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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Ethiopia	DR Congo	Ethiopia
1960	15,264,846	21,376,693	-	-
1961	15,662,374	21,906,102	2.6%	2.48%
1962	16,075,724	22,465,126	2.64%	2.55%
1963	16,507,599	23,051,637	2.69%	2.61%
1964	16,955,327	23,666,548	2.71%	2.67%
1965	17,427,802	24,310,612	2.79%	2.72%
1966	17,931,929	24,952,689	2.89%	2.64%
1967	18,462,782	25,620,276	2.96%	2.68%
1968	19,012,189	26,337,930	2.98%	2.8%
1969	19,570,445	27,072,571	2.94%	2.79%
1970	20,137,436	27,829,128	2.9%	2.79%
1971	20,695,569	28,600,106	2.77%	2.77%
1972	21,251,160	29,374,608	2.68%	2.71%
1973	21,827,665	30,166,785	2.71%	2.7%
1974	22,418,878	30,957,273	2.71%	2.62%
1975	23,021,101	31,723,252	2.69%	2.47%
1976	23,624,031	32,534,418	2.62%	2.56%
1977	24,229,061	33,167,272	2.56%	1.95%
1978	24,992,689	33,734,592	3.15%	1.71%
1979	25,886,782	34,238,652	3.58%	1.49%
1980	26,711,099	34,428,514	3.18%	0.55%
1981	27,500,515	35,304,012	2.96%	2.54%
1982	28,338,190	36,701,290	3.05%	3.96%
1983	29,250,963	37,740,817	3.22%	2.83%
1984	30,245,081	38,735,722	3.4%	2.64%
1985	31,264,816	39,842,136	3.37%	2.86%
1986	32,265,196	41,037,656	3.2%	3%
1987	33,298,904	42,460,039	3.2%	3.47%
1988	34,382,752	44,150,825	3.25%	3.98%
1989	35,486,866	45,879,690	3.21%	3.92%
1990	36,684,063	47,609,755	3.37%	3.77%
1991	37,925,817	49,717,198	3.38%	4.43%
1992	39,228,910	51,853,747	3.44%	4.3%
1993	40,656,336	53,708,891	3.64%	3.58%
1994	42,626,876	55,611,508	4.85%	3.54%
1995	44,433,704	57,537,335	4.24%	3.46%
1996	45,296,124	59,467,635	1.94%	3.35%
1997	46,029,902	61,404,539	1.62%	3.26%
1998	47,297,600	63,363,524	2.75%	3.19%
1999	48,912,971	65,374,561	3.42%	3.17%
2000	50,507,442	67,411,494	3.26%	3.12%
2001	52,132,646	69,487,762	3.22%	3.08%
2002	53,750,524	71,635,517	3.1%	3.09%
2003	55,343,867	73,832,663	2.96%	3.07%
2004	56,997,741	76,077,206	2.99%	3.04%
2005	58,775,724	78,367,470	3.12%	3.01%
2006	60,615,908	80,703,490	3.13%	2.98%
2007	62,477,752	83,103,217	3.07%	2.97%
2008	64,390,664	85,543,668	3.06%	2.94%
2009	66,412,044	88,007,636	3.14%	2.88%
2010	68,563,038	90,538,514	3.24%	2.88%
2011	70,849,311	93,149,970	3.33%	2.88%
2012	73,254,618	95,798,767	3.39%	2.84%
2013	75,789,395	98,438,751	3.46%	2.76%
2014	78,403,242	101,115,610	3.45%	2.72%
2015	81,035,531	103,867,135	3.36%	2.72%
2016	83,956,415	106,718,162	3.6%	2.74%
2017	87,083,398	109,666,481	3.72%	2.76%
2018	90,047,644	112,664,152	3.4%	2.73%
2019	92,947,442	115,737,383	3.22%	2.73%
2020	95,989,998	118,917,671	3.27%	2.75%
2021	99,148,932	122,138,588	3.29%	2.71%
2022	102,396,968	125,384,287	3.28%	2.66%
2023	105,789,731	128,691,692	3.31%	2.64%
2024	109,276,265	132,059,767	3.3%	2.62%
2025	112,832,475	135,472,043	3.25%	2.58%
2026	116,452,162	138,902,180	3.21%	2.53%
2027	120,129,744	142,364,798	3.16%	2.49%
2028	123,871,555	145,841,255	3.11%	2.44%
2029	127,674,141	149,336,056	3.07%	2.4%
2030	131,532,201	152,855,352	3.02%	2.36%
2031	135,447,495	156,382,425	2.98%	2.31%
2032	139,408,613	159,923,895	2.92%	2.26%
2033	143,414,031	163,453,311	2.87%	2.21%
2034	147,468,142	166,978,790	2.83%	2.16%
2035	151,560,102	170,532,952	2.77%	2.13%
2036	155,689,453	174,097,772	2.72%	2.09%
2037	159,848,574	177,661,132	2.67%	2.05%
2038	164,045,610	181,235,892	2.63%	2.01%
2039	168,296,695	184,835,102	2.59%	1.99%
2040	172,595,578	188,450,900	2.55%	1.96%
2041	176,946,261	192,068,629	2.52%	1.92%
2042	181,350,407	195,695,295	2.49%	1.89%
2043	185,805,168	199,347,978	2.46%	1.87%
2044	190,312,004	203,014,368	2.43%	1.84%
2045	194,865,386	206,673,625	2.39%	1.8%
2046	199,464,487	210,337,847	2.36%	1.77%
2047	204,105,925	214,023,504	2.33%	1.75%
2048	208,783,692	217,710,204	2.29%	1.72%
2049	213,497,692	221,377,329	2.26%	1.68%
2050	218,246,073	225,021,865	2.22%	1.65%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2005 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.