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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Haiti	DR Congo	Haiti
1960	15,264,846	3,858,443	-	-
1961	15,662,374	3,929,030	2.6%	1.83%
1962	16,075,724	4,001,575	2.64%	1.85%
1963	16,507,599	4,073,068	2.69%	1.79%
1964	16,955,327	4,146,244	2.71%	1.8%
1965	17,427,802	4,223,820	2.79%	1.87%
1966	17,931,929	4,302,639	2.89%	1.87%
1967	18,462,782	4,382,999	2.96%	1.87%
1968	19,012,189	4,465,328	2.98%	1.88%
1969	19,570,445	4,549,334	2.94%	1.88%
1970	20,137,436	4,635,124	2.9%	1.89%
1971	20,695,569	4,723,244	2.77%	1.9%
1972	21,251,160	4,813,868	2.68%	1.92%
1973	21,827,665	4,906,743	2.71%	1.93%
1974	22,418,878	5,001,796	2.71%	1.94%
1975	23,021,101	5,099,086	2.69%	1.95%
1976	23,624,031	5,198,357	2.62%	1.95%
1977	24,229,061	5,299,476	2.56%	1.95%
1978	24,992,689	5,402,580	3.15%	1.95%
1979	25,886,782	5,507,590	3.58%	1.94%
1980	26,711,099	5,614,493	3.18%	1.94%
1981	27,500,515	5,723,725	2.96%	1.95%
1982	28,338,190	5,835,937	3.05%	1.96%
1983	29,250,963	5,951,096	3.22%	1.97%
1984	30,245,081	6,069,230	3.4%	1.99%
1985	31,264,816	6,190,862	3.37%	2%
1986	32,265,196	6,316,122	3.2%	2.02%
1987	33,298,904	6,445,123	3.2%	2.04%
1988	34,382,752	6,578,145	3.25%	2.06%
1989	35,486,866	6,714,730	3.21%	2.08%
1990	36,684,063	6,854,441	3.37%	2.08%
1991	37,925,817	6,995,450	3.38%	2.06%
1992	39,228,910	7,136,571	3.44%	2.02%
1993	40,656,336	7,278,181	3.64%	1.98%
1994	42,626,876	7,419,771	4.85%	1.95%
1995	44,433,704	7,562,546	4.24%	1.92%
1996	45,296,124	7,707,557	1.94%	1.92%
1997	46,029,902	7,854,298	1.62%	1.9%
1998	47,297,600	8,002,143	2.75%	1.88%
1999	48,912,971	8,151,296	3.42%	1.86%
2000	50,507,442	8,303,151	3.26%	1.86%
2001	52,132,646	8,455,918	3.22%	1.84%
2002	53,750,524	8,607,641	3.1%	1.79%
2003	55,343,867	8,759,912	2.96%	1.77%
2004	56,997,741	8,910,263	2.99%	1.72%
2005	58,775,724	9,061,273	3.12%	1.69%
2006	60,615,908	9,216,562	3.13%	1.71%
2007	62,477,752	9,373,296	3.07%	1.7%
2008	64,390,664	9,530,774	3.06%	1.68%
2009	66,412,044	9,689,581	3.14%	1.67%
2010	68,563,038	9,803,294	3.24%	1.17%
2011	70,849,311	9,914,904	3.33%	1.14%
2012	73,254,618	10,069,771	3.39%	1.56%
2013	75,789,395	10,222,362	3.46%	1.52%
2014	78,403,242	10,373,235	3.45%	1.48%
2015	81,035,531	10,523,242	3.36%	1.45%
2016	83,956,415	10,671,457	3.6%	1.41%
2017	87,083,398	10,817,754	3.72%	1.37%
2018	90,047,644	10,962,362	3.4%	1.34%
2019	92,947,442	11,105,163	3.22%	1.3%
2020	95,989,998	11,243,848	3.27%	1.25%
2021	99,148,932	11,374,586	3.29%	1.16%
2022	102,396,968	11,503,606	3.28%	1.13%
2023	105,789,731	11,637,398	3.31%	1.16%
2024	109,276,265	11,772,557	3.3%	1.16%
2025	112,832,475	11,906,087	3.25%	1.13%
2026	116,452,162	12,037,509	3.21%	1.1%
2027	120,129,744	12,167,797	3.16%	1.08%
2028	123,871,555	12,297,290	3.11%	1.06%
2029	127,674,141	12,425,433	3.07%	1.04%
2030	131,532,201	12,552,354	3.02%	1.02%
2031	135,447,495	12,677,982	2.98%	1%
2032	139,408,613	12,802,212	2.92%	0.98%
2033	143,414,031	12,924,876	2.87%	0.96%
2034	147,468,142	13,045,805	2.83%	0.94%
2035	151,560,102	13,164,995	2.77%	0.91%
2036	155,689,453	13,282,403	2.72%	0.89%
2037	159,848,574	13,398,061	2.67%	0.87%
2038	164,045,610	13,512,123	2.63%	0.85%
2039	168,296,695	13,624,107	2.59%	0.83%
2040	172,595,578	13,733,836	2.55%	0.81%
2041	176,946,261	13,841,976	2.52%	0.79%
2042	181,350,407	13,948,319	2.49%	0.77%
2043	185,805,168	14,052,350	2.46%	0.75%
2044	190,312,004	14,153,885	2.43%	0.72%
2045	194,865,386	14,252,965	2.39%	0.7%
2046	199,464,487	14,349,599	2.36%	0.68%
2047	204,105,925	14,443,725	2.33%	0.66%
2048	208,783,692	14,535,445	2.29%	0.64%
2049	213,497,692	14,624,487	2.26%	0.61%
2050	218,246,073	14,710,863	2.22%	0.59%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Haiti gained 1,454,895 people (a 15.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Haiti's population increased by 1,367,475 (a 12.8% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Haiti was ranked 87th in 2006 and ranked 82nd 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 Haiti will increase by 22.2% to 14,710,863 people and rank change from 82nd to 87th.