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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Luxembourg	DR Congo	Luxembourg
1960	15,264,846	313,970	-	-
1961	15,662,374	316,845	2.6%	0.92%
1962	16,075,724	320,750	2.64%	1.23%
1963	16,507,599	324,100	2.69%	1.04%
1964	16,955,327	327,750	2.71%	1.13%
1965	17,427,802	331,500	2.79%	1.14%
1966	17,931,929	333,895	2.89%	0.72%
1967	18,462,782	334,995	2.96%	0.33%
1968	19,012,189	335,850	2.98%	0.26%
1969	19,570,445	337,500	2.94%	0.49%
1970	20,137,436	339,171	2.9%	0.5%
1971	20,695,569	342,421	2.77%	0.96%
1972	21,251,160	346,600	2.68%	1.22%
1973	21,827,665	350,450	2.71%	1.11%
1974	22,418,878	355,050	2.71%	1.31%
1975	23,021,101	358,950	2.69%	1.1%
1976	23,624,031	360,731	2.62%	0.5%
1977	24,229,061	361,358	2.56%	0.17%
1978	24,992,689	362,007	3.15%	0.18%
1979	25,886,782	362,856	3.58%	0.23%
1980	26,711,099	364,150	3.18%	0.36%
1981	27,500,515	365,225	2.96%	0.3%
1982	28,338,190	365,525	3.05%	0.08%
1983	29,250,963	365,622	3.22%	0.03%
1984	30,245,081	365,998	3.4%	0.1%
1985	31,264,816	366,706	3.37%	0.19%
1986	32,265,196	368,355	3.2%	0.45%
1987	33,298,904	370,750	3.2%	0.65%
1988	34,382,752	373,450	3.25%	0.73%
1989	35,486,866	377,100	3.21%	0.98%
1990	36,684,063	381,850	3.37%	1.26%
1991	37,925,817	387,000	3.38%	1.35%
1992	39,228,910	392,175	3.44%	1.34%
1993	40,656,336	397,475	3.64%	1.35%
1994	42,626,876	402,925	4.85%	1.37%
1995	44,433,704	408,625	4.24%	1.41%
1996	45,296,124	414,225	1.94%	1.37%
1997	46,029,902	419,450	1.62%	1.26%
1998	47,297,600	424,700	2.75%	1.25%
1999	48,912,971	430,475	3.42%	1.36%
2000	50,507,442	436,300	3.26%	1.35%
2001	52,132,646	441,525	3.22%	1.2%
2002	53,750,524	446,175	3.1%	1.05%
2003	55,343,867	451,630	2.96%	1.22%
2004	56,997,741	458,095	2.99%	1.43%
2005	58,775,724	465,158	3.12%	1.54%
2006	60,615,908	472,637	3.13%	1.61%
2007	62,477,752	479,993	3.07%	1.56%
2008	64,390,664	488,650	3.06%	1.8%
2009	66,412,044	497,783	3.14%	1.87%
2010	68,563,038	506,953	3.24%	1.84%
2011	70,849,311	518,347	3.33%	2.25%
2012	73,254,618	530,946	3.39%	2.43%
2013	75,789,395	543,360	3.46%	2.34%
2014	78,403,242	556,319	3.45%	2.38%
2015	81,035,531	569,604	3.36%	2.39%
2016	83,956,415	582,014	3.6%	2.18%
2017	87,083,398	596,336	3.72%	2.46%
2018	90,047,644	607,950	3.4%	1.95%
2019	92,947,442	620,001	3.22%	1.98%
2020	95,989,998	630,419	3.27%	1.68%
2021	99,148,932	640,064	3.29%	1.53%
2022	102,396,968	653,103	3.28%	2.04%
2023	105,789,731	666,430	3.31%	2.04%
2024	109,276,265	677,717	3.3%	1.69%
2025	112,832,475	685,180	3.25%	1.1%
2026	116,452,162	692,217	3.21%	1.03%
2027	120,129,744	699,102	3.16%	0.99%
2028	123,871,555	705,956	3.11%	0.98%
2029	127,674,141	712,502	3.07%	0.93%
2030	131,532,201	718,627	3.02%	0.86%
2031	135,447,495	724,433	2.98%	0.81%
2032	139,408,613	730,118	2.92%	0.78%
2033	143,414,031	735,604	2.87%	0.75%
2034	147,468,142	740,767	2.83%	0.7%
2035	151,560,102	745,776	2.77%	0.68%
2036	155,689,453	750,596	2.72%	0.65%
2037	159,848,574	755,119	2.67%	0.6%
2038	164,045,610	759,551	2.63%	0.59%
2039	168,296,695	763,923	2.59%	0.58%
2040	172,595,578	767,972	2.55%	0.53%
2041	176,946,261	771,757	2.52%	0.49%
2042	181,350,407	775,418	2.49%	0.47%
2043	185,805,168	778,811	2.46%	0.44%
2044	190,312,004	781,936	2.43%	0.4%
2045	194,865,386	784,957	2.39%	0.39%
2046	199,464,487	787,788	2.36%	0.36%
2047	204,105,925	790,356	2.33%	0.33%
2048	208,783,692	792,821	2.29%	0.31%
2049	213,497,692	795,064	2.26%	0.28%
2050	218,246,073	796,958	2.22%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Luxembourg gained 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Luxembourg's population increased by 121,228 (a 21.3% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2005 and ranked 164th 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 Luxembourg will increase by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th.