# Population growth rate in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Population growth rate in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 3.2% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population_growth`
- Place id: `cd`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Exponential rate of change of the mid-year population from the previous year to the reported year, as a percentage. Includes births, deaths and migration.
- Note: Total change, not natural increase (births minus deaths). World Bank series.
- Source: World Bank, Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population-growth/democratic-republic-of-the-congo
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population-growth/democratic-republic-of-the-congo.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population_growth&place=cd

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 3.24 |
| 2023 | 3.26 |
| 2022 | 3.22 |
| 2021 | 3.24 |
| 2020 | 3.22 |
| 2019 | 3.17 |
| 2018 | 3.35 |
| 2017 | 3.66 |
| 2016 | 3.54 |
| 2015 | 3.3 |
| 2014 | 3.39 |
| 2013 | 3.4 |
| 2012 | 3.34 |
| 2011 | 3.28 |
| 2010 | 3.19 |
| 2009 | 3.09 |
| 2008 | 3.02 |
| 2007 | 3.03 |
| 2006 | 3.08 |
| 2005 | 3.07 |
| 2004 | 2.94 |
| 2003 | 2.92 |
| 2002 | 3.06 |
| 2001 | 3.17 |
| 2000 | 3.21 |
| 1999 | 3.36 |
| 1998 | 2.72 |
| 1997 | 1.61 |
| 1996 | 1.92 |
| 1995 | 4.15 |
| 1994 | 4.73 |
| 1993 | 3.57 |
| 1992 | 3.38 |
| 1991 | 3.33 |
| 1990 | 3.32 |
| 1989 | 3.16 |
| 1988 | 3.2 |
| 1987 | 3.15 |
| 1986 | 3.15 |
| 1985 | 3.32 |
| 1984 | 3.34 |
| 1983 | 3.17 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1981 | 2.91 |
| 1980 | 3.13 |
| 1979 | 3.51 |
| 1978 | 3.1 |
| 1977 | 2.53 |
| 1976 | 2.59 |
| 1975 | 2.65 |
| 1974 | 2.67 |
| 1973 | 2.68 |
| 1972 | 2.65 |
| 1971 | 2.73 |
| 1970 | 2.86 |
| 1969 | 2.89 |
| 1968 | 2.93 |
| 1967 | 2.92 |
| 1966 | 2.85 |
| 1965 | 2.75 |
| 1964 | 2.68 |
| 1963 | 2.65 |
| 1962 | 2.6 |
| 1961 | 2.57 |