<page_title> List of countries and dependencies by population </page_title> <section_title> Sovereign states and dependencies by population </section_title> <table> <cell> 16 <col_header> Rank </col_header> </cell> <cell> Democratic Republic of the Congo <col_header> Country (or dependent territory) </col_header> </cell> </table>
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the 16th-most-populated country in the world.