Population of the DR Congo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is 98,788,006 as of September 26, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 92,377,993 or 92.378 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 89,561,403 or 89.561 million people for the year 2020. Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks number 16th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Democratic Republic of the Congo is ranked 4th among 58 countries in Africa.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's population will be increased year by year. The Democratic Republic of the Congo population is projected to reach 120.05 million in 2030 and increase further to 194,49 million in 2050 and 362,03 million by 2100. The Democratic Republic of the Congo accounts for 1.2 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased since in the year by 0.5% in 1951 and is projected to increase by 3.3% by 2100.

Democratic Republic of the Congo was at 32nd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 6th in 2100.

DR Congo population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	89,561,403	2,770,836	3.19	1.1
2021	92,377,993	2,816,590	3.14	1.2
2022	95,240,792	2,862,799	3.10	1.2
2023	98,151,954	2,911,162	3.06	1.2
2024	101,115,266	2,963,312	3.02	1.2
2025	104,133,564	3,018,298	2.99	1.3
2026	107,206,339	3,072,775	2.95	1.3
2027	110,332,495	3,126,156	2.92	1.3
2028	113,513,529	3,181,034	2.88	1.4
2029	116,751,294	3,237,765	2.85	1.4
2030	120,046,726	3,295,432	2.82	1.4
2031	123,399,669	3,352,943	2.79	1.4
2032	126,808,361	3,408,692	2.76	1.5
2033	130,269,906	3,461,545	2.73	1.5
2034	133,780,462	3,510,556	2.69	1.5
2035	137,336,559	3,556,097	2.66	1.5
2036	140,936,011	3,599,452	2.62	1.6
2037	144,577,155	3,641,144	2.58	1.6
2038	148,257,486	3,680,331	2.55	1.6
2039	151,974,456	3,716,970	2.51	1.7
2040	155,725,440	3,750,984	2.47	1.7
2041	159,508,314	3,782,874	2.43	1.7
2042	163,320,459	3,812,145	2.39	1.8
2043	167,158,236	3,837,777	2.35	1.8
2044	171,017,607	3,859,371	2.31	1.8
2045	174,895,139	3,877,532	2.27	1.8
2046	178,788,138	3,892,999	2.23	1.9
2047	182,694,944	3,906,806	2.19	1.9
2048	186,614,423	3,919,479	2.15	1.9
2049	190,545,957	3,931,534	2.11	2.0
2050	194,488,658	3,942,701	2.07	2.0
2051	198,440,721	3,952,063	2.03	2.0
2052	202,400,064	3,959,343	2.00	2.1
2053	206,365,214	3,965,150	1.96	2.1
2054	210,334,720	3,969,506	1.92	2.1
2055	214,307,041	3,972,321	1.89	2.2
2056	218,280,477	3,973,436	1.85	2.2
2057	222,253,136	3,972,659	1.82	2.2
2058	226,222,971	3,969,835	1.79	2.2
2059	230,187,837	3,964,866	1.75	2.3
2060	234,145,624	3,957,787	1.72	2.3
2061	238,094,232	3,948,608	1.69	2.3
2062	242,031,728	3,937,496	1.65	2.4
2063	245,956,365	3,924,637	1.62	2.4
2064	249,866,493	3,910,128	1.59	2.4
2065	253,760,235	3,893,742	1.56	2.5
2066	257,635,568	3,875,333	1.53	2.5
2067	261,490,080	3,854,512	1.50	2.5
2068	265,321,067	3,830,987	1.47	2.5
2069	269,125,594	3,804,527	1.43	2.6
2070	272,900,872	3,775,278	1.40	2.6
2071	276,644,250	3,743,378	1.37	2.6
2072	280,353,431	3,709,181	1.34	2.7
2073	284,026,359	3,672,928	1.31	2.7
2074	287,661,133	3,634,774	1.28	2.7
2075	291,255,578	3,594,445	1.25	2.8
2076	294,807,900	3,552,322	1.22	2.8
2077	298,315,302	3,507,402	1.19	2.8
2078	301,773,496	3,458,194	1.16	2.8
2079	305,177,528	3,404,032	1.13	2.9
2080	308,523,387	3,345,859	1.10	2.9
2081	311,808,605	3,285,218	1.06	2.9
2082	315,032,145	3,223,540	1.03	2.9
2083	318,193,455	3,161,310	1.00	3.0
2084	321,292,688	3,099,233	0.97	3.0
2085	324,329,800	3,037,112	0.95	3.0
2086	327,303,746	2,973,946	0.92	3.0
2087	330,213,321	2,909,575	0.89	3.1
2088	333,058,229	2,844,908	0.86	3.1
2089	335,838,369	2,780,140	0.83	3.1
2090	338,553,573	2,715,204	0.81	3.1
2091	341,203,445	2,649,872	0.78	3.2
2092	343,787,440	2,583,995	0.76	3.2
2093	346,304,927	2,517,487	0.73	3.2
2094	348,755,316	2,450,389	0.71	3.2
2095	351,138,100	2,382,784	0.68	3.2
2096	353,452,920	2,314,820	0.66	3.3
2097	355,699,590	2,246,670	0.64	3.3
2098	357,878,063	2,178,473	0.61	3.3
2099	359,988,459	2,110,396	0.59	3.3
2100	362,031,083	2,042,624	0.57	3.3

DR Congo population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	12,183,659	-	-	0.5
1951	12,428,904	245,245	2.01	0.5
1952	12,681,016	252,112	2.03	0.5
1953	12,944,448	263,432	2.08	0.5
1954	13,222,539	278,091	2.15	0.5
1955	13,517,513	294,974	2.23	0.5
1956	13,830,427	312,914	2.31	0.5
1957	14,161,230	330,803	2.39	0.5
1958	14,508,917	347,687	2.46	0.5
1959	14,871,781	362,864	2.50	0.5
1960	15,248,251	376,470	2.53	0.5
1961	15,637,699	389,448	2.55	0.5
1962	16,041,190	403,491	2.58	0.5
1963	16,461,830	420,640	2.62	0.5
1964	16,903,831	442,001	2.69	0.5
1965	17,369,883	466,052	2.76	0.5
1966	17,862,049	492,166	2.83	0.5
1967	18,378,625	516,576	2.89	0.5
1968	18,913,878	535,253	2.91	0.5
1969	19,459,816	545,938	2.89	0.5
1970	20,011,036	551,220	2.83	0.5
1971	20,564,067	553,031	2.76	0.5
1972	21,121,363	557,296	2.71	0.5
1973	21,690,443	569,080	2.69	0.6
1974	22,282,136	591,693	2.73	0.6
1975	22,903,581	621,445	2.79	0.6
1976	23,560,464	656,883	2.87	0.6
1977	24,249,130	688,666	2.92	0.6
1978	24,956,385	707,255	2.92	0.6
1979	25,663,592	707,207	2.83	0.6
1980	26,358,908	695,316	2.71	0.6
1981	27,040,322	681,414	2.59	0.6
1982	27,717,291	676,969	2.50	0.6
1983	28,403,851	686,560	2.48	0.6
1984	29,119,673	715,822	2.52	0.6
1985	29,881,229	761,556	2.62	0.6
1986	30,683,869	802,640	2.69	0.6
1987	31,528,708	844,839	2.75	0.6
1988	32,443,781	915,073	2.90	0.6
1989	33,464,765	1,020,984	3.15	0.6
1990	34,612,023	1,147,258	3.43	0.6
1991	35,908,244	1,296,221	3.75	0.7
1992	37,333,914	1,425,670	3.97	0.7
1993	38,815,834	1,481,920	3.97	0.7
1994	40,252,975	1,437,141	3.70	0.7
1995	41,576,234	1,323,259	3.29	0.7
1996	42,757,243	1,181,009	2.84	0.7
1997	43,827,180	1,069,937	2.50	0.7
1998	44,849,967	1,022,787	2.33	0.7
1999	45,919,613	1,069,646	2.38	0.8
2000	47,105,826	1,186,213	2.58	0.8
2001	48,428,545	1,322,719	2.81	0.8
2002	49,871,666	1,443,121	2.98	0.8
2003	51,425,580	1,553,914	3.12	0.8
2004	53,068,880	1,643,300	3.20	0.8
2005	54,785,903	1,717,023	3.24	0.8
2006	56,578,037	1,792,134	3.27	0.9
2007	58,453,683	1,875,646	3.32	0.9
2008	60,411,195	1,957,512	3.35	0.9
2009	62,448,574	2,037,379	3.37	0.9
2010	64,563,854	2,115,280	3.39	0.9
2011	66,755,153	2,191,299	3.39	0.9
2012	69,020,747	2,265,594	3.39	1.0
2013	71,358,807	2,338,060	3.39	1.0
2014	73,767,447	2,408,640	3.38	1.0
2015	76,244,544	2,477,097	3.36	1.0
2016	78,789,127	2,544,583	3.34	1.1
2017	81,398,764	2,609,637	3.31	1.1
2018	84,068,091	2,669,327	3.28	1.1
2019	86,790,567	2,722,476	3.24	1.1