The latest officially reported population of the DR Congo was 109,276,265 in 2024 vs 10,388,805 people in Greece in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current DR Congo's population is 115,740,092 people compared to 10,276,140 in Greece.
Population statistics:
- The DR Congo's population is 11.3 times bigger than Greece's.
- The DR Congo is ranked the 15th most populous country in the world, while Greece is the 95th.
- The countries together account for 1.52% of the world: 1.4% for the DR Congo vs 0.12% for Greece.
- For the last 10 years, the DR Congo has had an average growth rate of +3.38% per year vs -0.49% in Greece.
- Since 2005, the population of the DR Congo has increased from 58.8M people to 116M (96.9% growth), while Greece has declined from 11M to 10.3M (6.47% decline).
- The DR Congo is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 431M people, while Greece's population already peaked in 2010 at 11.1M people and is projected to decrease to 6.49M people by 2100.
DR Congo vs Greece: live population counter
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| Current population |
115740092
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10276140
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| Population rank | 15/197 | 95/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.4% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
9.05 seconds
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31.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.22 seconds
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7.43 minutes
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| One death every |
35 seconds
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4.14 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.5 minutes
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4.28 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -26,968 | -122,772 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,552 | -46 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,486,534 | -16,783 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.3% | -0.16% |
| Population growth rate rank | 12/197 | 175/197 |
the DR Congo and Greece: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 15,264,846 | 8,331,725 | - | - |
| 1961 | 15,662,374 | 8,398,050 | 2.6% | 0.8% |
| 1962 | 16,075,724 | 8,448,233 | 2.64% | 0.6% |
| 1963 | 16,507,599 | 8,479,625 | 2.69% | 0.37% |
| 1964 | 16,955,327 | 8,510,429 | 2.71% | 0.36% |
| 1965 | 17,427,802 | 8,550,333 | 2.79% | 0.47% |
| 1966 | 17,931,929 | 8,613,651 | 2.89% | 0.74% |
| 1967 | 18,462,782 | 8,684,088 | 2.96% | 0.82% |
| 1968 | 19,012,189 | 8,740,765 | 2.98% | 0.65% |
| 1969 | 19,570,445 | 8,772,764 | 2.94% | 0.37% |
| 1970 | 20,137,436 | 8,792,806 | 2.9% | 0.23% |
| 1971 | 20,695,569 | 8,831,036 | 2.77% | 0.43% |
| 1972 | 21,251,160 | 8,888,628 | 2.68% | 0.65% |
| 1973 | 21,827,665 | 8,929,086 | 2.71% | 0.46% |
| 1974 | 22,418,878 | 8,962,022 | 2.71% | 0.37% |
| 1975 | 23,021,101 | 9,046,541 | 2.69% | 0.94% |
| 1976 | 23,624,031 | 9,188,150 | 2.62% | 1.57% |
| 1977 | 24,229,061 | 9,308,479 | 2.56% | 1.31% |
| 1978 | 24,992,689 | 9,429,959 | 3.15% | 1.31% |
| 1979 | 25,886,782 | 9,548,258 | 3.58% | 1.25% |
| 1980 | 26,711,099 | 9,642,505 | 3.18% | 0.99% |
| 1981 | 27,500,515 | 9,729,350 | 2.96% | 0.9% |
| 1982 | 28,338,190 | 9,789,513 | 3.05% | 0.62% |
| 1983 | 29,250,963 | 9,846,627 | 3.22% | 0.58% |
| 1984 | 30,245,081 | 9,895,801 | 3.4% | 0.5% |
| 1985 | 31,264,816 | 9,934,300 | 3.37% | 0.39% |
| 1986 | 32,265,196 | 9,967,213 | 3.2% | 0.33% |
| 1987 | 33,298,904 | 10,000,595 | 3.2% | 0.33% |
| 1988 | 34,382,752 | 10,036,983 | 3.25% | 0.36% |
| 1989 | 35,486,866 | 10,089,498 | 3.21% | 0.52% |
| 1990 | 36,684,063 | 10,196,792 | 3.37% | 1.06% |
| 1991 | 37,925,817 | 10,319,927 | 3.38% | 1.21% |
| 1992 | 39,228,910 | 10,399,061 | 3.44% | 0.77% |
| 1993 | 40,656,336 | 10,460,415 | 3.64% | 0.59% |
| 1994 | 42,626,876 | 10,512,922 | 4.85% | 0.5% |
| 1995 | 44,433,704 | 10,562,153 | 4.24% | 0.47% |
| 1996 | 45,296,124 | 10,608,800 | 1.94% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 46,029,902 | 10,661,259 | 1.62% | 0.49% |
| 1998 | 47,297,600 | 10,720,509 | 2.75% | 0.56% |
| 1999 | 48,912,971 | 10,761,698 | 3.42% | 0.38% |
| 2000 | 50,507,442 | 10,805,808 | 3.26% | 0.41% |
| 2001 | 52,132,646 | 10,862,132 | 3.22% | 0.52% |
| 2002 | 53,750,524 | 10,902,022 | 3.1% | 0.37% |
| 2003 | 55,343,867 | 10,928,070 | 2.96% | 0.24% |
| 2004 | 56,997,741 | 10,955,141 | 2.99% | 0.25% |
| 2005 | 58,775,724 | 10,987,314 | 3.12% | 0.29% |
| 2006 | 60,615,908 | 11,020,362 | 3.13% | 0.3% |
| 2007 | 62,477,752 | 11,048,473 | 3.07% | 0.26% |
| 2008 | 64,390,664 | 11,077,841 | 3.06% | 0.27% |
| 2009 | 66,412,044 | 11,107,017 | 3.14% | 0.26% |
| 2010 | 68,563,038 | 11,121,341 | 3.24% | 0.13% |
| 2011 | 70,849,311 | 11,104,899 | 3.33% | -0.15% |
| 2012 | 73,254,618 | 11,045,011 | 3.39% | -0.54% |
| 2013 | 75,789,395 | 10,965,211 | 3.46% | -0.72% |
| 2014 | 78,403,242 | 10,892,413 | 3.45% | -0.66% |
| 2015 | 81,035,531 | 10,820,883 | 3.36% | -0.66% |
| 2016 | 83,956,415 | 10,775,971 | 3.6% | -0.42% |
| 2017 | 87,083,398 | 10,754,679 | 3.72% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 90,047,644 | 10,732,882 | 3.4% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 92,947,442 | 10,721,582 | 3.22% | -0.11% |
| 2020 | 95,989,998 | 10,698,599 | 3.27% | -0.21% |
| 2021 | 99,148,932 | 10,569,207 | 3.29% | -1.21% |
| 2022 | 102,396,968 | 10,436,882 | 3.28% | -1.25% |
| 2023 | 105,789,731 | 10,405,588 | 3.31% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 109,276,265 | 10,388,805 | 3.3% | -0.16% |
| 2025 | 112,832,475 | 10,276,140 | 3.25% | -1.08% |
| 2026 | 116,452,162 | 10,232,997 | 3.21% | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 120,129,744 | 10,188,386 | 3.16% | -0.44% |
| 2028 | 123,871,555 | 10,143,203 | 3.11% | -0.44% |
| 2029 | 127,674,141 | 10,097,603 | 3.07% | -0.45% |
| 2030 | 131,532,201 | 10,051,921 | 3.02% | -0.45% |
| 2031 | 135,447,495 | 10,006,045 | 2.98% | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 139,408,613 | 9,959,048 | 2.92% | -0.47% |
| 2033 | 143,414,031 | 9,911,765 | 2.87% | -0.47% |
| 2034 | 147,468,142 | 9,865,342 | 2.83% | -0.47% |
| 2035 | 151,560,102 | 9,818,783 | 2.77% | -0.47% |
| 2036 | 155,689,453 | 9,772,426 | 2.72% | -0.47% |
| 2037 | 159,848,574 | 9,726,502 | 2.67% | -0.47% |
| 2038 | 164,045,610 | 9,680,639 | 2.63% | -0.47% |
| 2039 | 168,296,695 | 9,635,315 | 2.59% | -0.47% |
| 2040 | 172,595,578 | 9,590,401 | 2.55% | -0.47% |
| 2041 | 176,946,261 | 9,545,637 | 2.52% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 181,350,407 | 9,501,568 | 2.49% | -0.46% |
| 2043 | 185,805,168 | 9,457,398 | 2.46% | -0.46% |
| 2044 | 190,312,004 | 9,411,943 | 2.43% | -0.48% |
| 2045 | 194,865,386 | 9,365,737 | 2.39% | -0.49% |
| 2046 | 199,464,487 | 9,319,023 | 2.36% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 204,105,925 | 9,269,970 | 2.33% | -0.53% |
| 2048 | 208,783,692 | 9,218,699 | 2.29% | -0.55% |
| 2049 | 213,497,692 | 9,165,668 | 2.26% | -0.58% |
| 2050 | 218,246,073 | 9,111,122 | 2.22% | -0.6% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Greece lost 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Greece's population decreased by -544,743 (a 5.03% decline).
The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Greece was ranked 74th in 2005 and ranked 95th 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 Greece will decrease by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people and rank change from 95th to 106th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kinshasa | 14.6M |
| Mbuji-Mayi | 2.89M |
| Kananga | 1.97M |
| Lubumbashi | 1.79M |
| Kisangani | 1.37M |
| Tshikapa | 1.01M |
| Uvira | 726K |
| Bukavu | 707K |
| Kolwezi | 573K |
| Mbandaka | 470K |
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| City | Population |
| Athens | 643K |
| Crete | 623K |
| Thessaloniki | 310K |
| Piraeus | 168K |
| Larissa | 146K |
| Peristeri | 134K |
| Glyfada | 89.6K |
| Nikaia | 88.1K |
| Nea Smyrni | 72.9K |
| Palaio Faliro | 64.9K |
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Population differences between the DR Congo and Greece
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| Life expectancy | 62.2 years | 82.2 years |
| Average age | 21.9 years | 45.5 years |
| Median age | 16.9 years | 47.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 6.05 births per woman | 1.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 124.8 ppl/mi² | 208.7 ppl/mi² |
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