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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Italy	DR Congo	Italy
1960	15,264,846	50,199,700	-	-
1961	15,662,374	50,536,350	2.6%	0.67%
1962	16,075,724	50,879,450	2.64%	0.68%
1963	16,507,599	51,252,000	2.69%	0.73%
1964	16,955,327	51,675,350	2.71%	0.83%
1965	17,427,802	52,112,350	2.79%	0.85%
1966	17,931,929	52,519,000	2.89%	0.78%
1967	18,462,782	52,900,500	2.96%	0.73%
1968	19,012,189	53,235,750	2.98%	0.63%
1969	19,570,445	53,537,950	2.94%	0.57%
1970	20,137,436	53,821,850	2.9%	0.53%
1971	20,695,569	54,073,490	2.77%	0.47%
1972	21,251,160	54,381,345	2.68%	0.57%
1973	21,827,665	54,751,406	2.71%	0.68%
1974	22,418,878	55,110,868	2.71%	0.66%
1975	23,021,101	55,441,001	2.69%	0.6%
1976	23,624,031	55,718,260	2.62%	0.5%
1977	24,229,061	55,955,411	2.56%	0.43%
1978	24,992,689	56,155,143	3.15%	0.36%
1979	25,886,782	56,317,749	3.58%	0.29%
1980	26,711,099	56,433,883	3.18%	0.21%
1981	27,500,515	56,501,675	2.96%	0.12%
1982	28,338,190	56,543,548	3.05%	0.07%
1983	29,250,963	56,564,074	3.22%	0.04%
1984	30,245,081	56,576,718	3.4%	0.02%
1985	31,264,816	56,593,071	3.37%	0.03%
1986	32,265,196	56,596,155	3.2%	0.005%
1987	33,298,904	56,601,931	3.2%	0.01%
1988	34,382,752	56,629,288	3.25%	0.05%
1989	35,486,866	56,671,781	3.21%	0.08%
1990	36,684,063	56,719,240	3.37%	0.08%
1991	37,925,817	56,758,521	3.38%	0.07%
1992	39,228,910	56,797,087	3.44%	0.07%
1993	40,656,336	56,831,821	3.64%	0.06%
1994	42,626,876	56,843,400	4.85%	0.02%
1995	44,433,704	56,844,303	4.24%	0.002%
1996	45,296,124	56,860,281	1.94%	0.03%
1997	46,029,902	56,890,372	1.62%	0.05%
1998	47,297,600	56,906,744	2.75%	0.03%
1999	48,912,971	56,916,317	3.42%	0.02%
2000	50,507,442	56,942,108	3.26%	0.05%
2001	52,132,646	56,976,981	3.22%	0.06%
2002	53,750,524	57,089,824	3.1%	0.2%
2003	55,343,867	57,399,184	2.96%	0.54%
2004	56,997,741	57,828,179	2.99%	0.75%
2005	58,775,724	58,166,682	3.12%	0.59%
2006	60,615,908	58,399,861	3.13%	0.4%
2007	62,477,752	58,756,247	3.07%	0.61%
2008	64,390,664	59,211,181	3.06%	0.77%
2009	66,412,044	59,555,454	3.14%	0.58%
2010	68,563,038	59,819,407	3.24%	0.44%
2011	70,849,311	60,026,841	3.33%	0.35%
2012	73,254,618	60,191,247	3.39%	0.27%
2013	75,789,395	60,311,613	3.46%	0.2%
2014	78,403,242	60,320,707	3.45%	0.02%
2015	81,035,531	60,229,605	3.36%	-0.15%
2016	83,956,415	60,115,223	3.6%	-0.19%
2017	87,083,398	60,002,252	3.72%	-0.19%
2018	90,047,644	60,148,658	3.4%	0.24%
2019	92,947,442	59,729,081	3.22%	-0.7%
2020	95,989,998	59,438,851	3.27%	-0.49%
2021	99,148,932	59,133,173	3.29%	-0.51%
2022	102,396,968	59,013,667	3.28%	-0.2%
2023	105,789,731	58,993,475	3.31%	-0.03%
2024	109,276,265	58,986,023	3.3%	-0.01%
2025	112,832,475	58,790,597	3.25%	-0.33%
2026	116,452,162	58,571,823	3.21%	-0.37%
2027	120,129,744	58,335,864	3.16%	-0.4%
2028	123,871,555	58,094,373	3.11%	-0.41%
2029	127,674,141	57,851,042	3.07%	-0.42%
2030	131,532,201	57,597,622	3.02%	-0.44%
2031	135,447,495	57,333,277	2.98%	-0.46%
2032	139,408,613	57,071,235	2.92%	-0.46%
2033	143,414,031	56,812,747	2.87%	-0.45%
2034	147,468,142	56,548,816	2.83%	-0.46%
2035	151,560,102	56,279,536	2.77%	-0.48%
2036	155,689,453	56,009,844	2.72%	-0.48%
2037	159,848,574	55,737,477	2.67%	-0.49%
2038	164,045,610	55,460,735	2.63%	-0.5%
2039	168,296,695	55,177,508	2.59%	-0.51%
2040	172,595,578	54,889,107	2.55%	-0.52%
2041	176,946,261	54,601,628	2.52%	-0.52%
2042	181,350,407	54,307,412	2.49%	-0.54%
2043	185,805,168	53,997,106	2.46%	-0.57%
2044	190,312,004	53,679,603	2.43%	-0.59%
2045	194,865,386	53,357,669	2.39%	-0.6%
2046	199,464,487	53,025,288	2.36%	-0.62%
2047	204,105,925	52,680,150	2.33%	-0.65%
2048	208,783,692	52,324,241	2.29%	-0.68%
2049	213,497,692	51,959,050	2.26%	-0.7%
2050	218,246,073	51,579,060	2.22%	-0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.