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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Indonesia	DR Congo	Indonesia
1960	15,264,846	88,296,070	-	-
1961	15,662,374	90,791,249	2.6%	2.83%
1962	16,075,724	93,375,850	2.64%	2.85%
1963	16,507,599	96,051,424	2.69%	2.87%
1964	16,955,327	98,833,749	2.71%	2.9%
1965	17,427,802	101,365,130	2.79%	2.56%
1966	17,931,929	103,792,754	2.89%	2.39%
1967	18,462,782	106,526,393	2.96%	2.63%
1968	19,012,189	109,450,006	2.98%	2.74%
1969	19,570,445	112,517,639	2.94%	2.8%
1970	20,137,436	115,657,495	2.9%	2.79%
1971	20,695,569	118,833,702	2.77%	2.75%
1972	21,251,160	122,039,841	2.68%	2.7%
1973	21,827,665	125,288,515	2.71%	2.66%
1974	22,418,878	128,555,045	2.71%	2.61%
1975	23,021,101	131,843,848	2.69%	2.56%
1976	23,624,031	135,173,655	2.62%	2.53%
1977	24,229,061	138,533,541	2.56%	2.49%
1978	24,992,689	141,953,163	3.15%	2.47%
1979	25,886,782	145,434,834	3.58%	2.45%
1980	26,711,099	148,950,540	3.18%	2.42%
1981	27,500,515	152,485,035	2.96%	2.37%
1982	28,338,190	156,052,152	3.05%	2.34%
1983	29,250,963	159,651,381	3.22%	2.31%
1984	30,245,081	163,251,124	3.4%	2.25%
1985	31,264,816	166,776,185	3.37%	2.16%
1986	32,265,196	170,175,065	3.2%	2.04%
1987	33,298,904	173,511,154	3.2%	1.96%
1988	34,382,752	176,855,065	3.25%	1.93%
1989	35,486,866	180,201,630	3.21%	1.89%
1990	36,684,063	183,501,098	3.37%	1.83%
1991	37,925,817	186,778,238	3.38%	1.79%
1992	39,228,910	190,043,744	3.44%	1.75%
1993	40,656,336	193,305,168	3.64%	1.72%
1994	42,626,876	196,591,828	4.85%	1.7%
1995	44,433,704	199,888,057	4.24%	1.68%
1996	45,296,124	203,204,348	1.94%	1.66%
1997	46,029,902	206,536,095	1.62%	1.64%
1998	47,297,600	209,826,788	2.75%	1.59%
1999	48,912,971	213,004,668	3.42%	1.51%
2000	50,507,442	216,077,790	3.26%	1.44%
2001	52,132,646	219,097,902	3.22%	1.4%
2002	53,750,524	222,088,495	3.1%	1.36%
2003	55,343,867	225,048,008	2.96%	1.33%
2004	56,997,741	227,926,649	2.99%	1.28%
2005	58,775,724	230,871,650	3.12%	1.29%
2006	60,615,908	233,951,652	3.13%	1.33%
2007	62,477,752	237,062,337	3.07%	1.33%
2008	64,390,664	240,157,903	3.06%	1.31%
2009	66,412,044	243,220,028	3.14%	1.28%
2010	68,563,038	246,305,322	3.24%	1.27%
2011	70,849,311	249,470,032	3.33%	1.28%
2012	73,254,618	252,698,525	3.39%	1.29%
2013	75,789,395	255,852,467	3.46%	1.25%
2014	78,403,242	258,877,399	3.45%	1.18%
2015	81,035,531	261,799,249	3.36%	1.13%
2016	83,956,415	264,627,418	3.6%	1.08%
2017	87,083,398	267,346,658	3.72%	1.03%
2018	90,047,644	269,951,846	3.4%	0.97%
2019	92,947,442	272,489,381	3.22%	0.94%
2020	95,989,998	274,814,866	3.27%	0.85%
2021	99,148,932	276,758,053	3.29%	0.71%
2022	102,396,968	278,830,529	3.28%	0.75%
2023	105,789,731	281,190,067	3.31%	0.85%
2024	109,276,265	283,487,931	3.3%	0.82%
2025	112,832,475	285,721,231	3.25%	0.79%
2026	116,452,162	287,886,778	3.21%	0.76%
2027	120,129,744	289,986,520	3.16%	0.73%
2028	123,871,555	292,016,774	3.11%	0.7%
2029	127,674,141	293,978,106	3.07%	0.67%
2030	131,532,201	295,876,644	3.02%	0.65%
2031	135,447,495	297,719,741	2.98%	0.62%
2032	139,408,613	299,510,654	2.92%	0.6%
2033	143,414,031	301,250,975	2.87%	0.58%
2034	147,468,142	302,938,571	2.83%	0.56%
2035	151,560,102	304,566,615	2.77%	0.54%
2036	155,689,453	306,135,097	2.72%	0.51%
2037	159,848,574	307,646,407	2.67%	0.49%
2038	164,045,610	309,096,450	2.63%	0.47%
2039	168,296,695	310,481,116	2.59%	0.45%
2040	172,595,578	311,797,391	2.55%	0.42%
2041	176,946,261	313,041,656	2.52%	0.4%
2042	181,350,407	314,211,278	2.49%	0.37%
2043	185,805,168	315,304,309	2.46%	0.35%
2044	190,312,004	316,318,412	2.43%	0.32%
2045	194,865,386	317,249,609	2.39%	0.29%
2046	199,464,487	318,096,567	2.36%	0.27%
2047	204,105,925	318,862,018	2.33%	0.24%
2048	208,783,692	319,554,646	2.29%	0.22%
2049	213,497,692	320,173,244	2.26%	0.19%
2050	218,246,073	320,712,941	2.22%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2005 and still ranked 4th 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 Indonesia will increase by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.