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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Poland	DR Congo	Poland
1960	15,264,846	29,637,450	-	-
1961	15,662,374	29,964,000	2.6%	1.1%
1962	16,075,724	30,308,500	2.64%	1.15%
1963	16,507,599	30,712,000	2.69%	1.33%
1964	16,955,327	31,139,450	2.71%	1.39%
1965	17,427,802	31,444,950	2.79%	0.98%
1966	17,931,929	31,681,000	2.89%	0.75%
1967	18,462,782	31,987,155	2.96%	0.97%
1968	19,012,189	32,294,655	2.98%	0.96%
1969	19,570,445	32,548,300	2.94%	0.79%
1970	20,137,436	32,664,300	2.9%	0.36%
1971	20,695,569	32,783,500	2.77%	0.36%
1972	21,251,160	33,055,650	2.68%	0.83%
1973	21,827,665	33,357,200	2.71%	0.91%
1974	22,418,878	33,678,899	2.71%	0.96%
1975	23,021,101	34,015,199	2.69%	1%
1976	23,624,031	34,356,300	2.62%	1%
1977	24,229,061	34,689,050	2.56%	0.97%
1978	24,992,689	34,965,600	3.15%	0.8%
1979	25,886,782	35,247,217	3.58%	0.81%
1980	26,711,099	35,574,150	3.18%	0.93%
1981	27,500,515	35,898,587	2.96%	0.91%
1982	28,338,190	36,230,481	3.05%	0.92%
1983	29,250,963	36,571,808	3.22%	0.94%
1984	30,245,081	36,904,134	3.4%	0.91%
1985	31,264,816	37,201,885	3.37%	0.81%
1986	32,265,196	37,456,119	3.2%	0.68%
1987	33,298,904	37,668,045	3.2%	0.57%
1988	34,382,752	37,824,487	3.25%	0.42%
1989	35,486,866	37,961,529	3.21%	0.36%
1990	36,684,063	38,110,782	3.37%	0.39%
1991	37,925,817	38,246,193	3.38%	0.36%
1992	39,228,910	38,363,667	3.44%	0.31%
1993	40,656,336	38,461,408	3.64%	0.25%
1994	42,626,876	38,542,652	4.85%	0.21%
1995	44,433,704	38,594,998	4.24%	0.14%
1996	45,296,124	38,624,370	1.94%	0.08%
1997	46,029,902	38,649,660	1.62%	0.07%
1998	47,297,600	38,663,481	2.75%	0.04%
1999	48,912,971	38,660,271	3.42%	-0.008%
2000	50,507,442	38,258,629	3.26%	-1.04%
2001	52,132,646	38,248,076	3.22%	-0.03%
2002	53,750,524	38,230,364	3.1%	-0.05%
2003	55,343,867	38,204,570	2.96%	-0.07%
2004	56,997,741	38,182,222	2.99%	-0.06%
2005	58,775,724	38,165,445	3.12%	-0.04%
2006	60,615,908	38,141,267	3.13%	-0.06%
2007	62,477,752	38,120,560	3.07%	-0.05%
2008	64,390,664	38,125,759	3.06%	0.01%
2009	66,412,044	38,151,603	3.14%	0.07%
2010	68,563,038	38,042,794	3.24%	-0.29%
2011	70,849,311	38,063,255	3.33%	0.05%
2012	73,254,618	38,063,164	3.39%	-0%
2013	75,789,395	38,040,196	3.46%	-0.06%
2014	78,403,242	38,011,735	3.45%	-0.07%
2015	81,035,531	37,986,412	3.36%	-0.07%
2016	83,956,415	37,970,087	3.6%	-0.04%
2017	87,083,398	37,974,826	3.72%	0.01%
2018	90,047,644	37,974,750	3.4%	-0%
2019	92,947,442	37,965,475	3.22%	-0.02%
2020	95,989,998	37,515,748	3.27%	-1.18%
2021	99,148,932	36,981,559	3.29%	-1.42%
2022	102,396,968	36,821,749	3.28%	-0.43%
2023	105,789,731	36,687,353	3.31%	-0.36%
2024	109,276,265	36,559,233	3.3%	-0.35%
2025	112,832,475	36,181,399	3.25%	-1.03%
2026	116,452,162	35,898,979	3.21%	-0.78%
2027	120,129,744	35,758,415	3.16%	-0.39%
2028	123,871,555	35,609,703	3.11%	-0.42%
2029	127,674,141	35,452,249	3.07%	-0.44%
2030	131,532,201	35,287,436	3.02%	-0.46%
2031	135,447,495	35,116,185	2.98%	-0.49%
2032	139,408,613	34,938,952	2.92%	-0.5%
2033	143,414,031	34,757,421	2.87%	-0.52%
2034	147,468,142	34,571,572	2.83%	-0.53%
2035	151,560,102	34,381,734	2.77%	-0.55%
2036	155,689,453	34,187,419	2.72%	-0.57%
2037	159,848,574	33,988,985	2.67%	-0.58%
2038	164,045,610	33,787,175	2.63%	-0.59%
2039	168,296,695	33,581,427	2.59%	-0.61%
2040	172,595,578	33,372,181	2.55%	-0.62%
2041	176,946,261	33,160,435	2.52%	-0.63%
2042	181,350,407	32,945,446	2.49%	-0.65%
2043	185,805,168	32,726,827	2.46%	-0.66%
2044	190,312,004	32,506,015	2.43%	-0.67%
2045	194,865,386	32,282,692	2.39%	-0.69%
2046	199,464,487	32,056,740	2.36%	-0.7%
2047	204,105,925	31,828,421	2.33%	-0.71%
2048	208,783,692	31,597,823	2.29%	-0.72%
2049	213,497,692	31,364,596	2.26%	-0.74%
2050	218,246,073	31,128,250	2.22%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Poland lost 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2006 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.