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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Greece	DR Congo	Greece
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	10,407,351	3.31%	-0.28%
2024	109,276,265	10,405,134	3.3%	-0.02%
2025	112,832,475	10,292,291	3.25%	-1.08%
2026	116,452,162	10,249,082	3.21%	-0.42%
2027	120,129,744	10,204,400	3.16%	-0.44%
2028	123,871,555	10,159,146	3.11%	-0.44%
2029	127,674,141	10,113,475	3.07%	-0.45%
2030	131,532,201	10,067,720	3.02%	-0.45%
2031	135,447,495	10,021,773	2.98%	-0.46%
2032	139,408,613	9,974,701	2.92%	-0.47%
2033	143,414,031	9,927,344	2.87%	-0.47%
2034	147,468,142	9,880,848	2.83%	-0.47%
2035	151,560,102	9,834,216	2.77%	-0.47%
2036	155,689,453	9,787,786	2.72%	-0.47%
2037	159,848,574	9,741,790	2.67%	-0.47%
2038	164,045,610	9,695,855	2.63%	-0.47%
2039	168,296,695	9,650,459	2.59%	-0.47%
2040	172,595,578	9,605,475	2.55%	-0.47%
2041	176,946,261	9,560,641	2.52%	-0.47%
2042	181,350,407	9,516,502	2.49%	-0.46%
2043	185,805,168	9,472,263	2.46%	-0.46%
2044	190,312,004	9,426,737	2.43%	-0.48%
2045	194,865,386	9,380,458	2.39%	-0.49%
2046	199,464,487	9,333,671	2.36%	-0.5%
2047	204,105,925	9,284,541	2.33%	-0.53%
2048	208,783,692	9,233,189	2.29%	-0.55%
2049	213,497,692	9,180,074	2.26%	-0.58%
2050	218,246,073	9,125,443	2.22%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Greece lost 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Greece's population decreased by -526,889 (a 4.89% decline).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Greece was ranked 74th in 2006 and ranked 96th 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 Greece will decrease by 11% to 9,125,443 people and rank change from 96th to 106th.