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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Fiji	DR Congo	Fiji
1960	15,264,846	404,887	-	-
1961	15,662,374	417,406	2.6%	3.09%
1962	16,075,724	430,536	2.64%	3.15%
1963	16,507,599	444,276	2.69%	3.19%
1964	16,955,327	458,324	2.71%	3.16%
1965	17,427,802	472,575	2.79%	3.11%
1966	17,931,929	486,487	2.89%	2.94%
1967	18,462,782	498,873	2.96%	2.55%
1968	19,012,189	510,002	2.98%	2.23%
1969	19,570,445	520,797	2.94%	2.12%
1970	20,137,436	531,188	2.9%	2%
1971	20,695,569	541,121	2.77%	1.87%
1972	21,251,160	550,499	2.68%	1.73%
1973	21,827,665	559,222	2.71%	1.58%
1974	22,418,878	567,489	2.71%	1.48%
1975	23,021,101	575,906	2.69%	1.48%
1976	23,624,031	585,534	2.62%	1.67%
1977	24,229,061	597,805	2.56%	2.1%
1978	24,992,689	612,091	3.15%	2.39%
1979	25,886,782	626,862	3.58%	2.41%
1980	26,711,099	641,975	3.18%	2.41%
1981	27,500,515	657,471	2.96%	2.41%
1982	28,338,190	673,414	3.05%	2.42%
1983	29,250,963	689,835	3.22%	2.44%
1984	30,245,081	706,716	3.4%	2.45%
1985	31,264,816	723,761	3.37%	2.41%
1986	32,265,196	739,306	3.2%	2.15%
1987	33,298,904	750,540	3.2%	1.52%
1988	34,382,752	758,697	3.25%	1.09%
1989	35,486,866	766,321	3.21%	1%
1990	36,684,063	773,316	3.37%	0.91%
1991	37,925,817	779,656	3.38%	0.82%
1992	39,228,910	785,346	3.44%	0.73%
1993	40,656,336	790,369	3.64%	0.64%
1994	42,626,876	794,771	4.85%	0.56%
1995	44,433,704	798,746	4.24%	0.5%
1996	45,296,124	803,789	1.94%	0.63%
1997	46,029,902	812,139	1.62%	1.04%
1998	47,297,600	822,258	2.75%	1.25%
1999	48,912,971	831,828	3.42%	1.16%
2000	50,507,442	840,909	3.26%	1.09%
2001	52,132,646	849,596	3.22%	1.03%
2002	53,750,524	858,049	3.1%	0.99%
2003	55,343,867	866,286	2.96%	0.96%
2004	56,997,741	874,366	2.99%	0.93%
2005	58,775,724	882,379	3.12%	0.92%
2006	60,615,908	890,365	3.13%	0.91%
2007	62,477,752	897,832	3.07%	0.84%
2008	64,390,664	903,399	3.06%	0.62%
2009	66,412,044	907,239	3.14%	0.43%
2010	68,563,038	910,419	3.24%	0.35%
2011	70,849,311	912,989	3.33%	0.28%
2012	73,254,618	914,918	3.39%	0.21%
2013	75,789,395	916,352	3.46%	0.16%
2014	78,403,242	917,585	3.45%	0.13%
2015	81,035,531	918,578	3.36%	0.11%
2016	83,956,415	919,166	3.6%	0.06%
2017	87,083,398	918,759	3.72%	-0.04%
2018	90,047,644	917,180	3.4%	-0.17%
2019	92,947,442	914,899	3.22%	-0.25%
2020	95,989,998	914,963	3.27%	0.007%
2021	99,148,932	916,711	3.29%	0.19%
2022	102,396,968	919,422	3.28%	0.3%
2023	105,789,731	924,145	3.31%	0.51%
2024	109,276,265	928,784	3.3%	0.5%
2025	112,832,475	933,141	3.25%	0.47%
2026	116,452,162	937,268	3.21%	0.44%
2027	120,129,744	941,304	3.16%	0.43%
2028	123,871,555	945,347	3.11%	0.43%
2029	127,674,141	949,269	3.07%	0.41%
2030	131,532,201	953,095	3.02%	0.4%
2031	135,447,495	956,685	2.98%	0.38%
2032	139,408,613	960,056	2.92%	0.35%
2033	143,414,031	963,339	2.87%	0.34%
2034	147,468,142	966,516	2.83%	0.33%
2035	151,560,102	969,613	2.77%	0.32%
2036	155,689,453	972,641	2.72%	0.31%
2037	159,848,574	975,643	2.67%	0.31%
2038	164,045,610	978,533	2.63%	0.3%
2039	168,296,695	981,270	2.59%	0.28%
2040	172,595,578	983,842	2.55%	0.26%
2041	176,946,261	986,409	2.52%	0.26%
2042	181,350,407	988,810	2.49%	0.24%
2043	185,805,168	990,851	2.46%	0.21%
2044	190,312,004	992,731	2.43%	0.19%
2045	194,865,386	994,437	2.39%	0.17%
2046	199,464,487	995,957	2.36%	0.15%
2047	204,105,925	997,319	2.33%	0.14%
2048	208,783,692	998,544	2.29%	0.12%
2049	213,497,692	999,530	2.26%	0.1%
2050	218,246,073	1,000,244	2.22%	0.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Fiji gained 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Fiji's population increased by 17,878 (a 1.95% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Fiji was ranked 157th in 2005 and ranked 159th 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 Fiji will increase by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people and rank change from 159th to 161st.