Benin vs DR Congo statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 109M in The DR Congo (ranked 15/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 875,313 sq mi for The DR Congo (ranked 99th vs. 11th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647).

Benin and DR Congo: Comparison Charts

Benin and DR Congo economies compared

GDP

Benin

DR Congo

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	DR Congo
1960	$226,195,578	$3,359,404,118
1961	$235,668,221	$3,086,746,857
1962	$236,434,954	$3,779,841,429
1963	$253,927,697	$6,213,185,743
1964	$269,819,006	$2,881,545,273
1965	$289,908,680	$4,043,901,818
1966	$302,925,235	$4,532,660,182
1967	$306,221,953	$3,384,063,372
1968	$326,323,105	$3,909,780,539
1969	$330,748,245	$5,032,434,970
1970	$333,627,713	$4,877,684,910
1971	$335,073,028	$5,594,770,359
1972	$410,331,857	$6,173,712,814
1973	$504,376,074	$7,870,239,461
1974	$554,654,861	$9,596,960,180
1975	$676,870,140	$10,237,343,174
1976	$698,408,262	$9,648,583,225
1977	$750,049,779	$12,344,424,764
1978	$928,843,469	$15,372,608,002
1979	$1,186,231,020	$15,068,422,236
1980	$1,405,251,847	$14,394,927,495
1981	$1,291,120,188	$12,537,821,038
1982	$1,267,778,670	$13,651,667,371
1983	$1,095,348,199	$11,006,712,650
1984	$1,051,134,009	$7,857,729,193
1985	$1,045,712,789	$7,195,042,616
1986	$1,336,102,025	$8,095,367,168
1987	$1,562,412,228	$7,661,625,473
1988	$1,620,246,084	$8,861,299,977
1989	$1,502,294,416	$9,021,862,775
1990	$1,959,965,330	$9,349,764,580
1991	$1,986,437,797	$9,625,436,873
1992	$1,695,315,306	$8,227,343,907
1993	$2,274,558,083	$10,706,259,937
1994	$1,598,075,944	$5,820,382,248
1995	$2,169,627,138	$5,643,439,376
1996	$2,361,116,449	$5,771,456,952
1997	$2,268,301,646	$6,090,838,693
1998	$2,455,092,686	$6,217,805,821
1999	$3,677,393,999	$4,711,259,427
2000	$3,519,991,440	$19,088,046,306
2001	$3,666,222,635	$7,438,189,100
2002	$4,194,342,686	$8,728,038,525
2003	$5,349,258,094	$8,937,567,060
2004	$6,190,270,380	$10,297,483,481
2005	$6,567,654,954	$11,964,484,466
2006	$7,034,111,315	$14,451,901,696
2007	$8,169,048,383	$16,737,071,816
2008	$9,787,734,526	$19,788,515,590
2009	$9,738,626,517	$18,648,372,553
2010	$9,535,345,016	$21,565,721,045
2011	$10,693,321,364	$25,839,749,199
2012	$11,141,358,116	$29,306,235,285
2013	$12,517,845,124	$32,679,745,048
2014	$13,284,527,847	$35,909,040,926
2015	$11,388,160,997	$37,917,706,497
2016	$11,821,065,853	$37,134,801,555
2017	$12,701,655,837	$38,019,264,795
2018	$14,262,408,090	$47,568,210,010
2019	$14,391,686,313	$51,775,829,877
2020	$15,686,741,894	$48,716,961,860
2021	$17,687,623,535	$55,328,482,784
2022	$17,425,405,084	$65,801,547,756
2023	$19,673,290,996	$67,006,756,666
2024	$21,482,643,720	$70,749,355,652

Benin and DR Congo economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

DR Congo

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	DR Congo
1960	$89.9	$220.1
1961	$92.1	$197.1
1962	$90.8	$235.1
1963	$95.7	$376
1964	$99.8	$169.9
1965	$105.1	$232
1966	$107.6	$252.8
1967	$106.6	$183.3
1968	$111.2	$205.6
1969	$110.3	$257.1
1970	$108.8	$242.2
1971	$106.9	$270.3
1972	$127.9	$290.5
1973	$153.6	$361
1974	$164.9	$428
1975	$196.5	$445
1976	$197.7	$408
1977	$207	$509
1978	$249.8	$615
1979	$311	$582
1980	$358	$539
1981	$320	$456
1982	$305	$482
1983	$256	$376
1984	$238.6	$259.8
1985	$230.4	$230.1
1986	$285.8	$250.9
1987	$324	$230.1
1988	$326	$257.7
1989	$293.3	$254.2
1990	$371	$254.9
1991	$365	$253.8
1992	$302	$209.7
1993	$387	$263.3
1994	$262.1	$136.5
1995	$348	$127
1996	$369	$127.4
1997	$345	$132.3
1998	$362	$131.5
1999	$525	$96.3
2000	$487	$378
2001	$492	$142.7
2002	$546	$162.4
2003	$676	$161.5
2004	$759	$180.7
2005	$779	$203.6
2006	$809	$238.4
2007	$912	$267.9
2008	$1,061	$307
2009	$1,024	$280.8
2010	$973	$315
2011	$1,059	$365
2012	$1,072	$400
2013	$1,169	$431
2014	$1,204	$458
2015	$1,002	$468
2016	$1,011	$442
2017	$1,055	$437
2018	$1,152	$528
2019	$1,131	$557
2020	$1,200	$508
2021	$1,319	$558
2022	$1,266	$643
2023	$1,394	$633
2024	$1,485	$647

Benin vs. DR Congo life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

DR Congo

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	DR Congo
1950	35.4	38.2
1951	35.7	38.5
1952	36	38.9
1953	36.3	39.1
1954	36.7	39.4
1955	37	39.7
1956	37.3	39.9
1957	37.6	40.2
1958	38	40.5
1959	38.4	40.6
1960	38.8	40.8
1961	39.2	40.2
1962	39.6	40.4
1963	40.1	40.6
1964	40.5	40.1
1965	41	40.8
1966	41.3	42.2
1967	41.8	42.3
1968	42.2	42.7
1969	42.6	43
1970	43	43.3
1971	43.4	43.6
1972	43.9	43.9
1973	44.4	44.1
1974	44.9	44.3
1975	45.4	44.5
1976	46	44.7
1977	46.5	44.9
1978	46.9	44.6
1979	47.4	45.3
1980	47.7	45.5
1981	48.1	45.7
1982	48.5	45.9
1983	48.8	46.2
1984	49.4	46.5
1985	50	46.7
1986	50.6	47
1987	51.3	47.4
1988	52	47.8
1989	52.5	48.1
1990	53	48.5
1991	53.4	48.9
1992	54.1	49.3
1993	54.6	49.6
1994	55	49.9
1995	55.4	50.4
1996	55.6	49.4
1997	56	50.5
1998	56.2	49.7
1999	56.3	50.1
2000	56.6	51.9
2001	56.7	52.2
2002	56.9	52.4
2003	57.1	53
2004	57.3	53.5
2005	57.7	54
2006	58	54.5
2007	58.2	55
2008	58.1	55.4
2009	58.3	55.8
2010	58.4	56.4
2011	58.5	56.9
2012	58.6	57.4
2013	58.9	57.8
2014	59	58.2
2015	59.1	58.7
2016	59.3	59.1
2017	59.5	59.5
2018	59.7	59.9
2019	59.9	60.2
2020	60.2	60.4
2021	59.6	60
2022	60.5	61
2023	60.8	61.9
2024	61	62.1
2025	61.1	62.2

Benin and DR Congo population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

DR Congo

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	DR Congo
1960	2,517,286	15,264,846
1961	2,559,223	15,662,374
1962	2,604,659	16,075,724
1963	2,652,908	16,507,599
1964	2,704,003	16,955,327
1965	2,757,936	17,427,802
1966	2,814,317	17,931,929
1967	2,872,997	18,462,782
1968	2,934,257	19,012,189
1969	2,998,222	19,570,445
1970	3,065,057	20,137,436
1971	3,134,767	20,695,569
1972	3,207,543	21,251,160
1973	3,283,496	21,827,665
1974	3,362,633	22,418,878
1975	3,445,407	23,021,101
1976	3,532,196	23,624,031
1977	3,623,202	24,229,061
1978	3,718,305	24,992,689
1979	3,818,528	25,886,782
1980	3,925,251	26,711,099
1981	4,038,307	27,500,515
1982	4,156,596	28,338,190
1983	4,278,978	29,250,963
1984	4,405,895	30,245,081
1985	4,538,012	31,264,816
1986	4,675,420	32,265,196
1987	4,818,486	33,298,904
1988	4,967,341	34,382,752
1989	5,121,657	35,486,866
1990	5,281,479	36,684,063
1991	5,446,932	37,925,817
1992	5,617,844	39,228,910
1993	5,872,706	40,656,336
1994	6,096,506	42,626,876
1995	6,226,773	44,433,704
1996	6,391,858	45,296,124
1997	6,583,365	46,029,902
1998	6,789,489	47,297,600
1999	7,002,818	48,912,971
2000	7,221,619	50,507,442
2001	7,445,596	52,132,646
2002	7,675,426	53,750,524
2003	7,913,070	55,343,867
2004	8,159,094	56,997,741
2005	8,426,144	58,775,724
2006	8,693,242	60,615,908
2007	8,953,969	62,477,752
2008	9,228,466	64,390,664
2009	9,509,423	66,412,044
2010	9,797,484	68,563,038
2011	10,093,623	70,849,311
2012	10,397,657	73,254,618
2013	10,708,834	75,789,395
2014	11,030,004	78,403,242
2015	11,360,681	81,035,531
2016	11,697,842	83,956,415
2017	12,039,780	87,083,398
2018	12,383,347	90,047,644
2019	12,726,755	92,947,442
2020	13,070,169	95,989,998
2021	13,413,417	99,148,932
2022	13,759,501	102,396,968
2023	14,111,034	105,789,731
2024	14,462,724	109,276,265

Fertility rates in Benin and DR Congo

Fertility rate

Benin

DR Congo

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	DR Congo
1960	6.28	6.11
1961	6.4	6.12
1962	6.46	6.14
1963	6.51	6.16
1964	6.57	6.19
1965	6.61	6.21
1966	6.63	6.24
1967	6.64	6.27
1968	6.67	6.29
1969	6.71	6.3
1970	6.74	6.33
1971	6.77	6.34
1972	6.8	6.37
1973	6.81	6.39
1974	6.82	6.4
1975	6.83	6.42
1976	6.83	6.44
1977	6.83	6.45
1978	6.82	6.46
1979	6.91	6.48
1980	6.99	6.5
1981	7.06	6.52
1982	7.06	6.54
1983	7.05	6.56
1984	7.03	6.59
1985	7	6.61
1986	6.96	6.63
1987	6.92	6.65
1988	6.87	6.66
1989	6.82	6.65
1990	6.74	6.65
1991	6.67	6.65
1992	6.59	6.64
1993	6.51	6.64
1994	6.42	6.64
1995	6.33	6.68
1996	6.28	6.67
1997	6.23	6.69
1998	6.14	6.7
1999	6.03	6.69
2000	5.94	6.7
2001	5.85	6.66
2002	5.79	6.61
2003	5.76	6.55
2004	5.72	6.53
2005	5.69	6.53
2006	5.67	6.55
2007	5.63	6.56
2008	5.55	6.58
2009	5.49	6.59
2010	5.45	6.59
2011	5.44	6.58
2012	5.43	6.56
2013	5.41	6.53
2014	5.37	6.48
2015	5.32	6.44
2016	5.25	6.39
2017	5.16	6.35
2018	5.03	6.3
2019	4.9	6.25
2020	4.8	6.21
2021	4.71	6.16
2022	4.63	6.11
2023	4.56	6.05

Benin and DR Congo demographics compared

Median age

Benin

DR Congo

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	DR Congo
1960	20.8	18.4
1961	20.6	18.4
1962	20.3	18.4
1963	20.1	18.5
1964	19.9	18.5
1965	19.7	18.5
1966	19.5	18.5
1967	19.3	18.5
1968	19	18.5
1969	18.8	18.5
1970	18.6	18.4
1971	18.4	18.3
1972	18.3	18.2
1973	18.1	18.1
1974	17.9	18
1975	17.8	17.9
1976	17.7	17.8
1977	17.6	17.8
1978	17.5	17.8
1979	17.4	17.9
1980	17.3	17.9
1981	17.3	17.9
1982	17.2	17.8
1983	17.1	17.9
1984	17.1	17.9
1985	17	17.9
1986	17	17.9
1987	16.9	17.9
1988	16.9	17.8
1989	16.9	17.8
1990	16.9	17.8
1991	16.9	17.8
1992	16.9	17.8
1993	17.1	17.8
1994	17.2	18
1995	17	18.1
1996	16.9	17.7
1997	17	17.4
1998	17	17.2
1999	17.1	17.2
2000	17.1	17.2
2001	17.2	17.1
2002	17.3	17.1
2003	17.4	17.1
2004	17.4	17
2005	17.5	17
2006	17.6	17
2007	17.6	17
2008	17.7	16.9
2009	17.8	16.9
2010	17.8	16.9
2011	17.9	16.9
2012	18	16.9
2013	18	16.9
2014	18.1	16.9
2015	18.1	16.9
2016	18.2	16.9
2017	18.3	17
2018	18.3	17
2019	18.4	16.9
2020	18.5	16.9
2021	18.6	16.9
2022	18.7	16.9
2023	18.8	16.9
2024	19	16.9

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