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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Ecuador	DR Congo	Ecuador
1960	15,264,846	4,590,891	-	-
1961	15,662,374	4,722,331	2.6%	2.86%
1962	16,075,724	4,859,269	2.64%	2.9%
1963	16,507,599	5,001,716	2.69%	2.93%
1964	16,955,327	5,149,918	2.71%	2.96%
1965	17,427,802	5,303,963	2.79%	2.99%
1966	17,931,929	5,463,748	2.89%	3.01%
1967	18,462,782	5,629,057	2.96%	3.03%
1968	19,012,189	5,799,680	2.98%	3.03%
1969	19,570,445	5,975,236	2.94%	3.03%
1970	20,137,436	6,155,387	2.9%	3.01%
1971	20,695,569	6,340,052	2.77%	3%
1972	21,251,160	6,529,034	2.68%	2.98%
1973	21,827,665	6,722,033	2.71%	2.96%
1974	22,418,878	6,918,573	2.71%	2.92%
1975	23,021,101	7,118,251	2.69%	2.89%
1976	23,624,031	7,320,912	2.62%	2.85%
1977	24,229,061	7,526,819	2.56%	2.81%
1978	24,992,689	7,736,167	3.15%	2.78%
1979	25,886,782	7,948,869	3.58%	2.75%
1980	26,711,099	8,165,877	3.18%	2.73%
1981	27,500,515	8,386,910	2.96%	2.71%
1982	28,338,190	8,611,298	3.05%	2.68%
1983	29,250,963	8,840,417	3.22%	2.66%
1984	30,245,081	9,074,782	3.4%	2.65%
1985	31,264,816	9,311,154	3.37%	2.6%
1986	32,265,196	9,545,998	3.2%	2.52%
1987	33,298,904	9,779,290	3.2%	2.44%
1988	34,382,752	10,010,808	3.25%	2.37%
1989	35,486,866	10,241,852	3.21%	2.31%
1990	36,684,063	10,473,673	3.37%	2.26%
1991	37,925,817	10,702,380	3.38%	2.18%
1992	39,228,910	10,930,128	3.44%	2.13%
1993	40,656,336	11,154,274	3.64%	2.05%
1994	42,626,876	11,372,197	4.85%	1.95%
1995	44,433,704	11,590,514	4.24%	1.92%
1996	45,296,124	11,810,950	1.94%	1.9%
1997	46,029,902	12,031,127	1.62%	1.86%
1998	47,297,600	12,251,184	2.75%	1.83%
1999	48,912,971	12,470,795	3.42%	1.79%
2000	50,507,442	12,689,206	3.26%	1.75%
2001	52,132,646	12,910,740	3.22%	1.75%
2002	53,750,524	13,138,472	3.1%	1.76%
2003	55,343,867	13,372,306	2.96%	1.78%
2004	56,997,741	13,608,701	2.99%	1.77%
2005	58,775,724	13,846,163	3.12%	1.74%
2006	60,615,908	14,086,131	3.13%	1.73%
2007	62,477,752	14,328,773	3.07%	1.72%
2008	64,390,664	14,575,202	3.06%	1.72%
2009	66,412,044	14,825,954	3.14%	1.72%
2010	68,563,038	15,076,695	3.24%	1.69%
2011	70,849,311	15,326,227	3.33%	1.66%
2012	73,254,618	15,572,194	3.39%	1.6%
2013	75,789,395	15,807,128	3.46%	1.51%
2014	78,403,242	16,035,124	3.45%	1.44%
2015	81,035,531	16,266,225	3.36%	1.44%
2016	83,956,415	16,505,139	3.6%	1.47%
2017	87,083,398	16,759,519	3.72%	1.54%
2018	90,047,644	17,049,547	3.4%	1.73%
2019	92,947,442	17,340,021	3.22%	1.7%
2020	95,989,998	17,546,065	3.27%	1.19%
2021	99,148,932	17,682,454	3.29%	0.78%
2022	102,396,968	17,823,897	3.28%	0.8%
2023	105,789,731	17,980,083	3.31%	0.88%
2024	109,276,265	18,135,478	3.3%	0.86%
2025	112,832,475	18,289,898	3.25%	0.85%
2026	116,452,162	18,444,505	3.21%	0.85%
2027	120,129,744	18,600,319	3.16%	0.84%
2028	123,871,555	18,757,228	3.11%	0.84%
2029	127,674,141	18,914,103	3.07%	0.84%
2030	131,532,201	19,069,715	3.02%	0.82%
2031	135,447,495	19,222,817	2.98%	0.8%
2032	139,408,613	19,372,495	2.92%	0.78%
2033	143,414,031	19,518,750	2.87%	0.75%
2034	147,468,142	19,661,347	2.83%	0.73%
2035	151,560,102	19,800,128	2.77%	0.71%
2036	155,689,453	19,935,162	2.72%	0.68%
2037	159,848,574	20,066,382	2.67%	0.66%
2038	164,045,610	20,193,573	2.63%	0.63%
2039	168,296,695	20,316,268	2.59%	0.61%
2040	172,595,578	20,434,223	2.55%	0.58%
2041	176,946,261	20,547,455	2.52%	0.55%
2042	181,350,407	20,655,763	2.49%	0.53%
2043	185,805,168	20,759,127	2.46%	0.5%
2044	190,312,004	20,857,468	2.43%	0.47%
2045	194,865,386	20,950,629	2.39%	0.45%
2046	199,464,487	21,038,532	2.36%	0.42%
2047	204,105,925	21,121,169	2.33%	0.39%
2048	208,783,692	21,198,613	2.29%	0.37%
2049	213,497,692	21,270,658	2.26%	0.34%
2050	218,246,073	21,337,231	2.22%	0.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Ecuador gained 2,419,008 people (a 17.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Ecuador's population increased by 1,941,068 (a 11.8% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Ecuador was ranked 65th in 2006 and ranked 71st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the DR Congo's population will grow by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people with a rank change from 15th to 8th. The population of Ecuador will increase by 15.7% to 21,337,231 people and rank change from 71st to 74th.