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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Saudi Arabia	DR Congo	Saudi Arabia
1960	15,264,846	2,435,403	-	-
1961	15,662,374	2,526,347	2.6%	3.73%
1962	16,075,724	2,620,910	2.64%	3.74%
1963	16,507,599	2,719,341	2.69%	3.76%
1964	16,955,327	2,821,968	2.71%	3.77%
1965	17,427,802	2,928,771	2.79%	3.78%
1966	17,931,929	3,039,887	2.89%	3.79%
1967	18,462,782	3,157,242	2.96%	3.86%
1968	19,012,189	3,282,711	2.98%	3.97%
1969	19,570,445	3,417,114	2.94%	4.09%
1970	20,137,436	3,562,470	2.9%	4.25%
1971	20,695,569	3,724,031	2.77%	4.54%
1972	21,251,160	3,905,722	2.68%	4.88%
1973	21,827,665	4,106,344	2.71%	5.14%
1974	22,418,878	4,323,632	2.71%	5.29%
1975	23,021,101	4,556,287	2.69%	5.38%
1976	23,624,031	4,807,933	2.62%	5.52%
1977	24,229,061	5,083,048	2.56%	5.72%
1978	24,992,689	5,381,902	3.15%	5.88%
1979	25,886,782	5,703,698	3.58%	5.98%
1980	26,711,099	6,047,997	3.18%	6.04%
1981	27,500,515	6,420,551	2.96%	6.16%
1982	28,338,190	6,824,486	3.05%	6.29%
1983	29,250,963	7,252,941	3.22%	6.28%
1984	30,245,081	7,697,307	3.4%	6.13%
1985	31,264,816	8,151,779	3.37%	5.9%
1986	32,265,196	8,628,639	3.2%	5.85%
1987	33,298,904	9,130,194	3.2%	5.81%
1988	34,382,752	9,629,165	3.25%	5.47%
1989	35,486,866	10,128,394	3.21%	5.18%
1990	36,684,063	10,640,691	3.37%	5.06%
1991	37,925,817	11,160,744	3.38%	4.89%
1992	39,228,910	11,686,676	3.44%	4.71%
1993	40,656,336	12,215,862	3.64%	4.53%
1994	42,626,876	12,750,040	4.85%	4.37%
1995	44,433,704	13,289,245	4.24%	4.23%
1996	45,296,124	13,831,009	1.94%	4.08%
1997	46,029,902	14,374,943	1.62%	3.93%
1998	47,297,600	14,922,185	2.75%	3.81%
1999	48,912,971	15,472,075	3.42%	3.69%
2000	50,507,442	16,177,722	3.26%	4.56%
2001	52,132,646	17,041,397	3.22%	5.34%
2002	53,750,524	17,910,910	3.1%	5.1%
2003	55,343,867	18,786,767	2.96%	4.89%
2004	56,997,741	19,669,480	2.99%	4.7%
2005	58,775,724	20,559,890	3.12%	4.53%
2006	60,615,908	21,459,144	3.13%	4.37%
2007	62,477,752	22,368,313	3.07%	4.24%
2008	64,390,664	23,287,877	3.06%	4.11%
2009	66,412,044	24,217,654	3.14%	3.99%
2010	68,563,038	23,978,487	3.24%	-0.99%
2011	70,849,311	25,091,867	3.33%	4.64%
2012	73,254,618	26,168,861	3.39%	4.29%
2013	75,789,395	27,624,004	3.46%	5.56%
2014	78,403,242	28,309,273	3.45%	2.48%
2015	81,035,531	29,816,382	3.36%	5.32%
2016	83,956,415	30,954,198	3.6%	3.82%
2017	87,083,398	30,977,355	3.72%	0.07%
2018	90,047,644	30,196,281	3.4%	-2.52%
2019	92,947,442	30,063,799	3.22%	-0.44%
2020	95,989,998	31,552,510	3.27%	4.95%
2021	99,148,932	30,784,383	3.29%	-2.43%
2022	102,396,968	32,175,224	3.28%	4.52%
2023	105,789,731	33,702,731	3.31%	4.75%
2024	109,276,265	35,300,280	3.3%	4.74%
2025	112,832,475	35,927,625	3.25%	1.78%
2026	116,452,162	36,550,694	3.21%	1.73%
2027	120,129,744	37,167,513	3.16%	1.69%
2028	123,871,555	37,775,810	3.11%	1.64%
2029	127,674,141	38,364,377	3.07%	1.56%
2030	131,532,201	38,918,375	3.02%	1.44%
2031	135,447,495	39,450,880	2.98%	1.37%
2032	139,408,613	39,983,934	2.92%	1.35%
2033	143,414,031	40,517,599	2.87%	1.33%
2034	147,468,142	41,052,423	2.83%	1.32%
2035	151,560,102	41,588,429	2.77%	1.31%
2036	155,689,453	42,125,184	2.72%	1.29%
2037	159,848,574	42,661,908	2.67%	1.27%
2038	164,045,610	43,198,420	2.63%	1.26%
2039	168,296,695	43,734,316	2.59%	1.24%
2040	172,595,578	44,269,571	2.55%	1.22%
2041	176,946,261	44,804,338	2.52%	1.21%
2042	181,350,407	45,338,111	2.49%	1.19%
2043	185,805,168	45,870,896	2.46%	1.18%
2044	190,312,004	46,403,116	2.43%	1.16%
2045	194,865,386	46,934,822	2.39%	1.15%
2046	199,464,487	47,465,267	2.36%	1.13%
2047	204,105,925	47,993,976	2.33%	1.11%
2048	208,783,692	48,521,364	2.29%	1.1%
2049	213,497,692	49,047,461	2.26%	1.08%
2050	218,246,073	49,572,202	2.22%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.