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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	South Africa	DR Congo	South Africa
1960	15,264,846	16,440,172	-	-
1961	15,662,374	16,908,035	2.6%	2.85%
1962	16,075,724	17,418,522	2.64%	3.02%
1963	16,507,599	17,954,564	2.69%	3.08%
1964	16,955,327	18,511,361	2.71%	3.1%
1965	17,427,802	19,089,380	2.79%	3.12%
1966	17,931,929	19,690,087	2.89%	3.15%
1967	18,462,782	20,314,066	2.96%	3.17%
1968	19,012,189	20,957,287	2.98%	3.17%
1969	19,570,445	21,614,676	2.94%	3.14%
1970	20,137,436	22,279,984	2.9%	3.08%
1971	20,695,569	22,942,143	2.77%	2.97%
1972	21,251,160	23,609,456	2.68%	2.91%
1973	21,827,665	24,294,263	2.71%	2.9%
1974	22,418,878	24,989,108	2.71%	2.86%
1975	23,021,101	25,690,940	2.69%	2.81%
1976	23,624,031	26,395,450	2.62%	2.74%
1977	24,229,061	27,118,952	2.56%	2.74%
1978	24,992,689	27,869,507	3.15%	2.77%
1979	25,886,782	28,634,162	3.58%	2.74%
1980	26,711,099	29,518,857	3.18%	3.09%
1981	27,500,515	30,541,044	2.96%	3.46%
1982	28,338,190	31,615,339	3.05%	3.52%
1983	29,250,963	32,739,304	3.22%	3.56%
1984	30,245,081	33,892,788	3.4%	3.52%
1985	31,264,816	35,042,093	3.37%	3.39%
1986	32,265,196	36,180,515	3.2%	3.25%
1987	33,298,904	37,326,190	3.2%	3.17%
1988	34,382,752	38,480,649	3.25%	3.09%
1989	35,486,866	39,628,575	3.21%	2.98%
1990	36,684,063	40,746,268	3.37%	2.82%
1991	37,925,817	41,687,898	3.38%	2.31%
1992	39,228,910	42,443,509	3.44%	1.81%
1993	40,656,336	43,297,156	3.64%	2.01%
1994	42,626,876	44,004,139	4.85%	1.63%
1995	44,433,704	44,541,554	4.24%	1.22%
1996	45,296,124	45,123,018	1.94%	1.31%
1997	46,029,902	45,666,838	1.62%	1.21%
1998	47,297,600	46,223,880	2.75%	1.22%
1999	48,912,971	46,730,335	3.42%	1.1%
2000	50,507,442	47,159,719	3.26%	0.92%
2001	52,132,646	47,566,800	3.22%	0.86%
2002	53,750,524	48,019,415	3.1%	0.95%
2003	55,343,867	48,500,348	2.96%	1%
2004	56,997,741	48,991,421	2.99%	1.01%
2005	58,775,724	49,490,033	3.12%	1.02%
2006	60,615,908	49,998,277	3.13%	1.03%
2007	62,477,752	50,528,584	3.07%	1.06%
2008	64,390,664	51,114,599	3.06%	1.16%
2009	66,412,044	51,728,516	3.14%	1.2%
2010	68,563,038	52,344,051	3.24%	1.19%
2011	70,849,311	52,995,205	3.33%	1.24%
2012	73,254,618	53,782,567	3.39%	1.49%
2013	75,789,395	54,678,791	3.46%	1.67%
2014	78,403,242	55,594,838	3.45%	1.68%
2015	81,035,531	56,723,537	3.36%	2.03%
2016	83,956,415	57,259,551	3.6%	0.94%
2017	87,083,398	57,635,162	3.72%	0.66%
2018	90,047,644	58,613,001	3.4%	1.7%
2019	92,947,442	59,587,885	3.22%	1.66%
2020	95,989,998	60,562,381	3.27%	1.64%
2021	99,148,932	61,502,603	3.29%	1.55%
2022	102,396,968	62,378,410	3.28%	1.42%
2023	105,789,731	63,212,384	3.31%	1.34%
2024	109,276,265	64,007,187	3.3%	1.26%
2025	112,832,475	64,747,317	3.25%	1.16%
2026	116,452,162	65,453,086	3.21%	1.09%
2027	120,129,744	66,143,018	3.16%	1.05%
2028	123,871,555	66,830,384	3.11%	1.04%
2029	127,674,141	67,506,850	3.07%	1.01%
2030	131,532,201	68,161,357	3.02%	0.97%
2031	135,447,495	68,798,574	2.98%	0.93%
2032	139,408,613	69,426,441	2.92%	0.91%
2033	143,414,031	70,040,484	2.87%	0.88%
2034	147,468,142	70,641,572	2.83%	0.86%
2035	151,560,102	71,234,749	2.77%	0.84%
2036	155,689,453	71,816,372	2.72%	0.82%
2037	159,848,574	72,387,807	2.67%	0.8%
2038	164,045,610	72,949,611	2.63%	0.78%
2039	168,296,695	73,496,152	2.59%	0.75%
2040	172,595,578	74,035,615	2.55%	0.73%
2041	176,946,261	74,575,444	2.52%	0.73%
2042	181,350,407	75,111,899	2.49%	0.72%
2043	185,805,168	75,641,512	2.46%	0.71%
2044	190,312,004	76,164,461	2.43%	0.69%
2045	194,865,386	76,681,448	2.39%	0.68%
2046	199,464,487	77,199,542	2.36%	0.68%
2047	204,105,925	77,716,650	2.33%	0.67%
2048	208,783,692	78,215,323	2.29%	0.64%
2049	213,497,692	78,699,584	2.26%	0.62%
2050	218,246,073	79,177,329	2.22%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.