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Population aged 15–64 — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Population aged 15–64 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2025 — 57,506,566 people. Ranked 18 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 596.4%.

2025 57.51M people +3.41% vs 2024
World rank 18of 217
Period maximum 57.51M people2025
Period minimum 8.26M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960–2025020M40M60M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8,258,215 people1962: 8,737,249 people1964: 9,219,219 people1966: 9,717,280 people1968: 10,261,385 people1970: 10,813,715 people1972: 11,327,923 people1974: 11,874,744 people1976: 12,443,972 people1978: 13,152,055 people1980: 14,129,043 people1982: 14,983,685 people1984: 16,034,337 people1986: 17,104,606 people1988: 18,182,258 people1990: 19,354,747 people1992: 20,653,054 people1994: 22,588,611 people1996: 23,734,691 people1998: 24,323,865 people2000: 25,948,179 people2002: 27,555,670 people2004: 29,132,423 people2006: 30,942,337 people2008: 32,760,546 people2010: 34,846,693 people2012: 37,292,715 people2014: 39,902,922 people2016: 42,791,701 people2018: 45,956,383 people2020: 48,821,791 people2022: 52,040,020 people2024: 55,612,277 people2025: 57,506,566 people
Change over the period: +49.25M (+596.36%) Average annual rate: 3.03 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 57.51M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Middle Africa computed 115M people
Low-income countries computed 441M people
Population aged 15–64 — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 57.51M +1.89M +3.41%
2024 55.61M +1.83M +3.39%
2023 53.79M +1.75M +3.36%
2022 52.04M +1.64M +3.26%
2021 50.4M +1.58M +3.23%
2020 48.82M +1.48M +3.14%
2019 47.34M +1.38M +3%
2018 45.96M +1.48M +3.33%
2017 44.48M +1.68M +3.94%
2016 42.79M +1.56M +3.78%
2015 41.23M +1.33M +3.33%
2014 39.9M +1.32M +3.43%
2013 38.58M +1.29M +3.45%
2012 37.29M +1.24M +3.44%
2011 36.05M +1.21M +3.46%
2010 34.85M +1.1M +3.26%
2009 33.75M +985,387 +3.01%
2008 32.76M +917,510 +2.88%
2007 31.84M +900,699 +2.91%
2006 30.94M +915,774 +3.05%
2005 30.03M +894,140 +3.07%
2004 29.13M +808,672 +2.86%
2003 28.32M +768,081 +2.79%
2002 27.56M +797,252 +2.98%
2001 26.76M +810,239 +3.12%
2000 25.95M +792,956 +3.15%
1999 25.16M +831,358 +3.42%
1998 24.32M +535,926 +2.25%
1997 23.79M +53,248 +0.22%
1996 23.73M +146,041 +0.62%
1995 23.59M +1M +4.43%
1994 22.59M +1.19M +5.57%
1993 21.4M +744,431 +3.6%
1992 20.65M +663,758 +3.32%
1991 19.99M +634,549 +3.28%
1990 19.35M +618,783 +3.3%
1989 18.74M +553,706 +3.05%
1988 18.18M +551,802 +3.13%
1987 17.63M +525,850 +3.07%
1986 17.1M +516,009 +3.11%
1985 16.59M +554,260 +3.46%
1984 16.03M +552,480 +3.57%
1983 15.48M +498,172 +3.32%
1982 14.98M +444,467 +3.06%
1981 14.54M +410,175 +2.9%
1980 14.13M +449,955 +3.29%
1979 13.68M +527,033 +4.01%
1978 13.15M +423,188 +3.32%
1977 12.73M +284,895 +2.29%
1976 12.44M +284,108 +2.34%
1975 12.16M +285,120 +2.4%
1974 11.87M +278,196 +2.4%
1973 11.6M +268,625 +2.37%
1972 11.33M +253,532 +2.29%
1971 11.07M +260,676 +2.41%
1970 10.81M +275,781 +2.62%
1969 10.54M +276,549 +2.7%
1968 10.26M +276,303 +2.77%
1967 9.99M +267,802 +2.76%
1966 9.72M +255,302 +2.7%
1965 9.46M +242,759 +2.63%
1964 9.22M +238,360 +2.65%
1963 8.98M +243,610 +2.79%
1962 8.74M +242,874 +2.86%
1961 8.49M +236,160 +2.86%
1960 8.26M — —

Middle Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 57.51M AO Angola 20.69M CM Cameroon 16.75M TD Chad 10.91M CG Republic of the Congo 3.7M CF Central African Republic 2.71M GA Gabon 1.55M GQ Equatorial Guinea 1.15M ST Sao Tome and Principe 140,789
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About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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