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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Malaysia	DR Congo	Malaysia
1960	15,264,846	7,956,197	-	-
1961	15,662,374	8,164,443	2.6%	2.62%
1962	16,075,724	8,380,172	2.64%	2.64%
1963	16,507,599	8,602,160	2.69%	2.65%
1964	16,955,327	8,828,406	2.71%	2.63%
1965	17,427,802	9,056,408	2.79%	2.58%
1966	17,931,929	9,284,688	2.89%	2.52%
1967	18,462,782	9,507,099	2.96%	2.4%
1968	19,012,189	9,725,281	2.98%	2.29%
1969	19,570,445	9,947,597	2.94%	2.29%
1970	20,137,436	10,178,802	2.9%	2.32%
1971	20,695,569	10,423,453	2.77%	2.4%
1972	21,251,160	10,676,835	2.68%	2.43%
1973	21,827,665	10,935,621	2.71%	2.42%
1974	22,418,878	11,200,906	2.71%	2.43%
1975	23,021,101	11,471,914	2.69%	2.42%
1976	23,624,031	11,750,097	2.62%	2.42%
1977	24,229,061	12,035,713	2.56%	2.43%
1978	24,992,689	12,328,157	3.15%	2.43%
1979	25,886,782	12,627,862	3.58%	2.43%
1980	26,711,099	12,983,363	3.18%	2.82%
1981	27,500,515	13,399,203	2.96%	3.2%
1982	28,338,190	13,832,798	3.05%	3.24%
1983	29,250,963	14,285,907	3.22%	3.28%
1984	30,245,081	14,759,009	3.4%	3.31%
1985	31,264,816	15,252,258	3.37%	3.34%
1986	32,265,196	15,760,419	3.2%	3.33%
1987	33,298,904	16,276,737	3.2%	3.28%
1988	34,382,752	16,796,605	3.25%	3.19%
1989	35,486,866	17,314,997	3.21%	3.09%
1990	36,684,063	17,833,171	3.37%	2.99%
1991	37,925,817	18,342,464	3.38%	2.86%
1992	39,228,910	18,834,572	3.44%	2.68%
1993	40,656,336	19,322,664	3.64%	2.59%
1994	42,626,876	19,820,446	4.85%	2.58%
1995	44,433,704	20,330,599	4.24%	2.57%
1996	45,296,124	20,850,087	1.94%	2.56%
1997	46,029,902	21,375,218	1.62%	2.52%
1998	47,297,600	21,906,713	2.75%	2.49%
1999	48,912,971	22,435,531	3.42%	2.41%
2000	50,507,442	22,967,816	3.26%	2.37%
2001	52,132,646	23,526,538	3.22%	2.43%
2002	53,750,524	24,102,477	3.1%	2.45%
2003	55,343,867	24,679,602	2.96%	2.39%
2004	56,997,741	25,256,772	2.99%	2.34%
2005	58,775,724	25,836,071	3.12%	2.29%
2006	60,615,908	26,417,909	3.13%	2.25%
2007	62,477,752	26,998,389	3.07%	2.2%
2008	64,390,664	27,570,059	3.06%	2.12%
2009	66,412,044	28,124,778	3.14%	2.01%
2010	68,563,038	28,655,776	3.24%	1.89%
2011	70,849,311	29,162,039	3.33%	1.77%
2012	73,254,618	29,662,831	3.39%	1.72%
2013	75,789,395	30,174,265	3.46%	1.72%
2014	78,403,242	30,696,137	3.45%	1.73%
2015	81,035,531	31,232,798	3.36%	1.75%
2016	83,956,415	31,789,685	3.6%	1.78%
2017	87,083,398	32,355,644	3.72%	1.78%
2018	90,047,644	32,910,967	3.4%	1.72%
2019	92,947,442	33,440,596	3.22%	1.61%
2020	95,989,998	33,889,558	3.27%	1.34%
2021	99,148,932	34,282,399	3.29%	1.16%
2022	102,396,968	34,695,493	3.28%	1.2%
2023	105,789,731	35,126,298	3.31%	1.24%
2024	109,276,265	35,557,673	3.3%	1.23%
2025	112,832,475	35,977,838	3.25%	1.18%
2026	116,452,162	36,385,119	3.21%	1.13%
2027	120,129,744	36,785,089	3.16%	1.1%
2028	123,871,555	37,182,773	3.11%	1.08%
2029	127,674,141	37,574,292	3.07%	1.05%
2030	131,532,201	37,961,722	3.02%	1.03%
2031	135,447,495	38,347,786	2.98%	1.02%
2032	139,408,613	38,728,383	2.92%	0.99%
2033	143,414,031	39,097,871	2.87%	0.95%
2034	147,468,142	39,457,849	2.83%	0.92%
2035	151,560,102	39,814,834	2.77%	0.9%
2036	155,689,453	40,166,904	2.72%	0.88%
2037	159,848,574	40,512,289	2.67%	0.86%
2038	164,045,610	40,853,318	2.63%	0.84%
2039	168,296,695	41,185,892	2.59%	0.81%
2040	172,595,578	41,509,646	2.55%	0.79%
2041	176,946,261	41,828,594	2.52%	0.77%
2042	181,350,407	42,144,474	2.49%	0.76%
2043	185,805,168	42,455,952	2.46%	0.74%
2044	190,312,004	42,754,140	2.43%	0.7%
2045	194,865,386	43,038,205	2.39%	0.66%
2046	199,464,487	43,313,754	2.36%	0.64%
2047	204,105,925	43,580,459	2.33%	0.62%
2048	208,783,692	43,831,577	2.29%	0.58%
2049	213,497,692	44,065,538	2.26%	0.53%
2050	218,246,073	44,289,765	2.22%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.