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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Guyana	DR Congo	Guyana
1960	15,264,846	569,143	-	-
1961	15,662,374	582,568	2.6%	2.36%
1962	16,075,724	595,461	2.64%	2.21%
1963	16,507,599	608,537	2.69%	2.2%
1964	16,955,327	621,764	2.71%	2.17%
1965	17,427,802	635,128	2.79%	2.15%
1966	17,931,929	648,646	2.89%	2.13%
1967	18,462,782	662,311	2.96%	2.11%
1968	19,012,189	676,160	2.98%	2.09%
1969	19,570,445	690,223	2.94%	2.08%
1970	20,137,436	702,705	2.9%	1.81%
1971	20,695,569	712,662	2.77%	1.42%
1972	21,251,160	721,617	2.68%	1.26%
1973	21,827,665	730,138	2.71%	1.18%
1974	22,418,878	738,057	2.71%	1.08%
1975	23,021,101	745,393	2.69%	0.99%
1976	23,624,031	752,253	2.62%	0.92%
1977	24,229,061	758,654	2.56%	0.85%
1978	24,992,689	764,586	3.15%	0.78%
1979	25,886,782	770,062	3.58%	0.72%
1980	26,711,099	774,367	3.18%	0.56%
1981	27,500,515	776,453	2.96%	0.27%
1982	28,338,190	776,712	3.05%	0.03%
1983	29,250,963	775,891	3.22%	-0.11%
1984	30,245,081	774,111	3.4%	-0.23%
1985	31,264,816	771,477	3.37%	-0.34%
1986	32,265,196	768,098	3.2%	-0.44%
1987	33,298,904	764,120	3.2%	-0.52%
1988	34,382,752	759,663	3.25%	-0.58%
1989	35,486,866	754,865	3.21%	-0.63%
1990	36,684,063	749,894	3.37%	-0.66%
1991	37,925,817	747,861	3.38%	-0.27%
1992	39,228,910	749,911	3.44%	0.27%
1993	40,656,336	752,965	3.64%	0.41%
1994	42,626,876	755,822	4.85%	0.38%
1995	44,433,704	758,388	4.24%	0.34%
1996	45,296,124	760,526	1.94%	0.28%
1997	46,029,902	762,245	1.62%	0.23%
1998	47,297,600	763,586	2.75%	0.18%
1999	48,912,971	764,483	3.42%	0.12%
2000	50,507,442	764,832	3.26%	0.05%
2001	52,132,646	764,477	3.22%	-0.05%
2002	53,750,524	763,652	3.1%	-0.11%
2003	55,343,867	763,101	2.96%	-0.07%
2004	56,997,741	762,418	2.99%	-0.09%
2005	58,775,724	760,914	3.12%	-0.2%
2006	60,615,908	758,966	3.13%	-0.26%
2007	62,477,752	756,861	3.07%	-0.28%
2008	64,390,664	754,606	3.06%	-0.3%
2009	66,412,044	752,094	3.14%	-0.33%
2010	68,563,038	749,256	3.24%	-0.38%
2011	70,849,311	746,153	3.33%	-0.41%
2012	73,254,618	746,288	3.39%	0.02%
2013	75,789,395	750,021	3.46%	0.5%
2014	78,403,242	754,229	3.45%	0.56%
2015	81,035,531	758,781	3.36%	0.6%
2016	83,956,415	763,548	3.6%	0.63%
2017	87,083,398	768,479	3.72%	0.65%
2018	90,047,644	791,556	3.4%	3%
2019	92,947,442	807,665	3.22%	2.04%
2020	95,989,998	807,481	3.27%	-0.02%
2021	99,148,932	815,482	3.29%	0.99%
2022	102,396,968	821,637	3.28%	0.75%
2023	105,789,731	826,353	3.31%	0.57%
2024	109,276,265	831,087	3.3%	0.57%
2025	112,832,475	835,986	3.25%	0.59%
2026	116,452,162	840,883	3.21%	0.59%
2027	120,129,744	846,019	3.16%	0.61%
2028	123,871,555	851,161	3.11%	0.61%
2029	127,674,141	856,040	3.07%	0.57%
2030	131,532,201	861,037	3.02%	0.58%
2031	135,447,495	866,080	2.98%	0.59%
2032	139,408,613	871,237	2.92%	0.6%
2033	143,414,031	876,346	2.87%	0.59%
2034	147,468,142	881,223	2.83%	0.56%
2035	151,560,102	885,935	2.77%	0.53%
2036	155,689,453	890,320	2.72%	0.49%
2037	159,848,574	894,649	2.67%	0.49%
2038	164,045,610	899,021	2.63%	0.49%
2039	168,296,695	903,316	2.59%	0.48%
2040	172,595,578	907,506	2.55%	0.46%
2041	176,946,261	911,723	2.52%	0.46%
2042	181,350,407	915,811	2.49%	0.45%
2043	185,805,168	919,575	2.46%	0.41%
2044	190,312,004	923,121	2.43%	0.39%
2045	194,865,386	926,355	2.39%	0.35%
2046	199,464,487	929,478	2.36%	0.34%
2047	204,105,925	932,483	2.33%	0.32%
2048	208,783,692	935,329	2.29%	0.31%
2049	213,497,692	938,062	2.26%	0.29%
2050	218,246,073	940,601	2.22%	0.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Guyana gained 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 77,391 (a 10.1% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2006 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 11.9% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.