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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Sierra Leone	DR Congo	Sierra Leone
1960	15,264,846	2,268,356	-	-
1961	15,662,374	2,304,227	2.6%	1.58%
1962	16,075,724	2,342,242	2.64%	1.65%
1963	16,507,599	2,382,258	2.69%	1.71%
1964	16,955,327	2,424,390	2.71%	1.77%
1965	17,427,802	2,468,666	2.79%	1.83%
1966	17,931,929	2,514,638	2.89%	1.86%
1967	18,462,782	2,562,384	2.96%	1.9%
1968	19,012,189	2,611,532	2.98%	1.92%
1969	19,570,445	2,661,365	2.94%	1.91%
1970	20,137,436	2,712,286	2.9%	1.91%
1971	20,695,569	2,763,222	2.77%	1.88%
1972	21,251,160	2,814,388	2.68%	1.85%
1973	21,827,665	2,866,955	2.71%	1.87%
1974	22,418,878	2,920,459	2.71%	1.87%
1975	23,021,101	2,974,657	2.69%	1.86%
1976	23,624,031	3,028,820	2.62%	1.82%
1977	24,229,061	3,085,354	2.56%	1.87%
1978	24,992,689	3,145,517	3.15%	1.95%
1979	25,886,782	3,207,499	3.58%	1.97%
1980	26,711,099	3,272,089	3.18%	2.01%
1981	27,500,515	3,338,940	2.96%	2.04%
1982	28,338,190	3,408,183	3.05%	2.07%
1983	29,250,963	3,481,646	3.22%	2.16%
1984	30,245,081	3,558,758	3.4%	2.21%
1985	31,264,816	3,638,438	3.37%	2.24%
1986	32,265,196	3,728,380	3.2%	2.47%
1987	33,298,904	3,829,718	3.2%	2.72%
1988	34,382,752	3,934,517	3.25%	2.74%
1989	35,486,866	4,034,037	3.21%	2.53%
1990	36,684,063	4,196,828	3.37%	4.04%
1991	37,925,817	4,246,267	3.38%	1.18%
1992	39,228,910	4,166,366	3.44%	-1.88%
1993	40,656,336	4,157,130	3.64%	-0.22%
1994	42,626,876	4,173,105	4.85%	0.38%
1995	44,433,704	4,179,179	4.24%	0.15%
1996	45,296,124	4,199,210	1.94%	0.48%
1997	46,029,902	4,253,716	1.62%	1.3%
1998	47,297,600	4,295,785	2.75%	0.99%
1999	48,912,971	4,318,043	3.42%	0.52%
2000	50,507,442	4,423,611	3.26%	2.44%
2001	52,132,646	4,692,716	3.22%	6.08%
2002	53,750,524	4,971,435	3.1%	5.94%
2003	55,343,867	5,177,687	2.96%	4.15%
2004	56,997,741	5,355,717	2.99%	3.44%
2005	58,775,724	5,501,712	3.12%	2.73%
2006	60,615,908	5,624,466	3.13%	2.23%
2007	62,477,752	5,749,352	3.07%	2.22%
2008	64,390,664	5,894,722	3.06%	2.53%
2009	66,412,044	6,055,646	3.14%	2.73%
2010	68,563,038	6,222,714	3.24%	2.76%
2011	70,849,311	6,387,251	3.33%	2.64%
2012	73,254,618	6,551,080	3.39%	2.56%
2013	75,789,395	6,714,051	3.46%	2.49%
2014	78,403,242	6,876,385	3.45%	2.42%
2015	81,035,531	7,037,655	3.36%	2.35%
2016	83,956,415	7,205,328	3.6%	2.38%
2017	87,083,398	7,379,299	3.72%	2.41%
2018	90,047,644	7,554,563	3.4%	2.38%
2019	92,947,442	7,731,991	3.22%	2.35%
2020	95,989,998	7,912,558	3.27%	2.34%
2021	99,148,932	8,094,602	3.29%	2.3%
2022	102,396,968	8,276,807	3.28%	2.25%
2023	105,789,731	8,460,512	3.31%	2.22%
2024	109,276,265	8,642,022	3.3%	2.15%
2025	112,832,475	8,819,789	3.25%	2.06%
2026	116,452,162	8,996,743	3.21%	2.01%
2027	120,129,744	9,174,695	3.16%	1.98%
2028	123,871,555	9,349,021	3.11%	1.9%
2029	127,674,141	9,520,811	3.07%	1.84%
2030	131,532,201	9,694,851	3.02%	1.83%
2031	135,447,495	9,870,295	2.98%	1.81%
2032	139,408,613	10,047,193	2.92%	1.79%
2033	143,414,031	10,221,006	2.87%	1.73%
2034	147,468,142	10,391,485	2.83%	1.67%
2035	151,560,102	10,563,163	2.77%	1.65%
2036	155,689,453	10,734,341	2.72%	1.62%
2037	159,848,574	10,902,263	2.67%	1.56%
2038	164,045,610	11,066,143	2.63%	1.5%
2039	168,296,695	11,230,060	2.59%	1.48%
2040	172,595,578	11,398,391	2.55%	1.5%
2041	176,946,261	11,566,213	2.52%	1.47%
2042	181,350,407	11,728,787	2.49%	1.41%
2043	185,805,168	11,887,934	2.46%	1.36%
2044	190,312,004	12,049,424	2.43%	1.36%
2045	194,865,386	12,208,872	2.39%	1.32%
2046	199,464,487	12,363,446	2.36%	1.27%
2047	204,105,925	12,512,739	2.33%	1.21%
2048	208,783,692	12,659,609	2.29%	1.17%
2049	213,497,692	12,805,136	2.26%	1.15%
2050	218,246,073	12,948,320	2.22%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.