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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Mexico	DR Congo	Mexico
1960	15,264,846	36,724,615	-	-
1961	15,662,374	37,890,118	2.6%	3.17%
1962	16,075,724	39,129,200	2.64%	3.27%
1963	16,507,599	40,424,065	2.69%	3.31%
1964	16,955,327	41,772,049	2.71%	3.33%
1965	17,427,802	43,174,477	2.79%	3.36%
1966	17,931,929	44,629,106	2.89%	3.37%
1967	18,462,782	46,129,608	2.96%	3.36%
1968	19,012,189	47,668,303	2.98%	3.34%
1969	19,570,445	49,233,194	2.94%	3.28%
1970	20,137,436	50,814,953	2.9%	3.21%
1971	20,695,569	52,412,558	2.77%	3.14%
1972	21,251,160	54,030,168	2.68%	3.09%
1973	21,827,665	55,667,284	2.71%	3.03%
1974	22,418,878	57,320,149	2.71%	2.97%
1975	23,021,101	58,982,400	2.69%	2.9%
1976	23,624,031	60,645,512	2.62%	2.82%
1977	24,229,061	62,308,493	2.56%	2.74%
1978	24,992,689	63,979,046	3.15%	2.68%
1979	25,886,782	65,648,865	3.58%	2.61%
1980	26,711,099	67,300,334	3.18%	2.52%
1981	27,500,515	68,892,108	2.96%	2.37%
1982	28,338,190	70,433,260	3.05%	2.24%
1983	29,250,963	71,971,240	3.22%	2.18%
1984	30,245,081	73,506,846	3.4%	2.13%
1985	31,264,816	75,043,414	3.37%	2.09%
1986	32,265,196	76,585,637	3.2%	2.06%
1987	33,298,904	78,136,651	3.2%	2.03%
1988	34,382,752	79,695,531	3.25%	2%
1989	35,486,866	81,247,182	3.21%	1.95%
1990	36,684,063	82,820,170	3.37%	1.94%
1991	37,925,817	84,430,572	3.38%	1.94%
1992	39,228,910	86,044,809	3.44%	1.91%
1993	40,656,336	87,653,807	3.64%	1.87%
1994	42,626,876	89,259,205	4.85%	1.83%
1995	44,433,704	90,862,455	4.24%	1.8%
1996	45,296,124	92,452,702	1.94%	1.75%
1997	46,029,902	94,021,207	1.62%	1.7%
1998	47,297,600	95,575,245	2.75%	1.65%
1999	48,912,971	97,115,707	3.42%	1.61%
2000	50,507,442	98,625,552	3.26%	1.55%
2001	52,132,646	100,099,099	3.22%	1.49%
2002	53,750,524	101,548,624	3.1%	1.45%
2003	55,343,867	102,978,515	2.96%	1.41%
2004	56,997,741	104,394,131	2.99%	1.37%
2005	58,775,724	105,811,504	3.12%	1.36%
2006	60,615,908	107,253,666	3.13%	1.36%
2007	62,477,752	108,774,360	3.07%	1.42%
2008	64,390,664	110,374,288	3.06%	1.47%
2009	66,412,044	111,999,721	3.14%	1.47%
2010	68,563,038	113,623,895	3.24%	1.45%
2011	70,849,311	115,243,504	3.33%	1.43%
2012	73,254,618	116,818,208	3.39%	1.37%
2013	75,789,395	118,343,573	3.46%	1.31%
2014	78,403,242	119,784,261	3.45%	1.22%
2015	81,035,531	121,072,306	3.36%	1.08%
2016	83,956,415	122,251,351	3.6%	0.97%
2017	87,083,398	123,400,057	3.72%	0.94%
2018	90,047,644	124,573,711	3.4%	0.95%
2019	92,947,442	125,762,982	3.22%	0.95%
2020	95,989,998	126,799,054	3.27%	0.82%
2021	99,148,932	127,648,148	3.29%	0.67%
2022	102,396,968	128,613,117	3.28%	0.76%
2023	105,789,731	129,739,759	3.31%	0.88%
2024	109,276,265	130,861,007	3.3%	0.86%
2025	112,832,475	131,946,905	3.25%	0.83%
2026	116,452,162	132,997,664	3.21%	0.8%
2027	120,129,744	134,017,711	3.16%	0.77%
2028	123,871,555	135,008,697	3.11%	0.74%
2029	127,674,141	135,970,893	3.07%	0.71%
2030	131,532,201	136,904,747	3.02%	0.69%
2031	135,447,495	137,811,068	2.98%	0.66%
2032	139,408,613	138,690,189	2.92%	0.64%
2033	143,414,031	139,542,087	2.87%	0.61%
2034	147,468,142	140,362,026	2.83%	0.59%
2035	151,560,102	141,150,818	2.77%	0.56%
2036	155,689,453	141,909,168	2.72%	0.54%
2037	159,848,574	142,637,546	2.67%	0.51%
2038	164,045,610	143,336,222	2.63%	0.49%
2039	168,296,695	143,998,296	2.59%	0.46%
2040	172,595,578	144,624,328	2.55%	0.43%
2041	176,946,261	145,217,780	2.52%	0.41%
2042	181,350,407	145,777,459	2.49%	0.39%
2043	185,805,168	146,300,011	2.46%	0.36%
2044	190,312,004	146,787,722	2.43%	0.33%
2045	194,865,386	147,240,096	2.39%	0.31%
2046	199,464,487	147,654,160	2.36%	0.28%
2047	204,105,925	148,030,153	2.33%	0.25%
2048	208,783,692	148,372,233	2.29%	0.23%
2049	213,497,692	148,677,894	2.26%	0.21%
2050	218,246,073	148,946,272	2.22%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.