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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Egypt	DR Congo	Egypt
1960	15,264,846	26,896,479	-	-
1961	15,662,374	27,600,898	2.6%	2.62%
1962	16,075,724	28,337,013	2.64%	2.67%
1963	16,507,599	29,091,869	2.69%	2.66%
1964	16,955,327	29,858,922	2.71%	2.64%
1965	17,427,802	30,629,174	2.79%	2.58%
1966	17,931,929	31,406,541	2.89%	2.54%
1967	18,462,782	32,196,360	2.96%	2.51%
1968	19,012,189	32,998,319	2.98%	2.49%
1969	19,570,445	33,811,615	2.94%	2.46%
1970	20,137,436	34,623,990	2.9%	2.4%
1971	20,695,569	35,433,368	2.77%	2.34%
1972	21,251,160	36,258,328	2.68%	2.33%
1973	21,827,665	37,102,043	2.71%	2.33%
1974	22,418,878	37,969,667	2.71%	2.34%
1975	23,021,101	38,875,327	2.69%	2.39%
1976	23,624,031	39,795,557	2.62%	2.37%
1977	24,229,061	40,748,870	2.56%	2.4%
1978	24,992,689	41,761,431	3.15%	2.48%
1979	25,886,782	42,818,628	3.58%	2.53%
1980	26,711,099	43,950,413	3.18%	2.64%
1981	27,500,515	45,147,224	2.96%	2.72%
1982	28,338,190	46,407,611	3.05%	2.79%
1983	29,250,963	47,786,402	3.22%	2.97%
1984	30,245,081	49,247,334	3.4%	3.06%
1985	31,264,816	50,734,968	3.37%	3.02%
1986	32,265,196	52,206,295	3.2%	2.9%
1987	33,298,904	53,674,435	3.2%	2.81%
1988	34,382,752	55,187,681	3.25%	2.82%
1989	35,486,866	56,710,642	3.21%	2.76%
1990	36,684,063	58,396,618	3.37%	2.97%
1991	37,925,817	60,028,997	3.38%	2.8%
1992	39,228,910	61,480,660	3.44%	2.42%
1993	40,656,336	62,915,681	3.64%	2.33%
1994	42,626,876	64,285,589	4.85%	2.18%
1995	44,433,704	65,652,622	4.24%	2.13%
1996	45,296,124	67,028,048	1.94%	2.1%
1997	46,029,902	68,431,740	1.62%	2.09%
1998	47,297,600	69,943,294	2.75%	2.21%
1999	48,912,971	71,520,954	3.42%	2.26%
2000	50,507,442	73,083,284	3.26%	2.18%
2001	52,132,646	74,652,029	3.22%	2.15%
2002	53,750,524	76,239,137	3.1%	2.13%
2003	55,343,867	77,853,548	2.96%	2.12%
2004	56,997,741	79,477,443	2.99%	2.09%
2005	58,775,724	81,101,004	3.12%	2.04%
2006	60,615,908	82,700,403	3.13%	1.97%
2007	62,477,752	84,276,225	3.07%	1.91%
2008	64,390,664	85,864,789	3.06%	1.88%
2009	66,412,044	87,501,636	3.14%	1.91%
2010	68,563,038	89,196,072	3.24%	1.94%
2011	70,849,311	91,093,059	3.33%	2.13%
2012	73,254,618	93,161,001	3.39%	2.27%
2013	75,789,395	95,333,553	3.46%	2.33%
2014	78,403,242	97,528,654	3.45%	2.3%
2015	81,035,531	99,597,342	3.36%	2.12%
2016	83,956,415	101,644,589	3.6%	2.06%
2017	87,083,398	103,696,057	3.72%	2.02%
2018	90,047,644	105,682,094	3.4%	1.92%
2019	92,947,442	107,553,158	3.22%	1.77%
2020	95,989,998	109,315,124	3.27%	1.64%
2021	99,148,932	110,957,008	3.29%	1.5%
2022	102,396,968	112,618,250	3.28%	1.5%
2023	105,789,731	114,535,772	3.31%	1.7%
2024	109,276,265	116,538,258	3.3%	1.75%
2025	112,832,475	118,365,997	3.25%	1.57%
2026	116,452,162	120,101,181	3.21%	1.47%
2027	120,129,744	121,847,622	3.16%	1.45%
2028	123,871,555	123,608,457	3.11%	1.45%
2029	127,674,141	125,373,058	3.07%	1.43%
2030	131,532,201	127,139,323	3.02%	1.41%
2031	135,447,495	128,912,256	2.98%	1.39%
2032	139,408,613	130,695,084	2.92%	1.38%
2033	143,414,031	132,485,612	2.87%	1.37%
2034	147,468,142	134,287,838	2.83%	1.36%
2035	151,560,102	136,097,214	2.77%	1.35%
2036	155,689,453	137,913,263	2.72%	1.33%
2037	159,848,574	139,738,699	2.67%	1.32%
2038	164,045,610	141,565,835	2.63%	1.31%
2039	168,296,695	143,393,267	2.59%	1.29%
2040	172,595,578	145,213,662	2.55%	1.27%
2041	176,946,261	147,018,554	2.52%	1.24%
2042	181,350,407	148,800,785	2.49%	1.21%
2043	185,805,168	150,547,655	2.46%	1.17%
2044	190,312,004	152,255,332	2.43%	1.13%
2045	194,865,386	153,919,190	2.39%	1.09%
2046	199,464,487	155,535,951	2.36%	1.05%
2047	204,105,925	157,114,404	2.33%	1.01%
2048	208,783,692	158,657,392	2.29%	0.98%
2049	213,497,692	160,161,615	2.26%	0.95%
2050	218,246,073	161,630,197	2.22%	0.92%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Egypt gained 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Egypt was ranked 13th in 2006 and still ranked 13th 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 Egypt will increase by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.