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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Nigeria	DR Congo	Nigeria
1960	15,264,846	45,053,782	-	-
1961	15,662,374	45,989,310	2.6%	2.08%
1962	16,075,724	46,965,292	2.64%	2.12%
1963	16,507,599	47,973,575	2.69%	2.15%
1964	16,955,327	49,012,016	2.71%	2.16%
1965	17,427,802	50,086,764	2.79%	2.19%
1966	17,931,929	51,188,234	2.89%	2.2%
1967	18,462,782	52,293,065	2.96%	2.16%
1968	19,012,189	53,432,783	2.98%	2.18%
1969	19,570,445	54,631,914	2.94%	2.24%
1970	20,137,436	55,893,838	2.9%	2.31%
1971	20,695,569	57,214,684	2.77%	2.36%
1972	21,251,160	58,601,748	2.68%	2.42%
1973	21,827,665	60,082,139	2.71%	2.53%
1974	22,418,878	61,679,144	2.71%	2.66%
1975	23,021,101	63,410,815	2.69%	2.81%
1976	23,624,031	65,258,009	2.62%	2.91%
1977	24,229,061	67,234,590	2.56%	3.03%
1978	24,992,689	69,326,532	3.15%	3.11%
1979	25,886,782	71,498,242	3.58%	3.13%
1980	26,711,099	73,764,641	3.18%	3.17%
1981	27,500,515	76,068,103	2.96%	3.12%
1982	28,338,190	78,378,701	3.05%	3.04%
1983	29,250,963	80,438,260	3.22%	2.63%
1984	30,245,081	82,526,443	3.4%	2.6%
1985	31,264,816	84,897,973	3.37%	2.87%
1986	32,265,196	87,235,953	3.2%	2.75%
1987	33,298,904	89,591,716	3.2%	2.7%
1988	34,382,752	92,020,090	3.25%	2.71%
1989	35,486,866	94,531,014	3.21%	2.73%
1990	36,684,063	97,120,925	3.37%	2.74%
1991	37,925,817	99,720,162	3.38%	2.68%
1992	39,228,910	102,372,770	3.44%	2.66%
1993	40,656,336	105,122,069	3.64%	2.69%
1994	42,626,876	107,935,714	4.85%	2.68%
1995	44,433,704	110,819,428	4.24%	2.67%
1996	45,296,124	113,754,779	1.94%	2.65%
1997	46,029,902	116,754,792	1.62%	2.64%
1998	47,297,600	119,846,254	2.75%	2.65%
1999	48,912,971	123,047,320	3.42%	2.67%
2000	50,507,442	126,382,494	3.26%	2.71%
2001	52,132,646	129,862,595	3.22%	2.75%
2002	53,750,524	133,471,989	3.1%	2.78%
2003	55,343,867	137,202,644	2.96%	2.8%
2004	56,997,741	141,057,045	2.99%	2.81%
2005	58,775,724	145,017,253	3.12%	2.81%
2006	60,615,908	149,077,334	3.13%	2.8%
2007	62,477,752	153,267,261	3.07%	2.81%
2008	64,390,664	157,595,014	3.06%	2.82%
2009	66,412,044	162,049,464	3.14%	2.83%
2010	68,563,038	166,642,886	3.24%	2.83%
2011	70,849,311	171,379,598	3.33%	2.84%
2012	73,254,618	176,200,625	3.39%	2.81%
2013	75,789,395	181,049,443	3.46%	2.75%
2014	78,403,242	185,896,915	3.45%	2.68%
2015	81,035,531	190,671,878	3.36%	2.57%
2016	83,956,415	195,443,700	3.6%	2.5%
2017	87,083,398	200,254,579	3.72%	2.46%
2018	90,047,644	204,938,755	3.4%	2.34%
2019	92,947,442	209,485,641	3.22%	2.22%
2020	95,989,998	213,996,181	3.27%	2.15%
2021	99,148,932	218,529,286	3.29%	2.12%
2022	102,396,968	223,150,896	3.28%	2.11%
2023	105,789,731	227,882,945	3.31%	2.12%
2024	109,276,265	232,679,478	3.3%	2.1%
2025	112,832,475	237,527,783	3.25%	2.08%
2026	116,452,162	242,431,830	3.21%	2.06%
2027	120,129,744	247,374,258	3.16%	2.04%
2028	123,871,555	252,346,128	3.11%	2.01%
2029	127,674,141	257,352,638	3.07%	1.98%
2030	131,532,201	262,380,975	3.02%	1.95%
2031	135,447,495	267,421,079	2.98%	1.92%
2032	139,408,613	272,483,635	2.92%	1.89%
2033	143,414,031	277,555,116	2.87%	1.86%
2034	147,468,142	282,622,388	2.83%	1.83%
2035	151,560,102	287,685,757	2.77%	1.79%
2036	155,689,453	292,739,390	2.72%	1.76%
2037	159,848,574	297,773,236	2.67%	1.72%
2038	164,045,610	302,782,350	2.63%	1.68%
2039	168,296,695	307,764,754	2.59%	1.65%
2040	172,595,578	312,710,403	2.55%	1.61%
2041	176,946,261	317,607,237	2.52%	1.57%
2042	181,350,407	322,450,302	2.49%	1.52%
2043	185,805,168	327,243,941	2.46%	1.49%
2044	190,312,004	331,983,354	2.43%	1.45%
2045	194,865,386	336,662,502	2.39%	1.41%
2046	199,464,487	341,281,757	2.36%	1.37%
2047	204,105,925	345,844,004	2.33%	1.34%
2048	208,783,692	350,347,757	2.29%	1.3%
2049	213,497,692	354,792,418	2.26%	1.27%
2050	218,246,073	359,185,550	2.22%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.