| 2029 | 3,740,864 | 127,674,141 | -0.63% | 3.07% |
| 2030 | 3,717,091 | 131,532,201 | -0.64% | 3.02% |
| 2031 | 3,693,060 | 135,447,495 | -0.65% | 2.98% |
| 2032 | 3,668,891 | 139,408,613 | -0.65% | 2.92% |
| 2033 | 3,645,252 | 143,414,031 | -0.64% | 2.87% |
| 2034 | 3,621,822 | 147,468,142 | -0.64% | 2.83% |
| 2035 | 3,598,817 | 151,560,102 | -0.64% | 2.77% |
| 2036 | 3,576,022 | 155,689,453 | -0.63% | 2.72% |
| 2037 | 3,552,470 | 159,848,574 | -0.66% | 2.67% |
| 2038 | 3,528,382 | 164,045,610 | -0.68% | 2.63% |
| 2039 | 3,504,319 | 168,296,695 | -0.68% | 2.59% |
| 2040 | 3,480,182 | 172,595,578 | -0.69% | 2.55% |
| 2041 | 3,455,709 | 176,946,261 | -0.7% | 2.52% |
| 2042 | 3,430,926 | 181,350,407 | -0.72% | 2.49% |
| 2043 | 3,406,019 | 185,805,168 | -0.73% | 2.46% |
| 2044 | 3,380,680 | 190,312,004 | -0.74% | 2.43% |
| 2045 | 3,355,131 | 194,865,386 | -0.76% | 2.39% |
| 2046 | 3,329,736 | 199,464,487 | -0.76% | 2.36% |
| 2047 | 3,304,173 | 204,105,925 | -0.77% | 2.33% |
| 2048 | 3,278,352 | 208,783,692 | -0.78% | 2.29% |
| 2049 | 3,252,533 | 213,497,692 | -0.79% | 2.26% |
| 2050 | 3,226,623 | 218,246,073 | -0.8% | 2.22% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).
Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th 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) Croatia's population will shrink by 16% to 3,226,623 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. 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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Population differences between Croatia and the DR Congo
|
Croatia
|
DR Congo
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.9 years | 62.2 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 21.9 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 16.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 6.05 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 124.8 ppl/mi² |
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