Specimen · COD

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Africa · Middle Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo is recorded at 109.28m people in 2024, with total annual change of +3,520,227 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 180 · COD

Democratic Republic of the Congo

COD · CD

HOLDING

population 109.28m

annual change +3,520,227

natural change +3,547,199

fertility 5.98

migrant share 1.0%

80+

60-79

40-59

20-39

0-19

population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2024
Births	4,467,740
Deaths	-920,541
Natural change	+3,547,199
Net migration	-26,968
Total change	+3,520,227

time anchors

+321,433,180

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Democratic Republic of the Congo
This year	+3,520,227
Since peak	-321,433,180 since 2100
Projected 2100	430.71m

Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

1.0%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 105.79m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 48.76m
15-64: 53.79m
65+: 3.25m

2050 2050 218.25m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 81.40m
15-64: 129.12m
65+: 7.73m

2100 2100 430.71m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 100.39m
15-64: 283.56m
65+: 46.76m

stage

The Slowing

Stage since 2024.

crossover

not reached

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

16.55

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year	Population	Change	Births	Deaths	TFR
2024	109.28m	3,520,227	4.47m	920.5k	5.98
2030	131.53m	3,886,566	4.95m	1.03m	5.42
2050	218.25m	4,765,736	6.28m	1.47m	3.66
2080	358.92m	4,235,068	6.98m	2.67m	2.50
2100	430.71m	2,832,715	6.81m	3.92m	2.16