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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Zimbabwe	DR Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	15,264,846	3,809,389	-	-
1961	15,662,374	3,930,401	2.6%	3.18%
1962	16,075,724	4,055,959	2.64%	3.19%
1963	16,507,599	4,185,877	2.69%	3.2%
1964	16,955,327	4,320,006	2.71%	3.2%
1965	17,427,802	4,458,462	2.79%	3.2%
1966	17,931,929	4,601,217	2.89%	3.2%
1967	18,462,782	4,748,307	2.96%	3.2%
1968	19,012,189	4,900,440	2.98%	3.2%
1969	19,570,445	5,058,181	2.94%	3.22%
1970	20,137,436	5,215,918	2.9%	3.12%
1971	20,695,569	5,374,712	2.77%	3.04%
1972	21,251,160	5,542,445	2.68%	3.12%
1973	21,827,665	5,720,404	2.71%	3.21%
1974	22,418,878	5,908,328	2.71%	3.29%
1975	23,021,101	6,098,658	2.69%	3.22%
1976	23,624,031	6,287,105	2.62%	3.09%
1977	24,229,061	6,449,512	2.56%	2.58%
1978	24,992,689	6,543,575	3.15%	1.46%
1979	25,886,782	6,647,556	3.58%	1.59%
1980	26,711,099	7,041,303	3.18%	5.92%
1981	27,500,515	7,498,635	2.96%	6.49%
1982	28,338,190	7,796,496	3.05%	3.97%
1983	29,250,963	8,098,404	3.22%	3.87%
1984	30,245,081	8,391,488	3.4%	3.62%
1985	31,264,816	8,686,813	3.37%	3.52%
1986	32,265,196	8,982,578	3.2%	3.4%
1987	33,298,904	9,284,644	3.2%	3.36%
1988	34,382,752	9,583,094	3.25%	3.21%
1989	35,486,866	9,864,798	3.21%	2.94%
1990	36,684,063	10,137,281	3.37%	2.76%
1991	37,925,817	10,404,816	3.38%	2.64%
1992	39,228,910	10,702,700	3.44%	2.86%
1993	40,656,336	10,860,288	3.64%	1.47%
1994	42,626,876	10,873,148	4.85%	0.12%
1995	44,433,704	10,974,599	4.24%	0.93%
1996	45,296,124	11,158,360	1.94%	1.67%
1997	46,029,902	11,369,827	1.62%	1.9%
1998	47,297,600	11,594,297	2.75%	1.97%
1999	48,912,971	11,783,458	3.42%	1.63%
2000	50,507,442	11,892,055	3.26%	0.92%
2001	52,132,646	11,971,901	3.22%	0.67%
2002	53,750,524	12,087,653	3.1%	0.97%
2003	55,343,867	12,232,323	2.96%	1.2%
2004	56,997,741	12,365,896	2.99%	1.09%
2005	58,775,724	12,483,432	3.12%	0.95%
2006	60,615,908	12,636,445	3.13%	1.23%
2007	62,477,752	12,804,058	3.07%	1.33%
2008	64,390,664	12,959,149	3.06%	1.21%
2009	66,412,044	13,142,790	3.14%	1.42%
2010	68,563,038	13,356,548	3.24%	1.63%
2011	70,849,311	13,595,424	3.33%	1.79%
2012	73,254,618	13,817,887	3.39%	1.64%
2013	75,789,395	14,013,808	3.46%	1.42%
2014	78,403,242	14,207,359	3.45%	1.38%
2015	81,035,531	14,399,013	3.36%	1.35%
2016	83,956,415	14,600,294	3.6%	1.4%
2017	87,083,398	14,812,482	3.72%	1.45%
2018	90,047,644	15,034,452	3.4%	1.5%
2019	92,947,442	15,271,368	3.22%	1.58%
2020	95,989,998	15,526,888	3.27%	1.67%
2021	99,148,932	15,797,210	3.29%	1.74%
2022	102,396,968	16,069,056	3.28%	1.72%
2023	105,789,731	16,340,822	3.31%	1.69%
2024	109,276,265	16,634,373	3.3%	1.8%
2025	112,832,475	16,950,805	3.25%	1.9%
2026	116,452,162	17,273,591	3.21%	1.9%
2027	120,129,744	17,600,621	3.16%	1.89%
2028	123,871,555	17,932,015	3.11%	1.88%
2029	127,674,141	18,268,967	3.07%	1.88%
2030	131,532,201	18,610,356	3.02%	1.87%
2031	135,447,495	18,956,207	2.98%	1.86%
2032	139,408,613	19,311,368	2.92%	1.87%
2033	143,414,031	19,675,929	2.87%	1.89%
2034	147,468,142	20,041,125	2.83%	1.86%
2035	151,560,102	20,409,159	2.77%	1.84%
2036	155,689,453	20,778,662	2.72%	1.81%
2037	159,848,574	21,144,748	2.67%	1.76%
2038	164,045,610	21,512,919	2.63%	1.74%
2039	168,296,695	21,881,123	2.59%	1.71%
2040	172,595,578	22,250,123	2.55%	1.69%
2041	176,946,261	22,627,428	2.52%	1.7%
2042	181,350,407	23,000,906	2.49%	1.65%
2043	185,805,168	23,371,301	2.46%	1.61%
2044	190,312,004	23,740,630	2.43%	1.58%
2045	194,865,386	24,102,391	2.39%	1.52%
2046	199,464,487	24,462,491	2.36%	1.49%
2047	204,105,925	24,816,449	2.33%	1.45%
2048	208,783,692	25,168,419	2.29%	1.42%
2049	213,497,692	25,518,513	2.26%	1.39%
2050	218,246,073	25,866,397	2.22%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.