Central African Republic vs DR Congo statistics compared

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 122/197), compared with 109M in The DR Congo (ranked 15/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 875,313 sq mi for The DR Congo (ranked 43rd vs. 11th).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516), while The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647).

Central African Republic and DR Congo: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and DR Congo economies compared

GDP

Central African Republic

DR Congo

Table

Year	GDP
	CAR	DR Congo
1960	$112,155,598	$3,359,404,118
1961	$123,134,583	$3,086,746,857
1962	$124,482,774	$3,779,841,429
1963	$129,379,124	$6,213,185,743
1964	$142,025,079	$2,881,545,273
1965	$150,574,795	$4,043,901,818
1966	$157,930,018	$4,532,660,182
1967	$163,820,514	$3,384,063,372
1968	$191,767,442	$3,909,780,539
1969	$188,039,210	$5,032,434,970
1970	$189,106,529	$4,877,684,910
1971	$201,450,800	$5,594,770,359
1972	$230,317,883	$6,173,712,814
1973	$271,183,082	$7,870,239,461
1974	$281,398,706	$9,596,960,180
1975	$378,660,016	$10,237,343,174
1976	$451,152,461	$9,648,583,225
1977	$507,298,148	$12,344,424,764
1978	$610,578,632	$15,372,608,002
1979	$700,764,748	$15,068,422,236
1980	$797,048,199	$14,394,927,495
1981	$694,803,623	$12,537,821,038
1982	$748,312,391	$13,651,667,371
1983	$658,679,333	$11,006,712,650
1984	$637,820,670	$7,857,729,193
1985	$864,849,836	$7,195,042,616
1986	$1,122,265,013	$8,095,367,168
1987	$1,200,991,978	$7,661,625,473
1988	$1,264,899,288	$8,861,299,977
1989	$1,233,930,281	$9,021,862,775
1990	$1,440,711,459	$9,349,764,580
1991	$1,377,374,987	$9,625,436,873
1992	$1,411,917,553	$8,227,343,907
1993	$1,278,781,262	$10,706,259,937
1994	$851,174,357	$5,820,382,248
1995	$1,115,389,674	$5,643,439,376
1996	$1,007,791,127	$5,771,456,952
1997	$937,741,513	$6,090,838,693
1998	$967,338,390	$6,217,805,821
1999	$999,477,511	$4,711,259,427
2000	$916,777,283	$19,088,046,306
2001	$932,648,605	$7,438,189,100
2002	$996,068,145	$8,728,038,525
2003	$1,142,315,523	$8,937,567,060
2004	$1,272,360,517	$10,297,483,481
2005	$1,337,894,379	$11,964,484,466
2006	$1,461,859,762	$14,451,901,696
2007	$1,699,811,295	$16,737,071,816
2008	$1,993,407,888	$19,788,515,590
2009	$2,067,381,665	$18,648,372,553
2010	$2,142,591,540	$21,565,721,045
2011	$2,437,982,705	$25,839,749,199
2012	$2,510,126,512	$29,306,235,285
2013	$1,691,544,110	$32,679,745,048
2014	$1,894,813,389	$35,909,040,926
2015	$1,695,825,714	$37,917,706,497
2016	$1,825,018,145	$37,134,801,555
2017	$2,072,349,973	$38,019,264,795
2018	$2,220,979,146	$47,568,210,010
2019	$2,221,301,351	$51,775,829,877
2020	$2,326,720,900	$48,716,961,860
2021	$2,516,498,412	$55,328,482,784
2022	$2,382,618,615	$65,801,547,756
2023	$2,555,492,086	$67,006,756,666
2024	$2,751,544,520	$70,749,355,652

Central African Republic and DR Congo economies compared

GDP per capita

Central African Republic

DR Congo

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	CAR	DR Congo
1960	$65.9	$220.1
1961	$71	$197.1
1962	$70.4	$235.1
1963	$71.8	$376
1964	$77.2	$169.9
1965	$80.2	$232
1966	$82.3	$252.8
1967	$83.6	$183.3
1968	$95.6	$205.6
1969	$91.7	$257.1
1970	$90.2	$242.2
1971	$94.1	$270.3
1972	$105.5	$290.5
1973	$121.8	$361
1974	$124	$428
1975	$163.6	$445
1976	$192.1	$408
1977	$213.8	$509
1978	$254.6	$615
1979	$289.1	$582
1980	$325	$539
1981	$280.3	$456
1982	$298.4	$482
1983	$259.6	$376
1984	$248.3	$259.8
1985	$333	$230.1
1986	$426	$250.9
1987	$450	$230.1
1988	$466	$257.7
1989	$443	$254.2
1990	$502	$254.9
1991	$465	$253.8
1992	$462	$209.7
1993	$405	$263.3
1994	$261.3	$136.5
1995	$333	$127
1996	$293.3	$127.4
1997	$265.5	$132.3
1998	$266.6	$131.5
1999	$268	$96.3
2000	$239.2	$378
2001	$238	$142.7
2002	$248.6	$162.4
2003	$278.4	$161.5
2004	$303	$180.7
2005	$312	$203.6
2006	$334	$238.4
2007	$381	$267.9
2008	$437	$307
2009	$456	$280.8
2010	$477	$315
2011	$534	$365
2012	$544	$400
2013	$364	$431
2014	$410	$458
2015	$366	$468
2016	$387	$442
2017	$432	$437
2018	$455	$528
2019	$449	$557
2020	$463	$508
2021	$492	$558
2022	$467	$643
2023	$496	$633
2024	$516	$647

Central African Republic vs. DR Congo life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Central African Republic

DR Congo

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	CAR	DR Congo
1950	35.4	38.2
1951	35.8	38.5
1952	36.2	38.9
1953	36.6	39.1
1954	37	39.4
1955	37.4	39.7
1956	37.8	39.9
1957	38.3	40.2
1958	38.7	40.5
1959	39.1	40.6
1960	39.6	40.8
1961	40.1	40.2
1962	40.6	40.4
1963	41.1	40.6
1964	41.6	40.1
1965	42.2	40.8
1966	42.8	42.2
1967	43.4	42.3
1968	44	42.7
1969	44.6	43
1970	45.2	43.3
1971	45.8	43.6
1972	46.3	43.9
1973	46.9	44.1
1974	47.4	44.3
1975	47.9	44.5
1976	48.4	44.7
1977	48.8	44.9
1978	49.2	44.6
1979	49.5	45.3
1980	49.8	45.5
1981	50	45.7
1982	50.2	45.9
1983	50.3	46.2
1984	50.4	46.5
1985	50.5	46.7
1986	50.4	47
1987	50.4	47.4
1988	50.2	47.8
1989	50.1	48.1
1990	49.9	48.5
1991	49.6	48.9
1992	49.2	49.3
1993	48.9	49.6
1994	48.5	49.9
1995	48.1	50.4
1996	47.7	49.4
1997	47.3	50.5
1998	47.1	49.7
1999	46.9	50.1
2000	46.6	51.9
2001	46.7	52.2
2002	46.8	52.4
2003	47.3	53
2004	47.7	53.5
2005	48.2	54
2006	48.7	54.5
2007	49.3	55
2008	49.9	55.4
2009	14.7	55.8
2010	46.9	56.4
2011	50.1	56.9
2012	51.3	57.4
2013	49.5	57.8
2014	40.3	58.2
2015	51.9	58.7
2016	51	59.1
2017	45.2	59.5
2018	52.3	59.9
2019	31.5	60.2
2020	50.6	60.4
2021	40.3	60
2022	18.8	61
2023	57.4	61.9
2024	57.7	62.1
2025	57.9	62.2

Central African Republic and DR Congo population clocks and comparison

Population

Central African Republic

DR Congo

Table

Year	Population
	CAR	DR Congo
1960	1,702,346	15,264,846
1961	1,734,580	15,662,374
1962	1,768,115	16,075,724
1963	1,803,063	16,507,599
1964	1,839,583	16,955,327
1965	1,877,854	17,427,802
1966	1,918,082	17,931,929
1967	1,960,444	18,462,782
1968	2,005,100	19,012,189
1969	2,051,515	19,570,445
1970	2,097,505	20,137,436
1971	2,141,450	20,695,569
1972	2,183,769	21,251,160
1973	2,226,008	21,827,665
1974	2,269,338	22,418,878
1975	2,313,916	23,021,101
1976	2,348,566	23,624,031
1977	2,372,930	24,229,061
1978	2,397,961	24,992,689
1979	2,423,794	25,886,782
1980	2,450,535	26,711,099
1981	2,478,402	27,500,515
1982	2,507,375	28,338,190
1983	2,537,399	29,250,963
1984	2,568,610	30,245,081
1985	2,600,932	31,264,816
1986	2,634,258	32,265,196
1987	2,669,155	33,298,904
1988	2,713,965	34,382,752
1989	2,783,970	35,486,866
1990	2,871,910	36,684,063
1991	2,963,191	37,925,817
1992	3,058,831	39,228,910
1993	3,157,839	40,656,336
1994	3,257,954	42,626,876
1995	3,348,052	44,433,704
1996	3,435,965	45,296,124
1997	3,531,700	46,029,902
1998	3,628,827	47,297,600
1999	3,729,450	48,912,971
2000	3,833,416	50,507,442
2001	3,919,487	52,132,646
2002	4,006,077	53,750,524
2003	4,103,086	55,343,867
2004	4,192,826	56,997,741
2005	4,288,810	58,775,724
2006	4,377,579	60,615,908
2007	4,462,770	62,477,752
2008	4,558,984	64,390,664
2009	4,529,047	66,412,044
2010	4,492,995	68,563,038
2011	4,565,021	70,849,311
2012	4,610,848	73,254,618
2013	4,642,419	75,789,395
2014	4,623,182	78,403,242
2015	4,629,320	81,035,531
2016	4,713,663	83,956,415
2017	4,793,511	87,083,398
2018	4,878,657	90,047,644
2019	4,944,703	92,947,442
2020	5,026,628	95,989,998
2021	5,112,100	99,148,932
2022	5,098,039	102,396,968
2023	5,152,421	105,789,731
2024	5,330,690	109,276,265

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and DR Congo

Fertility rate

Central African Republic

DR Congo

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	DR Congo
1960	5.95	6.11
1961	5.96	6.12
1962	5.97	6.14
1963	5.99	6.16
1964	6.01	6.19
1965	6.03	6.21
1966	6.06	6.24
1967	6.08	6.27
1968	6.1	6.29
1969	6.06	6.3
1970	6.03	6.33
1971	5.99	6.34
1972	5.96	6.37
1973	5.93	6.39
1974	5.9	6.4
1975	5.88	6.42
1976	5.94	6.44
1977	5.99	6.45
1978	6.04	6.46
1979	6.09	6.48
1980	6.13	6.5
1981	6.17	6.52
1982	6.16	6.54
1983	6.15	6.56
1984	6.14	6.59
1985	6.12	6.61
1986	6.11	6.63
1987	6.12	6.65
1988	6.1	6.66
1989	6.07	6.65
1990	6.05	6.65
1991	6.03	6.65
1992	5.96	6.64
1993	5.93	6.64
1994	5.92	6.64
1995	5.94	6.68
1996	5.96	6.67
1997	5.92	6.69
1998	5.89	6.7
1999	5.88	6.69
2000	5.85	6.7
2001	5.81	6.66
2002	5.79	6.61
2003	5.8	6.55
2004	5.78	6.53
2005	5.81	6.53
2006	5.84	6.55
2007	5.87	6.56
2008	5.9	6.58
2009	5.94	6.59
2010	5.96	6.59
2011	6.01	6.58
2012	6.05	6.56
2013	6.08	6.53
2014	6.1	6.48
2015	6.13	6.44
2016	6.13	6.39
2017	6.13	6.35
2018	6.11	6.3
2019	6.09	6.25
2020	6.06	6.21
2021	6.05	6.16
2022	6.02	6.11
2023	6.01	6.05

Central African Republic and DR Congo demographics compared

Median age

Central African Republic

DR Congo

Table

Year	Median age, years
	CAR	DR Congo
1960	20.3	18.4
1961	20.1	18.4
1962	19.9	18.4
1963	19.7	18.5
1964	19.6	18.5
1965	19.4	18.5
1966	19.3	18.5
1967	19.2	18.5
1968	19	18.5
1969	18.9	18.5
1970	18.9	18.4
1971	18.8	18.3
1972	18.7	18.2
1973	18.6	18.1
1974	18.6	18
1975	18.5	17.9
1976	18.5	17.8
1977	18.5	17.8
1978	18.5	17.8
1979	18.5	17.9
1980	18.5	17.9
1981	18.4	17.9
1982	18.4	17.8
1983	18.3	17.9
1984	18.3	17.9
1985	18.3	17.9
1986	18.2	17.9
1987	18.1	17.9
1988	18	17.8
1989	17.9	17.8
1990	17.8	17.8
1991	17.6	17.8
1992	17.5	17.8
1993	17.5	17.8
1994	17.4	18
1995	17.3	18.1
1996	17.2	17.7
1997	17.1	17.4
1998	17.1	17.2
1999	17.1	17.2
2000	17.1	17.2
2001	17.1	17.1
2002	17.1	17.1
2003	17.2	17.1
2004	17.2	17
2005	17.2	17
2006	17.1	17
2007	17.1	17
2008	17	16.9
2009	16.9	16.9
2010	16.7	16.9
2011	16.6	16.9
2012	16.3	16.9
2013	16	16.9
2014	15.6	16.9
2015	15.4	16.9
2016	15.4	16.9
2017	15.4	17
2018	15.4	17
2019	15.4	16.9
2020	15.4	16.9
2021	15.4	16.9
2022	15.3	16.9
2023	15.3	16.9
2024	15.4	16.9

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