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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	East Timor	DR Congo	East Timor
1960	15,264,846	468,118	-	-
1961	15,662,374	475,291	2.6%	1.53%
1962	16,075,724	482,774	2.64%	1.57%
1963	16,507,599	490,564	2.69%	1.61%
1964	16,955,327	498,659	2.71%	1.65%
1965	17,427,802	507,034	2.79%	1.68%
1966	17,931,929	515,696	2.89%	1.71%
1967	18,462,782	524,648	2.96%	1.74%
1968	19,012,189	533,875	2.98%	1.76%
1969	19,570,445	543,356	2.94%	1.78%
1970	20,137,436	553,069	2.9%	1.79%
1971	20,695,569	562,966	2.77%	1.79%
1972	21,251,160	572,962	2.68%	1.78%
1973	21,827,665	582,855	2.71%	1.73%
1974	22,418,878	590,827	2.71%	1.37%
1975	23,021,101	598,158	2.69%	1.24%
1976	23,624,031	607,620	2.62%	1.58%
1977	24,229,061	618,315	2.56%	1.76%
1978	24,992,689	628,775	3.15%	1.69%
1979	25,886,782	638,719	3.58%	1.58%
1980	26,711,099	649,871	3.18%	1.75%
1981	27,500,515	660,493	2.96%	1.63%
1982	28,338,190	669,149	3.05%	1.31%
1983	29,250,963	677,707	3.22%	1.28%
1984	30,245,081	686,777	3.4%	1.34%
1985	31,264,816	696,665	3.37%	1.44%
1986	32,265,196	707,185	3.2%	1.51%
1987	33,298,904	718,476	3.2%	1.6%
1988	34,382,752	730,745	3.25%	1.71%
1989	35,486,866	744,856	3.21%	1.93%
1990	36,684,063	760,345	3.37%	2.08%
1991	37,925,817	778,278	3.38%	2.36%
1992	39,228,910	799,318	3.44%	2.7%
1993	40,656,336	821,437	3.64%	2.77%
1994	42,626,876	844,493	4.85%	2.81%
1995	44,433,704	868,146	4.24%	2.8%
1996	45,296,124	892,282	1.94%	2.78%
1997	46,029,902	917,184	1.62%	2.79%
1998	47,297,600	942,530	2.75%	2.76%
1999	48,912,971	834,697	3.42%	-11.4%
2000	50,507,442	745,088	3.26%	-10.7%
2001	52,132,646	812,249	3.22%	9.01%
2002	53,750,524	879,159	3.1%	8.24%
2003	55,343,867	916,878	2.96%	4.29%
2004	56,997,741	929,074	2.99%	1.33%
2005	58,775,724	948,311	3.12%	2.07%
2006	60,615,908	976,597	3.13%	2.98%
2007	62,477,752	1,004,889	3.07%	2.9%
2008	64,390,664	1,032,429	3.06%	2.74%
2009	66,412,044	1,058,782	3.14%	2.55%
2010	68,563,038	1,084,679	3.24%	2.45%
2011	70,849,311	1,110,207	3.33%	2.35%
2012	73,254,618	1,134,885	3.39%	2.22%
2013	75,789,395	1,158,695	3.46%	2.1%
2014	78,403,242	1,181,903	3.45%	2%
2015	81,035,531	1,205,131	3.36%	1.97%
2016	83,956,415	1,228,312	3.6%	1.92%
2017	87,083,398	1,251,703	3.72%	1.9%
2018	90,047,644	1,275,959	3.4%	1.94%
2019	92,947,442	1,300,945	3.22%	1.96%
2020	95,989,998	1,326,053	3.27%	1.93%
2021	99,148,932	1,350,139	3.29%	1.82%
2022	102,396,968	1,369,295	3.28%	1.42%
2023	105,789,731	1,384,286	3.31%	1.09%
2024	109,276,265	1,400,638	3.3%	1.18%
2025	112,832,475	1,418,519	3.25%	1.28%
2026	116,452,162	1,436,934	3.21%	1.3%
2027	120,129,744	1,456,334	3.16%	1.35%
2028	123,871,555	1,476,850	3.11%	1.41%
2029	127,674,141	1,498,119	3.07%	1.44%
2030	131,532,201	1,519,802	3.02%	1.45%
2031	135,447,495	1,540,659	2.98%	1.37%
2032	139,408,613	1,559,710	2.92%	1.24%
2033	143,414,031	1,578,114	2.87%	1.18%
2034	147,468,142	1,597,444	2.83%	1.22%
2035	151,560,102	1,618,799	2.77%	1.34%
2036	155,689,453	1,639,721	2.72%	1.29%
2037	159,848,574	1,659,327	2.67%	1.2%
2038	164,045,610	1,678,953	2.63%	1.18%
2039	168,296,695	1,698,891	2.59%	1.19%
2040	172,595,578	1,718,249	2.55%	1.14%
2041	176,946,261	1,736,476	2.52%	1.06%
2042	181,350,407	1,755,847	2.49%	1.12%
2043	185,805,168	1,776,066	2.46%	1.15%
2044	190,312,004	1,793,758	2.43%	1%
2045	194,865,386	1,809,637	2.39%	0.89%
2046	199,464,487	1,825,551	2.36%	0.88%
2047	204,105,925	1,841,558	2.33%	0.88%
2048	208,783,692	1,858,311	2.29%	0.91%
2049	213,497,692	1,873,846	2.26%	0.84%
2050	218,246,073	1,889,246	2.22%	0.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while East Timor gained 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while East Timor's population increased by 228,180 (a 18.9% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. East Timor was ranked 154th in 2005 and ranked 152nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the DR Congo's population will grow by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people with a rank change from 15th to 8th. The population of East Timor will increase by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people and rank change from 152nd to 149th.