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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Eritrea	DR Congo	Eritrea
1960	15,264,846	972,547	-	-
1961	15,662,374	995,573	2.6%	2.37%
1962	16,075,724	1,019,788	2.64%	2.43%
1963	16,507,599	1,045,092	2.69%	2.48%
1964	16,955,327	1,071,287	2.71%	2.51%
1965	17,427,802	1,098,335	2.79%	2.52%
1966	17,931,929	1,124,957	2.89%	2.42%
1967	18,462,782	1,152,339	2.96%	2.43%
1968	19,012,189	1,181,737	2.98%	2.55%
1969	19,570,445	1,212,005	2.94%	2.56%
1970	20,137,436	1,243,453	2.9%	2.59%
1971	20,695,569	1,276,154	2.77%	2.63%
1972	21,251,160	1,309,235	2.68%	2.59%
1973	21,827,665	1,342,669	2.71%	2.55%
1974	22,418,878	1,375,688	2.71%	2.46%
1975	23,021,101	1,408,210	2.69%	2.36%
1976	23,624,031	1,443,807	2.62%	2.53%
1977	24,229,061	1,482,565	2.56%	2.68%
1978	24,992,689	1,522,378	3.15%	2.69%
1979	25,886,782	1,563,332	3.58%	2.69%
1980	26,711,099	1,605,797	3.18%	2.72%
1981	27,500,515	1,649,939	2.96%	2.75%
1982	28,338,190	1,695,461	3.05%	2.76%
1983	29,250,963	1,736,160	3.22%	2.4%
1984	30,245,081	1,771,730	3.4%	2.05%
1985	31,264,816	1,807,816	3.37%	2.04%
1986	32,265,196	1,845,164	3.2%	2.07%
1987	33,298,904	1,888,669	3.2%	2.36%
1988	34,382,752	1,938,255	3.25%	2.63%
1989	35,486,866	1,987,017	3.21%	2.52%
1990	36,684,063	2,032,737	3.37%	2.3%
1991	37,925,817	1,919,571	3.38%	-5.57%
1992	39,228,910	1,798,748	3.44%	-6.29%
1993	40,656,336	1,856,006	3.64%	3.18%
1994	42,626,876	1,913,915	4.85%	3.12%
1995	44,433,704	2,025,267	4.24%	5.82%
1996	45,296,124	2,128,464	1.94%	5.1%
1997	46,029,902	2,152,135	1.62%	1.11%
1998	47,297,600	2,180,419	2.75%	1.31%
1999	48,912,971	2,212,780	3.42%	1.48%
2000	50,507,442	2,247,031	3.26%	1.55%
2001	52,132,646	2,312,079	3.22%	2.89%
2002	53,750,524	2,392,978	3.1%	3.5%
2003	55,343,867	2,493,903	2.96%	4.22%
2004	56,997,741	2,598,284	2.99%	4.19%
2005	58,775,724	2,661,215	3.12%	2.42%
2006	60,615,908	2,703,502	3.13%	1.59%
2007	62,477,752	2,743,222	3.07%	1.47%
2008	64,390,664	2,816,327	3.06%	2.66%
2009	66,412,044	2,887,885	3.14%	2.54%
2010	68,563,038	2,945,186	3.24%	1.98%
2011	70,849,311	2,998,485	3.33%	1.81%
2012	73,254,618	3,036,988	3.39%	1.28%
2013	75,789,395	3,074,360	3.46%	1.23%
2014	78,403,242	3,095,173	3.45%	0.68%
2015	81,035,531	3,105,546	3.36%	0.34%
2016	83,956,415	3,124,698	3.6%	0.62%
2017	87,083,398	3,150,347	3.72%	0.82%
2018	90,047,644	3,192,760	3.4%	1.35%
2019	92,947,442	3,240,194	3.22%	1.49%
2020	95,989,998	3,291,271	3.27%	1.58%
2021	99,148,932	3,350,183	3.29%	1.79%
2022	102,396,968	3,409,447	3.28%	1.77%
2023	105,789,731	3,470,390	3.31%	1.79%
2024	109,276,265	3,535,603	3.3%	1.88%
2025	112,832,475	3,606,996	3.25%	2.02%
2026	116,452,162	3,682,659	3.21%	2.1%
2027	120,129,744	3,760,368	3.16%	2.11%
2028	123,871,555	3,840,135	3.11%	2.12%
2029	127,674,141	3,920,467	3.07%	2.09%
2030	131,532,201	4,002,671	3.02%	2.1%
2031	135,447,495	4,085,037	2.98%	2.06%
2032	139,408,613	4,166,507	2.92%	1.99%
2033	143,414,031	4,249,501	2.87%	1.99%
2034	147,468,142	4,334,727	2.83%	2.01%
2035	151,560,102	4,420,915	2.77%	1.99%
2036	155,689,453	4,509,755	2.72%	2.01%
2037	159,848,574	4,601,933	2.67%	2.04%
2038	164,045,610	4,692,340	2.63%	1.96%
2039	168,296,695	4,780,469	2.59%	1.88%
2040	172,595,578	4,868,668	2.55%	1.84%
2041	176,946,261	4,954,481	2.52%	1.76%
2042	181,350,407	5,039,298	2.49%	1.71%
2043	185,805,168	5,124,256	2.46%	1.69%
2044	190,312,004	5,207,858	2.43%	1.63%
2045	194,865,386	5,292,756	2.39%	1.63%
2046	199,464,487	5,375,963	2.36%	1.57%
2047	204,105,925	5,456,488	2.33%	1.5%
2048	208,783,692	5,537,538	2.29%	1.49%
2049	213,497,692	5,617,348	2.26%	1.44%
2050	218,246,073	5,696,052	2.22%	1.4%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Eritrea gained 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Eritrea's population increased by 562,228 (a 18.1% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Eritrea was ranked 136th in 2005 and ranked 131st 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 Eritrea will increase by 55.3% to 5,696,052 people and rank change from 131st to 123rd.