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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	India	DR Congo	India
1960	15,264,846	435,990,338	-	-
1961	15,662,374	446,564,729	2.6%	2.43%
1962	16,075,724	457,283,090	2.64%	2.4%
1963	16,507,599	468,138,575	2.69%	2.37%
1964	16,955,327	479,229,598	2.71%	2.37%
1965	17,427,802	490,140,146	2.79%	2.28%
1966	17,931,929	500,740,247	2.89%	2.16%
1967	18,462,782	511,606,372	2.96%	2.17%
1968	19,012,189	522,716,889	2.98%	2.17%
1969	19,570,445	533,880,544	2.94%	2.14%
1970	20,137,436	545,864,268	2.9%	2.24%
1971	20,695,569	558,096,387	2.77%	2.24%
1972	21,251,160	570,482,142	2.68%	2.22%
1973	21,827,665	583,465,598	2.71%	2.28%
1974	22,418,878	597,041,391	2.71%	2.33%
1975	23,021,101	611,309,535	2.69%	2.39%
1976	23,624,031	625,861,883	2.62%	2.38%
1977	24,229,061	640,801,103	2.56%	2.39%
1978	24,992,689	655,728,229	3.15%	2.33%
1979	25,886,782	671,155,747	3.58%	2.35%
1980	26,711,099	687,354,025	3.18%	2.41%
1981	27,500,515	703,696,250	2.96%	2.38%
1982	28,338,190	720,313,473	3.05%	2.36%
1983	29,250,963	737,372,681	3.22%	2.37%
1984	30,245,081	754,875,449	3.4%	2.37%
1985	31,264,816	772,647,793	3.37%	2.35%
1986	32,265,196	790,689,978	3.2%	2.34%
1987	33,298,904	808,931,270	3.2%	2.31%
1988	34,382,752	827,342,990	3.25%	2.28%
1989	35,486,866	846,039,529	3.21%	2.26%
1990	36,684,063	864,972,221	3.37%	2.24%
1991	37,925,817	883,927,600	3.38%	2.19%
1992	39,228,910	902,957,070	3.44%	2.15%
1993	40,656,336	922,118,387	3.64%	2.12%
1994	42,626,876	941,163,767	4.85%	2.07%
1995	44,433,704	960,301,044	4.24%	2.03%
1996	45,296,124	979,678,458	1.94%	2.02%
1997	46,029,902	999,133,762	1.62%	1.99%
1998	47,297,600	1,018,665,080	2.75%	1.95%
1999	48,912,971	1,038,225,823	3.42%	1.92%
2000	50,507,442	1,057,922,733	3.26%	1.9%
2001	52,132,646	1,077,898,575	3.22%	1.89%
2002	53,750,524	1,097,600,380	3.1%	1.83%
2003	55,343,867	1,116,803,006	2.96%	1.75%
2004	56,997,741	1,135,991,513	2.99%	1.72%
2005	58,775,724	1,154,676,322	3.12%	1.64%
2006	60,615,908	1,172,878,890	3.13%	1.58%
2007	62,477,752	1,190,676,021	3.07%	1.52%
2008	64,390,664	1,207,930,964	3.06%	1.45%
2009	66,412,044	1,225,524,753	3.14%	1.46%
2010	68,563,038	1,243,481,564	3.24%	1.47%
2011	70,849,311	1,261,224,954	3.33%	1.43%
2012	73,254,618	1,278,674,502	3.39%	1.38%
2013	75,789,395	1,295,829,511	3.46%	1.34%
2014	78,403,242	1,312,277,191	3.45%	1.27%
2015	81,035,531	1,328,024,498	3.36%	1.2%
2016	83,956,415	1,343,944,296	3.6%	1.2%
2017	87,083,398	1,359,657,400	3.72%	1.17%
2018	90,047,644	1,374,659,064	3.4%	1.1%
2019	92,947,442	1,389,030,312	3.22%	1.05%
2020	95,989,998	1,402,617,695	3.27%	0.98%
2021	99,148,932	1,414,203,896	3.29%	0.83%
2022	102,396,968	1,425,423,212	3.28%	0.79%
2023	105,789,731	1,438,069,596	3.31%	0.89%
2024	109,276,265	1,450,935,791	3.3%	0.89%
2025	112,832,475	1,463,865,531	3.25%	0.89%
2026	116,452,162	1,476,625,576	3.21%	0.87%
2027	120,129,744	1,489,164,679	3.16%	0.85%
2028	123,871,555	1,501,432,748	3.11%	0.82%
2029	127,674,141	1,513,423,737	3.07%	0.8%
2030	131,532,201	1,525,138,852	3.02%	0.77%
2031	135,447,495	1,536,540,604	2.98%	0.75%
2032	139,408,613	1,547,607,126	2.92%	0.72%
2033	143,414,031	1,558,324,087	2.87%	0.69%
2034	147,468,142	1,568,688,356	2.83%	0.67%
2035	151,560,102	1,578,694,799	2.77%	0.64%
2036	155,689,453	1,588,325,366	2.72%	0.61%
2037	159,848,574	1,597,537,009	2.67%	0.58%
2038	164,045,610	1,606,300,646	2.63%	0.55%
2039	168,296,695	1,614,639,243	2.59%	0.52%
2040	172,595,578	1,622,580,052	2.55%	0.49%
2041	176,946,261	1,630,119,374	2.52%	0.46%
2042	181,350,407	1,637,235,363	2.49%	0.44%
2043	185,805,168	1,643,915,269	2.46%	0.41%
2044	190,312,004	1,650,186,610	2.43%	0.38%
2045	194,865,386	1,656,067,585	2.39%	0.36%
2046	199,464,487	1,661,548,400	2.36%	0.33%
2047	204,105,925	1,666,628,151	2.33%	0.31%
2048	208,783,692	1,671,309,727	2.29%	0.28%
2049	213,497,692	1,675,619,893	2.26%	0.26%
2050	218,246,073	1,679,589,268	2.22%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while India gained 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while India's population increased by 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. India was ranked 2nd in 2006 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.