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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Tanzania	DR Congo	Tanzania
1960	15,264,846	9,901,419	-	-
1961	15,662,374	10,187,886	2.6%	2.89%
1962	16,075,724	10,487,756	2.64%	2.94%
1963	16,507,599	10,799,528	2.69%	2.97%
1964	16,955,327	11,127,826	2.71%	3.04%
1965	17,427,802	11,470,728	2.79%	3.08%
1966	17,931,929	11,827,459	2.89%	3.11%
1967	18,462,782	12,200,109	2.96%	3.15%
1968	19,012,189	12,602,076	2.98%	3.29%
1969	19,570,445	13,036,700	2.94%	3.45%
1970	20,137,436	13,492,677	2.9%	3.5%
1971	20,695,569	13,971,451	2.77%	3.55%
1972	21,251,160	14,479,308	2.68%	3.63%
1973	21,827,665	15,010,101	2.71%	3.67%
1974	22,418,878	15,561,630	2.71%	3.67%
1975	23,021,101	16,138,361	2.69%	3.71%
1976	23,624,031	16,736,211	2.62%	3.7%
1977	24,229,061	17,352,929	2.56%	3.68%
1978	24,992,689	17,976,566	3.15%	3.59%
1979	25,886,782	18,592,038	3.58%	3.42%
1980	26,711,099	19,189,769	3.18%	3.21%
1981	27,500,515	19,784,703	2.96%	3.1%
1982	28,338,190	20,398,571	3.05%	3.1%
1983	29,250,963	21,079,874	3.22%	3.34%
1984	30,245,081	21,779,066	3.4%	3.32%
1985	31,264,816	22,501,693	3.37%	3.32%
1986	32,265,196	23,258,959	3.2%	3.37%
1987	33,298,904	24,030,378	3.2%	3.32%
1988	34,382,752	24,769,686	3.25%	3.08%
1989	35,486,866	25,438,759	3.21%	2.7%
1990	36,684,063	26,110,207	3.37%	2.64%
1991	37,925,817	26,780,436	3.38%	2.57%
1992	39,228,910	27,457,588	3.44%	2.53%
1993	40,656,336	28,332,692	3.64%	3.19%
1994	42,626,876	29,442,356	4.85%	3.92%
1995	44,433,704	30,383,497	4.24%	3.2%
1996	45,296,124	30,945,762	1.94%	1.85%
1997	46,029,902	31,578,089	1.62%	2.04%
1998	47,297,600	32,420,458	2.75%	2.67%
1999	48,912,971	33,300,330	3.42%	2.71%
2000	50,507,442	34,260,139	3.26%	2.88%
2001	52,132,646	35,198,299	3.22%	2.74%
2002	53,750,524	36,121,304	3.1%	2.62%
2003	55,343,867	37,089,555	2.96%	2.68%
2004	56,997,741	38,109,668	2.99%	2.75%
2005	58,775,724	39,182,076	3.12%	2.81%
2006	60,615,908	40,294,902	3.13%	2.84%
2007	62,477,752	41,435,512	3.07%	2.83%
2008	64,390,664	42,570,728	3.06%	2.74%
2009	66,412,044	43,633,982	3.14%	2.5%
2010	68,563,038	44,758,488	3.24%	2.58%
2011	70,849,311	46,029,367	3.33%	2.84%
2012	73,254,618	47,374,260	3.39%	2.92%
2013	75,789,395	48,824,128	3.46%	3.06%
2014	78,403,242	50,351,512	3.45%	3.13%
2015	81,035,531	52,020,962	3.36%	3.32%
2016	83,956,415	53,824,013	3.6%	3.47%
2017	87,083,398	55,652,890	3.72%	3.4%
2018	90,047,644	57,437,145	3.4%	3.21%
2019	92,947,442	59,174,891	3.22%	3.03%
2020	95,989,998	60,972,798	3.27%	3.04%
2021	99,148,932	62,830,412	3.29%	3.05%
2022	102,396,968	64,711,821	3.28%	2.99%
2023	105,789,731	66,617,606	3.31%	2.95%
2024	109,276,265	68,560,157	3.3%	2.92%
2025	112,832,475	70,545,858	3.25%	2.9%
2026	116,452,162	72,563,773	3.21%	2.86%
2027	120,129,744	74,604,804	3.16%	2.81%
2028	123,871,555	76,670,483	3.11%	2.77%
2029	127,674,141	78,773,192	3.07%	2.74%
2030	131,532,201	80,913,118	3.02%	2.72%
2031	135,447,495	83,087,927	2.98%	2.69%
2032	139,408,613	85,293,126	2.92%	2.65%
2033	143,414,031	87,520,491	2.87%	2.61%
2034	147,468,142	89,788,673	2.83%	2.59%
2035	151,560,102	92,091,418	2.77%	2.56%
2036	155,689,453	94,420,808	2.72%	2.53%
2037	159,848,574	96,775,766	2.67%	2.49%
2038	164,045,610	99,156,465	2.63%	2.46%
2039	168,296,695	101,567,525	2.59%	2.43%
2040	172,595,578	103,999,350	2.55%	2.39%
2041	176,946,261	106,448,475	2.52%	2.35%
2042	181,350,407	108,926,272	2.49%	2.33%
2043	185,805,168	111,433,788	2.46%	2.3%
2044	190,312,004	113,966,263	2.43%	2.27%
2045	194,865,386	116,525,463	2.39%	2.25%
2046	199,464,487	119,109,670	2.36%	2.22%
2047	204,105,925	121,721,018	2.33%	2.19%
2048	208,783,692	124,351,294	2.29%	2.16%
2049	213,497,692	126,981,394	2.26%	2.12%
2050	218,246,073	129,621,083	2.22%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.