Demographics of DR Congo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	08 May 2024

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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.

DR Congo population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	12,295,745	1.98
1955	13,638,427	2.16
1960	15,276,558	2.55
1965	17,438,254	2.81
1970	20,151,733	2.85
1975	23,052,715	2.64
1980	26,708,686	2.80
1985	30,800,051	2.89
1990	35,987,541	3.42
1995	43,285,791	2.52
2000	48,616,317	2.94
2005	56,550,247	3.14
2010	66,391,257	3.30
2015	78,656,904	3.39
2020	92,853,164	3.28
2021	95,894,118	3.17
2022	99,010,212	3.23
2023	102,262,808	3.24
2024	105,625,114	3.23

Population
Growth

DR Congo death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	326,449	565,737	26.552	46.016
1955	332,759	631,928	24.391	46.319
1960	353,656	716,083	23.167	46.909
1965	404,169	833,420	23.213	47.867
1970	424,737	959,167	21.094	47.635
1975	460,252	1,069,789	19.962	46.398
1980	507,451	1,227,210	19.005	45.961
1985	559,446	1,432,698	18.164	46.517
1990	604,322	1,651,674	16.833	46.005
1995	681,629	2,045,942	15.689	47.093
2000	712,085	2,189,466	14.637	45.004
2005	742,883	2,499,471	13.136	44.196
2010	773,880	2,956,906	11.653	44.526
2015	817,713	3,432,634	10.396	43.641
2020	885,793	3,929,870	9.537	42.311
2021	930,839	4,034,953	9.700	42.049
2022	926,282	4,133,987	9.352	41.737
2023	909,870	4,237,354	8.894	41.420
2024	914,249	4,341,379	8.652	41.087

Total
Crude

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
Urbanization

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	9,653,462	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

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