Congo vs Iran statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 64th vs. 17th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Congo and Iran: Comparison Charts

Congo and Iran economies compared

GDP

Congo

Iran

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Iran
1960	$131,731,863	$4,199,134,390
1961	$151,675,739	$4,426,949,095
1962	$166,521,240	$4,693,566,416
1963	$172,233,431	$4,928,628,018
1964	$185,693,725	$5,379,845,648
1965	$198,318,064	$6,197,319,929
1966	$220,613,582	$6,789,938,672
1967	$237,397,428	$7,555,383,690
1968	$251,247,458	$8,623,172,960
1969	$265,040,036	$9,743,089,607
1970	$274,960,700	$10,976,245,154
1971	$322,128,019	$13,731,802,833
1972	$410,669,264	$17,153,463,263
1973	$541,973,363	$27,081,698,250
1974	$585,364,634	$46,209,092,072
1975	$767,102,680	$51,776,222,350
1976	$754,549,601	$68,055,295,081
1977	$765,224,029	$80,600,122,702
1978	$878,771,772	$77,994,316,621
1979	$1,198,749,667	$90,391,877,326
1980	$1,705,796,853	$94,362,275,580
1981	$1,993,512,323	$100,499,312,750
1982	$2,160,640,565	$125,948,756,439
1983	$2,097,274,290	$156,365,156,618
1984	$2,193,581,365	$162,276,728,620
1985	$2,160,872,540	$180,183,629,600
1986	$1,849,268,212	$209,094,561,833
1987	$2,297,753,652	$134,009,995,923
1988	$2,212,536,312	$123,057,861,334
1989	$2,389,593,026	$120,496,362,916
1990	$2,798,746,050	$124,813,263,926
1991	$2,724,853,506	$131,637,664,958
1992	$2,933,222,703	$119,768,691,217
1993	$2,684,323,623	$63,743,623,231
1994	$1,769,365,438	$71,841,461,172
1995	$2,116,003,868	$96,419,225,745
1996	$2,540,697,539	$120,403,931,883
1997	$2,322,719,103	$113,919,163,421
1998	$1,949,481,379	$110,276,913,362
1999	$2,354,772,960	$113,848,450,089
2000	$3,227,927,698	$109,591,707,801
2001	$2,796,704,604	$126,878,750,296
2002	$3,034,250,924	$128,626,917,504
2003	$3,503,723,088	$151,911,222,120
2004	$4,656,974,940	$187,754,571,247
2005	$6,650,001,680	$224,970,371,329
2006	$8,072,305,029	$265,602,187,406
2007	$8,782,703,437	$349,736,591,836
2008	$11,649,857,673	$406,070,949,551
2009	$9,723,299,915	$414,059,094,950
2010	$13,148,396,212	$487,069,570,461
2011	$15,655,383,577	$629,082,257,472
2012	$17,692,911,296	$644,019,315,004
2013	$17,958,720,699	$500,399,839,840
2014	$17,919,321,078	$462,284,793,281
2015	$12,434,793,867	$409,191,686,497
2016	$10,931,328,151	$459,042,684,193
2017	$11,834,473,039	$489,168,731,811
2018	$14,773,900,289	$398,880,231,367
2019	$13,976,637,780	$333,519,146,339
2020	$11,468,687,464	$262,186,179,356
2021	$14,825,690,211	$383,436,202,447
2022	$15,817,030,157	$394,362,621,793
2023	$15,321,055,818	$404,625,655,076
2024	$15,719,985,776	$436,906,331,672

Congo and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Iran

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Iran
1960	$124.7	$195.6
1961	$139.9	$200.1
1962	$149.6	$205.8
1963	$150.7	$209.6
1964	$158.1	$221.7
1965	$164.2	$247.5
1966	$177.6	$262.9
1967	$185.7	$283.7
1968	$190.8	$314
1969	$195.4	$345
1970	$196.7	$377
1971	$223.5	$457
1972	$276.3	$555
1973	$353	$851
1974	$370	$1,409
1975	$471	$1,532
1976	$453	$1,954
1977	$448	$2,243
1978	$503	$2,101
1979	$670	$2,352
1980	$933	$2,368
1981	$1,066	$2,393
1982	$1,131	$2,845
1983	$1,075	$3,397
1984	$1,097	$3,395
1985	$1,049	$3,634
1986	$872	$4,064
1987	$1,052	$2,513
1988	$984	$2,234
1989	$1,033	$2,125
1990	$1,176	$2,138
1991	$1,113	$2,194
1992	$1,164	$1,957
1993	$1,034	$1,038
1994	$662	$1,168
1995	$770	$1,550
1996	$899	$1,915
1997	$804	$1,790
1998	$660	$1,709
1999	$776	$1,740
2000	$1,024	$1,650
2001	$855	$1,881
2002	$906	$1,891
2003	$1,017	$2,209
2004	$1,306	$2,672
2005	$1,799	$3,132
2006	$2,104	$3,619
2007	$2,206	$4,688
2008	$2,832	$5,377
2009	$2,271	$5,416
2010	$2,947	$6,291
2011	$3,396	$8,026
2012	$3,732	$8,114
2013	$3,697	$6,223
2014	$3,601	$5,672
2015	$2,439	$4,953
2016	$2,093	$5,477
2017	$2,212	$5,753
2018	$2,694	$4,632
2019	$2,488	$3,831
2020	$1,994	$2,989
2021	$2,516	$4,335
2022	$2,621	$4,405
2023	$2,478	$4,466
2024	$2,482	$4,771

Congo vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Iran

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Iran
1950	39.6	38.2
1951	40.3	38.7
1952	41.1	39.2
1953	41.9	39.5
1954	42.6	40
1955	43.4	40.6
1956	44.3	41.1
1957	45.1	41.3
1958	46	42.2
1959	46.8	42.8
1960	47.6	43.3
1961	48.4	43.9
1962	49	43.8
1963	49.7	45.1
1964	50.4	45.7
1965	51	46.4
1966	51.6	47.1
1967	51.9	47.8
1968	52.6	47.9
1969	53.1	49.4
1970	53.6	50.2
1971	54	51.1
1972	54.4	51.7
1973	54.7	52.9
1974	55.1	53.9
1975	55.4	54.8
1976	55.7	55.8
1977	56	56.7
1978	56.2	56
1979	56.5	58.5
1980	56.8	58.4
1981	57.1	56.6
1982	57.2	57.6
1983	57.4	58.5
1984	57.5	60.9
1985	57.6	61.5
1986	57.6	62.1
1987	57.6	62.7
1988	57.5	63.3
1989	57.3	65.3
1990	57.1	64.1
1991	56.8	66.2
1992	56.5	66.7
1993	56	67
1994	55.6	67.5
1995	55.5	67.9
1996	55.2	68.3
1997	48.6	68.6
1998	52.6	69.2
1999	54.4	69.7
2000	55.4	70.2
2001	55.9	70.6
2002	56.4	71.1
2003	57.1	70.5
2004	58	72
2005	58.7	72.4
2006	59.5	72.9
2007	60.1	73.3
2008	60.8	73.7
2009	61.2	74
2010	61.7	74.4
2011	62.3	74.7
2012	62.7	75
2013	63	75.3
2014	63.3	75.6
2015	63.7	75.9
2016	63.9	76.2
2017	64.2	76.4
2018	64.5	76.6
2019	63.2	76.9
2020	64.4	74.1
2021	64.2	73.8
2022	65	76.8
2023	65.8	77.7
2024	66	77.9
2025	66.2	78.1

Congo and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Iran

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Iran
1960	1,056,732	21,470,434
1961	1,084,389	22,125,726
1962	1,113,175	22,807,907
1963	1,143,263	23,519,005
1964	1,174,816	24,262,859
1965	1,207,880	25,036,978
1966	1,242,534	25,829,270
1967	1,278,691	26,628,432
1968	1,316,519	27,437,391
1969	1,356,182	28,273,482
1970	1,397,638	29,145,100
1971	1,441,039	30,029,071
1972	1,486,468	30,921,179
1973	1,533,680	31,839,838
1974	1,582,301	32,796,463
1975	1,627,032	33,802,973
1976	1,667,225	34,837,271
1977	1,707,568	35,933,181
1978	1,748,089	37,126,535
1979	1,788,524	38,424,952
1980	1,828,985	39,842,324
1981	1,869,759	41,989,312
1982	1,910,430	44,272,141
1983	1,950,321	46,029,535
1984	1,999,528	47,793,998
1985	2,059,311	49,582,289
1986	2,120,602	51,446,045
1987	2,183,473	53,323,493
1988	2,247,653	55,072,694
1989	2,313,558	56,704,914
1990	2,380,560	58,380,092
1991	2,449,229	59,986,931
1992	2,519,465	61,184,983
1993	2,595,124	61,403,543
1994	2,673,144	61,520,598
1995	2,749,461	62,205,567
1996	2,826,785	62,881,300
1997	2,887,862	63,639,638
1998	2,952,061	64,519,859
1999	3,032,874	65,445,391
2000	3,151,345	66,418,659
2001	3,272,537	67,452,005
2002	3,350,771	68,011,317
2003	3,445,753	68,769,340
2004	3,565,554	70,256,316
2005	3,696,393	71,828,455
2006	3,837,409	73,392,747
2007	3,980,430	74,602,648
2008	4,113,517	75,514,204
2009	4,281,219	76,457,825
2010	4,462,290	77,420,842
2011	4,609,724	78,383,598
2012	4,740,450	79,370,580
2013	4,857,099	80,414,686
2014	4,975,880	81,502,045
2015	5,097,581	82,619,362
2016	5,222,536	83,812,228
2017	5,351,011	85,026,754
2018	5,483,118	86,117,998
2019	5,616,661	87,051,648
2020	5,752,791	87,723,443
2021	5,892,183	88,455,488
2022	6,035,104	89,524,246
2023	6,182,885	90,608,707
2024	6,332,961	91,567,738

Fertility rates in Congo and Iran

Fertility rate

Congo

Iran

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Iran
1960	6.09	7.52
1961	6.09	7.46
1962	6.1	7.4
1963	6.15	7.32
1964	6.18	7.24
1965	6.23	7.22
1966	6.27	7.21
1967	6.29	7.19
1968	6.33	7.12
1969	6.35	7.01
1970	6.38	6.8
1971	6.42	6.55
1972	6.44	6.26
1973	6.42	6.06
1974	6.39	5.97
1975	6.36	5.95
1976	6.32	6.07
1977	6.27	6.18
1978	6.21	6.34
1979	6.14	6.55
1980	6.07	6.63
1981	5.98	6.62
1982	5.85	6.59
1983	5.76	6.53
1984	5.66	6.43
1985	5.59	6.24
1986	5.51	6.01
1987	5.46	5.72
1988	5.39	5.43
1989	5.33	5.17
1990	5.27	4.93
1991	5.22	4.57
1992	5.18	4.1
1993	5.13	3.67
1994	5.1	3.24
1995	5.07	2.85
1996	5.03	2.54
1997	5	2.32
1998	4.91	2.19
1999	4.81	2.09
2000	4.72	2
2001	4.67	1.92
2002	4.7	1.84
2003	4.7	1.8
2004	4.69	1.78
2005	4.67	1.76
2006	4.65	1.76
2007	4.65	1.75
2008	4.73	1.74
2009	4.81	1.74
2010	4.85	1.75
2011	4.83	1.79
2012	4.79	1.85
2013	4.73	1.91
2014	4.67	1.98
2015	4.61	2.02
2016	4.55	2.05
2017	4.5	2.02
2018	4.44	1.92
2019	4.38	1.77
2020	4.33	1.7
2021	4.28	1.71
2022	4.22	1.7
2023	4.16	1.7

Congo and Iran demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Iran

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Iran
1960	18.8	19.1
1961	18.7	18.7
1962	18.6	18.4
1963	18.4	18.1
1964	18.3	17.9
1965	18.2	17.8
1966	18.1	17.7
1967	17.9	17.7
1968	17.8	17.6
1969	17.7	17.6
1970	17.6	17.6
1971	17.5	17.7
1972	17.4	17.8
1973	17.4	17.9
1974	17.3	18
1975	17.2	18.1
1976	17.1	18.2
1977	17	18.3
1978	17	18.3
1979	17	18.3
1980	17	18.2
1981	17	18.4
1982	17.1	18.6
1983	17.2	18.5
1984	17.2	18.4
1985	17.3	18.3
1986	17.4	18.2
1987	17.4	18.2
1988	17.5	18.2
1989	17.6	18.1
1990	17.7	18.2
1991	17.7	18.3
1992	17.8	18.4
1993	17.9	18.3
1994	18	18.4
1995	18.1	18.7
1996	18.1	19.1
1997	18.1	19.5
1998	18.1	20
1999	18.2	20.7
2000	18.5	21.4
2001	18.8	22
2002	18.8	22.6
2003	18.9	23.1
2004	19	23.7
2005	19.2	24.3
2006	19.3	24.8
2007	19.5	25.5
2008	19.5	26.1
2009	19.7	26.6
2010	19.8	27.2
2011	19.7	27.7
2012	19.6	28.2
2013	19.5	28.7
2014	19.4	29.2
2015	19.3	29.7
2016	19.2	30.2
2017	19.2	30.7
2018	19.1	31.2
2019	19.1	31.7
2020	19.2	32.3
2021	19.2	32.8
2022	19.3	33.3
2023	19.4	33.8
2024	19.5	34.3

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