Population in the DR Congo compared to Guinea-Bissau: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the DR Congo and Guinea-Bissau: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Guinea-Bissau	DR Congo	Guinea-Bissau
1960	15,264,846	577,633	-	-
1961	15,662,374	582,532	2.6%	0.85%
1962	16,075,724	589,474	2.64%	1.19%
1963	16,507,599	594,418	2.69%	0.84%
1964	16,955,327	588,543	2.71%	-0.99%
1965	17,427,802	575,005	2.79%	-2.3%
1966	17,931,929	566,908	2.89%	-1.41%
1967	18,462,782	569,011	2.96%	0.37%
1968	19,012,189	578,170	2.98%	1.61%
1969	19,570,445	581,610	2.94%	0.59%
1970	20,137,436	584,403	2.9%	0.48%
1971	20,695,569	586,221	2.77%	0.31%
1972	21,251,160	586,620	2.68%	0.07%
1973	21,827,665	592,808	2.71%	1.05%
1974	22,418,878	613,338	2.71%	3.46%
1975	23,021,101	650,966	2.69%	6.13%
1976	23,624,031	694,191	2.62%	6.64%
1977	24,229,061	741,789	2.56%	6.86%
1978	24,992,689	791,694	3.15%	6.73%
1979	25,886,782	819,867	3.58%	3.56%
1980	26,711,099	829,303	3.18%	1.15%
1981	27,500,515	842,432	2.96%	1.58%
1982	28,338,190	855,891	3.05%	1.6%
1983	29,250,963	869,592	3.22%	1.6%
1984	30,245,081	883,519	3.4%	1.6%
1985	31,264,816	897,697	3.37%	1.6%
1986	32,265,196	912,126	3.2%	1.61%
1987	33,298,904	926,862	3.2%	1.62%
1988	34,382,752	942,061	3.25%	1.64%
1989	35,486,866	957,789	3.21%	1.67%
1990	36,684,063	973,669	3.37%	1.66%
1991	37,925,817	994,639	3.38%	2.15%
1992	39,228,910	1,024,356	3.44%	2.99%
1993	40,656,336	1,058,745	3.64%	3.36%
1994	42,626,876	1,092,031	4.85%	3.14%
1995	44,433,704	1,119,949	4.24%	2.56%
1996	45,296,124	1,143,535	1.94%	2.11%
1997	46,029,902	1,165,545	1.62%	1.92%
1998	47,297,600	1,187,473	2.75%	1.88%
1999	48,912,971	1,210,206	3.42%	1.91%
2000	50,507,442	1,234,741	3.26%	2.03%
2001	52,132,646	1,261,273	3.22%	2.15%
2002	53,750,524	1,289,307	3.1%	2.22%
2003	55,343,867	1,318,806	2.96%	2.29%
2004	56,997,741	1,349,563	2.99%	2.33%
2005	58,775,724	1,381,585	3.12%	2.37%
2006	60,615,908	1,415,303	3.13%	2.44%
2007	62,477,752	1,450,986	3.07%	2.52%
2008	64,390,664	1,488,054	3.06%	2.55%
2009	66,412,044	1,526,377	3.14%	2.58%
2010	68,563,038	1,566,347	3.24%	2.62%
2011	70,849,311	1,608,076	3.33%	2.66%
2012	73,254,618	1,651,417	3.39%	2.7%
2013	75,789,395	1,695,973	3.46%	2.7%
2014	78,403,242	1,741,122	3.45%	2.66%
2015	81,035,531	1,786,457	3.36%	2.6%
2016	83,956,415	1,831,893	3.6%	2.54%
2017	87,083,398	1,877,072	3.72%	2.47%
2018	90,047,644	1,922,168	3.4%	2.4%
2019	92,947,442	1,967,696	3.22%	2.37%
2020	95,989,998	2,013,255	3.27%	2.32%
2021	99,148,932	2,058,841	3.29%	2.26%
2022	102,396,968	2,105,529	3.28%	2.27%
2023	105,789,731	2,153,339	3.31%	2.27%
2024	109,276,265	2,201,352	3.3%	2.23%
2025	112,832,475	2,249,512	3.25%	2.19%
2026	116,452,162	2,297,807	3.21%	2.15%
2027	120,129,744	2,346,190	3.16%	2.11%
2028	123,871,555	2,394,226	3.11%	2.05%
2029	127,674,141	2,441,574	3.07%	1.98%
2030	131,532,201	2,488,931	3.02%	1.94%
2031	135,447,495	2,536,893	2.98%	1.93%
2032	139,408,613	2,585,565	2.92%	1.92%
2033	143,414,031	2,634,701	2.87%	1.9%
2034	147,468,142	2,683,078	2.83%	1.84%
2035	151,560,102	2,730,136	2.77%	1.75%
2036	155,689,453	2,777,887	2.72%	1.75%
2037	159,848,574	2,826,159	2.67%	1.74%
2038	164,045,610	2,873,929	2.63%	1.69%
2039	168,296,695	2,921,973	2.59%	1.67%
2040	172,595,578	2,969,699	2.55%	1.63%
2041	176,946,261	3,016,537	2.52%	1.58%
2042	181,350,407	3,063,161	2.49%	1.55%
2043	185,805,168	3,109,927	2.46%	1.53%
2044	190,312,004	3,156,704	2.43%	1.5%
2045	194,865,386	3,204,242	2.39%	1.51%
2046	199,464,487	3,251,465	2.36%	1.47%
2047	204,105,925	3,298,563	2.33%	1.45%
2048	208,783,692	3,345,853	2.29%	1.43%
2049	213,497,692	3,392,557	2.26%	1.4%
2050	218,246,073	3,438,597	2.22%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Guinea-Bissau gained 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Guinea-Bissau's population increased by 501,849 (a 28.1% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th in 2005 and ranked 146th 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 Guinea-Bissau will increase by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people and rank change from 146th to 136th.