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Congo DR: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
113 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+3.3%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+3.4%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
2031136.1Forecast
2030131.8Forecast
2029127.8Forecast
2028123.8Forecast
2027119.8Forecast
2026115.8Forecast
2025112.8
2024109.3
2023105.8
2022102.4
202199.1
202096.0
201992.9
201890.0
201787.1
201684.0

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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