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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Malawi	DR Congo	Malawi
1960	15,264,846	3,628,134	-	-
1961	15,662,374	3,715,534	2.6%	2.41%
1962	16,075,724	3,806,307	2.64%	2.44%
1963	16,507,599	3,900,506	2.69%	2.47%
1964	16,955,327	3,997,305	2.71%	2.48%
1965	17,427,802	4,096,157	2.79%	2.47%
1966	17,931,929	4,197,926	2.89%	2.48%
1967	18,462,782	4,303,012	2.96%	2.5%
1968	19,012,189	4,411,054	2.98%	2.51%
1969	19,570,445	4,521,184	2.94%	2.5%
1970	20,137,436	4,633,944	2.9%	2.49%
1971	20,695,569	4,751,434	2.77%	2.54%
1972	21,251,160	4,874,475	2.68%	2.59%
1973	21,827,665	5,003,938	2.71%	2.66%
1974	22,418,878	5,141,337	2.71%	2.75%
1975	23,021,101	5,287,367	2.69%	2.84%
1976	23,624,031	5,443,384	2.62%	2.95%
1977	24,229,061	5,614,983	2.56%	3.15%
1978	24,992,689	5,810,132	3.15%	3.48%
1979	25,886,782	6,028,749	3.58%	3.76%
1980	26,711,099	6,265,529	3.18%	3.93%
1981	27,500,515	6,516,454	2.96%	4%
1982	28,338,190	6,778,879	3.05%	4.03%
1983	29,250,963	7,051,709	3.22%	4.02%
1984	30,245,081	7,332,810	3.4%	3.99%
1985	31,264,816	7,620,508	3.37%	3.92%
1986	32,265,196	7,906,480	3.2%	3.75%
1987	33,298,904	8,293,174	3.2%	4.89%
1988	34,382,752	8,753,262	3.25%	5.55%
1989	35,486,866	9,176,220	3.21%	4.83%
1990	36,684,063	9,545,852	3.37%	4.03%
1991	37,925,817	9,844,227	3.38%	3.13%
1992	39,228,910	10,135,079	3.44%	2.95%
1993	40,656,336	10,284,024	3.64%	1.47%
1994	42,626,876	10,164,894	4.85%	-1.16%
1995	44,433,704	10,150,117	4.24%	-0.15%
1996	45,296,124	10,352,228	1.94%	1.99%
1997	46,029,902	10,562,035	1.62%	2.03%
1998	47,297,600	10,792,876	2.75%	2.19%
1999	48,912,971	11,047,804	3.42%	2.36%
2000	50,507,442	11,315,942	3.26%	2.43%
2001	52,132,646	11,593,058	3.22%	2.45%
2002	53,750,524	11,880,440	3.1%	2.48%
2003	55,343,867	12,181,574	2.96%	2.53%
2004	56,997,741	12,500,737	2.99%	2.62%
2005	58,775,724	12,840,031	3.12%	2.71%
2006	60,615,908	13,198,701	3.13%	2.79%
2007	62,477,752	13,576,343	3.07%	2.86%
2008	64,390,664	13,976,417	3.06%	2.95%
2009	66,412,044	14,395,788	3.14%	3%
2010	68,563,038	14,826,463	3.24%	2.99%
2011	70,849,311	15,265,022	3.33%	2.96%
2012	73,254,618	15,709,577	3.39%	2.91%
2013	75,789,395	16,161,816	3.46%	2.88%
2014	78,403,242	16,621,538	3.45%	2.84%
2015	81,035,531	17,085,587	3.36%	2.79%
2016	83,956,415	17,557,739	3.6%	2.76%
2017	87,083,398	18,039,715	3.72%	2.75%
2018	90,047,644	18,528,081	3.4%	2.71%
2019	92,947,442	19,025,752	3.22%	2.69%
2020	95,989,998	19,533,888	3.27%	2.67%
2021	99,148,932	20,047,258	3.29%	2.63%
2022	102,396,968	20,568,728	3.28%	2.6%
2023	105,789,731	21,104,482	3.31%	2.6%
2024	109,276,265	21,655,286	3.3%	2.61%
2025	112,832,475	22,216,113	3.25%	2.59%
2026	116,452,162	22,785,530	3.21%	2.56%
2027	120,129,744	23,366,187	3.16%	2.55%
2028	123,871,555	23,954,450	3.11%	2.52%
2029	127,674,141	24,553,499	3.07%	2.5%
2030	131,532,201	25,160,293	3.02%	2.47%
2031	135,447,495	25,763,534	2.98%	2.4%
2032	139,408,613	26,366,760	2.92%	2.34%
2033	143,414,031	26,978,417	2.87%	2.32%
2034	147,468,142	27,595,295	2.83%	2.29%
2035	151,560,102	28,213,784	2.77%	2.24%
2036	155,689,453	28,835,595	2.72%	2.2%
2037	159,848,574	29,462,509	2.67%	2.17%
2038	164,045,610	30,081,741	2.63%	2.1%
2039	168,296,695	30,691,578	2.59%	2.03%
2040	172,595,578	31,302,092	2.55%	1.99%
2041	176,946,261	31,911,242	2.52%	1.95%
2042	181,350,407	32,517,509	2.49%	1.9%
2043	185,805,168	33,122,481	2.46%	1.86%
2044	190,312,004	33,736,523	2.43%	1.85%
2045	194,865,386	34,350,947	2.39%	1.82%
2046	199,464,487	34,959,606	2.36%	1.77%
2047	204,105,925	35,567,989	2.33%	1.74%
2048	208,783,692	36,165,757	2.29%	1.68%
2049	213,497,692	36,760,998	2.26%	1.65%
2050	218,246,073	37,361,672	2.22%	1.63%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Malawi gained 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2006 and ranked 61st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the DR Congo's population will grow by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people with a rank change from 15th to 8th. The population of Malawi will increase by 63.9% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.