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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Iceland	DR Congo	Iceland
1960	15,264,846	175,574	-	-
1961	15,662,374	179,029	2.6%	1.97%
1962	16,075,724	182,378	2.64%	1.87%
1963	16,507,599	185,653	2.69%	1.8%
1964	16,955,327	188,983	2.71%	1.79%
1965	17,427,802	192,286	2.79%	1.75%
1966	17,931,929	195,570	2.89%	1.71%
1967	18,462,782	198,751	2.96%	1.63%
1968	19,012,189	201,488	2.98%	1.38%
1969	19,570,445	203,369	2.94%	0.93%
1970	20,137,436	204,438	2.9%	0.53%
1971	20,695,569	206,098	2.77%	0.81%
1972	21,251,160	209,137	2.68%	1.47%
1973	21,827,665	212,317	2.71%	1.52%
1974	22,418,878	215,209	2.71%	1.36%
1975	23,021,101	217,979	2.69%	1.29%
1976	23,624,031	220,154	2.62%	1%
1977	24,229,061	221,799	2.56%	0.75%
1978	24,992,689	223,537	3.15%	0.78%
1979	25,886,782	225,735	3.58%	0.98%
1980	26,711,099	228,138	3.18%	1.06%
1981	27,500,515	230,755	2.96%	1.15%
1982	28,338,190	233,860	3.05%	1.35%
1983	29,250,963	236,977	3.22%	1.33%
1984	30,245,081	239,511	3.4%	1.07%
1985	31,264,816	241,405	3.37%	0.79%
1986	32,265,196	243,180	3.2%	0.74%
1987	33,298,904	245,859	3.2%	1.1%
1988	34,382,752	249,740	3.25%	1.58%
1989	35,486,866	252,852	3.21%	1.25%
1990	36,684,063	254,826	3.37%	0.78%
1991	37,925,817	257,797	3.38%	1.17%
1992	39,228,910	261,057	3.44%	1.26%
1993	40,656,336	263,725	3.64%	1.02%
1994	42,626,876	266,021	4.85%	0.87%
1995	44,433,704	267,468	4.24%	0.54%
1996	45,296,124	268,916	1.94%	0.54%
1997	46,029,902	271,128	1.62%	0.82%
1998	47,297,600	274,047	2.75%	1.08%
1999	48,912,971	277,381	3.42%	1.22%
2000	50,507,442	281,205	3.26%	1.38%
2001	52,132,646	284,968	3.22%	1.34%
2002	53,750,524	287,523	3.1%	0.9%
2003	55,343,867	289,521	2.96%	0.69%
2004	56,997,741	292,074	2.99%	0.88%
2005	58,775,724	296,734	3.12%	1.6%
2006	60,615,908	303,782	3.13%	2.38%
2007	62,477,752	311,566	3.07%	2.56%
2008	64,390,664	317,414	3.06%	1.88%
2009	66,412,044	318,499	3.14%	0.34%
2010	68,563,038	318,041	3.24%	-0.14%
2011	70,849,311	319,014	3.33%	0.31%
2012	73,254,618	320,716	3.39%	0.53%
2013	75,789,395	323,764	3.46%	0.95%
2014	78,403,242	327,386	3.45%	1.12%
2015	81,035,531	330,815	3.36%	1.05%
2016	83,956,415	335,439	3.6%	1.4%
2017	87,083,398	343,400	3.72%	2.37%
2018	90,047,644	352,721	3.4%	2.71%
2019	92,947,442	360,563	3.22%	2.22%
2020	95,989,998	366,463	3.27%	1.64%
2021	99,148,932	372,520	3.29%	1.65%
2022	102,396,968	382,003	3.28%	2.55%
2023	105,789,731	393,349	3.31%	2.97%
2024	109,276,265	404,610	3.3%	2.86%
2025	112,832,475	409,614	3.25%	1.24%
2026	116,452,162	413,792	3.21%	1.02%
2027	120,129,744	417,406	3.16%	0.87%
2028	123,871,555	420,691	3.11%	0.79%
2029	127,674,141	423,592	3.07%	0.69%
2030	131,532,201	426,158	3.02%	0.61%
2031	135,447,495	428,479	2.98%	0.54%
2032	139,408,613	430,544	2.92%	0.48%
2033	143,414,031	432,406	2.87%	0.43%
2034	147,468,142	434,083	2.83%	0.39%
2035	151,560,102	435,646	2.77%	0.36%
2036	155,689,453	437,132	2.72%	0.34%
2037	159,848,574	438,466	2.67%	0.31%
2038	164,045,610	439,670	2.63%	0.27%
2039	168,296,695	440,754	2.59%	0.25%
2040	172,595,578	441,687	2.55%	0.21%
2041	176,946,261	442,487	2.52%	0.18%
2042	181,350,407	443,200	2.49%	0.16%
2043	185,805,168	443,884	2.46%	0.15%
2044	190,312,004	444,457	2.43%	0.13%
2045	194,865,386	444,812	2.39%	0.08%
2046	199,464,487	445,028	2.36%	0.05%
2047	204,105,925	445,183	2.33%	0.03%
2048	208,783,692	445,283	2.29%	0.02%
2049	213,497,692	445,335	2.26%	0.01%
2050	218,246,073	445,330	2.22%	-0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.