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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Peru	DR Congo	Peru
1960	15,264,846	10,174,127	-	-
1961	15,662,374	10,475,123	2.6%	2.96%
1962	16,075,724	10,784,612	2.64%	2.95%
1963	16,507,599	11,102,099	2.69%	2.94%
1964	16,955,327	11,427,978	2.71%	2.94%
1965	17,427,802	11,761,085	2.79%	2.91%
1966	17,931,929	12,101,297	2.89%	2.89%
1967	18,462,782	12,448,814	2.96%	2.87%
1968	19,012,189	12,803,993	2.98%	2.85%
1969	19,570,445	13,166,767	2.94%	2.83%
1970	20,137,436	13,501,237	2.9%	2.54%
1971	20,695,569	13,838,067	2.77%	2.49%
1972	21,251,160	14,210,147	2.68%	2.69%
1973	21,827,665	14,582,867	2.71%	2.62%
1974	22,418,878	14,956,552	2.71%	2.56%
1975	23,021,101	15,333,957	2.69%	2.52%
1976	23,624,031	15,716,809	2.62%	2.5%
1977	24,229,061	16,109,806	2.56%	2.5%
1978	24,992,689	16,516,059	3.15%	2.52%
1979	25,886,782	16,933,139	3.58%	2.53%
1980	26,711,099	17,360,949	3.18%	2.53%
1981	27,500,515	17,798,805	2.96%	2.52%
1982	28,338,190	18,246,503	3.05%	2.52%
1983	29,250,963	18,705,957	3.22%	2.52%
1984	30,245,081	19,174,716	3.4%	2.51%
1985	31,264,816	19,648,204	3.37%	2.47%
1986	32,265,196	20,117,122	3.2%	2.39%
1987	33,298,904	20,582,320	3.2%	2.31%
1988	34,382,752	21,054,702	3.25%	2.3%
1989	35,486,866	21,532,589	3.21%	2.27%
1990	36,684,063	22,014,771	3.37%	2.24%
1991	37,925,817	22,483,775	3.38%	2.13%
1992	39,228,910	22,946,340	3.44%	2.06%
1993	40,656,336	23,413,783	3.64%	2.04%
1994	42,626,876	23,881,493	4.85%	2%
1995	44,433,704	24,348,919	4.24%	1.96%
1996	45,296,124	24,811,171	1.94%	1.9%
1997	46,029,902	25,274,147	1.62%	1.87%
1998	47,297,600	25,738,095	2.75%	1.84%
1999	48,912,971	26,186,504	3.42%	1.74%
2000	50,507,442	26,598,331	3.26%	1.57%
2001	52,132,646	26,964,601	3.22%	1.38%
2002	53,750,524	27,288,217	3.1%	1.2%
2003	55,343,867	27,580,490	2.96%	1.07%
2004	56,997,741	27,852,190	2.99%	0.99%
2005	58,775,724	28,101,180	3.12%	0.89%
2006	60,615,908	28,324,491	3.13%	0.79%
2007	62,477,752	28,530,699	3.07%	0.73%
2008	64,390,664	28,719,041	3.06%	0.66%
2009	66,412,044	28,896,811	3.14%	0.62%
2010	68,563,038	29,086,019	3.24%	0.65%
2011	70,849,311	29,304,086	3.33%	0.75%
2012	73,254,618	29,550,366	3.39%	0.84%
2013	75,789,395	29,817,919	3.46%	0.91%
2014	78,403,242	30,115,826	3.45%	1%
2015	81,035,531	30,457,600	3.36%	1.13%
2016	83,956,415	30,866,494	3.6%	1.34%
2017	87,083,398	31,324,637	3.72%	1.48%
2018	90,047,644	31,897,584	3.4%	1.83%
2019	92,947,442	32,449,303	3.22%	1.73%
2020	95,989,998	32,838,579	3.27%	1.2%
2021	99,148,932	33,155,882	3.29%	0.97%
2022	102,396,968	33,475,438	3.28%	0.96%
2023	105,789,731	33,845,617	3.31%	1.11%
2024	109,276,265	34,217,848	3.3%	1.1%
2025	112,832,475	34,576,670	3.25%	1.05%
2026	116,452,162	34,922,144	3.21%	1%
2027	120,129,744	35,255,683	3.16%	0.96%
2028	123,871,555	35,578,281	3.11%	0.92%
2029	127,674,141	35,890,705	3.07%	0.88%
2030	131,532,201	36,193,882	3.02%	0.84%
2031	135,447,495	36,488,437	2.98%	0.81%
2032	139,408,613	36,774,937	2.92%	0.79%
2033	143,414,031	37,054,380	2.87%	0.76%
2034	147,468,142	37,326,798	2.83%	0.74%
2035	151,560,102	37,591,420	2.77%	0.71%
2036	155,689,453	37,848,147	2.72%	0.68%
2037	159,848,574	38,096,898	2.67%	0.66%
2038	164,045,610	38,337,328	2.63%	0.63%
2039	168,296,695	38,569,891	2.59%	0.61%
2040	172,595,578	38,794,647	2.55%	0.58%
2041	176,946,261	39,011,537	2.52%	0.56%
2042	181,350,407	39,220,371	2.49%	0.54%
2043	185,805,168	39,420,647	2.46%	0.51%
2044	190,312,004	39,612,847	2.43%	0.49%
2045	194,865,386	39,796,723	2.39%	0.46%
2046	199,464,487	39,971,719	2.36%	0.44%
2047	204,105,925	40,137,869	2.33%	0.42%
2048	208,783,692	40,294,857	2.29%	0.39%
2049	213,497,692	40,443,273	2.26%	0.37%
2050	218,246,073	40,583,875	2.22%	0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.