World population/Democratic Republic of Congo
Africa
Population of Democratic Republic of Congo
116,452,162
Growing by 0.12 people every second
#15
world rank
1.40%
of world population
+3.16%
yearly change
+3,677,580
people this year
4,634,979
births a year
958,931
deaths a year
How the figure for Democratic Republic of Congo is worked out
The United Nations puts the population of Democratic Republic of Congo at 116,452,162 on 1 July 2026, and projects 120,129,742 for 1 July 2027. The counter above moves steadily between those two published points, which works out at about 0.12 people added every second.
That places Democratic Republic of Congo at number 15 of the 237 countries and areas the United Nations reports, holding 1.40 per cent of everyone alive, and somewhere in the middle of the 58 entries in Africa.
Underneath that single number sit roughly 4,634,979 births and 958,931 deaths a year. The gap between them is natural increase; the difference between natural increase and the change in total population is migration.
None of this is counted in real time. No country registers births and deaths as they happen and publishes them to the second. The seconds ticking above are arithmetic between two annual reference points, and the broad figure is far more reliable than its final digits.
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