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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	France	DR Congo	France
1960	15,264,846	47,412,964	-	-
1961	15,662,374	47,905,982	2.6%	1.04%
1962	16,075,724	48,389,516	2.64%	1.01%
1963	16,507,599	48,877,567	2.69%	1.01%
1964	16,955,327	49,401,492	2.71%	1.07%
1965	17,427,802	49,877,725	2.79%	0.96%
1966	17,931,929	50,311,637	2.89%	0.87%
1967	18,462,782	50,722,791	2.96%	0.82%
1968	19,012,189	51,112,980	2.98%	0.77%
1969	19,570,445	51,536,014	2.94%	0.83%
1970	20,137,436	52,007,169	2.9%	0.91%
1971	20,695,569	52,499,553	2.77%	0.95%
1972	21,251,160	52,962,356	2.68%	0.88%
1973	21,827,665	53,392,161	2.71%	0.81%
1974	22,418,878	53,746,571	2.71%	0.66%
1975	23,021,101	54,002,853	2.69%	0.48%
1976	23,624,031	54,232,383	2.62%	0.43%
1977	24,229,061	54,486,467	2.56%	0.47%
1978	24,992,689	54,734,030	3.15%	0.45%
1979	25,886,782	54,979,851	3.58%	0.45%
1980	26,711,099	55,274,184	3.18%	0.54%
1981	27,500,515	55,603,353	2.96%	0.6%
1982	28,338,190	55,806,789	3.05%	0.37%
1983	29,250,963	56,108,330	3.22%	0.54%
1984	30,245,081	56,383,085	3.4%	0.49%
1985	31,264,816	56,665,619	3.37%	0.5%
1986	32,265,196	56,956,002	3.2%	0.51%
1987	33,298,904	57,266,167	3.2%	0.54%
1988	34,382,752	57,598,186	3.25%	0.58%
1989	35,486,866	57,943,062	3.21%	0.6%
1990	36,684,063	58,261,012	3.37%	0.55%
1991	37,925,817	58,554,242	3.38%	0.5%
1992	39,228,910	58,846,584	3.44%	0.5%
1993	40,656,336	59,103,094	3.64%	0.44%
1994	42,626,876	59,324,863	4.85%	0.38%
1995	44,433,704	59,541,294	4.24%	0.36%
1996	45,296,124	59,754,504	1.94%	0.36%
1997	46,029,902	59,968,066	1.62%	0.36%
1998	47,297,600	60,190,684	2.75%	0.37%
1999	48,912,971	60,501,986	3.42%	0.52%
2000	50,507,442	60,918,661	3.26%	0.69%
2001	52,132,646	61,364,377	3.22%	0.73%
2002	53,750,524	61,812,142	3.1%	0.73%
2003	55,343,867	62,249,855	2.96%	0.71%
2004	56,997,741	62,707,588	2.99%	0.74%
2005	58,775,724	63,180,854	3.12%	0.75%
2006	60,615,908	63,622,342	3.13%	0.7%
2007	62,477,752	64,016,890	3.07%	0.62%
2008	64,390,664	64,375,116	3.06%	0.56%
2009	66,412,044	64,706,436	3.14%	0.51%
2010	68,563,038	65,026,211	3.24%	0.49%
2011	70,849,311	65,340,830	3.33%	0.48%
2012	73,254,618	65,657,659	3.39%	0.48%
2013	75,789,395	65,997,932	3.46%	0.52%
2014	78,403,242	66,312,067	3.45%	0.48%
2015	81,035,531	66,548,272	3.36%	0.36%
2016	83,956,415	66,724,104	3.6%	0.26%
2017	87,083,398	66,918,020	3.72%	0.29%
2018	90,047,644	67,158,348	3.4%	0.36%
2019	92,947,442	67,382,061	3.22%	0.33%
2020	95,989,998	67,601,110	3.27%	0.33%
2021	99,148,932	67,842,811	3.29%	0.36%
2022	102,396,968	68,184,457	3.28%	0.5%
2023	105,789,731	68,372,286	3.31%	0.28%
2024	109,276,265	68,551,653	3.3%	0.26%
2025	112,832,475	68,657,003	3.25%	0.15%
2026	116,452,162	68,755,474	3.21%	0.14%
2027	120,129,744	68,850,103	3.16%	0.14%
2028	123,871,555	68,943,198	3.11%	0.14%
2029	127,674,141	69,035,594	3.07%	0.13%
2030	131,532,201	69,127,642	3.02%	0.13%
2031	135,447,495	69,217,432	2.98%	0.13%
2032	139,408,613	69,307,184	2.92%	0.13%
2033	143,414,031	69,397,148	2.87%	0.13%
2034	147,468,142	69,488,653	2.83%	0.13%
2035	151,560,102	69,581,145	2.77%	0.13%
2036	155,689,453	69,671,156	2.72%	0.13%
2037	159,848,574	69,759,529	2.67%	0.13%
2038	164,045,610	69,842,775	2.63%	0.12%
2039	168,296,695	69,916,407	2.59%	0.11%
2040	172,595,578	69,983,876	2.55%	0.1%
2041	176,946,261	70,049,466	2.52%	0.09%
2042	181,350,407	70,112,592	2.49%	0.09%
2043	185,805,168	70,166,082	2.46%	0.08%
2044	190,312,004	70,208,621	2.43%	0.06%
2045	194,865,386	70,243,515	2.39%	0.05%
2046	199,464,487	70,267,943	2.36%	0.03%
2047	204,105,925	70,282,782	2.33%	0.02%
2048	208,783,692	70,289,191	2.29%	0.009%
2049	213,497,692	70,285,150	2.26%	-0.006%
2050	218,246,073	70,273,103	2.22%	-0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while France gained 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while France's population increased by 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. France was ranked 20th in 2006 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.21% to 70,273,103 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.