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Kinshasa | |||
Year | Population | % of urban population* | % of total population** |
1950 | 202 000 | 8.7 | 1.7 |
1955 | 292 000 | 10.4 | 2.2 |
1960 | 443 000 | 12.9 | 2.9 |
1965 | 717 000 | 15.7 | 4.1 |
1970 | 1 070 000 | 17.4 | 5.3 |
1975 | 1 482 000 | 21.4 | 6.3 |
1980 | 2 053 000 | 26.3 | 7.6 |
1985 | 2 734 000 | 31.1 | 8.7 |
1990 | 3 564 000 | 34.6 | 9.6 |
1995 | 4 590 000 | 35.9 | 10.2 |
2000 | 5 611 000 | 37.0 | 11.0 |
2005 | 7 106 000 | 37.5 | 12.0 |
2009 | 8 401 000 | 36.8 | 12.7 |
2010 | 8 754 000 | 36.6 | 12.9 |
2015 | 10 668 000 | 35.7 | 13.8 |
2020 | 12 788 000 | 34.7 | 14.6 |
2025 | 15 041 000 | 33.6 | 15.3 |
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2009 *Population residing in agglomeration as percentage of urban population of the country. ** Population resiging in agglomeration as percentage of total population of the country. |
Kinshasa | |
Year | Average annual rate of change % |
1950-1955 | 7.41 |
1955-1960 | 8.30 |
1960-1965 | 9.64 |
1965-1970 | 8.00 |
1970-1975 | 6.52 |
1975-1980 | 6.52 |
1980-1985 | 5.73 |
1985-1990 | 5.31 |
1990-1995 | 5.06 |
1995-2000 | 4.02 |
2000-2005 | 4.72 |
2005-2010 | 4.17 |
2010-2015 | 3.96 |
2015-2020 | 3.62 |
2020-2025 | 3.25 |
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2009 |