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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Yemen	DR Congo	Yemen
1960	15,264,846	5,532,301	-	-
1961	15,662,374	5,655,232	2.6%	2.22%
1962	16,075,724	5,782,221	2.64%	2.25%
1963	16,507,599	5,911,135	2.69%	2.23%
1964	16,955,327	6,048,006	2.71%	2.32%
1965	17,427,802	6,195,593	2.79%	2.44%
1966	17,931,929	6,351,494	2.89%	2.52%
1967	18,462,782	6,516,444	2.96%	2.6%
1968	19,012,189	6,690,524	2.98%	2.67%
1969	19,570,445	6,875,859	2.94%	2.77%
1970	20,137,436	7,065,279	2.9%	2.75%
1971	20,695,569	7,257,462	2.77%	2.72%
1972	21,251,160	7,460,068	2.68%	2.79%
1973	21,827,665	7,672,796	2.71%	2.85%
1974	22,418,878	7,896,783	2.71%	2.92%
1975	23,021,101	8,133,598	2.69%	3%
1976	23,624,031	8,384,113	2.62%	3.08%
1977	24,229,061	8,648,222	2.56%	3.15%
1978	24,992,689	8,926,586	3.15%	3.22%
1979	25,886,782	9,224,194	3.58%	3.33%
1980	26,711,099	9,543,358	3.18%	3.46%
1981	27,500,515	9,882,362	2.96%	3.55%
1982	28,338,190	10,241,006	3.05%	3.63%
1983	29,250,963	10,621,499	3.22%	3.72%
1984	30,245,081	11,025,597	3.4%	3.8%
1985	31,264,816	11,453,825	3.37%	3.88%
1986	32,265,196	11,901,040	3.2%	3.9%
1987	33,298,904	12,369,912	3.2%	3.94%
1988	34,382,752	12,859,708	3.25%	3.96%
1989	35,486,866	13,364,174	3.21%	3.92%
1990	36,684,063	13,887,862	3.37%	3.92%
1991	37,925,817	14,430,201	3.38%	3.91%
1992	39,228,910	14,989,494	3.44%	3.88%
1993	40,656,336	15,563,914	3.64%	3.83%
1994	42,626,876	16,149,147	4.85%	3.76%
1995	44,433,704	16,740,058	4.24%	3.66%
1996	45,296,124	17,313,177	1.94%	3.42%
1997	46,029,902	17,873,936	1.62%	3.24%
1998	47,297,600	18,446,013	2.75%	3.2%
1999	48,912,971	19,029,420	3.42%	3.16%
2000	50,507,442	19,624,141	3.26%	3.13%
2001	52,132,646	20,226,147	3.22%	3.07%
2002	53,750,524	20,835,086	3.1%	3.01%
2003	55,343,867	21,456,379	2.96%	2.98%
2004	56,997,741	22,095,167	2.99%	2.98%
2005	58,775,724	22,790,085	3.12%	3.15%
2006	60,615,908	23,543,083	3.13%	3.3%
2007	62,477,752	24,318,082	3.07%	3.29%
2008	64,390,664	25,111,941	3.06%	3.26%
2009	66,412,044	25,927,724	3.14%	3.25%
2010	68,563,038	26,754,387	3.24%	3.19%
2011	70,849,311	27,582,897	3.33%	3.1%
2012	73,254,618	28,433,647	3.39%	3.08%
2013	75,789,395	29,312,952	3.46%	3.09%
2014	78,403,242	30,226,309	3.45%	3.12%
2015	81,035,531	31,159,379	3.36%	3.09%
2016	83,956,415	32,109,010	3.6%	3.05%
2017	87,083,398	33,090,921	3.72%	3.06%
2018	90,047,644	34,085,182	3.4%	3%
2019	92,947,442	35,111,408	3.22%	3.01%
2020	95,989,998	36,134,863	3.27%	2.91%
2021	99,148,932	37,140,230	3.29%	2.78%
2022	102,396,968	38,222,876	3.28%	2.92%
2023	105,789,731	39,390,799	3.31%	3.06%
2024	109,276,265	40,583,164	3.3%	3.03%
2025	112,832,475	41,773,871	3.25%	2.93%
2026	116,452,162	42,961,650	3.21%	2.84%
2027	120,129,744	44,145,620	3.16%	2.76%
2028	123,871,555	45,323,685	3.11%	2.67%
2029	127,674,141	46,497,573	3.07%	2.59%
2030	131,532,201	47,667,649	3.02%	2.52%
2031	135,447,495	48,827,503	2.98%	2.43%
2032	139,408,613	49,979,089	2.92%	2.36%
2033	143,414,031	51,129,867	2.87%	2.3%
2034	147,468,142	52,279,989	2.83%	2.25%
2035	151,560,102	53,429,308	2.77%	2.2%
2036	155,689,453	54,578,046	2.72%	2.15%
2037	159,848,574	55,724,259	2.67%	2.1%
2038	164,045,610	56,872,152	2.63%	2.06%
2039	168,296,695	58,024,713	2.59%	2.03%
2040	172,595,578	59,181,514	2.55%	1.99%
2041	176,946,261	60,345,667	2.52%	1.97%
2042	181,350,407	61,517,965	2.49%	1.94%
2043	185,805,168	62,696,517	2.46%	1.92%
2044	190,312,004	63,880,172	2.43%	1.89%
2045	194,865,386	65,066,344	2.39%	1.86%
2046	199,464,487	66,253,578	2.36%	1.82%
2047	204,105,925	67,438,796	2.33%	1.79%
2048	208,783,692	68,620,844	2.29%	1.75%
2049	213,497,692	69,799,794	2.26%	1.72%
2050	218,246,073	70,976,389	2.22%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.