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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Zambia	DR Congo	Zambia
1960	15,264,846	3,153,729	-	-
1961	15,662,374	3,254,086	2.6%	3.18%
1962	16,075,724	3,358,099	2.64%	3.2%
1963	16,507,599	3,465,907	2.69%	3.21%
1964	16,955,327	3,577,017	2.71%	3.21%
1965	17,427,802	3,692,086	2.79%	3.22%
1966	17,931,929	3,812,003	2.89%	3.25%
1967	18,462,782	3,936,343	2.96%	3.26%
1968	19,012,189	4,065,593	2.98%	3.28%
1969	19,570,445	4,197,116	2.94%	3.24%
1970	20,137,436	4,321,718	2.9%	2.97%
1971	20,695,569	4,442,525	2.77%	2.8%
1972	21,251,160	4,569,309	2.68%	2.85%
1973	21,827,665	4,702,693	2.71%	2.92%
1974	22,418,878	4,842,746	2.71%	2.98%
1975	23,021,101	4,990,086	2.69%	3.04%
1976	23,624,031	5,143,842	2.62%	3.08%
1977	24,229,061	5,302,480	2.56%	3.08%
1978	24,992,689	5,465,374	3.15%	3.07%
1979	25,886,782	5,631,728	3.58%	3.04%
1980	26,711,099	5,802,833	3.18%	3.04%
1981	27,500,515	5,983,289	2.96%	3.11%
1982	28,338,190	6,178,637	3.05%	3.26%
1983	29,250,963	6,381,038	3.22%	3.28%
1984	30,245,081	6,580,490	3.4%	3.13%
1985	31,264,816	6,780,953	3.37%	3.05%
1986	32,265,196	6,986,471	3.2%	3.03%
1987	33,298,904	7,191,282	3.2%	2.93%
1988	34,382,752	7,391,440	3.25%	2.78%
1989	35,486,866	7,589,216	3.21%	2.68%
1990	36,684,063	7,786,169	3.37%	2.6%
1991	37,925,817	7,981,650	3.38%	2.51%
1992	39,228,910	8,176,680	3.44%	2.44%
1993	40,656,336	8,373,921	3.64%	2.41%
1994	42,626,876	8,576,269	4.85%	2.42%
1995	44,433,704	8,785,763	4.24%	2.44%
1996	45,296,124	9,004,053	1.94%	2.48%
1997	46,029,902	9,237,063	1.62%	2.59%
1998	47,297,600	9,482,408	2.75%	2.66%
1999	48,912,971	9,740,005	3.42%	2.72%
2000	50,507,442	10,017,631	3.26%	2.85%
2001	52,132,646	10,325,185	3.22%	3.07%
2002	53,750,524	10,647,949	3.1%	3.13%
2003	55,343,867	10,983,595	2.96%	3.15%
2004	56,997,741	11,338,198	2.99%	3.23%
2005	58,775,724	11,718,819	3.12%	3.36%
2006	60,615,908	12,129,553	3.13%	3.5%
2007	62,477,752	12,565,085	3.07%	3.59%
2008	64,390,664	13,021,324	3.06%	3.63%
2009	66,412,044	13,490,389	3.14%	3.6%
2010	68,563,038	13,965,594	3.24%	3.52%
2011	70,849,311	14,437,796	3.33%	3.38%
2012	73,254,618	14,913,629	3.39%	3.3%
2013	75,789,395	15,398,997	3.46%	3.25%
2014	78,403,242	15,895,315	3.45%	3.22%
2015	81,035,531	16,399,089	3.36%	3.17%
2016	83,956,415	16,914,423	3.6%	3.14%
2017	87,083,398	17,441,320	3.72%	3.12%
2018	90,047,644	17,973,569	3.4%	3.05%
2019	92,947,442	18,513,839	3.22%	3.01%
2020	95,989,998	19,059,395	3.27%	2.95%
2021	99,148,932	19,603,607	3.29%	2.86%
2022	102,396,968	20,152,938	3.28%	2.8%
2023	105,789,731	20,723,965	3.31%	2.83%
2024	109,276,265	21,314,956	3.3%	2.85%
2025	112,832,475	21,913,869	3.25%	2.81%
2026	116,452,162	22,521,905	3.21%	2.77%
2027	120,129,744	23,138,716	3.16%	2.74%
2028	123,871,555	23,761,368	3.11%	2.69%
2029	127,674,141	24,389,681	3.07%	2.64%
2030	131,532,201	25,024,887	3.02%	2.6%
2031	135,447,495	25,666,496	2.98%	2.56%
2032	139,408,613	26,311,946	2.92%	2.51%
2033	143,414,031	26,960,073	2.87%	2.46%
2034	147,468,142	27,611,621	2.83%	2.42%
2035	151,560,102	28,266,887	2.77%	2.37%
2036	155,689,453	28,925,103	2.72%	2.33%
2037	159,848,574	29,583,482	2.67%	2.28%
2038	164,045,610	30,240,549	2.63%	2.22%
2039	168,296,695	30,895,586	2.59%	2.17%
2040	172,595,578	31,550,394	2.55%	2.12%
2041	176,946,261	32,204,340	2.52%	2.07%
2042	181,350,407	32,856,596	2.49%	2.03%
2043	185,805,168	33,510,500	2.46%	1.99%
2044	190,312,004	34,165,920	2.43%	1.96%
2045	194,865,386	34,821,101	2.39%	1.92%
2046	199,464,487	35,475,795	2.36%	1.88%
2047	204,105,925	36,129,270	2.33%	1.84%
2048	208,783,692	36,782,260	2.29%	1.81%
2049	213,497,692	37,434,667	2.26%	1.77%
2050	218,246,073	38,083,369	2.22%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the DR Congo increased by 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the DR Congo gained 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2006 and is 15th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.