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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Mauritius	DR Congo	Mauritius
1960	15,264,846	680,331	-	-
1961	15,662,374	680,757	2.6%	0.06%
1962	16,075,724	700,349	2.64%	2.88%
1963	16,507,599	718,861	2.69%	2.64%
1964	16,955,327	736,381	2.71%	2.44%
1965	17,427,802	753,000	2.79%	2.26%
1966	17,931,929	768,813	2.89%	2.1%
1967	18,462,782	783,917	2.96%	1.96%
1968	19,012,189	798,413	2.98%	1.85%
1969	19,570,445	812,405	2.94%	1.75%
1970	20,137,436	826,000	2.9%	1.67%
1971	20,695,569	839,230	2.77%	1.6%
1972	21,251,160	852,053	2.68%	1.53%
1973	21,827,665	864,819	2.71%	1.5%
1974	22,418,878	878,042	2.71%	1.53%
1975	23,021,101	892,000	2.69%	1.59%
1976	23,624,031	906,507	2.62%	1.63%
1977	24,229,061	921,379	2.56%	1.64%
1978	24,992,689	933,499	3.15%	1.32%
1979	25,886,782	949,888	3.58%	1.76%
1980	26,711,099	966,039	3.18%	1.7%
1981	27,500,515	980,462	2.96%	1.49%
1982	28,338,190	992,521	3.05%	1.23%
1983	29,250,963	1,001,691	3.22%	0.92%
1984	30,245,081	1,012,221	3.4%	1.05%
1985	31,264,816	1,020,528	3.37%	0.82%
1986	32,265,196	1,028,360	3.2%	0.77%
1987	33,298,904	1,036,082	3.2%	0.75%
1988	34,382,752	1,043,239	3.25%	0.69%
1989	35,486,866	1,051,260	3.21%	0.77%
1990	36,684,063	1,058,775	3.37%	0.71%
1991	37,925,817	1,070,266	3.38%	1.09%
1992	39,228,910	1,084,441	3.44%	1.32%
1993	40,656,336	1,097,374	3.64%	1.19%
1994	42,626,876	1,112,846	4.85%	1.41%
1995	44,433,704	1,122,457	4.24%	0.86%
1996	45,296,124	1,133,996	1.94%	1.03%
1997	46,029,902	1,148,284	1.62%	1.26%
1998	47,297,600	1,160,421	2.75%	1.06%
1999	48,912,971	1,175,267	3.42%	1.28%
2000	50,507,442	1,186,873	3.26%	0.99%
2001	52,132,646	1,196,287	3.22%	0.79%
2002	53,750,524	1,204,621	3.1%	0.7%
2003	55,343,867	1,213,370	2.96%	0.73%
2004	56,997,741	1,221,003	2.99%	0.63%
2005	58,775,724	1,228,254	3.12%	0.59%
2006	60,615,908	1,233,996	3.13%	0.47%
2007	62,477,752	1,239,630	3.07%	0.46%
2008	64,390,664	1,244,121	3.06%	0.36%
2009	66,412,044	1,247,429	3.14%	0.27%
2010	68,563,038	1,250,400	3.24%	0.24%
2011	70,849,311	1,252,404	3.33%	0.16%
2012	73,254,618	1,255,882	3.39%	0.28%
2013	75,789,395	1,258,927	3.46%	0.24%
2014	78,403,242	1,261,208	3.45%	0.18%
2015	81,035,531	1,262,879	3.36%	0.13%
2016	83,956,415	1,263,747	3.6%	0.07%
2017	87,083,398	1,264,887	3.72%	0.09%
2018	90,047,644	1,265,577	3.4%	0.05%
2019	92,947,442	1,265,985	3.22%	0.03%
2020	95,989,998	1,266,014	3.27%	0.002%
2021	99,148,932	1,266,334	3.29%	0.03%
2022	102,396,968	1,262,523	3.28%	-0.3%
2023	105,789,731	1,248,647	3.31%	-1.1%
2024	109,276,265	1,245,779	3.3%	-0.23%
2025	112,832,475	1,242,950	3.25%	-0.23%
2026	116,452,162	1,239,793	3.21%	-0.25%
2027	120,129,744	1,236,435	3.16%	-0.27%
2028	123,871,555	1,232,914	3.11%	-0.28%
2029	127,674,141	1,229,227	3.07%	-0.3%
2030	131,532,201	1,225,457	3.02%	-0.31%
2031	135,447,495	1,221,502	2.98%	-0.32%
2032	139,408,613	1,217,208	2.92%	-0.35%
2033	143,414,031	1,212,606	2.87%	-0.38%
2034	147,468,142	1,207,685	2.83%	-0.41%
2035	151,560,102	1,202,449	2.77%	-0.43%
2036	155,689,453	1,196,894	2.72%	-0.46%
2037	159,848,574	1,191,031	2.67%	-0.49%
2038	164,045,610	1,184,867	2.63%	-0.52%
2039	168,296,695	1,178,313	2.59%	-0.55%
2040	172,595,578	1,171,352	2.55%	-0.59%
2041	176,946,261	1,164,041	2.52%	-0.62%
2042	181,350,407	1,156,420	2.49%	-0.65%
2043	185,805,168	1,148,461	2.46%	-0.69%
2044	190,312,004	1,140,167	2.43%	-0.72%
2045	194,865,386	1,131,600	2.39%	-0.75%
2046	199,464,487	1,122,728	2.36%	-0.78%
2047	204,105,925	1,113,607	2.33%	-0.81%
2048	208,783,692	1,104,261	2.29%	-0.84%
2049	213,497,692	1,094,728	2.26%	-0.86%
2050	218,246,073	1,085,083	2.22%	-0.88%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Mauritius gained 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -23,954 (a 1.9% decline).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2006 and ranked 157th 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 Mauritius will decrease by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.