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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	United Kingdom	DR Congo	United Kingdom
1960	15,264,846	52,400,000	-	-
1961	15,662,374	52,800,000	2.6%	0.76%
1962	16,075,724	53,250,000	2.64%	0.85%
1963	16,507,599	53,650,000	2.69%	0.75%
1964	16,955,327	54,000,000	2.71%	0.65%
1965	17,427,802	54,348,050	2.79%	0.64%
1966	17,931,929	54,648,500	2.89%	0.55%
1967	18,462,782	54,943,600	2.96%	0.54%
1968	19,012,189	55,211,700	2.98%	0.49%
1969	19,570,445	55,441,750	2.94%	0.42%
1970	20,137,436	55,663,250	2.9%	0.4%
1971	20,695,569	55,896,223	2.77%	0.42%
1972	21,251,160	56,086,065	2.68%	0.34%
1973	21,827,665	56,194,527	2.71%	0.19%
1974	22,418,878	56,229,974	2.71%	0.06%
1975	23,021,101	56,225,800	2.69%	-0.007%
1976	23,624,031	56,211,968	2.62%	-0.02%
1977	24,229,061	56,193,492	2.56%	-0.03%
1978	24,992,689	56,196,504	3.15%	0.005%
1979	25,886,782	56,246,951	3.58%	0.09%
1980	26,711,099	56,314,216	3.18%	0.12%
1981	27,500,515	56,333,829	2.96%	0.03%
1982	28,338,190	56,313,641	3.05%	-0.04%
1983	29,250,963	56,332,848	3.22%	0.03%
1984	30,245,081	56,422,072	3.4%	0.16%
1985	31,264,816	56,550,268	3.37%	0.23%
1986	32,265,196	56,681,396	3.2%	0.23%
1987	33,298,904	56,802,050	3.2%	0.21%
1988	34,382,752	56,928,327	3.25%	0.22%
1989	35,486,866	57,076,711	3.21%	0.26%
1990	36,684,063	57,247,586	3.37%	0.3%
1991	37,925,817	57,424,897	3.38%	0.31%
1992	39,228,910	57,580,402	3.44%	0.27%
1993	40,656,336	57,718,614	3.64%	0.24%
1994	42,626,876	57,865,745	4.85%	0.25%
1995	44,433,704	58,019,030	4.24%	0.26%
1996	45,296,124	58,166,950	1.94%	0.25%
1997	46,029,902	58,316,954	1.62%	0.26%
1998	47,297,600	58,487,141	2.75%	0.29%
1999	48,912,971	58,682,466	3.42%	0.33%
2000	50,507,442	58,892,514	3.26%	0.36%
2001	52,132,646	59,119,673	3.22%	0.39%
2002	53,750,524	59,370,479	3.1%	0.42%
2003	55,343,867	59,647,577	2.96%	0.47%
2004	56,997,741	59,987,905	2.99%	0.57%
2005	58,775,724	60,401,206	3.12%	0.69%
2006	60,615,908	60,846,820	3.13%	0.74%
2007	62,477,752	61,322,463	3.07%	0.78%
2008	64,390,664	61,806,995	3.06%	0.79%
2009	66,412,044	62,276,270	3.14%	0.76%
2010	68,563,038	62,766,365	3.24%	0.79%
2011	70,849,311	63,258,810	3.33%	0.78%
2012	73,254,618	63,711,000	3.39%	0.71%
2013	75,789,395	64,139,000	3.46%	0.67%
2014	78,403,242	64,620,000	3.45%	0.75%
2015	81,035,531	65,088,000	3.36%	0.72%
2016	83,956,415	65,607,000	3.6%	0.8%
2017	87,083,398	65,966,000	3.72%	0.55%
2018	90,047,644	66,289,000	3.4%	0.49%
2019	92,947,442	66,631,000	3.22%	0.52%
2020	95,989,998	66,744,000	3.27%	0.17%
2021	99,148,932	66,984,000	3.29%	0.36%
2022	102,396,968	67,604,000	3.28%	0.93%
2023	105,789,731	68,492,000	3.31%	1.31%
2024	109,276,265	69,226,000	3.3%	1.07%
2025	112,832,475	69,639,673	3.25%	0.6%
2026	116,452,162	70,020,350	3.21%	0.55%
2027	120,129,744	70,382,853	3.16%	0.52%
2028	123,871,555	70,732,699	3.11%	0.5%
2029	127,674,141	71,061,482	3.07%	0.46%
2030	131,532,201	71,377,535	3.02%	0.44%
2031	135,447,495	71,678,351	2.98%	0.42%
2032	139,408,613	71,959,934	2.92%	0.39%
2033	143,414,031	72,234,509	2.87%	0.38%
2034	147,468,142	72,497,650	2.83%	0.36%
2035	151,560,102	72,749,096	2.77%	0.35%
2036	155,689,453	72,990,847	2.72%	0.33%
2037	159,848,574	73,218,850	2.67%	0.31%
2038	164,045,610	73,441,349	2.63%	0.3%
2039	168,296,695	73,658,392	2.59%	0.3%
2040	172,595,578	73,868,334	2.55%	0.29%
2041	176,946,261	74,074,316	2.52%	0.28%
2042	181,350,407	74,275,779	2.49%	0.27%
2043	185,805,168	74,475,035	2.46%	0.27%
2044	190,312,004	74,667,284	2.43%	0.26%
2045	194,865,386	74,848,605	2.39%	0.24%
2046	199,464,487	75,020,949	2.36%	0.23%
2047	204,105,925	75,184,478	2.33%	0.22%
2048	208,783,692	75,337,543	2.29%	0.2%
2049	213,497,692	75,476,141	2.26%	0.18%
2050	218,246,073	75,600,588	2.22%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.