Democratic Republic of Congo vs Vietnam: Population

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

Population 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 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 15th and Vietnam ranks 16th of 238 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.