Demographics of DR Congo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	26 Dec 2024

As of 2024, the population of DR Congo is projected at 109.28 million, compared to 105.79 million in 2023. It is the fourth-most populous country in Africa and ranks 15th in the world. The population growth rate for 2024 is projected at 3.22 percent, the 9th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 54.22 million males and 55.06 million females in DR Congo. The percentage of the male population is 49.61%, compared to 50.39% of the female population. DR Congo has 843k more females than males. The sex ratio in DR Congo in 2024 will be 98.470 males per 100 females. DR Congo is in the 121th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

DR Congo population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	5,759,792	6,534,494	12,294,287	1.96	88.144
1955	6,454,607	7,175,744	13,630,351	2.15	89.950
1960	7,295,596	7,969,251	15,264,846	2.56	91.547
1965	8,387,727	9,040,075	17,427,802	2.81	92.784
1970	9,762,123	10,375,313	20,137,436	2.84	94.090
1975	11,225,093	11,796,007	23,021,101	2.64	95.160
1980	13,095,531	13,615,568	26,711,099	2.90	96.181
1985	15,403,826	15,860,990	31,264,816	3.21	97.118
1990	18,142,432	18,541,631	36,684,063	3.50	97.847
1995	22,018,611	22,415,093	44,433,704	2.52	98.231
2000	24,987,038	25,520,403	50,507,442	3.23	97.910
2005	29,091,169	29,684,555	58,775,724	3.10	98.001
2010	33,964,787	34,598,250	68,563,038	3.24	98.169
2015	40,175,367	40,860,164	81,035,531	3.27	98.324
2020	47,616,599	48,373,399	95,989,998	3.29	98.436
2021	49,185,125	49,963,807	99,148,932	3.19	98.442
2022	50,798,301	51,598,667	102,396,968	3.25	98.449
2023	52,483,883	53,305,849	105,789,731	3.26	98.458
2024	54,216,832	55,059,432	109,276,265	3.22	98.470
2025	55,984,510	56,847,963	112,832,473	3.18	98.481

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	38.216	17.090	5.966
1955	39.656	17.194	5.982
1960	40.752	17.275	6.105
1965	40.767	17.481	6.210
1970	43.300	17.303	6.329
1975	44.530	16.816	6.419
1980	45.543	16.774	6.495
1985	46.663	16.812	6.612
1990	48.538	16.730	6.649
1995	50.381	16.997	6.676
2000	51.887	16.050	6.702
2005	54.001	15.898	6.526
2010	56.411	15.748	6.587
2015	58.658	15.814	6.437
2020	60.428	15.815	6.206
2021	60.044	15.788	6.156
2022	60.979	15.766	6.106
2023	61.895	15.768	6.051
2024	62.074	15.784	5.981
2025	62.228	15.814	5.902

Total
Crude

DR Congo death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	327,302	563,665	26.622	45.848
1955	333,182	631,411	24.444	46.324
1960	354,892	718,406	23.249	47.063
1965	403,189	832,196	23.135	47.751
1970	424,595	957,902	21.085	47.568
1975	458,682	1,067,337	19.924	46.363
1980	507,105	1,231,233	18.985	46.094
1985	568,180	1,453,831	18.173	46.501
1990	618,471	1,681,955	16.859	45.850
1995	702,026	2,097,462	15.799	47.204
2000	738,367	2,287,896	14.619	45.298
2005	769,819	2,570,127	13.098	43.728
2010	799,042	3,011,258	11.654	43.920
2015	838,652	3,503,691	10.349	43.236
2020	893,708	4,049,813	9.310	42.190
2021	929,997	4,158,030	9.380	41.937
2022	914,409	4,262,077	8.930	41.623
2023	901,851	4,369,683	8.525	41.305
2024	920,541	4,467,740	8.424	40.885
2025	940,228	4,559,718	8.333	40.411

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of DR Congo

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	2,327,079	9,856,580	19.100
1955	2,791,904	10,725,609	20.654
1960	3,400,360	11,847,891	22.300
1965	4,070,472	13,299,411	23.434
1970	4,924,023	15,085,912	24.608
1975	5,913,533	16,988,786	25.821
1980	7,135,522	19,221,940	27.072
1985	8,520,577	21,362,869	28.513
1990	10,603,379	24,011,202	30.633
1995	13,659,173	27,936,571	32.838
2000	16,534,234	30,542,153	35.122
2005	20,521,483	34,229,993	37.481
2010	25,817,901	38,705,362	40.013
2015	32,566,508	43,630,111	42.740
2020	40,848,447	48,656,754	45.638
2021	42,691,732	49,644,313	46.235
2022	44,598,623	50,621,756	46.837
2023	46,571,127	51,589,277	47.444
2024	48,611,843	52,547,782	48.055

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

DR Congo population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	9,948,880	9,843,682	19,792,561	18.11	101.069
05-09	8,330,966	8,304,931	16,635,896	15.22	100.313
10-14	6,930,565	6,944,088	13,874,653	12.70	99.805
15-19	5,679,749	5,707,427	11,387,176	10.42	99.515
20-24	4,711,437	4,752,313	9,463,750	8.66	99.140
25-29	3,993,340	4,046,249	8,039,589	7.36	98.692
30-34	3,245,412	3,306,763	6,552,175	6.00	98.145
35-39	2,647,177	2,706,139	5,353,315	4.90	97.821
40-44	2,082,959	2,140,619	4,223,578	3.87	97.306
45-49	1,656,335	1,726,744	3,383,079	3.10	95.922
50-54	1,405,675	1,492,825	2,898,500	2.65	94.162
55-59	1,159,440	1,255,215	2,414,655	2.21	92.370
60-64	900,212	996,246	1,896,458	1.74	90.360
65-69	653,981	743,336	1,397,317	1.28	87.979
70-74	433,926	511,591	945,516	0.87	84.819
75-79	264,644	333,305	597,949	0.55	79.400
80-84	123,917	170,198	294,115	0.27	72.808
85-89	40,233	61,644	101,876	0.09	65.267
90-94	7,356	14,229	21,584	0.02	51.697
95-99	619	1,794	2,413	0.00	34.504
100+	11	95	105	0.00	11.579
Total	54,216,834	55,059,433	109,276,260		98.470