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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Nepal	DR Congo	Nepal
1960	15,264,846	10,123,658	-	-
1961	15,662,374	10,318,396	2.6%	1.92%
1962	16,075,724	10,521,116	2.64%	1.96%
1963	16,507,599	10,729,818	2.69%	1.98%
1964	16,955,327	10,946,392	2.71%	2.02%
1965	17,427,802	11,173,411	2.79%	2.07%
1966	17,931,929	11,408,710	2.89%	2.11%
1967	18,462,782	11,652,716	2.96%	2.14%
1968	19,012,189	11,906,266	2.98%	2.18%
1969	19,570,445	12,167,036	2.94%	2.19%
1970	20,137,436	12,436,190	2.9%	2.21%
1971	20,695,569	12,710,061	2.77%	2.2%
1972	21,251,160	12,989,099	2.68%	2.2%
1973	21,827,665	13,275,239	2.71%	2.2%
1974	22,418,878	13,568,435	2.71%	2.21%
1975	23,021,101	13,870,695	2.69%	2.23%
1976	23,624,031	14,177,649	2.62%	2.21%
1977	24,229,061	14,499,175	2.56%	2.27%
1978	24,992,689	14,839,695	3.15%	2.35%
1979	25,886,782	15,190,590	3.58%	2.36%
1980	26,711,099	15,553,105	3.18%	2.39%
1981	27,500,515	15,922,423	2.96%	2.37%
1982	28,338,190	16,297,987	3.05%	2.36%
1983	29,250,963	16,689,119	3.22%	2.4%
1984	30,245,081	17,085,242	3.4%	2.37%
1985	31,264,816	17,477,692	3.37%	2.3%
1986	32,265,196	17,868,124	3.2%	2.23%
1987	33,298,904	18,250,505	3.2%	2.14%
1988	34,382,752	18,638,661	3.25%	2.13%
1989	35,486,866	19,057,807	3.21%	2.25%
1990	36,684,063	19,524,573	3.37%	2.45%
1991	37,925,817	20,036,500	3.38%	2.62%
1992	39,228,910	20,609,707	3.44%	2.86%
1993	40,656,336	21,180,159	3.64%	2.77%
1994	42,626,876	21,717,479	4.85%	2.54%
1995	44,433,704	22,245,439	4.24%	2.43%
1996	45,296,124	22,741,862	1.94%	2.23%
1997	46,029,902	23,219,463	1.62%	2.1%
1998	47,297,600	23,680,357	2.75%	1.98%
1999	48,912,971	24,125,199	3.42%	1.88%
2000	50,507,442	24,546,509	3.26%	1.75%
2001	52,132,646	24,946,748	3.22%	1.63%
2002	53,750,524	25,328,981	3.1%	1.53%
2003	55,343,867	25,688,758	2.96%	1.42%
2004	56,997,741	26,016,656	2.99%	1.28%
2005	58,775,724	26,309,458	3.12%	1.13%
2006	60,615,908	26,565,425	3.13%	0.97%
2007	62,477,752	26,788,492	3.07%	0.84%
2008	64,390,664	26,990,037	3.06%	0.75%
2009	66,412,044	27,173,035	3.14%	0.68%
2010	68,563,038	27,341,952	3.24%	0.62%
2011	70,849,311	27,464,494	3.33%	0.45%
2012	73,254,618	27,534,915	3.39%	0.26%
2013	75,789,395	27,589,996	3.46%	0.2%
2014	78,403,242	27,672,370	3.45%	0.3%
2015	81,035,531	27,823,629	3.36%	0.55%
2016	83,956,415	27,955,462	3.6%	0.47%
2017	87,083,398	28,011,258	3.72%	0.2%
2018	90,047,644	28,079,689	3.4%	0.24%
2019	92,947,442	28,414,064	3.22%	1.19%
2020	95,989,998	28,966,574	3.27%	1.94%
2021	99,148,932	29,475,010	3.29%	1.76%
2022	102,396,968	29,715,436	3.28%	0.82%
2023	105,789,731	29,694,614	3.31%	-0.07%
2024	109,276,265	29,651,054	3.3%	-0.15%
2025	112,832,475	29,618,120	3.25%	-0.11%
2026	116,452,162	29,629,406	3.21%	0.04%
2027	120,129,744	29,727,164	3.16%	0.33%
2028	123,871,555	29,947,588	3.11%	0.74%
2029	127,674,141	30,232,115	3.07%	0.95%
2030	131,532,201	30,509,999	3.02%	0.92%
2031	135,447,495	30,780,916	2.98%	0.89%
2032	139,408,613	31,045,411	2.92%	0.86%
2033	143,414,031	31,304,035	2.87%	0.83%
2034	147,468,142	31,555,068	2.83%	0.8%
2035	151,560,102	31,798,003	2.77%	0.77%
2036	155,689,453	32,033,714	2.72%	0.74%
2037	159,848,574	32,262,286	2.67%	0.71%
2038	164,045,610	32,484,801	2.63%	0.69%
2039	168,296,695	32,700,695	2.59%	0.66%
2040	172,595,578	32,909,540	2.55%	0.64%
2041	176,946,261	33,112,254	2.52%	0.62%
2042	181,350,407	33,309,062	2.49%	0.59%
2043	185,805,168	33,499,440	2.46%	0.57%
2044	190,312,004	33,683,331	2.43%	0.55%
2045	194,865,386	33,861,058	2.39%	0.53%
2046	199,464,487	34,032,994	2.36%	0.51%
2047	204,105,925	34,197,261	2.33%	0.48%
2048	208,783,692	34,352,077	2.29%	0.45%
2049	213,497,692	34,500,201	2.26%	0.43%
2050	218,246,073	34,642,021	2.22%	0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.