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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Kenya	DR Congo	Kenya
1960	15,264,846	7,695,307	-	-
1961	15,662,374	7,987,770	2.6%	3.8%
1962	16,075,724	8,299,308	2.64%	3.9%
1963	16,507,599	8,627,971	2.69%	3.96%
1964	16,955,327	8,973,535	2.71%	4.01%
1965	17,427,802	9,338,078	2.79%	4.06%
1966	17,931,929	9,717,816	2.89%	4.07%
1967	18,462,782	10,111,057	2.96%	4.05%
1968	19,012,189	10,518,823	2.98%	4.03%
1969	19,570,445	10,939,695	2.94%	4%
1970	20,137,436	11,368,791	2.9%	3.92%
1971	20,695,569	11,788,904	2.77%	3.7%
1972	21,251,160	12,206,060	2.68%	3.54%
1973	21,827,665	12,634,835	2.71%	3.51%
1974	22,418,878	13,070,078	2.71%	3.44%
1975	23,021,101	13,511,671	2.69%	3.38%
1976	23,624,031	13,957,623	2.62%	3.3%
1977	24,229,061	14,428,819	2.56%	3.38%
1978	24,992,689	14,934,126	3.15%	3.5%
1979	25,886,782	15,460,666	3.58%	3.53%
1980	26,711,099	16,018,459	3.18%	3.61%
1981	27,500,515	16,601,507	2.96%	3.64%
1982	28,338,190	17,206,175	3.05%	3.64%
1983	29,250,963	17,846,374	3.22%	3.72%
1984	30,245,081	18,514,906	3.4%	3.75%
1985	31,264,816	19,201,768	3.37%	3.71%
1986	32,265,196	19,901,646	3.2%	3.64%
1987	33,298,904	20,616,096	3.2%	3.59%
1988	34,382,752	21,356,219	3.25%	3.59%
1989	35,486,866	22,118,434	3.21%	3.57%
1990	36,684,063	22,892,651	3.37%	3.5%
1991	37,925,817	23,646,514	3.38%	3.29%
1992	39,228,910	24,382,460	3.44%	3.11%
1993	40,656,336	25,117,188	3.64%	3.01%
1994	42,626,876	25,857,130	4.85%	2.95%
1995	44,433,704	26,601,751	4.24%	2.88%
1996	45,296,124	27,344,211	1.94%	2.79%
1997	46,029,902	28,101,768	1.62%	2.77%
1998	47,297,600	28,888,057	2.75%	2.8%
1999	48,912,971	29,733,408	3.42%	2.93%
2000	50,507,442	30,642,890	3.26%	3.06%
2001	52,132,646	31,619,170	3.22%	3.19%
2002	53,750,524	32,629,808	3.1%	3.2%
2003	55,343,867	33,652,223	2.96%	3.13%
2004	56,997,741	34,713,455	2.99%	3.15%
2005	58,775,724	35,796,484	3.12%	3.12%
2006	60,615,908	36,904,008	3.13%	3.09%
2007	62,477,752	38,036,349	3.07%	3.07%
2008	64,390,664	39,206,351	3.06%	3.08%
2009	66,412,044	40,408,891	3.14%	3.07%
2010	68,563,038	41,598,567	3.24%	2.94%
2011	70,849,311	42,758,461	3.33%	2.79%
2012	73,254,618	43,888,303	3.39%	2.64%
2013	75,789,395	44,986,791	3.46%	2.5%
2014	78,403,242	46,051,440	3.45%	2.37%
2015	81,035,531	47,088,526	3.36%	2.25%
2016	83,956,415	48,139,687	3.6%	2.23%
2017	87,083,398	49,197,766	3.72%	2.2%
2018	90,047,644	50,207,107	3.4%	2.05%
2019	92,947,442	51,202,827	3.22%	1.98%
2020	95,989,998	52,217,334	3.27%	1.98%
2021	99,148,932	53,219,166	3.29%	1.92%
2022	102,396,968	54,252,461	3.28%	1.94%
2023	105,789,731	55,339,003	3.31%	2%
2024	109,276,265	56,432,944	3.3%	1.98%
2025	112,832,475	57,532,489	3.25%	1.95%
2026	116,452,162	58,636,403	3.21%	1.92%
2027	120,129,744	59,745,751	3.16%	1.89%
2028	123,871,555	60,860,444	3.11%	1.87%
2029	127,674,141	61,979,186	3.07%	1.84%
2030	131,532,201	63,102,241	3.02%	1.81%
2031	135,447,495	64,230,108	2.98%	1.79%
2032	139,408,613	65,359,031	2.92%	1.76%
2033	143,414,031	66,484,805	2.87%	1.72%
2034	147,468,142	67,604,628	2.83%	1.68%
2035	151,560,102	68,715,909	2.77%	1.64%
2036	155,689,453	69,818,887	2.72%	1.61%
2037	159,848,574	70,910,404	2.67%	1.56%
2038	164,045,610	71,990,929	2.63%	1.52%
2039	168,296,695	73,057,760	2.59%	1.48%
2040	172,595,578	74,108,858	2.55%	1.44%
2041	176,946,261	75,144,357	2.52%	1.4%
2042	181,350,407	76,161,719	2.49%	1.35%
2043	185,805,168	77,159,121	2.46%	1.31%
2044	190,312,004	78,134,979	2.43%	1.26%
2045	194,865,386	79,088,832	2.39%	1.22%
2046	199,464,487	80,022,371	2.36%	1.18%
2047	204,105,925	80,938,635	2.33%	1.15%
2048	208,783,692	81,837,657	2.29%	1.11%
2049	213,497,692	82,721,766	2.26%	1.08%
2050	218,246,073	83,593,232	2.22%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th 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 Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.