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

Democratic Republic of Congo

3.25 million people

in 2023

Peru

3.04 million people

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

36th

Peru rank

38th

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

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 3.25 million people against 3.04 million people in Peru, a difference of 204,830 people.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 36th and Peru ranks 38th 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+.