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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Senegal	DR Congo	Senegal
1960	15,264,846	3,340,907	-	-
1961	15,662,374	3,436,375	2.6%	2.86%
1962	16,075,724	3,534,686	2.64%	2.86%
1963	16,507,599	3,635,876	2.69%	2.86%
1964	16,955,327	3,740,535	2.71%	2.88%
1965	17,427,802	3,849,788	2.79%	2.92%
1966	17,931,929	3,964,299	2.89%	2.97%
1967	18,462,782	4,083,870	2.96%	3.02%
1968	19,012,189	4,207,587	2.98%	3.03%
1969	19,570,445	4,334,974	2.94%	3.03%
1970	20,137,436	4,466,328	2.9%	3.03%
1971	20,695,569	4,601,864	2.77%	3.03%
1972	21,251,160	4,741,631	2.68%	3.04%
1973	21,827,665	4,885,181	2.71%	3.03%
1974	22,418,878	5,029,437	2.71%	2.95%
1975	23,021,101	5,170,810	2.69%	2.81%
1976	23,624,031	5,308,564	2.62%	2.66%
1977	24,229,061	5,439,549	2.56%	2.47%
1978	24,992,689	5,568,096	3.15%	2.36%
1979	25,886,782	5,702,895	3.58%	2.42%
1980	26,711,099	5,845,638	3.18%	2.5%
1981	27,500,515	5,997,160	2.96%	2.59%
1982	28,338,190	6,156,961	3.05%	2.66%
1983	29,250,963	6,324,504	3.22%	2.72%
1984	30,245,081	6,499,364	3.4%	2.76%
1985	31,264,816	6,683,287	3.37%	2.83%
1986	32,265,196	6,878,192	3.2%	2.92%
1987	33,298,904	7,081,530	3.2%	2.96%
1988	34,382,752	7,289,618	3.25%	2.94%
1989	35,486,866	7,502,207	3.21%	2.92%
1990	36,684,063	7,720,523	3.37%	2.91%
1991	37,925,817	7,943,085	3.38%	2.88%
1992	39,228,910	8,168,395	3.44%	2.84%
1993	40,656,336	8,396,288	3.64%	2.79%
1994	42,626,876	8,624,078	4.85%	2.71%
1995	44,433,704	8,848,101	4.24%	2.6%
1996	45,296,124	9,067,014	1.94%	2.47%
1997	46,029,902	9,283,495	1.62%	2.39%
1998	47,297,600	9,502,952	2.75%	2.36%
1999	48,912,971	9,730,887	3.42%	2.4%
2000	50,507,442	9,968,260	3.26%	2.44%
2001	52,132,646	10,212,942	3.22%	2.45%
2002	53,750,524	10,466,214	3.1%	2.48%
2003	55,343,867	10,721,176	2.96%	2.44%
2004	56,997,741	10,975,704	2.99%	2.37%
2005	58,775,724	11,235,472	3.12%	2.37%
2006	60,615,908	11,500,094	3.13%	2.36%
2007	62,477,752	11,770,344	3.07%	2.35%
2008	64,390,664	12,048,959	3.06%	2.37%
2009	66,412,044	12,337,389	3.14%	2.39%
2010	68,563,038	12,635,413	3.24%	2.42%
2011	70,849,311	12,958,897	3.33%	2.56%
2012	73,254,618	13,310,495	3.39%	2.71%
2013	75,789,395	13,710,849	3.46%	3.01%
2014	78,403,242	14,152,102	3.45%	3.22%
2015	81,035,531	14,593,331	3.36%	3.12%
2016	83,956,415	15,034,521	3.6%	3.02%
2017	87,083,398	15,475,002	3.72%	2.93%
2018	90,047,644	15,914,498	3.4%	2.84%
2019	92,947,442	16,352,922	3.22%	2.75%
2020	95,989,998	16,789,219	3.27%	2.67%
2021	99,148,932	17,220,867	3.29%	2.57%
2022	102,396,968	17,651,103	3.28%	2.5%
2023	105,789,731	18,077,573	3.31%	2.42%
2024	109,276,265	18,501,984	3.3%	2.35%
2025	112,832,475	18,931,964	3.25%	2.32%
2026	116,452,162	19,366,546	3.21%	2.3%
2027	120,129,744	19,807,242	3.16%	2.28%
2028	123,871,555	20,254,562	3.11%	2.26%
2029	127,674,141	20,706,628	3.07%	2.23%
2030	131,532,201	21,163,189	3.02%	2.2%
2031	135,447,495	21,623,709	2.98%	2.18%
2032	139,408,613	22,085,928	2.92%	2.14%
2033	143,414,031	22,548,831	2.87%	2.1%
2034	147,468,142	23,012,018	2.83%	2.05%
2035	151,560,102	23,476,591	2.77%	2.02%
2036	155,689,453	23,942,221	2.72%	1.98%
2037	159,848,574	24,407,574	2.67%	1.94%
2038	164,045,610	24,872,512	2.63%	1.9%
2039	168,296,695	25,335,991	2.59%	1.86%
2040	172,595,578	25,797,506	2.55%	1.82%
2041	176,946,261	26,257,464	2.52%	1.78%
2042	181,350,407	26,716,424	2.49%	1.75%
2043	185,805,168	27,174,896	2.46%	1.72%
2044	190,312,004	27,632,997	2.43%	1.69%
2045	194,865,386	28,089,695	2.39%	1.65%
2046	199,464,487	28,546,280	2.36%	1.63%
2047	204,105,925	29,002,001	2.33%	1.6%
2048	208,783,692	29,457,233	2.29%	1.57%
2049	213,497,692	29,911,840	2.26%	1.54%
2050	218,246,073	30,364,944	2.22%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th 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 Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.