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Bulgaria vs DR Congo statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 109M in The DR Congo (ranked 15/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 875,313 sq mi for The DR Congo (ranked 101st vs. 11th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647).

Main facts and rankings

Bulgaria DR Congo
Population
6403235
115740092
Population rank 111/197 15/197
GDP
$112B
2024
$70.7B
2024
GDP rank 68/197 87/197
GDP per capita
$17,412
2024
$647
2024
GDP per capita rank 64/197 189/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$41,086
2024
$1,710
2024
Government debt
$26.2B
2024
$13.7B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
28%
2025
16.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,067
2024
$125
2024
Government debt per person rank 90/185 183/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$12,784
2025
$1,758
2025
Land area
41,915 sq mi
2025
875,313 sq mi
2025
Population density
153.7 ppl/mi²
2024
124.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.81
2023
6.05
2023
Median age
45.5 years
2024
16.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
76 years
2025
62.2 years
2025

Bulgaria and DR Congo: Comparison Charts

Bulgaria and DR Congo economies compared

GDP
Bulgaria

DR Congo
Year GDP
Bulgaria DR Congo
1960 - $3,359,404,118
1961 - $3,086,746,857
1962 - $3,779,841,429
1963 - $6,213,185,743
1964 - $2,881,545,273
1965 - $4,043,901,818
1966 - $4,532,660,182
1967 - $3,384,063,372
1968 - $3,909,780,539
1969 - $5,032,434,970
1970 - $4,877,684,910
1971 - $5,594,770,359
1972 - $6,173,712,814
1973 - $7,870,239,461
1974 - $9,596,960,180
1975 - $10,237,343,174
1976 - $9,648,583,225
1977 - $12,344,424,764
1978 - $15,372,608,002
1979 - $15,068,422,236
1980 $19,839,230,769 $14,394,927,495
1981 $19,870,000,000 $12,537,821,038
1982 $19,342,000,000 $13,651,667,371
1983 $16,563,666,667 $11,006,712,650
1984 $17,594,944,444 $7,857,729,193
1985 $17,155,421,053 $7,195,042,616
1986 $20,249,294,118 $8,095,367,168
1987 $28,101,000,000 $7,661,625,473
1988 $22,555,941,176 $8,861,299,977
1989 $21,988,444,444 $9,021,862,775
1990 $20,632,090,909 $9,349,764,580
1991 $7,628,738,475 $9,625,436,873
1992 $8,602,887,623 $8,227,343,907
1993 $10,832,064,942 $10,706,259,937
1994 $9,709,240,034 $5,820,382,248
1995 $18,991,484,420 $5,643,439,376
1996 $12,294,964,838 $5,771,456,952
1997 $11,316,127,379 $6,090,838,693
1998 $15,031,055,047 $6,217,805,821
1999 $13,637,098,579 $4,711,259,427
2000 $13,245,990,274 $19,088,046,306
2001 $14,183,446,026 $7,438,189,100
2002 $16,403,043,850 $8,728,038,525
2003 $21,144,957,990 $8,937,567,060
2004 $26,157,743,369 $10,297,483,481
2005 $29,868,657,858 $11,964,484,466
2006 $34,380,536,496 $14,451,901,696
2007 $44,431,257,129 $16,737,071,816
2008 $54,480,684,188 $19,788,515,590
2009 $52,023,801,230 $18,648,372,553
2010 $50,689,051,382 $21,565,721,045
2011 $57,681,293,007 $25,839,749,199
2012 $54,297,052,002 $29,306,235,285
2013 $55,819,262,375 $32,679,745,048
2014 $57,080,897,012 $35,909,040,926
2015 $50,765,918,159 $37,917,706,497
2016 $53,929,397,039 $37,134,801,555
2017 $59,167,647,388 $38,019,264,795
2018 $66,251,582,036 $47,568,210,010
2019 $68,634,004,792 $51,775,829,877
2020 $70,550,652,467 $48,716,961,860
2021 $84,414,122,840 $55,328,482,784
2022 $90,509,236,929 $65,801,547,756
2023 $102,396,840,296 $67,006,756,666
2024 $112,211,952,704 $70,749,355,652

Bulgaria and DR Congo economies compared

GDP per capita
Bulgaria

DR Congo
Year GDP per capita
Bulgaria DR Congo
1960 - $220.1
1961 - $197.1
1962 - $235.1
1963 - $376
1964 - $169.9
1965 - $232
1966 - $252.8
1967 - $183.3
1968 - $205.6
1969 - $257.1
1970 - $242.2
1971 - $270.3
1972 - $290.5
1973 - $361
1974 - $428
1975 - $445
1976 - $408
1977 - $509
1978 - $615
1979 - $582
1980 $2,239 $539
1981 $2,235 $456
1982 $2,169 $482
1983 $1,853 $376
1984 $1,964 $259.8
1985 $1,915 $230.1
1986 $2,260 $250.9
1987 $3,132 $230.1
1988 $2,511 $257.7
1989 $2,477 $254.2
1990 $2,367 $254.9
1991 $884 $253.8
1992 $1,007 $209.7
1993 $1,279 $263.3
1994 $1,150 $136.5
1995 $2,259 $127
1996 $1,470 $127.4
1997 $1,361 $132.3
1998 $1,820 $131.5
1999 $1,661 $96.3
2000 $1,621 $378
2001 $1,771 $142.7
2002 $2,093 $162.4
2003 $2,719 $161.5
2004 $3,390 $180.7
2005 $3,900 $203.6
2006 $4,523 $238.4
2007 $5,889 $267.9
2008 $7,271 $307
2009 $6,988 $280.8
2010 $6,854 $315
2011 $7,850 $365
2012 $7,432 $400
2013 $7,796 $431
2014 $8,070 $458
2015 $7,269 $468
2016 $7,822 $442
2017 $8,697 $437
2018 $9,872 $528
2019 $10,373 $557
2020 $10,770 $508
2021 $12,972 $558
2022 $14,000 $643
2023 $15,884 $633
2024 $17,412 $647

Bulgaria vs. DR Congo life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bulgaria

DR Congo
Year Life expectancy, years
Bulgaria DR Congo
1950 61.5 38.2
1951 60.7 38.5
1952 59.6 38.9
1953 64.2 39.1
1954 64.4 39.4
1955 64.8 39.7
1956 65.2 39.9
1957 66.6 40.2
1958 68.7 40.5
1959 66.6 40.6
1960 69.2 40.8
1961 70.2 40.2
1962 69.5 40.4
1963 70.3 40.6
1964 71.1 40.1
1965 71.3 40.8
1966 71.2 42.2
1967 70.4 42.3
1968 71.2 42.7
1969 70.5 43
1970 71.3 43.3
1971 70.9 43.6
1972 70.9 43.9
1973 71.3 44.1
1974 71.2 44.3
1975 71 44.5
1976 71.4 44.7
1977 70.8 44.9
1978 71.1 44.6
1979 71.2 45.3
1980 71.1 45.5
1981 71.5 45.7
1982 71.1 45.9
1983 71.2 46.2
1984 71.3 46.5
1985 71 46.7
1986 71.6 47
1987 71.3 47.4
1988 71.4 47.8
1989 71.5 48.1
1990 71.3 48.5
1991 71.2 48.9
1992 71.2 49.3
1993 71.2 49.6
1994 70.9 49.9
1995 71 50.4
1996 70.8 49.4
1997 70.3 50.5
1998 70.9 49.7
1999 71.6 50.1
2000 71.6 51.9
2001 71.9 52.2
2002 72.1 52.4
2003 72.4 53
2004 72.6 53.5
2005 72.6 54
2006 72.7 54.5
2007 73 55
2008 73.3 55.4
2009 73.7 55.8
2010 73.8 56.4
2011 74.2 56.9
2012 74.3 57.4
2013 74.8 57.8
2014 74.5 58.2
2015 74.6 58.7
2016 74.8 59.1
2017 74.8 59.5
2018 74.9 59.9
2019 75.1 60.2
2020 73.6 60.4
2021 71.4 60
2022 74 61
2023 75.6 61.9
2024 75.8 62.1
2025 76 62.2

Bulgaria and DR Congo population clocks and comparison

Population
Bulgaria

DR Congo
Year Population
Bulgaria DR Congo
1960 7,867,374 15,264,846
1961 7,943,118 15,662,374
1962 8,012,946 16,075,724
1963 8,078,145 16,507,599
1964 8,144,340 16,955,327
1965 8,204,168 17,427,802
1966 8,258,057 17,931,929
1967 8,310,226 18,462,782
1968 8,369,603 19,012,189
1969 8,434,172 19,570,445
1970 8,489,574 20,137,436
1971 8,536,395 20,695,569
1972 8,576,200 21,251,160
1973 8,620,967 21,827,665
1974 8,678,745 22,418,878
1975 8,720,742 23,021,101
1976 8,758,599 23,624,031
1977 8,804,183 24,229,061
1978 8,814,032 24,992,689
1979 8,825,940 25,886,782
1980 8,861,535 26,711,099
1981 8,891,117 27,500,515
1982 8,917,457 28,338,190
1983 8,939,738 29,250,963
1984 8,960,679 30,245,081
1985 8,960,547 31,264,816
1986 8,958,171 32,265,196
1987 8,971,359 33,298,904
1988 8,981,446 34,382,752
1989 8,876,972 35,486,866
1990 8,718,289 36,684,063
1991 8,632,367 37,925,817
1992 8,540,164 39,228,910
1993 8,472,313 40,656,336
1994 8,443,591 42,626,876
1995 8,406,067 44,433,704
1996 8,362,826 45,296,124
1997 8,312,068 46,029,902
1998 8,256,786 47,297,600
1999 8,210,624 48,912,971
2000 8,170,172 50,507,442
2001 8,009,142 52,132,646
2002 7,837,161 53,750,524
2003 7,775,327 55,343,867
2004 7,716,860 56,997,741
2005 7,658,972 58,775,724
2006 7,601,022 60,615,908
2007 7,545,338 62,477,752
2008 7,492,561 64,390,664
2009 7,444,443 66,412,044
2010 7,395,599 68,563,038
2011 7,348,328 70,849,311
2012 7,305,888 73,254,618
2013 7,160,005 75,789,395
2014 7,073,572 78,403,242
2015 6,984,225 81,035,531
2016 6,894,139 83,956,415
2017 6,803,468 87,083,398
2018 6,710,798 90,047,644
2019 6,616,726 92,947,442
2020 6,550,696 95,989,998
2021 6,507,301 99,148,932
2022 6,465,097 102,396,968
2023 6,446,596 105,789,731
2024 6,444,366 109,276,265

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and DR Congo

Fertility rate
Bulgaria

DR Congo
Year Fertility rate
Bulgaria DR Congo
1960 2.31 6.11
1961 2.29 6.12
1962 2.24 6.14
1963 2.21 6.16
1964 2.19 6.19
1965 2.09 6.21
1966 2.03 6.24
1967 2.02 6.27
1968 2.27 6.29
1969 2.27 6.3
1970 2.17 6.33
1971 2.1 6.34
1972 2.03 6.37
1973 2.15 6.39
1974 2.29 6.4
1975 2.23 6.42
1976 2.24 6.44
1977 2.21 6.45
1978 2.15 6.46
1979 2.16 6.48
1980 2.05 6.5
1981 2 6.52
1982 2.01 6.54
1983 2.01 6.56
1984 2.01 6.59
1985 1.97 6.61
1986 2.02 6.63
1987 1.96 6.65
1988 1.97 6.66
1989 1.9 6.65
1990 1.82 6.65
1991 1.66 6.65
1992 1.55 6.64
1993 1.46 6.64
1994 1.37 6.64
1995 1.23 6.68
1996 1.23 6.67
1997 1.09 6.69
1998 1.11 6.7
1999 1.23 6.69
2000 1.26 6.7
2001 1.21 6.66
2002 1.23 6.61
2003 1.26 6.55
2004 1.33 6.53
2005 1.37 6.53
2006 1.44 6.55
2007 1.49 6.56
2008 1.56 6.58
2009 1.66 6.59
2010 1.57 6.59
2011 1.51 6.58
2012 1.5 6.56
2013 1.54 6.53
2014 1.62 6.48
2015 1.64 6.44
2016 1.67 6.39
2017 1.71 6.35
2018 1.73 6.3
2019 1.79 6.25
2020 1.77 6.21
2021 1.8 6.16
2022 1.78 6.11
2023 1.81 6.05

Bulgaria and DR Congo demographics compared

Median age
Bulgaria

DR Congo
Year Median age, years
Bulgaria DR Congo
1960 30.4 18.4
1961 30.7 18.4
1962 31 18.4
1963 31.3 18.5
1964 31.6 18.5
1965 32 18.5
1966 32.3 18.5
1967 32.6 18.5
1968 32.8 18.5
1969 33 18.5
1970 33.2 18.4
1971 33.3 18.3
1972 33.5 18.2
1973 33.6 18.1
1974 33.6 18
1975 33.7 17.9
1976 33.8 17.8
1977 33.9 17.8
1978 34 17.8
1979 34.1 17.9
1980 34.2 17.9
1981 34.4 17.9
1982 34.6 17.8
1983 34.8 17.9
1984 35 17.9
1985 35.3 17.9
1986 35.6 17.9
1987 35.8 17.9
1988 35.9 17.8
1989 36.2 17.8
1990 36.6 17.8
1991 37 17.8
1992 37.4 17.8
1993 37.7 17.8
1994 38 18
1995 38.3 18.1
1996 38.6 17.7
1997 38.9 17.4
1998 39.1 17.2
1999 39.4 17.2
2000 39.7 17.2
2001 40 17.1
2002 40.3 17.1
2003 40.6 17.1
2004 40.8 17
2005 41.1 17
2006 41.3 17
2007 41.5 17
2008 41.7 16.9
2009 42 16.9
2010 42.3 16.9
2011 42.5 16.9
2012 42.8 16.9
2013 43 16.9
2014 43.3 16.9
2015 43.6 16.9
2016 43.8 16.9
2017 44.1 17
2018 44.3 17
2019 44.6 16.9
2020 44.9 16.9
2021 45 16.9
2022 45.2 16.9
2023 45.3 16.9
2024 45.5 16.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Bulgaria DR Congo
GNI, Atlas method
$98.7B
2024
$70.4B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39%
2025
17.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.5%
2022
2.84%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.85%
2023
1.16%
2023
Armed forces personnel
37,000
2020
134,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.03%
2025
-2.58%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.17%
2024
1.47%
2020
Services, % of GDP
62.6%
2024
33%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.5%
2024
46.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.8
2025
47.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.1%
2023
35.7%
2020
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2023
2.1%
2020
Number of billionaires
2
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00004%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
204
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$8.41B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$43.7B
2024
$5.1B
2023
Personal remittances received
$2.67B
2024
$2B
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,973,000
2020
351,000
2016
International tourism as share of exports
4.49%
2020
0.38%
2018
Banked people share
84.7%
2024
39.2%
2024

Energy

Bulgaria DR Congo
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,604 kg
2023
391 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.4
2023
$3.8
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
39.8 megatons
2023
3.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
6.17 tons
2023
0.04 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68.8%
2022
3.97%
2022
Renewable energy use share
20.4%
2021
96.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
29.8%
2023
2.84%
2022
Net energy imports use share
40.9%
2023
1.6%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
5,361 kWh
2023
130.7 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
22.2%
2021
90.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
7.78%
2023
99.6%
2022
Nuclear share
40.2%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
22.1%
2023

Society

Bulgaria DR Congo
% of world population
0.08%
2024
1.34%
2024
Annual migration change
+524
2024
-26,968
2024
Urban population
77%
2024
48.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.53 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.13 ft
2025
Quality of life index
67.9
2025
8.32
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
43
2024
20
2024
Higher education index
69
2025
39
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.09
2023
13.6
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
9.2
2019
34.9
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
53
2025
Adult literacy rate
98.4%
2021
80.5%
2022
English speaking
24.9%
2023
1%
2025
People using the Internet
82.4%
2024
30.5%
2023

Health

Bulgaria DR Congo
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,011
2022
$24.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$355
2022
$9.04
2022
Life expectancy
76 years
2025
62.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.56%
2021
38.6%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.9
2022
0.19
2022
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2023
19.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
6
2023
427
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
6.1
2023
73.2
2023
Obesity rate
21.2%
2022
6.89%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
7.7%
2024
Air quality index
60
2025
5
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
39.5%
2022
12.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
1.92 liters
2020

Territory

Bulgaria DR Congo
% of world land
0.07%
2025
1.52%
2025
Land area per capita
6,504 sq mi
2024
8,010 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
19,317 sq mi
2025
135,505 sq mi
2025
Forest area
15,182 sq mi
2025
474,331 sq mi
2025
Roads length
12,124 mi
2023
94,680 mi
2015

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