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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Maldives	DR Congo	Maldives
1960	15,264,846	91,189	-	-
1961	15,662,374	93,450	2.6%	2.48%
1962	16,075,724	95,802	2.64%	2.52%
1963	16,507,599	98,222	2.69%	2.53%
1964	16,955,327	100,662	2.71%	2.48%
1965	17,427,802	104,102	2.79%	3.42%
1966	17,931,929	108,507	2.89%	4.23%
1967	18,462,782	112,528	2.96%	3.71%
1968	19,012,189	116,075	2.98%	3.15%
1969	19,570,445	119,564	2.94%	3.01%
1970	20,137,436	123,219	2.9%	3.06%
1971	20,695,569	127,035	2.77%	3.1%
1972	21,251,160	130,968	2.68%	3.1%
1973	21,827,665	134,952	2.71%	3.04%
1974	22,418,878	138,978	2.71%	2.98%
1975	23,021,101	143,158	2.69%	3.01%
1976	23,624,031	147,525	2.62%	3.05%
1977	24,229,061	151,930	2.56%	2.99%
1978	24,992,689	156,159	3.15%	2.78%
1979	25,886,782	160,360	3.58%	2.69%
1980	26,711,099	164,835	3.18%	2.79%
1981	27,500,515	169,532	2.96%	2.85%
1982	28,338,190	174,333	3.05%	2.83%
1983	29,250,963	179,128	3.22%	2.75%
1984	30,245,081	184,198	3.4%	2.83%
1985	31,264,816	190,169	3.37%	3.24%
1986	32,265,196	196,935	3.2%	3.56%
1987	33,298,904	203,944	3.2%	3.56%
1988	34,382,752	210,885	3.25%	3.4%
1989	35,486,866	217,738	3.21%	3.25%
1990	36,684,063	224,762	3.37%	3.23%
1991	37,925,817	231,802	3.38%	3.13%
1992	39,228,910	238,543	3.44%	2.91%
1993	40,656,336	244,884	3.64%	2.66%
1994	42,626,876	250,822	4.85%	2.42%
1995	44,433,704	256,649	4.24%	2.32%
1996	45,296,124	262,347	1.94%	2.22%
1997	46,029,902	267,707	1.62%	2.04%
1998	47,297,600	272,723	2.75%	1.87%
1999	48,912,971	277,412	3.42%	1.72%
2000	50,507,442	282,019	3.26%	1.66%
2001	52,132,646	286,767	3.22%	1.68%
2002	53,750,524	291,616	3.1%	1.69%
2003	55,343,867	296,491	2.96%	1.67%
2004	56,997,741	301,413	2.99%	1.66%
2005	58,775,724	306,429	3.12%	1.66%
2006	60,615,908	313,851	3.13%	2.42%
2007	62,477,752	324,479	3.07%	3.39%
2008	64,390,664	336,170	3.06%	3.6%
2009	66,412,044	348,275	3.14%	3.6%
2010	68,563,038	360,792	3.24%	3.59%
2011	70,849,311	373,674	3.33%	3.57%
2012	73,254,618	386,818	3.39%	3.52%
2013	75,789,395	400,070	3.46%	3.43%
2014	78,403,242	413,617	3.45%	3.39%
2015	81,035,531	428,154	3.36%	3.51%
2016	83,956,415	443,308	3.6%	3.54%
2017	87,083,398	458,287	3.72%	3.38%
2018	90,047,644	473,099	3.4%	3.23%
2019	92,947,442	487,731	3.22%	3.09%
2020	95,989,998	502,118	3.27%	2.95%
2021	99,148,932	516,154	3.29%	2.8%
2022	102,396,968	524,106	3.28%	1.54%
2023	105,789,731	525,994	3.31%	0.36%
2024	109,276,265	527,799	3.3%	0.34%
2025	112,832,475	529,677	3.25%	0.36%
2026	116,452,162	531,514	3.21%	0.35%
2027	120,129,744	533,433	3.16%	0.36%
2028	123,871,555	535,502	3.11%	0.39%
2029	127,674,141	537,574	3.07%	0.39%
2030	131,532,201	539,667	3.02%	0.39%
2031	135,447,495	541,929	2.98%	0.42%
2032	139,408,613	544,288	2.92%	0.44%
2033	143,414,031	546,723	2.87%	0.45%
2034	147,468,142	549,162	2.83%	0.45%
2035	151,560,102	551,599	2.77%	0.44%
2036	155,689,453	554,092	2.72%	0.45%
2037	159,848,574	556,637	2.67%	0.46%
2038	164,045,610	559,231	2.63%	0.47%
2039	168,296,695	561,958	2.59%	0.49%
2040	172,595,578	564,800	2.55%	0.51%
2041	176,946,261	567,606	2.52%	0.5%
2042	181,350,407	570,381	2.49%	0.49%
2043	185,805,168	573,138	2.46%	0.48%
2044	190,312,004	575,811	2.43%	0.47%
2045	194,865,386	578,459	2.39%	0.46%
2046	199,464,487	581,026	2.36%	0.44%
2047	204,105,925	583,393	2.33%	0.41%
2048	208,783,692	585,720	2.29%	0.4%
2049	213,497,692	587,988	2.26%	0.39%
2050	218,246,073	589,960	2.22%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.