Dem. Rep. Congo - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Dem. Rep. Congo was 14,970,460 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,970,460 in 2021 and a minimum value of 442,853 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 442,853
1961 487,604
1962 536,949
1963 591,287
1964 651,211
1965 717,018
1966 789,579
1967 869,484
1968 939,065
1969 1,002,218
1970 1,069,714
1971 1,141,756
1972 1,218,759
1973 1,300,722
1974 1,388,321
1975 1,481,820
1976 1,581,758
1977 1,688,133
1978 1,801,823
1979 1,923,171
1980 2,052,874
1981 2,190,932
1982 2,338,484
1983 2,495,974
1984 2,664,309
1985 2,811,896
1986 2,967,879
1987 3,132,515
1988 3,306,530
1989 3,489,692
1990 3,683,274
1991 3,887,595
1992 4,103,555
1993 4,330,868
1994 4,571,112
1995 4,824,684
1996 5,092,700
1997 5,374,806
1998 5,641,396
1999 5,885,450
2000 6,140,419
2001 6,405,687
2002 6,682,804
2003 6,971,910
2004 7,273,947
2005 7,589,069
2006 7,917,842
2007 8,260,859
2008 8,618,736
2009 8,992,117
2010 9,381,673
2011 9,788,106
2012 10,212,150
2013 10,654,560
2014 11,116,130
2015 11,597,710
2016 12,100,140
2017 12,624,340
2018 13,171,260
2019 13,743,280
2020 14,342,440
2021 14,970,460

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 35.05 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 37.17 in 2001, while its lowest value was 13.02 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 13.02
1961 13.84
1962 14.71
1963 15.63
1964 16.60
1965 17.62
1966 18.68
1967 19.80
1968 20.57
1969 21.13
1970 21.72
1971 22.35
1972 23.00
1973 23.67
1974 24.36
1975 25.06
1976 25.75
1977 26.45
1978 27.18
1979 27.94
1980 28.77
1981 29.65
1982 30.59
1983 31.56
1984 32.56
1985 33.00
1986 33.43
1987 33.85
1988 34.23
1989 34.53
1990 34.74
1991 34.85
1992 34.89
1993 34.93
1994 35.06
1995 35.34
1996 35.78
1997 36.35
1998 36.78
1999 36.98
2000 37.11
2001 37.17
2002 37.17
2003 37.12
2004 37.04
2005 36.96
2006 36.86
2007 36.74
2008 36.60
2009 36.46
2010 36.32
2011 36.16
2012 36.02
2013 35.87
2014 35.73
2015 35.59
2016 35.46
2017 35.34
2018 35.24
2019 35.15
2020 35.09
2021 35.05

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization