Population of the DR Congo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	23 Mar 2026

DR Congo Population (LIVE)

115,671,177

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As of April 14, 2026, the population of the DR Congo is estimated at 115,666,304, based on linear interpolation between the most recent official reference dates in the United Nations population projections.

As of July 1, 2026, the population of the DR Congo is projected at 116,452,162, or 116.45 million, compared to 112,832,473, or 112.83 million, on July 1, 2025.

The 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.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

DR Congo population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	12,174,049	12,294,287	240,476	1.956	0.49
1951	12,414,525	12,542,644	256,238	2.043	0.49
1952	12,670,763	12,803,639	265,753	2.076	0.50
1953	12,936,516	13,069,450	265,868	2.034	0.50
1954	13,202,384	13,343,031	281,294	2.108	0.50
1955	13,483,678	13,630,351	293,346	2.152	0.50
1956	13,777,024	13,929,951	305,853	2.196	0.50
1957	14,082,877	14,242,279	318,803	2.239	0.50
1958	14,401,680	14,557,796	312,232	2.145	0.50
1959	14,713,912	14,891,582	355,339	2.386	0.50
1960	15,069,251	15,264,846	391,190	2.563	0.51
1961	15,460,441	15,662,374	403,867	2.579	0.51
1962	15,864,308	16,075,724	422,831	2.630	0.51
1963	16,287,139	16,507,599	440,919	2.671	0.52
1964	16,728,058	16,955,327	454,539	2.681	0.52
1965	17,182,597	17,427,802	490,409	2.814	0.52
1966	17,673,006	17,931,929	517,845	2.888	0.53
1967	18,190,851	18,462,782	543,862	2.946	0.53
1968	18,734,713	19,012,189	554,952	2.919	0.54
1969	19,289,665	19,570,445	561,560	2.870	0.54
1970	19,851,225	20,137,436	572,422	2.843	0.55
1971	20,423,647	20,695,569	543,843	2.628	0.55
1972	20,967,490	21,251,160	567,340	2.670	0.55
1973	21,534,830	21,827,665	585,670	2.683	0.56
1974	22,120,500	22,418,878	596,757	2.662	0.56
1975	22,717,257	23,021,101	607,687	2.640	0.57
1976	23,324,944	23,624,031	598,173	2.532	0.57
1977	23,923,117	24,229,061	611,889	2.526	0.57
1978	24,535,006	24,992,689	915,366	3.663	0.58
1979	25,450,372	25,886,782	872,820	3.372	0.59
1980	26,323,192	26,711,099	775,813	2.905	0.60
1981	27,099,005	27,500,515	803,020	2.920	0.61
1982	27,902,025	28,338,190	872,329	3.079	0.61
1983	28,774,354	29,250,963	953,217	3.259	0.62
1984	29,727,571	30,245,081	1,035,020	3.422	0.63
1985	30,762,591	31,264,816	1,004,450	3.213	0.64
1986	31,767,041	32,265,196	996,310	3.088	0.65
1987	32,763,351	33,298,904	1,071,106	3.217	0.66
1988	33,834,457	34,382,752	1,096,590	3.190	0.67
1989	34,931,047	35,486,866	1,111,638	3.133	0.68
1990	36,042,685	36,684,063	1,282,757	3.497	0.69
1991	37,325,442	37,925,817	1,200,751	3.166	0.70
1992	38,526,193	39,228,910	1,405,434	3.583	0.71
1993	39,931,627	40,656,336	1,449,419	3.565	0.73
1994	41,381,046	42,626,876	2,491,659	5.847	0.75
1995	43,872,705	44,433,704	1,121,999	2.525	0.77
1996	44,994,704	45,296,124	602,839	1.331	0.78
1997	45,597,543	46,029,902	864,718	1.879	0.78
1998	46,462,261	47,297,600	1,670,678	3.533	0.79
1999	48,132,939	48,912,971	1,560,064	3.190	0.80
2000	49,693,003	50,507,442	1,628,877	3.225	0.82
2001	51,321,880	52,132,646	1,621,532	3.111	0.83
2002	52,943,412	53,750,524	1,614,225	3.003	0.85
2003	54,557,637	55,343,867	1,572,460	2.841	0.86
2004	56,130,097	56,997,741	1,735,288	3.045	0.88
2005	57,865,385	58,775,724	1,820,679	3.098	0.89
2006	59,686,064	60,615,908	1,859,687	3.068	0.91
2007	61,545,751	62,477,752	1,864,002	2.984	0.92
2008	63,409,753	64,390,664	1,961,821	3.047	0.94
2009	65,371,574	66,412,044	2,080,940	3.134	0.96
2010	67,452,514	68,563,038	2,221,047	3.240	0.98
2011	69,673,561	70,849,311	2,351,501	3.319	1.00
2012	72,025,062	73,254,618	2,459,113	3.357	1.02
2013	74,484,175	75,789,395	2,610,440	3.445	1.04
2014	77,094,615	78,403,242	2,617,254	3.339	1.06
2015	79,711,869	81,035,531	2,647,324	3.267	1.08
2016	82,359,193	83,956,415	3,194,444	3.805	1.11
2017	85,553,637	87,083,398	3,059,522	3.514	1.14
2018	88,613,159	90,047,644	2,868,969	3.186	1.16
2019	91,482,128	92,947,442	2,930,628	3.153	1.19
2020	94,412,756	95,989,998	3,154,484	3.287	1.22
2021	97,567,240	99,148,932	3,163,384	3.191	1.25
2022	100,730,624	102,396,968	3,332,688	3.255	1.28
2023	104,063,312	105,789,731	3,452,839	3.264	1.31

DR Congo population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	107,516,151	109,276,265	3,520,227	3.222	1.34
2025	111,036,378	112,832,473	3,592,190	3.184	1.37
2026	114,628,568	116,452,162	3,647,187	3.132	1.40
2027	118,275,755	120,129,746	3,707,982	3.087	1.44
2028	121,983,737	123,871,549	3,775,625	3.048	1.47
2029	125,759,362	127,674,140	3,829,556	3.000	1.50
2030	129,588,918	131,532,201	3,886,566	2.955	1.53
2031	133,475,484	135,447,495	3,944,023	2.912	1.57
2032	137,419,507	139,408,612	3,978,211	2.854	1.60
2033	141,397,718	143,414,030	4,032,625	2.812	1.64
2034	145,430,343	147,468,136	4,075,585	2.764	1.67
2035	149,505,928	151,560,103	4,108,349	2.711	1.71
2036	153,614,277	155,689,455	4,150,356	2.666	1.74
2037	157,764,633	159,848,576	4,167,885	2.608	1.78
2038	161,932,518	164,045,609	4,226,183	2.576	1.81
2039	166,158,701	168,296,695	4,275,987	2.541	1.85
2040	170,434,688	172,595,582	4,321,788	2.504	1.88
2041	174,756,476	176,946,263	4,379,573	2.475	1.92
2042	179,136,049	181,350,405	4,428,712	2.442	1.95
2043	183,564,761	185,805,164	4,480,806	2.412	1.99
2044	188,045,567	190,312,002	4,532,869	2.382	2.03
2045	192,578,436	194,865,379	4,573,886	2.347	2.06
2046	197,152,322	199,464,484	4,624,325	2.318	2.10
2047	201,776,647	204,105,927	4,658,560	2.283	2.14
2048	206,435,207	208,783,693	4,696,973	2.250	2.18
2049	211,132,180	213,497,692	4,731,024	2.216	2.22
2050	215,863,204	218,246,072	4,765,736	2.184	2.26
2051	220,628,940	223,027,957	4,798,034	2.151	2.30
2052	225,426,974	227,837,014	4,820,079	2.116	2.34
2053	230,247,053	232,664,917	4,835,728	2.078	2.38
2054	235,082,781	237,508,266	4,850,969	2.043	2.42
2055	239,933,750	242,361,217	4,854,935	2.003	2.46
2056	244,788,685	247,217,774	4,858,179	1.965	2.50
2057	249,646,864	252,076,411	4,859,094	1.928	2.54
2058	254,505,958	256,940,359	4,868,803	1.895	2.59
2059	259,374,761	261,810,598	4,871,673	1.861	2.63
2060	264,246,434	266,679,133	4,865,399	1.824	2.67
2061	269,111,833	271,539,699	4,855,733	1.788	2.71
2062	273,967,566	276,386,349	4,837,566	1.750	2.75
2063	278,805,132	281,214,645	4,819,026	1.714	2.80
2064	283,624,158	286,020,052	4,791,787	1.675	2.84
2065	288,415,945	290,802,814	4,773,738	1.642	2.88
2066	293,189,683	295,566,363	4,753,360	1.608	2.92
2067	297,943,043	300,307,025	4,727,964	1.574	2.96
2068	302,671,007	305,024,361	4,706,709	1.543	3.00
2069	307,377,716	309,717,274	4,679,116	1.511	3.04
2070	312,056,832	314,382,310	4,650,956	1.479	3.09
2071	316,707,788	319,008,024	4,600,471	1.442	3.13
2072	321,308,259	323,597,049	4,577,580	1.415	3.17
2073	325,885,839	328,151,396	4,531,115	1.381	3.21
2074	330,416,954	332,668,933	4,503,959	1.354	3.25
2075	334,920,913	337,148,986	4,456,145	1.322	3.29
2076	339,377,058	341,591,956	4,429,796	1.297	3.33
2077	343,806,854	345,997,829	4,381,951	1.266	3.37
2078	348,188,805	350,356,778	4,335,946	1.238	3.41
2079	352,524,751	354,663,932	4,278,362	1.206	3.45
2080	356,803,113	358,920,647	4,235,068	1.180	3.49
2081	361,038,181	363,127,572	4,178,782	1.151	3.53
2082	365,216,963	367,286,366	4,138,806	1.127	3.57
2083	369,355,769	371,405,058	4,098,579	1.104	3.61
2084	373,454,348	375,476,383	4,044,071	1.077	3.65
2085	377,498,419	379,483,691	3,970,544	1.046	3.69
2086	381,468,963	383,424,209	3,910,491	1.020	3.73
2087	385,379,454	387,295,720	3,832,531	0.990	3.77
2088	389,211,985	391,094,836	3,765,702	0.963	3.80
2089	392,977,687	394,825,388	3,695,401	0.936	3.84
2090	396,673,088	398,480,921	3,615,665	0.907	3.88
2091	400,288,753	402,059,257	3,541,007	0.881	3.92
2092	403,829,760	405,554,504	3,449,489	0.851	3.95
2093	407,279,249	408,970,520	3,382,542	0.827	3.99
2094	410,661,791	412,322,023	3,320,463	0.805	4.02
2095	413,982,254	415,597,743	3,230,979	0.777	4.06
2096	417,213,233	418,781,543	3,136,620	0.749	4.10
2097	420,349,853	421,876,805	3,053,903	0.724	4.13
2098	423,403,756	424,898,159	2,988,806	0.703	4.16
2099	426,392,562	427,842,825	2,900,526	0.678	4.20
2100	429,293,088	430,709,445	2,832,715	0.658	4.23