Population in the DR Congo compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the DR Congo and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Sao Tome	DR Congo	Sao Tome
1960	15,264,846	68,012	-	-
1961	15,662,374	68,707	2.6%	1.02%
1962	16,075,724	69,403	2.64%	1.01%
1963	16,507,599	70,112	2.69%	1.02%
1964	16,955,327	70,865	2.71%	1.07%
1965	17,427,802	71,680	2.79%	1.15%
1966	17,931,929	72,576	2.89%	1.25%
1967	18,462,782	73,596	2.96%	1.41%
1968	19,012,189	74,765	2.98%	1.59%
1969	19,570,445	76,083	2.94%	1.76%
1970	20,137,436	77,626	2.9%	2.03%
1971	20,695,569	79,330	2.77%	2.2%
1972	21,251,160	81,041	2.68%	2.16%
1973	21,827,665	82,798	2.71%	2.17%
1974	22,418,878	84,672	2.71%	2.26%
1975	23,021,101	86,708	2.69%	2.4%
1976	23,624,031	88,922	2.62%	2.55%
1977	24,229,061	91,301	2.56%	2.68%
1978	24,992,689	93,794	3.15%	2.73%
1979	25,886,782	96,252	3.58%	2.62%
1980	26,711,099	98,544	3.18%	2.38%
1981	27,500,515	100,615	2.96%	2.1%
1982	28,338,190	102,508	3.05%	1.88%
1983	29,250,963	104,380	3.22%	1.83%
1984	30,245,081	106,394	3.4%	1.93%
1985	31,264,816	108,658	3.37%	2.13%
1986	32,265,196	111,150	3.2%	2.29%
1987	33,298,904	113,919	3.2%	2.49%
1988	34,382,752	116,939	3.25%	2.65%
1989	35,486,866	119,979	3.21%	2.6%
1990	36,684,063	122,980	3.37%	2.5%
1991	37,925,817	125,697	3.38%	2.21%
1992	39,228,910	128,110	3.44%	1.92%
1993	40,656,336	130,467	3.64%	1.84%
1994	42,626,876	132,732	4.85%	1.74%
1995	44,433,704	134,895	4.24%	1.63%
1996	45,296,124	136,962	1.94%	1.53%
1997	46,029,902	138,922	1.62%	1.43%
1998	47,297,600	140,751	2.75%	1.32%
1999	48,912,971	142,442	3.42%	1.2%
2000	50,507,442	144,018	3.26%	1.11%
2001	52,132,646	146,375	3.22%	1.64%
2002	53,750,524	149,922	3.1%	2.42%
2003	55,343,867	153,814	2.96%	2.6%
2004	56,997,741	157,705	2.99%	2.53%
2005	58,775,724	161,639	3.12%	2.49%
2006	60,615,908	165,638	3.13%	2.47%
2007	62,477,752	169,700	3.07%	2.45%
2008	64,390,664	173,793	3.06%	2.41%
2009	66,412,044	177,853	3.14%	2.34%
2010	68,563,038	181,802	3.24%	2.22%
2011	70,849,311	185,649	3.33%	2.12%
2012	73,254,618	189,439	3.39%	2.04%
2013	75,789,395	193,148	3.46%	1.96%
2014	78,403,242	196,767	3.45%	1.87%
2015	81,035,531	200,291	3.36%	1.79%
2016	83,956,415	203,689	3.6%	1.7%
2017	87,083,398	206,970	3.72%	1.61%
2018	90,047,644	210,187	3.4%	1.55%
2019	92,947,442	213,392	3.22%	1.52%
2020	95,989,998	217,435	3.27%	1.89%
2021	99,148,932	221,961	3.29%	2.08%
2022	102,396,968	226,305	3.28%	1.96%
2023	105,789,731	230,871	3.31%	2.02%
2024	109,276,265	235,536	3.3%	2.02%
2025	112,832,475	240,251	3.25%	2%
2026	116,452,162	244,987	3.21%	1.97%
2027	120,129,744	249,783	3.16%	1.96%
2028	123,871,555	254,657	3.11%	1.95%
2029	127,674,141	259,597	3.07%	1.94%
2030	131,532,201	264,560	3.02%	1.91%
2031	135,447,495	269,566	2.98%	1.89%
2032	139,408,613	274,643	2.92%	1.88%
2033	143,414,031	279,761	2.87%	1.86%
2034	147,468,142	284,911	2.83%	1.84%
2035	151,560,102	290,082	2.77%	1.81%
2036	155,689,453	295,269	2.72%	1.79%
2037	159,848,574	300,439	2.67%	1.75%
2038	164,045,610	305,590	2.63%	1.71%
2039	168,296,695	310,729	2.59%	1.68%
2040	172,595,578	315,833	2.55%	1.64%
2041	176,946,261	320,875	2.52%	1.6%
2042	181,350,407	325,888	2.49%	1.56%
2043	185,805,168	330,908	2.46%	1.54%
2044	190,312,004	335,919	2.43%	1.51%
2045	194,865,386	340,911	2.39%	1.49%
2046	199,464,487	345,883	2.36%	1.46%
2047	204,105,925	350,758	2.33%	1.41%
2048	208,783,692	355,569	2.29%	1.37%
2049	213,497,692	360,353	2.26%	1.35%
2050	218,246,073	365,103	2.22%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.