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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Romania	DR Congo	Romania
1960	15,264,846	18,406,905	-	-
1961	15,662,374	18,555,250	2.6%	0.81%
1962	16,075,724	18,676,550	2.64%	0.65%
1963	16,507,599	18,797,850	2.69%	0.65%
1964	16,955,327	18,919,126	2.71%	0.65%
1965	17,427,802	19,031,576	2.79%	0.59%
1966	17,931,929	19,215,450	2.89%	0.97%
1967	18,462,782	19,534,242	2.96%	1.66%
1968	19,012,189	19,799,831	2.98%	1.36%
1969	19,570,445	20,009,141	2.94%	1.06%
1970	20,137,436	20,250,398	2.9%	1.21%
1971	20,695,569	20,461,567	2.77%	1.04%
1972	21,251,160	20,657,957	2.68%	0.96%
1973	21,827,665	20,835,681	2.71%	0.86%
1974	22,418,878	21,029,429	2.71%	0.93%
1975	23,021,101	21,293,583	2.69%	1.26%
1976	23,624,031	21,551,634	2.62%	1.21%
1977	24,229,061	21,756,096	2.56%	0.95%
1978	24,992,689	21,951,464	3.15%	0.9%
1979	25,886,782	22,090,488	3.58%	0.63%
1980	26,711,099	22,207,282	3.18%	0.53%
1981	27,500,515	22,353,070	2.96%	0.66%
1982	28,338,190	22,475,741	3.05%	0.55%
1983	29,250,963	22,560,478	3.22%	0.38%
1984	30,245,081	22,640,547	3.4%	0.35%
1985	31,264,816	22,732,999	3.37%	0.41%
1986	32,265,196	22,836,841	3.2%	0.46%
1987	33,298,904	22,949,430	3.2%	0.49%
1988	34,382,752	23,057,662	3.25%	0.47%
1989	35,486,866	23,161,458	3.21%	0.45%
1990	36,684,063	23,201,835	3.37%	0.17%
1991	37,925,817	23,001,155	3.38%	-0.86%
1992	39,228,910	22,794,284	3.44%	-0.9%
1993	40,656,336	22,763,280	3.64%	-0.14%
1994	42,626,876	22,730,211	4.85%	-0.15%
1995	44,433,704	22,684,270	4.24%	-0.2%
1996	45,296,124	22,619,004	1.94%	-0.29%
1997	46,029,902	22,553,978	1.62%	-0.29%
1998	47,297,600	22,507,344	2.75%	-0.21%
1999	48,912,971	22,472,040	3.42%	-0.16%
2000	50,507,442	22,442,971	3.26%	-0.13%
2001	52,132,646	22,131,970	3.22%	-1.39%
2002	53,750,524	21,730,496	3.1%	-1.81%
2003	55,343,867	21,574,326	2.96%	-0.72%
2004	56,997,741	21,451,748	2.99%	-0.57%
2005	58,775,724	21,319,685	3.12%	-0.62%
2006	60,615,908	21,193,760	3.13%	-0.59%
2007	62,477,752	20,882,982	3.07%	-1.47%
2008	64,390,664	20,537,875	3.06%	-1.65%
2009	66,412,044	20,367,487	3.14%	-0.83%
2010	68,563,038	20,246,871	3.24%	-0.59%
2011	70,849,311	20,147,528	3.33%	-0.49%
2012	73,254,618	20,058,035	3.39%	-0.44%
2013	75,789,395	19,983,693	3.46%	-0.37%
2014	78,403,242	19,908,979	3.45%	-0.37%
2015	81,035,531	19,815,616	3.36%	-0.47%
2016	83,956,415	19,702,267	3.6%	-0.57%
2017	87,083,398	19,588,715	3.72%	-0.58%
2018	90,047,644	19,473,970	3.4%	-0.59%
2019	92,947,442	19,371,648	3.22%	-0.53%
2020	95,989,998	19,265,250	3.27%	-0.55%
2021	99,148,932	19,122,059	3.29%	-0.74%
2022	102,396,968	19,048,502	3.28%	-0.38%
2023	105,789,731	19,061,062	3.31%	0.07%
2024	109,276,265	19,051,804	3.3%	-0.05%
2025	112,832,475	18,945,157	3.25%	-0.56%
2026	116,452,162	18,836,893	3.21%	-0.57%
2027	120,129,744	18,727,645	3.16%	-0.58%
2028	123,871,555	18,617,757	3.11%	-0.59%
2029	127,674,141	18,506,702	3.07%	-0.6%
2030	131,532,201	18,394,947	3.02%	-0.6%
2031	135,447,495	18,282,991	2.98%	-0.61%
2032	139,408,613	18,170,681	2.92%	-0.61%
2033	143,414,031	18,057,661	2.87%	-0.62%
2034	147,468,142	17,943,814	2.83%	-0.63%
2035	151,560,102	17,828,772	2.77%	-0.64%
2036	155,689,453	17,712,177	2.72%	-0.65%
2037	159,848,574	17,595,189	2.67%	-0.66%
2038	164,045,610	17,477,597	2.63%	-0.67%
2039	168,296,695	17,360,012	2.59%	-0.67%
2040	172,595,578	17,242,939	2.55%	-0.67%
2041	176,946,261	17,124,773	2.52%	-0.69%
2042	181,350,407	17,006,515	2.49%	-0.69%
2043	185,805,168	16,888,882	2.46%	-0.69%
2044	190,312,004	16,770,593	2.43%	-0.7%
2045	194,865,386	16,652,406	2.39%	-0.7%
2046	199,464,487	16,534,847	2.36%	-0.71%
2047	204,105,925	16,416,456	2.33%	-0.72%
2048	208,783,692	16,297,099	2.29%	-0.73%
2049	213,497,692	16,177,534	2.26%	-0.73%
2050	218,246,073	16,058,209	2.22%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.