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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Marshall Islands	DR Congo	Marshall Islands
1960	15,264,846	14,703	-	-
1961	15,662,374	15,219	2.6%	3.51%
1962	16,075,724	15,755	2.64%	3.52%
1963	16,507,599	16,302	2.69%	3.47%
1964	16,955,327	16,852	2.71%	3.37%
1965	17,427,802	17,402	2.79%	3.26%
1966	17,931,929	17,927	2.89%	3.02%
1967	18,462,782	18,655	2.96%	4.06%
1968	19,012,189	19,862	2.98%	6.47%
1969	19,570,445	21,305	2.94%	7.27%
1970	20,137,436	22,530	2.9%	5.75%
1971	20,695,569	23,366	2.77%	3.71%
1972	21,251,160	23,992	2.68%	2.68%
1973	21,827,665	24,581	2.71%	2.45%
1974	22,418,878	25,296	2.71%	2.91%
1975	23,021,101	26,154	2.69%	3.39%
1976	23,624,031	27,021	2.62%	3.31%
1977	24,229,061	27,906	2.56%	3.28%
1978	24,992,689	28,809	3.15%	3.24%
1979	25,886,782	29,738	3.58%	3.22%
1980	26,711,099	30,774	3.18%	3.48%
1981	27,500,515	32,017	2.96%	4.04%
1982	28,338,190	33,397	3.05%	4.31%
1983	29,250,963	34,811	3.22%	4.23%
1984	30,245,081	36,264	3.4%	4.17%
1985	31,264,816	37,761	3.37%	4.13%
1986	32,265,196	39,286	3.2%	4.04%
1987	33,298,904	40,828	3.2%	3.93%
1988	34,382,752	42,321	3.25%	3.66%
1989	35,486,866	43,586	3.21%	2.99%
1990	36,684,063	44,629	3.37%	2.39%
1991	37,925,817	45,568	3.38%	2.1%
1992	39,228,910	46,388	3.44%	1.8%
1993	40,656,336	47,093	3.64%	1.52%
1994	42,626,876	47,712	4.85%	1.31%
1995	44,433,704	48,266	4.24%	1.16%
1996	45,296,124	48,775	1.94%	1.05%
1997	46,029,902	49,259	1.62%	0.99%
1998	47,297,600	49,717	2.75%	0.93%
1999	48,912,971	50,202	3.42%	0.98%
2000	50,507,442	50,706	3.26%	1%
2001	52,132,646	51,123	3.22%	0.82%
2002	53,750,524	51,425	3.1%	0.59%
2003	55,343,867	51,639	2.96%	0.42%
2004	56,997,741	51,791	2.99%	0.29%
2005	58,775,724	51,906	3.12%	0.22%
2006	60,615,908	51,992	3.13%	0.17%
2007	62,477,752	52,035	3.07%	0.08%
2008	64,390,664	52,030	3.06%	-0.01%
2009	66,412,044	52,019	3.14%	-0.02%
2010	68,563,038	52,044	3.24%	0.05%
2011	70,849,311	51,907	3.33%	-0.26%
2012	73,254,618	51,419	3.39%	-0.94%
2013	75,789,395	50,681	3.46%	-1.44%
2014	78,403,242	49,796	3.45%	-1.75%
2015	81,035,531	48,800	3.36%	-2%
2016	83,956,415	47,709	3.6%	-2.24%
2017	87,083,398	46,529	3.72%	-2.47%
2018	90,047,644	45,285	3.4%	-2.67%
2019	92,947,442	44,007	3.22%	-2.82%
2020	95,989,998	42,706	3.27%	-2.96%
2021	99,148,932	41,367	3.29%	-3.14%
2022	102,396,968	40,077	3.28%	-3.12%
2023	105,789,731	38,827	3.31%	-3.12%
2024	109,276,265	37,548	3.3%	-3.29%
2025	112,832,475	36,281	3.25%	-3.37%
2026	116,452,162	35,078	3.21%	-3.32%
2027	120,129,744	33,976	3.16%	-3.14%
2028	123,871,555	32,977	3.11%	-2.94%
2029	127,674,141	32,054	3.07%	-2.8%
2030	131,532,201	31,191	3.02%	-2.69%
2031	135,447,495	30,420	2.98%	-2.47%
2032	139,408,613	29,740	2.92%	-2.23%
2033	143,414,031	29,142	2.87%	-2.01%
2034	147,468,142	28,608	2.83%	-1.83%
2035	151,560,102	28,147	2.77%	-1.61%
2036	155,689,453	27,751	2.72%	-1.41%
2037	159,848,574	27,405	2.67%	-1.25%
2038	164,045,610	27,092	2.63%	-1.14%
2039	168,296,695	26,836	2.59%	-0.94%
2040	172,595,578	26,598	2.55%	-0.89%
2041	176,946,261	26,396	2.52%	-0.76%
2042	181,350,407	26,217	2.49%	-0.68%
2043	185,805,168	26,054	2.46%	-0.62%
2044	190,312,004	25,913	2.43%	-0.54%
2045	194,865,386	25,777	2.39%	-0.52%
2046	199,464,487	25,653	2.36%	-0.48%
2047	204,105,925	25,543	2.33%	-0.43%
2048	208,783,692	25,429	2.29%	-0.45%
2049	213,497,692	25,311	2.26%	-0.46%
2050	218,246,073	25,195	2.22%	-0.46%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 4,283 people (a 8.24% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,631 (a 26.5% decline).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2006 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 28.2% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.