Population of the DR Congo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	08 Apr 2024

The current population of DR Congo is 104,940,814 as of April 19, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of DR Congo is projected at 105,625,114 or 105.63 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in DR Congo is projected at 102,262,808 or 102.26 million people for the year 2023.

DR Congo is the fourth-most populous country in Africa and is in the 15th position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

DR Congo population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	97,413,858	99,010,212	3,192,708	3.225	1.24
2023	100,606,566	102,262,808	3,312,485	3.239	1.27
2024	103,919,051	105,625,114	3,412,127	3.231	1.30
2025	107,331,178	109,075,560	3,488,763	3.199	1.33
2026	110,819,941	112,607,660	3,575,439	3.175	1.36
2027	114,395,380	116,225,955	3,661,150	3.150	1.39
2028	118,056,530	119,929,158	3,745,255	3.123	1.43
2029	121,801,785	123,716,492	3,829,415	3.096	1.46
2030	125,631,200	127,582,053	3,901,706	3.058	1.49
2031	129,532,906	131,523,203	3,980,594	3.027	1.53
2032	133,513,500	135,538,810	4,050,619	2.989	1.56
2033	137,564,119	139,626,690	4,125,142	2.955	1.60
2034	141,689,261	143,789,026	4,199,530	2.921	1.63
2035	145,888,791	148,025,707	4,273,832	2.887	1.67
2036	150,162,623	152,323,103	4,320,960	2.837	1.70
2037	154,483,583	156,665,737	4,364,308	2.786	1.74
2038	158,847,891	161,055,774	4,415,766	2.742	1.78
2039	163,263,657	165,502,851	4,478,387	2.706	1.81
2040	167,742,044	170,013,815	4,543,543	2.673	1.85
2041	172,285,587	174,575,803	4,580,432	2.624	1.89
2042	176,866,019	179,185,515	4,638,992	2.589	1.93
2043	181,505,011	183,840,294	4,670,566	2.541	1.96
2044	186,175,577	188,523,850	4,696,546	2.491	2.00
2045	190,872,123	193,253,818	4,763,390	2.465	2.04
2046	195,635,513	198,033,915	4,796,803	2.422	2.08
2047	200,432,316	202,854,315	4,843,998	2.388	2.12
2048	205,276,314	207,716,793	4,880,959	2.350	2.16
2049	210,157,273	212,606,516	4,898,487	2.304	2.20
2050	215,055,760	217,494,003	4,876,487	2.242	2.24
2051	219,932,247	222,377,938	4,891,383	2.200	2.28
2052	224,823,630	227,283,634	4,920,008	2.165	2.32
2053	229,743,638	232,212,652	4,938,027	2.127	2.36
2054	234,681,665	237,147,248	4,931,166	2.079	2.40
2055	239,612,831	242,080,875	4,936,088	2.039	2.44
2056	244,548,919	247,018,393	4,938,948	1.999	2.48
2057	249,487,867	251,959,750	4,943,766	1.962	2.53
2058	254,431,633	256,909,907	4,956,547	1.929	2.57
2059	259,388,180	261,852,707	4,929,055	1.882	2.61
2060	264,317,235	266,798,687	4,962,904	1.860	2.65
2061	269,280,139	271,742,280	4,924,283	1.812	2.69
2062	274,204,422	276,664,286	4,919,729	1.778	2.73
2063	279,124,151	281,587,112	4,925,923	1.749	2.77
2064	284,050,074	286,515,138	4,930,128	1.721	2.82
2065	288,980,202	291,432,654	4,904,903	1.683	2.86
2066	293,885,105	296,330,409	4,890,608	1.650	2.90
2067	298,775,713	301,233,508	4,915,589	1.632	2.94
2068	303,691,302	306,121,456	4,860,309	1.588	2.98
2069	308,551,611	310,951,699	4,800,177	1.544	3.03
2070	313,351,788	315,728,446	4,753,316	1.506	3.07
2071	318,105,104	320,467,427	4,724,646	1.474	3.11
2072	322,829,750	325,190,910	4,722,321	1.452	3.15
2073	327,552,071	329,883,887	4,663,632	1.414	3.19
2074	332,215,703	334,528,600	4,625,793	1.383	3.23
2075	336,841,496	339,115,662	4,548,333	1.341	3.27
2076	341,389,829	343,636,093	4,492,528	1.307	3.31
2077	345,882,357	348,082,554	4,400,394	1.264	3.35
2078	350,282,751	352,486,036	4,406,571	1.250	3.39
2079	354,689,322	356,853,155	4,327,667	1.213	3.43
2080	359,016,989	361,162,317	4,290,656	1.188	3.47
2081	363,307,645	365,414,839	4,214,387	1.153	3.51
2082	367,522,032	369,607,113	4,170,163	1.128	3.55
2083	371,692,195	373,738,264	4,092,138	1.095	3.58
2084	375,784,333	377,788,508	4,008,350	1.061	3.62
2085	379,792,683	381,778,102	3,970,838	1.040	3.66
2086	383,763,521	385,703,802	3,880,563	1.006	3.70
2087	387,644,084	389,549,280	3,810,391	0.978	3.73
2088	391,454,475	393,324,747	3,740,544	0.951	3.77
2089	395,195,019	397,017,634	3,645,230	0.918	3.81
2090	398,840,249	400,629,037	3,577,576	0.893	3.84
2091	402,417,825	404,151,462	3,467,274	0.858	3.88
2092	405,885,099	407,589,573	3,408,949	0.836	3.91
2093	409,294,048	410,962,619	3,337,143	0.812	3.95
2094	412,631,191	414,274,425	3,286,468	0.793	3.98
2095	415,917,659	417,510,877	3,186,435	0.763	4.02
2096	419,104,094	420,649,556	3,090,924	0.735	4.05
2097	422,195,018	423,699,200	3,008,365	0.710	4.08
2098	425,203,383	426,674,046	2,941,326	0.689	4.11
2099	428,144,709	429,570,084	2,850,749	0.664	4.15
2100	430,995,458	432,378,400	2,765,885	0.640	4.18

DR Congo population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	12,174,049	12,295,745	243,391	1.980	0.49
1951	12,417,440	12,545,791	256,702	2.046	0.49
1952	12,674,142	12,807,615	266,946	2.084	0.49
1953	12,941,088	13,074,603	267,031	2.042	0.50
1954	13,208,119	13,349,701	283,163	2.121	0.50
1955	13,491,282	13,638,427	294,290	2.158	0.50
1956	13,785,572	13,939,099	307,054	2.203	0.50
1957	14,092,626	14,252,673	320,093	2.246	0.50
1958	14,412,719	14,569,211	312,985	2.148	0.50
1959	14,725,704	14,903,607	355,806	2.387	0.50
1960	15,081,510	15,276,558	390,097	2.554	0.51
1961	15,471,607	15,673,284	403,354	2.574	0.51
1962	15,874,961	16,086,084	422,245	2.625	0.51
1963	16,297,206	16,517,995	441,577	2.673	0.52
1964	16,738,783	16,965,855	454,143	2.677	0.52
1965	17,192,926	17,438,254	490,656	2.814	0.52
1966	17,683,582	17,941,738	516,313	2.878	0.53
1967	18,199,895	18,472,105	544,420	2.947	0.53
1968	18,744,315	19,022,799	556,968	2.928	0.54
1969	19,301,283	19,583,123	563,679	2.879	0.54
1970	19,864,962	20,151,733	573,542	2.846	0.55
1971	20,438,504	20,712,952	548,896	2.650	0.55
1972	20,987,400	21,273,409	572,017	2.689	0.55
1973	21,559,417	21,853,906	588,977	2.695	0.56
1974	22,148,394	22,448,415	600,043	2.673	0.56
1975	22,748,437	23,052,715	608,557	2.640	0.57
1976	23,356,994	23,655,016	596,044	2.520	0.57
1977	23,953,038	24,256,464	606,852	2.502	0.58
1978	24,559,890	25,015,244	910,707	3.641	0.58
1979	25,470,597	25,902,760	864,326	3.337	0.59
1980	26,334,923	26,708,686	747,527	2.799	0.60
1981	27,082,450	27,457,783	750,665	2.734	0.61
1982	27,833,115	28,219,219	772,209	2.737	0.61
1983	28,605,324	29,005,175	799,702	2.757	0.62
1984	29,405,026	29,879,852	949,651	3.178	0.63
1985	30,354,677	30,800,051	890,748	2.892	0.63
1986	31,245,425	31,725,132	959,414	3.024	0.64
1987	32,204,839	32,712,574	1,015,470	3.104	0.65
1988	33,220,309	33,750,052	1,059,485	3.139	0.66
1989	34,279,794	34,825,891	1,092,195	3.136	0.67
1990	35,371,989	35,987,541	1,231,103	3.421	0.68
1991	36,603,092	37,194,812	1,183,440	3.182	0.69
1992	37,786,532	38,332,302	1,091,541	2.848	0.70
1993	38,878,073	39,580,844	1,405,543	3.551	0.71
1994	40,283,616	41,511,985	2,456,738	5.920	0.73
1995	42,740,354	43,285,791	1,090,875	2.520	0.75
1996	43,831,229	44,118,709	574,961	1.303	0.76
1997	44,406,190	44,822,198	832,017	1.856	0.76
1998	45,238,207	45,895,524	1,314,635	2.865	0.77
1999	46,552,842	47,227,238	1,348,793	2.856	0.78
2000	47,901,635	48,616,317	1,429,364	2.940	0.79
2001	49,330,999	50,106,657	1,551,316	3.096	0.80
2002	50,882,315	51,662,071	1,559,513	3.019	0.82
2003	52,441,828	53,205,639	1,527,623	2.871	0.83
2004	53,969,451	54,815,607	1,692,312	3.088	0.85
2005	55,661,763	56,550,247	1,776,967	3.143	0.86
2006	57,438,730	58,381,630	1,885,801	3.230	0.88
2007	59,324,531	60,289,422	1,929,782	3.201	0.90
2008	61,254,313	62,249,724	1,990,822	3.198	0.91
2009	63,245,135	64,270,232	2,050,194	3.190	0.93
2010	65,295,329	66,391,257	2,191,856	3.302	0.95
2011	67,487,185	68,654,269	2,334,168	3.400	0.97
2012	69,821,353	70,997,870	2,353,033	3.315	0.99
2013	72,174,386	73,460,021	2,571,270	3.501	1.01
2014	74,745,656	76,035,588	2,579,865	3.393	1.04
2015	77,325,521	78,656,904	2,662,765	3.386	1.06
2016	79,988,286	81,430,977	2,885,381	3.544	1.08
2017	82,873,667	84,283,273	2,819,212	3.345	1.11
2018	85,692,879	87,087,355	2,788,952	3.203	1.13
2019	88,481,831	89,906,890	2,850,119	3.170	1.16
2020	91,331,950	92,853,164	3,042,429	3.277	1.18
2021	94,374,379	95,894,118	3,039,479	3.170	1.21