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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Seychelles	DR Congo	Seychelles
1960	15,264,846	41,700	-	-
1961	15,662,374	42,889	2.6%	2.85%
1962	16,075,724	44,042	2.64%	2.69%
1963	16,507,599	45,176	2.69%	2.57%
1964	16,955,327	46,322	2.71%	2.54%
1965	17,427,802	47,500	2.79%	2.54%
1966	17,931,929	48,699	2.89%	2.52%
1967	18,462,782	49,911	2.96%	2.49%
1968	19,012,189	51,134	2.98%	2.45%
1969	19,570,445	52,365	2.94%	2.41%
1970	20,137,436	53,600	2.9%	2.36%
1971	20,695,569	54,695	2.77%	2.04%
1972	21,251,160	56,029	2.68%	2.44%
1973	21,827,665	56,892	2.71%	1.54%
1974	22,418,878	57,937	2.71%	1.84%
1975	23,021,101	59,292	2.69%	2.34%
1976	23,624,031	60,504	2.62%	2.04%
1977	24,229,061	61,786	2.56%	2.12%
1978	24,992,689	62,150	3.15%	0.59%
1979	25,886,782	62,686	3.58%	0.86%
1980	26,711,099	63,261	3.18%	0.92%
1981	27,500,515	64,035	2.96%	1.22%
1982	28,338,190	64,413	3.05%	0.59%
1983	29,250,963	64,335	3.22%	-0.12%
1984	30,245,081	64,717	3.4%	0.59%
1985	31,264,816	65,244	3.37%	0.81%
1986	32,265,196	65,652	3.2%	0.63%
1987	33,298,904	68,499	3.2%	4.34%
1988	34,382,752	68,755	3.25%	0.37%
1989	35,486,866	69,167	3.21%	0.6%
1990	36,684,063	69,507	3.37%	0.49%
1991	37,925,817	70,439	3.38%	1.34%
1992	39,228,910	70,763	3.44%	0.46%
1993	40,656,336	72,253	3.64%	2.11%
1994	42,626,876	74,205	4.85%	2.7%
1995	44,433,704	75,304	4.24%	1.48%
1996	45,296,124	76,417	1.94%	1.48%
1997	46,029,902	77,319	1.62%	1.18%
1998	47,297,600	78,846	2.75%	1.97%
1999	48,912,971	80,410	3.42%	1.98%
2000	50,507,442	81,131	3.26%	0.9%
2001	52,132,646	81,202	3.22%	0.09%
2002	53,750,524	83,723	3.1%	3.1%
2003	55,343,867	82,781	2.96%	-1.13%
2004	56,997,741	82,475	2.99%	-0.37%
2005	58,775,724	82,858	3.12%	0.46%
2006	60,615,908	84,600	3.13%	2.1%
2007	62,477,752	85,033	3.07%	0.51%
2008	64,390,664	86,956	3.06%	2.26%
2009	66,412,044	87,298	3.14%	0.39%
2010	68,563,038	89,770	3.24%	2.83%
2011	70,849,311	87,441	3.33%	-2.59%
2012	73,254,618	88,303	3.39%	0.99%
2013	75,789,395	89,949	3.46%	1.86%
2014	78,403,242	91,359	3.45%	1.57%
2015	81,035,531	93,419	3.36%	2.25%
2016	83,956,415	94,677	3.6%	1.35%
2017	87,083,398	95,843	3.72%	1.23%
2018	90,047,644	96,762	3.4%	0.96%
2019	92,947,442	97,625	3.22%	0.89%
2020	95,989,998	98,462	3.27%	0.86%
2021	99,148,932	99,258	3.29%	0.81%
2022	102,396,968	119,878	3.28%	20.8%
2023	105,789,731	119,773	3.31%	-0.09%
2024	109,276,265	121,354	3.3%	1.32%
2025	112,832,475	123,549	3.25%	1.81%
2026	116,452,162	125,581	3.21%	1.64%
2027	120,129,744	127,380	3.16%	1.43%
2028	123,871,555	128,883	3.11%	1.18%
2029	127,674,141	130,011	3.07%	0.87%
2030	131,532,201	130,635	3.02%	0.48%
2031	135,447,495	130,989	2.98%	0.27%
2032	139,408,613	131,305	2.92%	0.24%
2033	143,414,031	131,578	2.87%	0.21%
2034	147,468,142	131,816	2.83%	0.18%
2035	151,560,102	132,027	2.77%	0.16%
2036	155,689,453	132,202	2.72%	0.13%
2037	159,848,574	132,348	2.67%	0.11%
2038	164,045,610	132,467	2.63%	0.09%
2039	168,296,695	132,552	2.59%	0.06%
2040	172,595,578	132,631	2.55%	0.06%
2041	176,946,261	132,681	2.52%	0.04%
2042	181,350,407	132,700	2.49%	0.01%
2043	185,805,168	132,698	2.46%	-0.001%
2044	190,312,004	132,665	2.43%	-0.03%
2045	194,865,386	132,613	2.39%	-0.04%
2046	199,464,487	132,531	2.36%	-0.06%
2047	204,105,925	132,415	2.33%	-0.09%
2048	208,783,692	132,264	2.29%	-0.11%
2049	213,497,692	132,085	2.26%	-0.14%
2050	218,246,073	131,885	2.22%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.