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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Netherlands	DR Congo	Netherlands
1960	15,264,846	11,486,631	-	-
1961	15,662,374	11,638,712	2.6%	1.32%
1962	16,075,724	11,805,689	2.64%	1.43%
1963	16,507,599	11,965,966	2.69%	1.36%
1964	16,955,327	12,127,120	2.71%	1.35%
1965	17,427,802	12,294,732	2.79%	1.38%
1966	17,931,929	12,456,251	2.89%	1.31%
1967	18,462,782	12,598,201	2.96%	1.14%
1968	19,012,189	12,729,721	2.98%	1.04%
1969	19,570,445	12,877,984	2.94%	1.16%
1970	20,137,436	13,038,526	2.9%	1.25%
1971	20,695,569	13,194,497	2.77%	1.2%
1972	21,251,160	13,328,593	2.68%	1.02%
1973	21,827,665	13,439,322	2.71%	0.83%
1974	22,418,878	13,545,056	2.71%	0.79%
1975	23,021,101	13,666,335	2.69%	0.9%
1976	23,624,031	13,774,037	2.62%	0.79%
1977	24,229,061	13,856,185	2.56%	0.6%
1978	24,992,689	13,941,700	3.15%	0.62%
1979	25,886,782	14,038,270	3.58%	0.69%
1980	26,711,099	14,149,800	3.18%	0.79%
1981	27,500,515	14,247,208	2.96%	0.69%
1982	28,338,190	14,312,690	3.05%	0.46%
1983	29,250,963	14,367,070	3.22%	0.38%
1984	30,245,081	14,424,211	3.4%	0.4%
1985	31,264,816	14,491,632	3.37%	0.47%
1986	32,265,196	14,572,278	3.2%	0.56%
1987	33,298,904	14,665,037	3.2%	0.64%
1988	34,382,752	14,760,094	3.25%	0.65%
1989	35,486,866	14,848,907	3.21%	0.6%
1990	36,684,063	14,951,510	3.37%	0.69%
1991	37,925,817	15,069,798	3.38%	0.79%
1992	39,228,910	15,184,166	3.44%	0.76%
1993	40,656,336	15,290,368	3.64%	0.7%
1994	42,626,876	15,382,838	4.85%	0.6%
1995	44,433,704	15,459,006	4.24%	0.5%
1996	45,296,124	15,530,498	1.94%	0.46%
1997	46,029,902	15,610,650	1.62%	0.52%
1998	47,297,600	15,707,209	2.75%	0.62%
1999	48,912,971	15,812,088	3.42%	0.67%
2000	50,507,442	15,925,513	3.26%	0.72%
2001	52,132,646	16,046,180	3.22%	0.76%
2002	53,750,524	16,148,929	3.1%	0.64%
2003	55,343,867	16,225,302	2.96%	0.47%
2004	56,997,741	16,281,779	2.99%	0.35%
2005	58,775,724	16,319,868	3.12%	0.23%
2006	60,615,908	16,346,101	3.13%	0.16%
2007	62,477,752	16,381,696	3.07%	0.22%
2008	64,390,664	16,445,593	3.06%	0.39%
2009	66,412,044	16,530,388	3.14%	0.52%
2010	68,563,038	16,615,394	3.24%	0.51%
2011	70,849,311	16,693,074	3.33%	0.47%
2012	73,254,618	16,754,962	3.39%	0.37%
2013	75,789,395	16,804,432	3.46%	0.3%
2014	78,403,242	16,865,008	3.45%	0.36%
2015	81,035,531	16,939,923	3.36%	0.44%
2016	83,956,415	17,030,314	3.6%	0.53%
2017	87,083,398	17,131,296	3.72%	0.59%
2018	90,047,644	17,231,624	3.4%	0.59%
2019	92,947,442	17,344,874	3.22%	0.66%
2020	95,989,998	17,441,500	3.27%	0.56%
2021	99,148,932	17,533,044	3.29%	0.52%
2022	102,396,968	17,700,982	3.28%	0.96%
2023	105,789,731	17,877,117	3.31%	1%
2024	109,276,265	17,993,485	3.3%	0.65%
2025	112,832,475	18,110,044	3.25%	0.65%
2026	116,452,162	18,210,675	3.21%	0.56%
2027	120,129,744	18,298,766	3.16%	0.48%
2028	123,871,555	18,378,805	3.11%	0.44%
2029	127,674,141	18,451,273	3.07%	0.39%
2030	131,532,201	18,515,139	3.02%	0.35%
2031	135,447,495	18,571,158	2.98%	0.3%
2032	139,408,613	18,620,309	2.92%	0.26%
2033	143,414,031	18,664,195	2.87%	0.24%
2034	147,468,142	18,701,674	2.83%	0.2%
2035	151,560,102	18,732,440	2.77%	0.16%
2036	155,689,453	18,759,270	2.72%	0.14%
2037	159,848,574	18,781,008	2.67%	0.12%
2038	164,045,610	18,797,497	2.63%	0.09%
2039	168,296,695	18,809,490	2.59%	0.06%
2040	172,595,578	18,816,959	2.55%	0.04%
2041	176,946,261	18,820,083	2.52%	0.02%
2042	181,350,407	18,818,821	2.49%	-0.007%
2043	185,805,168	18,814,475	2.46%	-0.02%
2044	190,312,004	18,806,778	2.43%	-0.04%
2045	194,865,386	18,796,219	2.39%	-0.06%
2046	199,464,487	18,784,939	2.36%	-0.06%
2047	204,105,925	18,770,867	2.33%	-0.07%
2048	208,783,692	18,753,541	2.29%	-0.09%
2049	213,497,692	18,734,516	2.26%	-0.1%
2050	218,246,073	18,713,797	2.22%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.