Cameroon vs DR Congo statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 109M in The DR Congo (ranked 15/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 875,313 sq mi for The DR Congo (ranked 52nd vs. 11th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647).

Cameroon and DR Congo: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and DR Congo economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

DR Congo

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	DR Congo
1960	$614,206,068	$3,359,404,118
1961	$652,777,608	$3,086,746,857
1962	$694,247,864	$3,779,841,429
1963	$718,320,845	$6,213,185,743
1964	$776,650,177	$2,881,545,273
1965	$814,083,266	$4,043,901,818
1966	$851,112,535	$4,532,660,182
1967	$936,175,260	$3,384,063,372
1968	$1,046,191,218	$3,909,780,539
1969	$1,100,551,489	$5,032,434,970
1970	$1,151,216,993	$4,877,684,910
1971	$1,236,941,394	$5,594,770,359
1972	$1,498,251,890	$6,173,712,814
1973	$1,901,393,361	$7,870,239,461
1974	$2,157,415,533	$9,596,960,180
1975	$2,857,037,371	$10,237,343,174
1976	$2,898,090,002	$9,648,583,225
1977	$3,394,664,024	$12,344,424,764
1978	$4,662,852,583	$15,372,608,002
1979	$5,919,002,983	$15,068,422,236
1980	$6,674,569,047	$14,394,927,495
1981	$6,610,938,617	$12,537,821,038
1982	$6,611,255,964	$13,651,667,371
1983	$6,870,200,010	$11,006,712,650
1984	$7,311,938,026	$7,857,729,193
1985	$8,544,810,498	$7,195,042,616
1986	$11,857,056,199	$8,095,367,168
1987	$13,049,659,981	$7,661,625,473
1988	$12,236,057,362	$8,861,299,977
1989	$11,012,566,195	$9,021,862,775
1990	$12,314,482,628	$9,349,764,580
1991	$11,840,192,296	$9,625,436,873
1992	$12,071,775,335	$8,227,343,907
1993	$16,181,814,713	$10,706,259,937
1994	$8,902,446,252	$5,820,382,248
1995	$10,864,772,471	$5,643,439,376
1996	$11,093,538,846	$5,771,456,952
1997	$10,789,458,433	$6,090,838,693
1998	$11,298,144,990	$6,217,805,821
1999	$11,565,826,465	$4,711,259,427
2000	$10,566,579,295	$19,088,046,306
2001	$10,953,485,349	$7,438,189,100
2002	$12,417,251,350	$8,728,038,525
2003	$15,970,315,035	$8,937,567,060
2004	$18,826,214,136	$10,297,483,481
2005	$19,509,852,207	$11,964,484,466
2006	$20,910,512,975	$14,451,901,696
2007	$23,928,250,433	$16,737,071,816
2008	$27,715,142,033	$19,788,515,590
2009	$27,932,970,317	$18,648,372,553
2010	$27,507,501,821	$21,565,721,045
2011	$30,630,910,495	$25,839,749,199
2012	$30,155,062,329	$29,306,235,285
2013	$33,728,621,180	$32,679,745,048
2014	$36,386,544,706	$35,909,040,926
2015	$32,210,233,020	$37,917,706,497
2016	$33,814,337,044	$37,134,801,555
2017	$36,098,547,033	$38,019,264,795
2018	$39,955,552,190	$47,568,210,010
2019	$39,667,757,528	$51,775,829,877
2020	$40,773,241,177	$48,716,961,860
2021	$45,011,937,347	$55,328,482,784
2022	$44,347,206,073	$65,801,547,756
2023	$49,279,410,983	$67,006,756,666
2024	$51,326,764,685	$70,749,355,652

Cameroon and DR Congo economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

DR Congo

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	DR Congo
1960	$119.1	$220.1
1961	$124.6	$197.1
1962	$130	$235.1
1963	$131.6	$376
1964	$139.2	$169.9
1965	$142.7	$232
1966	$145.8	$252.8
1967	$156.6	$183.3
1968	$170.8	$205.6
1969	$175.2	$257.1
1970	$178.5	$242.2
1971	$186.7	$270.3
1972	$220.1	$290.5
1973	$271.8	$361
1974	$299.9	$428
1975	$386	$445
1976	$381	$408
1977	$435	$509
1978	$582	$615
1979	$718	$582
1980	$784	$539
1981	$750	$456
1982	$732	$482
1983	$746	$376
1984	$772	$259.8
1985	$875	$230.1
1986	$1,179	$250.9
1987	$1,258	$230.1
1988	$1,145	$257.7
1989	$1,001	$254.2
1990	$1,087	$254.9
1991	$1,015	$253.8
1992	$1,005	$209.7
1993	$1,310	$263.3
1994	$701	$136.5
1995	$832	$127
1996	$827	$127.4
1997	$783	$132.3
1998	$799	$131.5
1999	$796	$96.3
2000	$709	$378
2001	$715	$142.7
2002	$790	$162.4
2003	$988	$161.5
2004	$1,133	$180.7
2005	$1,143	$203.6
2006	$1,191	$238.4
2007	$1,326	$267.9
2008	$1,492	$307
2009	$1,461	$280.8
2010	$1,399	$315
2011	$1,514	$365
2012	$1,449	$400
2013	$1,576	$431
2014	$1,649	$458
2015	$1,415	$468
2016	$1,442	$442
2017	$1,496	$437
2018	$1,611	$528
2019	$1,555	$557
2020	$1,556	$508
2021	$1,672	$558
2022	$1,605	$643
2023	$1,737	$633
2024	$1,762	$647

Cameroon vs. DR Congo life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

DR Congo

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	DR Congo
1950	33.1	38.2
1951	33.9	38.5
1952	34.6	38.9
1953	35.5	39.1
1954	36.5	39.4
1955	37.5	39.7
1956	38.4	39.9
1957	38.3	40.2
1958	39.1	40.5
1959	39.8	40.6
1960	34.7	40.8
1961	35.2	40.2
1962	42.6	40.4
1963	43.1	40.6
1964	43.6	40.1
1965	44.2	40.8
1966	44.8	42.2
1967	45.6	42.3
1968	46.4	42.7
1969	47.2	43
1970	48	43.3
1971	48.6	43.6
1972	49.1	43.9
1973	49.5	44.1
1974	49.7	44.3
1975	49.9	44.5
1976	50	44.7
1977	50.1	44.9
1978	50.3	44.6
1979	50.5	45.3
1980	50.9	45.5
1981	51.2	45.7
1982	51.8	45.9
1983	52.4	46.2
1984	52.9	46.5
1985	53.5	46.7
1986	53.6	47
1987	54.2	47.4
1988	54.4	47.8
1989	54.4	48.1
1990	54.3	48.5
1991	54.2	48.9
1992	54.1	49.3
1993	53.9	49.6
1994	53.5	49.9
1995	53.3	50.4
1996	53.2	49.4
1997	53.1	50.5
1998	53	49.7
1999	53.2	50.1
2000	53.3	51.9
2001	53.6	52.2
2002	53.9	52.4
2003	54.3	53
2004	54.6	53.5
2005	54.9	54
2006	55.3	54.5
2007	55.7	55
2008	56.1	55.4
2009	56.5	55.8
2010	57	56.4
2011	57.5	56.9
2012	58.2	57.4
2013	58.7	57.8
2014	59.1	58.2
2015	59.7	58.7
2016	60.3	59.1
2017	60.8	59.5
2018	61.2	59.9
2019	61.7	60.2
2020	61.7	60.4
2021	61.1	60
2022	62.4	61
2023	63.7	61.9
2024	64	62.1
2025	64.2	62.2

Cameroon and DR Congo population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

DR Congo

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	DR Congo
1960	5,159,057	15,264,846
1961	5,239,273	15,662,374
1962	5,338,620	16,075,724
1963	5,456,623	16,507,599
1964	5,578,257	16,955,327
1965	5,704,686	17,427,802
1966	5,837,295	17,931,929
1967	5,977,318	18,462,782
1968	6,125,863	19,012,189
1969	6,283,462	19,570,445
1970	6,449,793	20,137,436
1971	6,624,408	20,695,569
1972	6,806,872	21,251,160
1973	6,996,660	21,827,665
1974	7,193,583	22,418,878
1975	7,397,120	23,021,101
1976	7,597,962	23,624,031
1977	7,796,501	24,229,061
1978	8,011,921	24,992,689
1979	8,239,641	25,886,782
1980	8,512,219	26,711,099
1981	8,816,377	27,500,515
1982	9,028,678	28,338,190
1983	9,215,397	29,250,963
1984	9,475,078	30,245,081
1985	9,761,730	31,264,816
1986	10,060,342	32,265,196
1987	10,370,749	33,298,904
1988	10,684,968	34,382,752
1989	11,002,745	35,486,866
1990	11,331,821	36,684,063
1991	11,667,180	37,925,817
1992	12,006,353	39,228,910
1993	12,353,131	40,656,336
1994	12,704,903	42,626,876
1995	13,058,516	44,433,704
1996	13,414,757	45,296,124
1997	13,775,214	46,029,902
1998	14,144,860	47,297,600
1999	14,525,140	48,912,971
2000	14,912,631	50,507,442
2001	15,309,490	52,132,646
2002	15,725,528	53,750,524
2003	16,160,340	55,343,867
2004	16,610,487	56,997,741
2005	17,074,594	58,775,724
2006	17,550,407	60,615,908
2007	18,049,896	62,477,752
2008	18,574,056	64,390,664
2009	19,113,974	66,412,044
2010	19,668,066	68,563,038
2011	20,232,304	70,849,311
2012	20,809,529	73,254,618
2013	21,402,376	75,789,395
2014	22,059,893	78,403,242
2015	22,763,414	81,035,531
2016	23,454,161	83,956,415
2017	24,128,601	87,083,398
2018	24,806,383	90,047,644
2019	25,506,095	92,947,442
2020	26,210,558	95,989,998
2021	26,915,758	99,148,932
2022	27,632,771	102,396,968
2023	28,372,687	105,789,731
2024	29,123,744	109,276,265

Fertility rates in Cameroon and DR Congo

Fertility rate

Cameroon

DR Congo

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	DR Congo
1960	5.73	6.11
1961	5.73	6.12
1962	5.73	6.14
1963	5.73	6.16
1964	5.74	6.19
1965	5.8	6.21
1966	5.85	6.24
1967	5.95	6.27
1968	6.04	6.29
1969	6.14	6.3
1970	6.2	6.33
1971	6.26	6.34
1972	6.29	6.37
1973	6.33	6.39
1974	6.36	6.4
1975	6.4	6.42
1976	6.45	6.44
1977	6.51	6.45
1978	6.55	6.46
1979	6.58	6.48
1980	6.61	6.5
1981	6.61	6.52
1982	6.59	6.54
1983	6.58	6.56
1984	6.56	6.59
1985	6.56	6.61
1986	6.57	6.63
1987	6.54	6.65
1988	6.48	6.66
1989	6.41	6.65
1990	6.36	6.65
1991	6.32	6.65
1992	6.26	6.64
1993	6.16	6.64
1994	6.04	6.64
1995	5.92	6.68
1996	5.8	6.67
1997	5.71	6.69
1998	5.66	6.7
1999	5.6	6.69
2000	5.51	6.7
2001	5.44	6.66
2002	5.44	6.61
2003	5.43	6.55
2004	5.44	6.53
2005	5.42	6.53
2006	5.37	6.55
2007	5.34	6.56
2008	5.29	6.58
2009	5.24	6.59
2010	5.15	6.59
2011	5.05	6.58
2012	4.98	6.56
2013	4.91	6.53
2014	4.84	6.48
2015	4.84	6.44
2016	4.84	6.39
2017	4.8	6.35
2018	4.74	6.3
2019	4.65	6.25
2020	4.56	6.21
2021	4.47	6.16
2022	4.4	6.11
2023	4.32	6.05

Cameroon and DR Congo demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

DR Congo

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	DR Congo
1960	20.5	18.4
1961	20.3	18.4
1962	20.1	18.4
1963	20.1	18.5
1964	20	18.5
1965	19.9	18.5
1966	19.8	18.5
1967	19.7	18.5
1968	19.5	18.5
1969	19.4	18.5
1970	19.2	18.4
1971	19	18.3
1972	18.9	18.2
1973	18.8	18.1
1974	18.6	18
1975	18.5	17.9
1976	18.3	17.8
1977	18.2	17.8
1978	18	17.8
1979	17.9	17.9
1980	17.8	17.9
1981	17.8	17.9
1982	17.5	17.8
1983	17.3	17.9
1984	17.1	17.9
1985	17.1	17.9
1986	17	17.9
1987	16.9	17.9
1988	16.9	17.8
1989	16.8	17.8
1990	16.8	17.8
1991	16.8	17.8
1992	16.8	17.8
1993	16.8	17.8
1994	16.9	18
1995	16.9	18.1
1996	17	17.7
1997	17.1	17.4
1998	17.1	17.2
1999	17.2	17.2
2000	17.3	17.2
2001	17.4	17.1
2002	17.5	17.1
2003	17.5	17.1
2004	17.6	17
2005	17.6	17
2006	17.7	17
2007	17.7	17
2008	17.8	16.9
2009	17.8	16.9
2010	17.9	16.9
2011	17.9	16.9
2012	18	16.9
2013	18.1	16.9
2014	18.2	16.9
2015	18.3	16.9
2016	18.3	16.9
2017	18.4	17
2018	18.4	17
2019	18.5	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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