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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Iran: Population

Democratic Republic of Congo
105.79 million people
in 2023
Iran
90.61 million people
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
15th
Iran rank
17th

Population over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Iran
025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M100015112023

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 105.79 million people against 90.61 million people in Iran, a difference of 15.18 million people.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.2 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iran ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 15th and Iran ranks 17th of 238 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.