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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Uganda	DR Congo	Uganda
1960	15,264,846	7,640,973	-	-
1961	15,662,374	7,862,217	2.6%	2.9%
1962	16,075,724	8,092,231	2.64%	2.93%
1963	16,507,599	8,333,663	2.69%	2.98%
1964	16,955,327	8,586,363	2.71%	3.03%
1965	17,427,802	8,849,203	2.79%	3.06%
1966	17,931,929	9,122,864	2.89%	3.09%
1967	18,462,782	9,408,924	2.96%	3.14%
1968	19,012,189	9,708,632	2.98%	3.19%
1969	19,570,445	10,014,858	2.94%	3.15%
1970	20,137,436	10,321,603	2.9%	3.06%
1971	20,695,569	10,618,206	2.77%	2.87%
1972	21,251,160	10,885,796	2.68%	2.52%
1973	21,827,665	11,144,236	2.71%	2.37%
1974	22,418,878	11,424,846	2.71%	2.52%
1975	23,021,101	11,725,240	2.69%	2.63%
1976	23,624,031	12,037,294	2.62%	2.66%
1977	24,229,061	12,359,669	2.56%	2.68%
1978	24,992,689	12,692,113	3.15%	2.69%
1979	25,886,782	13,002,163	3.58%	2.44%
1980	26,711,099	13,275,741	3.18%	2.1%
1981	27,500,515	13,556,452	2.96%	2.11%
1982	28,338,190	13,873,631	3.05%	2.34%
1983	29,250,963	14,221,881	3.22%	2.51%
1984	30,245,081	14,607,677	3.4%	2.71%
1985	31,264,816	15,023,681	3.37%	2.85%
1986	32,265,196	15,467,579	3.2%	2.95%
1987	33,298,904	15,954,170	3.2%	3.15%
1988	34,382,752	16,470,483	3.25%	3.24%
1989	35,486,866	17,010,698	3.21%	3.28%
1990	36,684,063	17,569,897	3.37%	3.29%
1991	37,925,817	18,155,901	3.38%	3.34%
1992	39,228,910	18,785,032	3.44%	3.47%
1993	40,656,336	19,445,161	3.64%	3.51%
1994	42,626,876	20,108,801	4.85%	3.41%
1995	44,433,704	20,665,667	4.24%	2.77%
1996	45,296,124	21,231,550	1.94%	2.74%
1997	46,029,902	21,856,046	1.62%	2.94%
1998	47,297,600	22,515,806	2.75%	3.02%
1999	48,912,971	23,257,281	3.42%	3.29%
2000	50,507,442	24,000,150	3.26%	3.19%
2001	52,132,646	24,745,676	3.22%	3.11%
2002	53,750,524	25,532,870	3.1%	3.18%
2003	55,343,867	26,352,124	2.96%	3.21%
2004	56,997,741	27,154,515	2.99%	3.04%
2005	58,775,724	27,963,289	3.12%	2.98%
2006	60,615,908	28,794,003	3.13%	2.97%
2007	62,477,752	29,653,430	3.07%	2.98%
2008	64,390,664	30,539,553	3.06%	2.99%
2009	66,412,044	31,451,151	3.14%	2.98%
2010	68,563,038	32,390,802	3.24%	2.99%
2011	70,849,311	33,354,543	3.33%	2.98%
2012	73,254,618	34,337,438	3.39%	2.95%
2013	75,789,395	35,337,042	3.46%	2.91%
2014	78,403,242	36,395,539	3.45%	3%
2015	81,035,531	37,531,446	3.36%	3.12%
2016	83,956,415	38,799,152	3.6%	3.38%
2017	87,083,398	40,177,388	3.72%	3.55%
2018	90,047,644	41,565,831	3.4%	3.46%
2019	92,947,442	42,999,637	3.22%	3.45%
2020	95,989,998	44,457,152	3.27%	3.39%
2021	99,148,932	45,910,930	3.29%	3.27%
2022	102,396,968	47,312,719	3.28%	3.05%
2023	105,789,731	48,656,601	3.31%	2.84%
2024	109,276,265	50,015,092	3.3%	2.79%
2025	112,832,475	51,384,895	3.25%	2.74%
2026	116,452,162	52,761,471	3.21%	2.68%
2027	120,129,744	54,144,274	3.16%	2.62%
2028	123,871,555	55,532,564	3.11%	2.56%
2029	127,674,141	56,922,797	3.07%	2.5%
2030	131,532,201	58,312,944	3.02%	2.44%
2031	135,447,495	59,703,537	2.98%	2.38%
2032	139,408,613	61,089,060	2.92%	2.32%
2033	143,414,031	62,464,116	2.87%	2.25%
2034	147,468,142	63,833,872	2.83%	2.19%
2035	151,560,102	65,205,570	2.77%	2.15%
2036	155,689,453	66,573,737	2.72%	2.1%
2037	159,848,574	67,942,634	2.67%	2.06%
2038	164,045,610	69,312,210	2.63%	2.02%
2039	168,296,695	70,669,875	2.59%	1.96%
2040	172,595,578	72,020,414	2.55%	1.91%
2041	176,946,261	73,372,658	2.52%	1.88%
2042	181,350,407	74,730,004	2.49%	1.85%
2043	185,805,168	76,090,991	2.46%	1.82%
2044	190,312,004	77,449,517	2.43%	1.79%
2045	194,865,386	78,797,995	2.39%	1.74%
2046	199,464,487	80,139,174	2.36%	1.7%
2047	204,105,925	81,478,503	2.33%	1.67%
2048	208,783,692	82,812,102	2.29%	1.64%
2049	213,497,692	84,130,056	2.26%	1.59%
2050	218,246,073	85,431,202	2.22%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.