# Population in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Population in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 112.83 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `cd`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/democratic-republic-of-the-congo
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/democratic-republic-of-the-congo.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=cd

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 112,832,473 |
| 2024 | 109,276,265 |
| 2023 | 105,789,731 |
| 2022 | 102,396,968 |
| 2021 | 99,148,932 |
| 2020 | 95,989,998 |
| 2019 | 92,947,442 |
| 2018 | 90,047,644 |
| 2017 | 87,083,398 |
| 2016 | 83,956,415 |
| 2015 | 81,035,531 |
| 2014 | 78,403,242 |
| 2013 | 75,789,395 |
| 2012 | 73,254,618 |
| 2011 | 70,849,311 |
| 2010 | 68,563,038 |
| 2009 | 66,412,044 |
| 2008 | 64,390,664 |
| 2007 | 62,477,752 |
| 2006 | 60,615,908 |
| 2005 | 58,775,724 |
| 2004 | 56,997,741 |
| 2003 | 55,343,867 |
| 2002 | 53,750,524 |
| 2001 | 52,132,646 |
| 2000 | 50,507,442 |
| 1999 | 48,912,971 |
| 1998 | 47,297,600 |
| 1997 | 46,029,902 |
| 1996 | 45,296,124 |
| 1995 | 44,433,704 |
| 1994 | 42,626,876 |
| 1993 | 40,656,336 |
| 1992 | 39,228,910 |
| 1991 | 37,925,817 |
| 1990 | 36,684,063 |
| 1989 | 35,486,866 |
| 1988 | 34,382,752 |
| 1987 | 33,298,904 |
| 1986 | 32,265,196 |
| 1985 | 31,264,816 |
| 1984 | 30,245,081 |
| 1983 | 29,250,963 |
| 1982 | 28,338,190 |
| 1981 | 27,500,515 |
| 1980 | 26,711,099 |
| 1979 | 25,886,782 |
| 1978 | 24,992,689 |
| 1977 | 24,229,061 |
| 1976 | 23,624,031 |
| 1975 | 23,021,101 |
| 1974 | 22,418,878 |
| 1973 | 21,827,665 |
| 1972 | 21,251,160 |
| 1971 | 20,695,569 |
| 1970 | 20,137,436 |
| 1969 | 19,570,445 |
| 1968 | 19,012,189 |
| 1967 | 18,462,782 |
| 1966 | 17,931,929 |
| 1965 | 17,427,802 |
| 1964 | 16,955,327 |
| 1963 | 16,507,599 |
| 1962 | 16,075,724 |
| 1961 | 15,662,374 |
| 1960 | 15,264,846 |