The latest officially reported population of the DR Congo was 109,276,265 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current DR Congo's population is 115,740,092 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 1.07 times bigger than the DR Congo's.
- The DR Congo is ranked the 15th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 2.89% of the world: 1.4% for the DR Congo vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, the DR Congo has had an average growth rate of +3.38% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of the DR Congo has increased from 58.8M people to 116M (96.9% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- The DR Congo is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 431M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
DR Congo vs Japan: live population counter
DR Congo
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
115740092
|
123324642
|
| Population rank | 15/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.4% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
9.05 seconds
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58.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
7.22 seconds
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42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
35 seconds
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19.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
19.5 minutes
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3.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -26,968 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,552 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,486,534 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.3% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 12/197 | 182/197 |
the DR Congo and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
DR Congo
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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DR Congo
|
Japan
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DR Congo
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 15,264,846 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 15,662,374 | 94,055,000 | 2.6% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 16,075,724 | 94,933,000 | 2.64% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 16,507,599 | 95,900,000 | 2.69% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 16,955,327 | 96,903,000 | 2.71% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 17,427,802 | 97,952,000 | 2.79% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 17,931,929 | 98,851,000 | 2.89% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 18,462,782 | 99,879,000 | 2.96% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 19,012,189 | 101,011,000 | 2.98% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 19,570,445 | 102,219,000 | 2.94% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 20,137,436 | 103,403,000 | 2.9% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 20,695,569 | 105,697,000 | 2.77% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 21,251,160 | 107,188,000 | 2.68% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 21,827,665 | 108,707,000 | 2.71% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 22,418,878 | 110,162,000 | 2.71% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 23,021,101 | 111,573,000 | 2.69% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 23,624,031 | 112,775,000 | 2.62% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 24,229,061 | 113,872,000 | 2.56% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 24,992,689 | 114,913,000 | 3.15% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 25,886,782 | 115,890,000 | 3.58% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 26,711,099 | 116,807,000 | 3.18% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 27,500,515 | 117,661,000 | 2.96% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 28,338,190 | 118,480,000 | 3.05% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 29,250,963 | 119,307,000 | 3.22% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 30,245,081 | 120,083,000 | 3.4% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 31,264,816 | 120,837,000 | 3.37% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 32,265,196 | 121,482,000 | 3.2% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 33,298,904 | 122,069,000 | 3.2% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 34,382,752 | 122,578,000 | 3.25% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 35,486,866 | 123,069,000 | 3.21% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 36,684,063 | 123,478,000 | 3.37% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 37,925,817 | 123,964,000 | 3.38% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 39,228,910 | 124,425,000 | 3.44% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 40,656,336 | 124,829,000 | 3.64% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 42,626,876 | 125,178,000 | 4.85% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 44,433,704 | 125,472,000 | 4.24% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 45,296,124 | 125,757,000 | 1.94% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 46,029,902 | 126,057,000 | 1.62% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 47,297,600 | 126,400,000 | 2.75% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 48,912,971 | 126,631,000 | 3.42% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 50,507,442 | 126,843,000 | 3.26% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 52,132,646 | 127,149,000 | 3.22% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 53,750,524 | 127,445,000 | 3.1% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 55,343,867 | 127,718,000 | 2.96% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 56,997,741 | 127,761,000 | 2.99% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 58,775,724 | 127,773,000 | 3.12% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 60,615,908 | 127,854,000 | 3.13% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 62,477,752 | 128,001,000 | 3.07% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 64,390,664 | 128,063,000 | 3.06% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 66,412,044 | 128,047,000 | 3.14% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 68,563,038 | 128,070,000 | 3.24% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 70,849,311 | 127,833,000 | 3.33% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 73,254,618 | 127,629,000 | 3.39% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 75,789,395 | 127,445,000 | 3.46% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 78,403,242 | 127,276,000 | 3.45% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 81,035,531 | 127,141,000 | 3.36% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 83,956,415 | 127,076,000 | 3.6% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 87,083,398 | 126,972,000 | 3.72% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 90,047,644 | 126,811,000 | 3.4% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 92,947,442 | 126,633,000 | 3.22% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 95,989,998 | 126,261,000 | 3.27% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 99,148,932 | 125,681,593 | 3.29% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 102,396,968 | 125,124,989 | 3.28% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 105,789,731 | 124,516,650 | 3.31% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 109,276,265 | 123,975,371 | 3.3% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 112,832,475 | 123,324,642 | 3.25% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 116,452,162 | 122,647,678 | 3.21% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 120,129,744 | 121,951,038 | 3.16% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 123,871,555 | 121,241,776 | 3.11% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 127,674,141 | 120,524,230 | 3.07% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 131,532,201 | 119,798,959 | 3.02% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 135,447,495 | 119,065,610 | 2.98% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 139,408,613 | 118,326,333 | 2.92% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 143,414,031 | 117,583,337 | 2.87% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 147,468,142 | 116,836,274 | 2.83% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 151,560,102 | 116,084,328 | 2.77% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 155,689,453 | 115,332,395 | 2.72% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 159,848,574 | 114,582,890 | 2.67% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 164,045,610 | 113,837,760 | 2.63% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 168,296,695 | 113,097,352 | 2.59% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 172,595,578 | 112,359,802 | 2.55% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 176,946,261 | 111,622,622 | 2.52% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 181,350,407 | 110,891,223 | 2.49% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 185,805,168 | 110,169,955 | 2.46% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 190,312,004 | 109,455,823 | 2.43% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 194,865,386 | 108,747,012 | 2.39% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 199,464,487 | 108,044,346 | 2.36% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 204,105,925 | 107,350,486 | 2.33% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 208,783,692 | 106,665,616 | 2.29% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 213,497,692 | 105,986,908 | 2.26% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 218,246,073 | 105,312,022 | 2.22% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between the DR Congo and Japan
|
DR Congo
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 62.2 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 21.9 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 16.9 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 6.05 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 124.8 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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