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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Ivory Coast	DR Congo	Ivory Coast
1960	15,264,846	3,673,666	-	-
1961	15,662,374	3,810,151	2.6%	3.72%
1962	16,075,724	3,956,939	2.64%	3.85%
1963	16,507,599	4,112,061	2.69%	3.92%
1964	16,955,327	4,273,952	2.71%	3.94%
1965	17,427,802	4,442,377	2.79%	3.94%
1966	17,931,929	4,617,519	2.89%	3.94%
1967	18,462,782	4,799,744	2.96%	3.95%
1968	19,012,189	4,990,021	2.98%	3.96%
1969	19,570,445	5,192,221	2.94%	4.05%
1970	20,137,436	5,411,567	2.9%	4.22%
1971	20,695,569	5,650,868	2.77%	4.42%
1972	21,251,160	5,909,716	2.68%	4.58%
1973	21,827,665	6,184,944	2.71%	4.66%
1974	22,418,878	6,474,057	2.71%	4.67%
1975	23,021,101	6,776,297	2.69%	4.67%
1976	23,624,031	7,057,958	2.62%	4.16%
1977	24,229,061	7,321,950	2.56%	3.74%
1978	24,992,689	7,603,130	3.15%	3.84%
1979	25,886,782	7,902,267	3.58%	3.93%
1980	26,711,099	8,220,714	3.18%	4.03%
1981	27,500,515	8,556,596	2.96%	4.09%
1982	28,338,190	8,907,936	3.05%	4.11%
1983	29,250,963	9,272,744	3.22%	4.1%
1984	30,245,081	9,650,516	3.4%	4.07%
1985	31,264,816	10,040,483	3.37%	4.04%
1986	32,265,196	10,440,917	3.2%	3.99%
1987	33,298,904	10,851,475	3.2%	3.93%
1988	34,382,752	11,275,189	3.25%	3.9%
1989	35,486,866	11,719,771	3.21%	3.94%
1990	36,684,063	12,189,778	3.37%	4.01%
1991	37,925,817	12,683,870	3.38%	4.05%
1992	39,228,910	13,200,310	3.44%	4.07%
1993	40,656,336	13,735,951	3.64%	4.06%
1994	42,626,876	14,287,201	4.85%	4.01%
1995	44,433,704	14,855,565	4.24%	3.98%
1996	45,296,124	15,442,312	1.94%	3.95%
1997	46,029,902	16,047,170	1.62%	3.92%
1998	47,297,600	16,663,948	2.75%	3.84%
1999	48,912,971	17,215,935	3.42%	3.31%
2000	50,507,442	17,699,004	3.26%	2.81%
2001	52,132,646	18,178,913	3.22%	2.71%
2002	53,750,524	18,654,771	3.1%	2.62%
2003	55,343,867	19,125,542	2.96%	2.52%
2004	56,997,741	19,595,000	2.99%	2.45%
2005	58,775,724	20,068,458	3.12%	2.42%
2006	60,615,908	20,546,802	3.13%	2.38%
2007	62,477,752	21,030,558	3.07%	2.35%
2008	64,390,664	21,514,439	3.06%	2.3%
2009	66,412,044	21,997,940	3.14%	2.25%
2010	68,563,038	22,488,065	3.24%	2.23%
2011	70,849,311	22,982,000	3.33%	2.2%
2012	73,254,618	23,467,078	3.39%	2.11%
2013	75,789,395	23,939,775	3.46%	2.01%
2014	78,403,242	24,527,395	3.45%	2.45%
2015	81,035,531	25,246,342	3.36%	2.93%
2016	83,956,415	25,989,405	3.6%	2.94%
2017	87,083,398	26,733,372	3.72%	2.86%
2018	90,047,644	27,464,173	3.4%	2.73%
2019	92,947,442	28,193,009	3.22%	2.65%
2020	95,989,998	28,915,449	3.27%	2.56%
2021	99,148,932	29,639,736	3.29%	2.5%
2022	102,396,968	30,395,002	3.28%	2.55%
2023	105,789,731	31,165,654	3.31%	2.54%
2024	109,276,265	31,934,230	3.3%	2.47%
2025	112,832,475	32,711,547	3.25%	2.43%
2026	116,452,162	33,494,340	3.21%	2.39%
2027	120,129,744	34,281,129	3.16%	2.35%
2028	123,871,555	35,077,094	3.11%	2.32%
2029	127,674,141	35,883,465	3.07%	2.3%
2030	131,532,201	36,699,008	3.02%	2.27%
2031	135,447,495	37,529,369	2.98%	2.26%
2032	139,408,613	38,376,612	2.92%	2.26%
2033	143,414,031	39,244,388	2.87%	2.26%
2034	147,468,142	40,132,807	2.83%	2.26%
2035	151,560,102	41,033,849	2.77%	2.25%
2036	155,689,453	41,948,468	2.72%	2.23%
2037	159,848,574	42,880,003	2.67%	2.22%
2038	164,045,610	43,824,363	2.63%	2.2%
2039	168,296,695	44,778,750	2.59%	2.18%
2040	172,595,578	45,743,921	2.55%	2.16%
2041	176,946,261	46,717,434	2.52%	2.13%
2042	181,350,407	47,702,165	2.49%	2.11%
2043	185,805,168	48,700,670	2.46%	2.09%
2044	190,312,004	49,709,049	2.43%	2.07%
2045	194,865,386	50,716,074	2.39%	2.03%
2046	199,464,487	51,718,057	2.36%	1.98%
2047	204,105,925	52,721,465	2.33%	1.94%
2048	208,783,692	53,730,594	2.29%	1.91%
2049	213,497,692	54,739,405	2.26%	1.88%
2050	218,246,073	55,746,988	2.22%	1.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Ivory Coast gained 5,177,884 people (a 25.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 8,094,005 (a 32.1% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Ivory Coast was ranked 55th in 2005 and ranked 50th 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 Ivory Coast will increase by 67.2% to 55,746,988 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.