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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	DR Congo	Denmark	DR Congo
1960	4,579,603	15,264,846	-	-
1961	4,611,687	15,662,374	0.7%	2.6%
1962	4,647,727	16,075,724	0.78%	2.64%
1963	4,684,483	16,507,599	0.79%	2.69%
1964	4,722,072	16,955,327	0.8%	2.71%
1965	4,759,012	17,427,802	0.78%	2.79%
1966	4,797,381	17,931,929	0.81%	2.89%
1967	4,835,354	18,462,782	0.79%	2.96%
1968	4,864,883	19,012,189	0.61%	2.98%
1969	4,891,860	19,570,445	0.55%	2.94%
1970	4,928,757	20,137,436	0.75%	2.9%
1971	4,963,126	20,695,569	0.7%	2.77%
1972	4,991,596	21,251,160	0.57%	2.68%
1973	5,021,861	21,827,665	0.61%	2.71%
1974	5,045,297	22,418,878	0.47%	2.71%
1975	5,059,862	23,021,101	0.29%	2.69%
1976	5,072,596	23,624,031	0.25%	2.62%
1977	5,088,419	24,229,061	0.31%	2.56%
1978	5,104,248	24,992,689	0.31%	3.15%
1979	5,116,801	25,886,782	0.25%	3.58%
1980	5,123,027	26,711,099	0.12%	3.18%
1981	5,121,572	27,500,515	-0.03%	2.96%
1982	5,117,810	28,338,190	-0.07%	3.05%
1983	5,114,297	29,250,963	-0.07%	3.22%
1984	5,111,619	30,245,081	-0.05%	3.4%
1985	5,113,691	31,264,816	0.04%	3.37%
1986	5,120,534	32,265,196	0.13%	3.2%
1987	5,127,024	33,298,904	0.13%	3.2%
1988	5,129,516	34,382,752	0.05%	3.25%
1989	5,132,594	35,486,866	0.06%	3.21%
1990	5,140,939	36,684,063	0.16%	3.37%
1991	5,154,298	37,925,817	0.26%	3.38%
1992	5,171,370	39,228,910	0.33%	3.44%
1993	5,188,628	40,656,336	0.33%	3.64%
1994	5,206,180	42,626,876	0.34%	4.85%
1995	5,233,373	44,433,704	0.52%	4.24%
1996	5,263,074	45,296,124	0.57%	1.94%
1997	5,284,991	46,029,902	0.42%	1.62%
1998	5,304,219	47,297,600	0.36%	2.75%
1999	5,321,799	48,912,971	0.33%	3.42%
2000	5,339,616	50,507,442	0.33%	3.26%
2001	5,358,783	52,132,646	0.36%	3.22%
2002	5,375,931	53,750,524	0.32%	3.1%
2003	5,390,574	55,343,867	0.27%	2.96%
2004	5,404,523	56,997,741	0.26%	2.99%
2005	5,419,432	58,775,724	0.28%	3.12%
2006	5,437,272	60,615,908	0.33%	3.13%
2007	5,461,438	62,477,752	0.44%	3.07%
2008	5,493,621	64,390,664	0.59%	3.06%
2009	5,523,095	66,412,044	0.54%	3.14%
2010	5,547,683	68,563,038	0.45%	3.24%
2011	5,570,572	70,849,311	0.41%	3.33%
2012	5,591,572	73,254,618	0.38%	3.39%
2013	5,614,932	75,789,395	0.42%	3.46%
2014	5,643,475	78,403,242	0.51%	3.45%
2015	5,683,483	81,035,531	0.71%	3.36%
2016	5,728,010	83,956,415	0.78%	3.6%
2017	5,764,980	87,083,398	0.65%	3.72%
2018	5,793,636	90,047,644	0.5%	3.4%
2019	5,814,422	92,947,442	0.36%	3.22%
2020	5,831,404	95,989,998	0.29%	3.27%
2021	5,856,733	99,148,932	0.43%	3.29%
2022	5,903,037	102,396,968	0.79%	3.28%
2023	5,946,952	105,789,731	0.74%	3.31%
2024	5,976,992	109,276,265	0.51%	3.3%
2025	6,002,090	112,832,475	0.42%	3.25%
2026	6,023,091	116,452,162	0.35%	3.21%
2027	6,041,010	120,129,744	0.3%	3.16%
2028	6,056,755	123,871,555	0.26%	3.11%
2029	6,070,186	127,674,141	0.22%	3.07%
2030	6,081,559	131,532,201	0.19%	3.02%
2031	6,091,513	135,447,495	0.16%	2.98%
2032	6,099,943	139,408,613	0.14%	2.92%
2033	6,107,156	143,414,031	0.12%	2.87%
2034	6,113,785	147,468,142	0.11%	2.83%
2035	6,119,365	151,560,102	0.09%	2.77%
2036	6,123,874	155,689,453	0.07%	2.72%
2037	6,127,386	159,848,574	0.06%	2.67%
2038	6,130,437	164,045,610	0.05%	2.63%
2039	6,132,752	168,296,695	0.04%	2.59%
2040	6,134,223	172,595,578	0.02%	2.55%
2041	6,135,120	176,946,261	0.01%	2.52%
2042	6,135,315	181,350,407	0.003%	2.49%
2043	6,135,244	185,805,168	-0.001%	2.46%
2044	6,134,789	190,312,004	-0.007%	2.43%
2045	6,134,218	194,865,386	-0.009%	2.39%
2046	6,133,182	199,464,487	-0.02%	2.36%
2047	6,131,427	204,105,925	-0.03%	2.33%
2048	6,129,548	208,783,692	-0.03%	2.29%
2049	6,127,293	213,497,692	-0.04%	2.26%
2050	6,124,397	218,246,073	-0.05%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.