Democratic Republic of Congo vs Vietnam: Has the population peaked?

Democratic Republic of Congo

105.79 million people

in 2023

Vietnam

100.35 million people

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

15th

Vietnam rank

16th

Has the population peaked? over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 105.79 million people against 100.35 million people in Vietnam, a difference of 5.44 million people.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.1 times Vietnam's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Vietnam ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 15th and Vietnam ranks 16th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
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

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.