Demographics of DR Congo

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date08 May 2024

There are 52.41 million males and 53.22 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 815k more females than males. The sex ratio in DR Congo in 2024 will be 98.469 males per 100 females. DR Congo is in the 116th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

DR Congo population

Year Population Growth (%)
195012,295,7451.98
195513,638,4272.16
196015,276,5582.55
196517,438,2542.81
197020,151,7332.85
197523,052,7152.64
198026,708,6862.80
198530,800,0512.89
199035,987,5413.42
199543,285,7912.52
200048,616,3172.94
200556,550,2473.14
201066,391,2573.30
201578,656,9043.39
202092,853,1643.28
202195,894,1183.17
202299,010,2123.23
2023102,262,8083.24
2024105,625,1143.23
  • Total
  • Crude

DR Congo death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950326,449565,73726.55246.016
1955332,759631,92824.39146.319
1960353,656716,08323.16746.909
1965404,169833,42023.21347.867
1970424,737959,16721.09447.635
1975460,2521,069,78919.96246.398
1980507,4511,227,21019.00545.961
1985559,4461,432,69818.16446.517
1990604,3221,651,67416.83346.005
1995681,6292,045,94215.68947.093
2000712,0852,189,46614.63745.004
2005742,8832,499,47113.13644.196
2010773,8802,956,90611.65344.526
2015817,7133,432,63410.39643.641
2020885,7933,929,8709.53742.311
2021930,8394,034,9539.70042.049
2022926,2824,133,9879.35241.737
2023909,8704,237,3548.89441.420
2024914,2494,341,3798.65241.087
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of DR Congo

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19502,327,0799,856,58019.100
19552,791,90410,725,60920.654
19603,400,36011,847,89122.300
19654,070,47213,299,41123.434
19704,924,02315,085,91224.608
19755,913,53316,988,78625.821
19807,135,52219,221,94027.072
19858,520,57721,362,86928.513
199010,603,37924,011,20230.633
199513,659,17327,936,57132.838
200016,534,23430,542,15335.122
200520,521,48334,229,99337.481
201025,817,90138,705,36240.013
201532,566,50843,630,11142.740
202040,848,44748,656,75445.638
202142,691,73249,644,31346.235
202244,598,62350,621,75646.837
202346,571,12751,589,27747.444
202448,611,84352,547,78248.055
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

DR Congo population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 9,653,462 9,545,631 19,199,094 18.18 101.130
05-09 8,125,147 8,095,061 16,220,208 15.36 100.372
10-14 6,804,565 6,813,064 13,617,628 12.89 99.875
15-19 5,539,184 5,562,029 11,101,212 10.51 99.589
20-24 4,533,019 4,566,382 9,099,401 8.61 99.269
25-29 3,841,859 3,887,738 7,729,597 7.32 98.820
30-34 3,126,155 3,187,354 6,313,508 5.98 98.080
35-39 2,575,090 2,638,814 5,213,904 4.94 97.585
40-44 2,022,562 2,082,707 4,105,269 3.89 97.112
45-49 1,590,071 1,660,158 3,250,229 3.08 95.778
50-54 1,334,831 1,420,620 2,755,452 2.61 93.961
55-59 1,078,041 1,171,954 2,249,994 2.13 91.987
60-64 818,760 912,623 1,731,383 1.64 89.715
65-69 589,076 679,053 1,268,129 1.20 86.750
70-74 388,435 467,712 856,147 0.81 83.050
75-79 236,624 305,101 541,725 0.51 77.556
80-84 108,821 155,075 263,896 0.25 70.173
85-89 32,961 54,511 87,472 0.08 60.467
90-94 5,867 12,694 18,561 0.02 46.219
95-99 520 1,679 2,199 0.00 30.971
100+ 13 95 108 0.00 13.684
Total 52,405,063 53,220,055 105,625,116 98.469