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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Iran	DR Congo	Iran
1960	15,264,846	21,470,434	-	-
1961	15,662,374	22,125,726	2.6%	3.05%
1962	16,075,724	22,807,907	2.64%	3.08%
1963	16,507,599	23,519,005	2.69%	3.12%
1964	16,955,327	24,262,859	2.71%	3.16%
1965	17,427,802	25,036,978	2.79%	3.19%
1966	17,931,929	25,829,270	2.89%	3.16%
1967	18,462,782	26,628,432	2.96%	3.09%
1968	19,012,189	27,437,391	2.98%	3.04%
1969	19,570,445	28,273,482	2.94%	3.05%
1970	20,137,436	29,145,100	2.9%	3.08%
1971	20,695,569	30,029,071	2.77%	3.03%
1972	21,251,160	30,921,179	2.68%	2.97%
1973	21,827,665	31,839,838	2.71%	2.97%
1974	22,418,878	32,796,463	2.71%	3%
1975	23,021,101	33,802,973	2.69%	3.07%
1976	23,624,031	34,837,271	2.62%	3.06%
1977	24,229,061	35,933,181	2.56%	3.15%
1978	24,992,689	37,126,535	3.15%	3.32%
1979	25,886,782	38,424,952	3.58%	3.5%
1980	26,711,099	39,842,324	3.18%	3.69%
1981	27,500,515	41,989,312	2.96%	5.39%
1982	28,338,190	44,272,141	3.05%	5.44%
1983	29,250,963	46,029,535	3.22%	3.97%
1984	30,245,081	47,793,998	3.4%	3.83%
1985	31,264,816	49,582,289	3.37%	3.74%
1986	32,265,196	51,446,045	3.2%	3.76%
1987	33,298,904	53,323,493	3.2%	3.65%
1988	34,382,752	55,072,694	3.25%	3.28%
1989	35,486,866	56,704,914	3.21%	2.96%
1990	36,684,063	58,380,092	3.37%	2.95%
1991	37,925,817	59,986,931	3.38%	2.75%
1992	39,228,910	61,184,983	3.44%	2%
1993	40,656,336	61,403,543	3.64%	0.36%
1994	42,626,876	61,520,598	4.85%	0.19%
1995	44,433,704	62,205,567	4.24%	1.11%
1996	45,296,124	62,881,300	1.94%	1.09%
1997	46,029,902	63,639,638	1.62%	1.21%
1998	47,297,600	64,519,859	2.75%	1.38%
1999	48,912,971	65,445,391	3.42%	1.43%
2000	50,507,442	66,418,659	3.26%	1.49%
2001	52,132,646	67,452,005	3.22%	1.56%
2002	53,750,524	68,011,317	3.1%	0.83%
2003	55,343,867	68,769,340	2.96%	1.11%
2004	56,997,741	70,256,316	2.99%	2.16%
2005	58,775,724	71,828,455	3.12%	2.24%
2006	60,615,908	73,392,747	3.13%	2.18%
2007	62,477,752	74,602,648	3.07%	1.65%
2008	64,390,664	75,514,204	3.06%	1.22%
2009	66,412,044	76,457,825	3.14%	1.25%
2010	68,563,038	77,420,842	3.24%	1.26%
2011	70,849,311	78,383,598	3.33%	1.24%
2012	73,254,618	79,370,580	3.39%	1.26%
2013	75,789,395	80,414,686	3.46%	1.32%
2014	78,403,242	81,502,045	3.45%	1.35%
2015	81,035,531	82,619,362	3.36%	1.37%
2016	83,956,415	83,812,228	3.6%	1.44%
2017	87,083,398	85,026,754	3.72%	1.45%
2018	90,047,644	86,117,998	3.4%	1.28%
2019	92,947,442	87,051,648	3.22%	1.08%
2020	95,989,998	87,723,443	3.27%	0.77%
2021	99,148,932	88,455,488	3.29%	0.83%
2022	102,396,968	89,524,246	3.28%	1.21%
2023	105,789,731	90,608,707	3.31%	1.21%
2024	109,276,265	91,567,738	3.3%	1.06%
2025	112,832,475	92,417,685	3.25%	0.93%
2026	116,452,162	93,168,494	3.21%	0.81%
2027	120,129,744	93,838,646	3.16%	0.72%
2028	123,871,555	94,440,024	3.11%	0.64%
2029	127,674,141	94,985,102	3.07%	0.58%
2030	131,532,201	95,486,672	3.02%	0.53%
2031	135,447,495	95,960,723	2.98%	0.5%
2032	139,408,613	96,415,457	2.92%	0.47%
2033	143,414,031	96,850,659	2.87%	0.45%
2034	147,468,142	97,271,044	2.83%	0.43%
2035	151,560,102	97,679,258	2.77%	0.42%
2036	155,689,453	98,075,324	2.72%	0.41%
2037	159,848,574	98,458,805	2.67%	0.39%
2038	164,045,610	98,828,318	2.63%	0.38%
2039	168,296,695	99,182,806	2.59%	0.36%
2040	172,595,578	99,524,286	2.55%	0.34%
2041	176,946,261	99,853,719	2.52%	0.33%
2042	181,350,407	100,167,076	2.49%	0.31%
2043	185,805,168	100,462,092	2.46%	0.29%
2044	190,312,004	100,737,592	2.43%	0.27%
2045	194,865,386	100,990,622	2.39%	0.25%
2046	199,464,487	101,219,689	2.36%	0.23%
2047	204,105,925	101,424,009	2.33%	0.2%
2048	208,783,692	101,601,932	2.29%	0.18%
2049	213,497,692	101,748,544	2.26%	0.14%
2050	218,246,073	101,862,002	2.22%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.