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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Mozambique	DR Congo	Mozambique
1960	15,264,846	6,713,695	-	-
1961	15,662,374	6,834,936	2.6%	1.81%
1962	16,075,724	6,969,364	2.64%	1.97%
1963	16,507,599	7,109,828	2.69%	2.02%
1964	16,955,327	7,255,061	2.71%	2.04%
1965	17,427,802	7,406,421	2.79%	2.09%
1966	17,931,929	7,562,990	2.89%	2.11%
1967	18,462,782	7,724,550	2.96%	2.14%
1968	19,012,189	7,892,613	2.98%	2.18%
1969	19,570,445	8,066,951	2.94%	2.21%
1970	20,137,436	8,250,506	2.9%	2.28%
1971	20,695,569	8,456,317	2.77%	2.49%
1972	21,251,160	8,692,935	2.68%	2.8%
1973	21,827,665	8,954,242	2.71%	3.01%
1974	22,418,878	9,236,093	2.71%	3.15%
1975	23,021,101	9,540,817	2.69%	3.3%
1976	23,624,031	9,867,209	2.62%	3.42%
1977	24,229,061	10,224,975	2.56%	3.63%
1978	24,992,689	10,618,250	3.15%	3.85%
1979	25,886,782	11,028,809	3.58%	3.87%
1980	26,711,099	11,336,221	3.18%	2.79%
1981	27,500,515	11,568,127	2.96%	2.05%
1982	28,338,190	11,824,370	3.05%	2.22%
1983	29,250,963	12,073,822	3.22%	2.11%
1984	30,245,081	12,315,954	3.4%	2.01%
1985	31,264,816	12,548,949	3.37%	1.89%
1986	32,265,196	12,770,578	3.2%	1.77%
1987	33,298,904	12,822,574	3.2%	0.41%
1988	34,382,752	12,800,558	3.25%	-0.17%
1989	35,486,866	12,906,842	3.21%	0.83%
1990	36,684,063	13,094,537	3.37%	1.45%
1991	37,925,817	13,352,090	3.38%	1.97%
1992	39,228,910	13,613,316	3.44%	1.96%
1993	40,656,336	14,051,192	3.64%	3.22%
1994	42,626,876	15,033,853	4.85%	6.99%
1995	44,433,704	15,960,530	4.24%	6.16%
1996	45,296,124	16,492,480	1.94%	3.33%
1997	46,029,902	16,949,982	1.62%	2.77%
1998	47,297,600	17,340,464	2.75%	2.3%
1999	48,912,971	17,734,506	3.42%	2.27%
2000	50,507,442	18,129,653	3.26%	2.23%
2001	52,132,646	18,537,729	3.22%	2.25%
2002	53,750,524	18,958,338	3.1%	2.27%
2003	55,343,867	19,392,475	2.96%	2.29%
2004	56,997,741	19,840,313	2.99%	2.31%
2005	58,775,724	20,304,569	3.12%	2.34%
2006	60,615,908	20,787,087	3.13%	2.38%
2007	62,477,752	21,287,635	3.07%	2.41%
2008	64,390,664	21,819,036	3.06%	2.5%
2009	66,412,044	22,391,745	3.14%	2.62%
2010	68,563,038	22,999,235	3.24%	2.71%
2011	70,849,311	23,649,039	3.33%	2.83%
2012	73,254,618	24,337,846	3.39%	2.91%
2013	75,789,395	25,051,611	3.46%	2.93%
2014	78,403,242	25,788,475	3.45%	2.94%
2015	81,035,531	26,547,572	3.36%	2.94%
2016	83,956,415	27,337,105	3.6%	2.97%
2017	87,083,398	28,166,393	3.72%	3.03%
2018	90,047,644	29,018,644	3.4%	3.03%
2019	92,947,442	29,884,380	3.22%	2.98%
2020	95,989,998	30,783,688	3.27%	3.01%
2021	99,148,932	31,707,800	3.29%	3%
2022	102,396,968	32,656,246	3.28%	2.99%
2023	105,789,731	33,635,160	3.31%	3%
2024	109,276,265	34,631,766	3.3%	2.96%
2025	112,832,475	35,631,656	3.25%	2.89%
2026	116,452,162	36,639,853	3.21%	2.83%
2027	120,129,744	37,668,656	3.16%	2.81%
2028	123,871,555	38,714,097	3.11%	2.78%
2029	127,674,141	39,774,947	3.07%	2.74%
2030	131,532,201	40,846,749	3.02%	2.69%
2031	135,447,495	41,931,250	2.98%	2.66%
2032	139,408,613	43,032,887	2.92%	2.63%
2033	143,414,031	44,144,533	2.87%	2.58%
2034	147,468,142	45,273,522	2.83%	2.56%
2035	151,560,102	46,411,774	2.77%	2.51%
2036	155,689,453	47,548,671	2.72%	2.45%
2037	159,848,574	48,684,563	2.67%	2.39%
2038	164,045,610	49,822,039	2.63%	2.34%
2039	168,296,695	50,971,124	2.59%	2.31%
2040	172,595,578	52,124,215	2.55%	2.26%
2041	176,946,261	53,271,004	2.52%	2.2%
2042	181,350,407	54,423,407	2.49%	2.16%
2043	185,805,168	55,574,711	2.46%	2.12%
2044	190,312,004	56,716,585	2.43%	2.05%
2045	194,865,386	57,851,787	2.39%	2%
2046	199,464,487	58,981,102	2.36%	1.95%
2047	204,105,925	60,117,587	2.33%	1.93%
2048	208,783,692	61,254,584	2.29%	1.89%
2049	213,497,692	62,397,018	2.26%	1.87%
2050	218,246,073	63,530,955	2.22%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.