Democratic Republic of Congo vs Netherlands: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

Democratic Republic of Congo

3.25 million people

in 2023

Netherlands

3.64 million people

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

36th

Netherlands rank

35th

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Netherlands currently reports 3.64 million people against 3.25 million people in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 398,360 people.

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

Across all 74 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 36th and Netherlands ranks 35th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
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. This only includes people aged 65+.