Democratic Republic of Congo population density for 2021 was 42.30, a 3.28% increase from 2020.
Democratic Republic of Congo population density for 2020 was 40.96, a 3.28% increase from 2019.
Democratic Republic of Congo population density for 2019 was 39.66, a 3.24% increase from 2018.
Democratic Republic of Congo population density for 2018 was 38.41, a 3.33% increase from 2017.
Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.