Chad vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Natural population growth rate

Chad

3.1%

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo

3.3%

in 2023

Chad rank

7th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

4th

Natural population growth rate over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 3.3% against 3.1% in Chad, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Chad ranks 7th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 4th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Natural population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Births minus deaths, as a share of the population. This is the part of population change that comes only from births and deaths, ignoring migration.