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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Djibouti	DR Congo	Djibouti	DR Congo
1960	86,024	15,264,846	-	-
1961	89,390	15,662,374	3.91%	2.6%
1962	93,283	16,075,724	4.36%	2.64%
1963	97,872	16,507,599	4.92%	2.69%
1964	103,198	16,955,327	5.44%	2.71%
1965	109,092	17,427,802	5.71%	2.79%
1966	115,269	17,931,929	5.66%	2.89%
1967	121,649	18,462,782	5.53%	2.96%
1968	128,250	19,012,189	5.43%	2.98%
1969	136,078	19,570,445	6.1%	2.94%
1970	145,175	20,137,436	6.69%	2.9%
1971	155,136	20,695,569	6.86%	2.77%
1972	166,256	21,251,160	7.17%	2.68%
1973	178,449	21,827,665	7.33%	2.71%
1974	192,613	22,418,878	7.94%	2.71%
1975	209,908	23,021,101	8.98%	2.69%
1976	230,737	23,624,031	9.92%	2.62%
1977	254,613	24,229,061	10.3%	2.56%
1978	280,031	24,992,689	9.98%	3.15%
1979	304,513	25,886,782	8.74%	3.58%
1980	325,815	26,711,099	7%	3.18%
1981	343,047	27,500,515	5.29%	2.96%
1982	356,880	28,338,190	4.03%	3.05%
1983	369,553	29,250,963	3.55%	3.22%
1984	384,053	30,245,081	3.92%	3.4%
1985	402,687	31,264,816	4.85%	3.37%
1986	426,341	32,265,196	5.87%	3.2%
1987	454,399	33,298,904	6.58%	3.2%
1988	484,523	34,382,752	6.63%	3.25%
1989	523,355	35,486,866	8.01%	3.21%
1990	579,538	36,684,063	10.7%	3.37%
1991	631,092	37,925,817	8.9%	3.38%
1992	626,010	39,228,910	-0.81%	3.44%
1993	614,245	40,656,336	-1.88%	3.64%
1994	626,710	42,626,876	2.03%	4.85%
1995	633,074	44,433,704	1.02%	4.24%
1996	648,348	45,296,124	2.41%	1.94%
1997	671,817	46,029,902	3.62%	1.62%
1998	699,352	47,297,600	4.1%	2.75%
1999	724,218	48,912,971	3.56%	3.42%
2000	747,318	50,507,442	3.19%	3.26%
2001	771,313	52,132,646	3.21%	3.22%
2002	795,574	53,750,524	3.15%	3.1%
2003	813,519	55,343,867	2.26%	2.96%
2004	826,124	56,997,741	1.55%	2.99%
2005	839,167	58,775,724	1.58%	3.12%
2006	855,764	60,615,908	1.98%	3.13%
2007	874,528	62,477,752	2.19%	3.07%
2008	892,734	64,390,664	2.08%	3.06%
2009	911,527	66,412,044	2.11%	3.14%
2010	930,251	68,563,038	2.05%	3.24%
2011	948,558	70,849,311	1.97%	3.33%
2012	966,747	73,254,618	1.92%	3.39%
2013	984,824	75,789,395	1.87%	3.46%
2014	1,002,717	78,403,242	1.82%	3.45%
2015	1,020,313	81,035,531	1.75%	3.36%
2016	1,037,653	83,956,415	1.7%	3.6%
2017	1,054,841	87,083,398	1.66%	3.72%
2018	1,071,882	90,047,644	1.62%	3.4%
2019	1,088,709	92,947,442	1.57%	3.22%
2020	1,105,188	95,989,998	1.51%	3.27%
2021	1,121,248	99,148,932	1.45%	3.29%
2022	1,137,096	102,396,968	1.41%	3.28%
2023	1,152,944	105,789,731	1.39%	3.31%
2024	1,168,722	109,276,265	1.37%	3.3%
2025	1,184,076	112,832,475	1.31%	3.25%
2026	1,199,453	116,452,162	1.3%	3.21%
2027	1,215,019	120,129,744	1.3%	3.16%
2028	1,230,584	123,871,555	1.28%	3.11%
2029	1,246,669	127,674,141	1.31%	3.07%
2030	1,262,678	131,532,201	1.28%	3.02%
2031	1,278,340	135,447,495	1.24%	2.98%
2032	1,293,443	139,408,613	1.18%	2.92%
2033	1,307,796	143,414,031	1.11%	2.87%
2034	1,321,611	147,468,142	1.06%	2.83%
2035	1,335,496	151,560,102	1.05%	2.77%
2036	1,349,357	155,689,453	1.04%	2.72%
2037	1,363,478	159,848,574	1.05%	2.67%
2038	1,377,783	164,045,610	1.05%	2.63%
2039	1,391,875	168,296,695	1.02%	2.59%
2040	1,406,628	172,595,578	1.06%	2.55%
2041	1,421,789	176,946,261	1.08%	2.52%
2042	1,436,439	181,350,407	1.03%	2.49%
2043	1,449,557	185,805,168	0.91%	2.46%
2044	1,461,638	190,312,004	0.83%	2.43%
2045	1,474,036	194,865,386	0.85%	2.39%
2046	1,486,457	199,464,487	0.84%	2.36%
2047	1,498,043	204,105,925	0.78%	2.33%
2048	1,508,873	208,783,692	0.72%	2.29%
2049	1,519,716	213,497,692	0.72%	2.26%
2050	1,530,539	218,246,073	0.71%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Djibouti gained 176,115 (a 17.3% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 158th most populous country in 2005 and is still 158th 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) Djibouti's population will grow by 27.9% to 1,530,539 people with a rank change from 158th to 151st. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.