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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Sri Lanka	DR Congo	Sri Lanka
1960	15,264,846	9,661,389	-	-
1961	15,662,374	9,899,372	2.6%	2.46%
1962	16,075,724	10,143,754	2.64%	2.47%
1963	16,507,599	10,395,040	2.69%	2.48%
1964	16,955,327	10,653,397	2.71%	2.49%
1965	17,427,802	10,916,965	2.79%	2.47%
1966	17,931,929	11,183,928	2.89%	2.45%
1967	18,462,782	11,457,328	2.96%	2.44%
1968	19,012,189	11,736,088	2.98%	2.43%
1969	19,570,445	12,013,858	2.94%	2.37%
1970	20,137,436	12,287,110	2.9%	2.27%
1971	20,695,569	12,551,910	2.77%	2.16%
1972	21,251,160	12,809,205	2.68%	2.05%
1973	21,827,665	13,060,916	2.71%	1.97%
1974	22,418,878	13,305,693	2.71%	1.87%
1975	23,021,101	13,548,984	2.69%	1.83%
1976	23,624,031	13,796,770	2.62%	1.83%
1977	24,229,061	14,049,371	2.56%	1.83%
1978	24,992,689	14,310,128	3.15%	1.86%
1979	25,886,782	14,579,614	3.58%	1.88%
1980	26,711,099	14,847,974	3.18%	1.84%
1981	27,500,515	15,099,414	2.96%	1.69%
1982	28,338,190	15,286,567	3.05%	1.24%
1983	29,250,963	15,388,794	3.22%	0.67%
1984	30,245,081	15,441,860	3.4%	0.34%
1985	31,264,816	15,544,154	3.37%	0.66%
1986	32,265,196	15,731,256	3.2%	1.2%
1987	33,298,904	15,916,576	3.2%	1.18%
1988	34,382,752	16,078,621	3.25%	1.02%
1989	35,486,866	16,248,557	3.21%	1.06%
1990	36,684,063	16,352,458	3.37%	0.64%
1991	37,925,817	16,475,354	3.38%	0.75%
1992	39,228,910	16,739,284	3.44%	1.6%
1993	40,656,336	17,025,918	3.64%	1.71%
1994	42,626,876	17,275,773	4.85%	1.47%
1995	44,433,704	17,564,068	4.24%	1.67%
1996	45,296,124	17,905,018	1.94%	1.94%
1997	46,029,902	18,248,200	1.62%	1.92%
1998	47,297,600	18,596,003	2.75%	1.91%
1999	48,912,971	18,944,731	3.42%	1.88%
2000	50,507,442	19,293,054	3.26%	1.84%
2001	52,132,646	19,600,362	3.22%	1.59%
2002	53,750,524	19,805,752	3.1%	1.05%
2003	55,343,867	19,951,521	2.96%	0.74%
2004	56,997,741	20,087,605	2.99%	0.68%
2005	58,775,724	20,216,524	3.12%	0.64%
2006	60,615,908	20,352,411	3.13%	0.67%
2007	62,477,752	20,492,545	3.07%	0.69%
2008	64,390,664	20,629,378	3.06%	0.67%
2009	66,412,044	20,756,435	3.14%	0.62%
2010	68,563,038	20,879,089	3.24%	0.59%
2011	70,849,311	21,009,048	3.33%	0.62%
2012	73,254,618	21,169,458	3.39%	0.76%
2013	75,789,395	20,585,000	3.46%	-2.76%
2014	78,403,242	20,778,000	3.45%	0.94%
2015	81,035,531	20,970,000	3.36%	0.92%
2016	83,956,415	21,209,000	3.6%	1.14%
2017	87,083,398	21,453,000	3.72%	1.15%
2018	90,047,644	21,670,000	3.4%	1.01%
2019	92,947,442	21,803,000	3.22%	0.61%
2020	95,989,998	21,919,000	3.27%	0.53%
2021	99,148,932	22,156,000	3.29%	1.08%
2022	102,396,968	22,181,000	3.28%	0.11%
2023	105,789,731	22,037,000	3.31%	-0.65%
2024	109,276,265	21,916,000	3.3%	-0.55%
2025	112,832,475	22,035,440	3.25%	0.54%
2026	116,452,162	22,148,172	3.21%	0.51%
2027	120,129,744	22,255,601	3.16%	0.49%
2028	123,871,555	22,357,682	3.11%	0.46%
2029	127,674,141	22,453,922	3.07%	0.43%
2030	131,532,201	22,546,245	3.02%	0.41%
2031	135,447,495	22,635,106	2.98%	0.39%
2032	139,408,613	22,720,118	2.92%	0.38%
2033	143,414,031	22,802,043	2.87%	0.36%
2034	147,468,142	22,879,527	2.83%	0.34%
2035	151,560,102	22,952,739	2.77%	0.32%
2036	155,689,453	23,022,027	2.72%	0.3%
2037	159,848,574	23,088,877	2.67%	0.29%
2038	164,045,610	23,152,480	2.63%	0.28%
2039	168,296,695	23,211,633	2.59%	0.26%
2040	172,595,578	23,265,986	2.55%	0.23%
2041	176,946,261	23,315,260	2.52%	0.21%
2042	181,350,407	23,359,578	2.49%	0.19%
2043	185,805,168	23,398,752	2.46%	0.17%
2044	190,312,004	23,433,096	2.43%	0.15%
2045	194,865,386	23,464,943	2.39%	0.14%
2046	199,464,487	23,492,738	2.36%	0.12%
2047	204,105,925	23,512,629	2.33%	0.08%
2048	208,783,692	23,525,953	2.29%	0.06%
2049	213,497,692	23,533,940	2.26%	0.03%
2050	218,246,073	23,538,230	2.22%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.