Congo vs France statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 64th vs. 48th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Congo and France: Comparison Charts

Congo and France economies compared

GDP

Congo

France

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	France
1960	$131,731,863	$61,756,878,990
1961	$151,675,739	$66,806,595,975
1962	$166,521,240	$74,888,595,286
1963	$172,233,431	$83,957,182,115
1964	$185,693,725	$93,079,224,076
1965	$198,318,064	$100,522,559,916
1966	$220,613,582	$108,928,356,519
1967	$237,397,428	$117,751,396,249
1968	$251,247,458	$128,427,504,709
1969	$265,040,036	$140,361,802,782
1970	$274,960,700	$146,926,998,937
1971	$322,128,019	$164,238,872,973
1972	$410,669,264	$201,621,751,625
1973	$541,973,363	$262,343,828,816
1974	$585,364,634	$283,102,178,123
1975	$767,102,680	$356,780,728,163
1976	$754,549,601	$368,488,292,816
1977	$765,224,029	$406,736,454,934
1978	$878,771,772	$501,724,418,605
1979	$1,198,749,667	$608,218,624,730
1980	$1,705,796,853	$694,529,183,483
1981	$1,993,512,323	$609,184,791,792
1982	$2,160,640,565	$578,152,310,610
1983	$2,097,274,290	$553,356,312,936
1984	$2,193,581,365	$525,033,325,828
1985	$2,160,872,540	$547,220,981,165
1986	$1,849,268,212	$764,946,585,851
1987	$2,297,753,652	$926,320,855,615
1988	$2,212,536,312	$1,010,827,662,152
1989	$2,389,593,026	$1,016,742,237,302
1990	$2,798,746,050	$1,257,649,439,827
1991	$2,724,853,506	$1,258,961,748,634
1992	$2,933,222,703	$1,389,663,073,110
1993	$2,684,323,623	$1,314,383,368,080
1994	$1,769,365,438	$1,385,822,778,828
1995	$2,116,003,868	$1,595,219,345,512
1996	$2,540,697,539	$1,598,889,216,566
1997	$2,322,719,103	$1,449,392,222,971
1998	$1,949,481,379	$1,496,906,382,032
1999	$2,354,772,960	$1,486,915,879,702
2000	$3,227,927,698	$1,360,959,069,477
2001	$2,796,704,604	$1,370,376,677,299
2002	$3,034,250,924	$1,492,427,756,382
2003	$3,503,723,088	$1,835,095,983,049
2004	$4,656,974,940	$2,109,792,297,237
2005	$6,650,001,680	$2,192,146,403,028
2006	$8,072,305,029	$2,317,861,544,691
2007	$8,782,703,437	$2,655,816,911,867
2008	$11,649,857,673	$2,926,802,941,586
2009	$9,723,299,915	$2,700,075,882,519
2010	$13,148,396,212	$2,646,230,027,988
2011	$15,655,383,577	$2,870,408,553,990
2012	$17,692,911,296	$2,683,007,095,787
2013	$17,958,720,699	$2,816,077,607,875
2014	$17,919,321,078	$2,861,236,112,552
2015	$12,434,793,867	$2,442,483,452,643
2016	$10,931,328,151	$2,470,407,619,777
2017	$11,834,473,039	$2,588,868,323,335
2018	$14,773,900,289	$2,781,576,320,884
2019	$13,976,637,780	$2,722,793,515,172
2020	$11,468,687,464	$2,647,926,055,110
2021	$14,825,690,211	$2,966,433,692,008
2022	$15,817,030,157	$2,796,302,210,399
2023	$15,321,055,818	$3,051,831,611,385
2024	$15,719,985,776	$3,162,079,073,496

Congo and France economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

France

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	France
1960	$124.7	$1,303
1961	$139.9	$1,395
1962	$149.6	$1,548
1963	$150.7	$1,718
1964	$158.1	$1,884
1965	$164.2	$2,015
1966	$177.6	$2,165
1967	$185.7	$2,321
1968	$190.8	$2,513
1969	$195.4	$2,724
1970	$196.7	$2,825
1971	$223.5	$3,128
1972	$276.3	$3,807
1973	$353	$4,914
1974	$370	$5,267
1975	$471	$6,607
1976	$453	$6,795
1977	$448	$7,465
1978	$503	$9,167
1979	$670	$11,063
1980	$933	$12,565
1981	$1,066	$10,956
1982	$1,131	$10,360
1983	$1,075	$9,862
1984	$1,097	$9,312
1985	$1,049	$9,657
1986	$872	$13,430
1987	$1,052	$16,176
1988	$984	$17,550
1989	$1,033	$17,547
1990	$1,176	$21,586
1991	$1,113	$21,501
1992	$1,164	$23,615
1993	$1,034	$22,239
1994	$662	$23,360
1995	$770	$26,792
1996	$899	$26,758
1997	$804	$24,169
1998	$660	$24,869
1999	$776	$24,576
2000	$1,024	$22,341
2001	$855	$22,332
2002	$906	$24,145
2003	$1,017	$29,480
2004	$1,306	$33,645
2005	$1,799	$34,696
2006	$2,104	$36,432
2007	$2,206	$41,486
2008	$2,832	$45,465
2009	$2,271	$41,728
2010	$2,947	$40,695
2011	$3,396	$43,930
2012	$3,732	$40,864
2013	$3,697	$42,669
2014	$3,601	$43,148
2015	$2,439	$36,702
2016	$2,093	$37,024
2017	$2,212	$38,687
2018	$2,694	$41,418
2019	$2,488	$40,408
2020	$1,994	$39,170
2021	$2,516	$43,725
2022	$2,621	$41,083
2023	$2,478	$44,691
2024	$2,482	$46,150

Congo vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

France

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	France
1950	39.6	66.4
1951	40.3	66.1
1952	41.1	67.4
1953	41.9	67.3
1954	42.6	68.2
1955	43.4	68.4
1956	44.3	68.5
1957	45.1	68.9
1958	46	70.1
1959	46.8	70.2
1960	47.6	70.4
1961	48.4	71
1962	49	70.5
1963	49.7	70.3
1964	50.4	71.3
1965	51	71.1
1966	51.6	71.5
1967	51.9	71.5
1968	52.6	71.5
1969	53.1	71.2
1970	53.6	72.1
1971	54	72.1
1972	54.4	72.3
1973	54.7	72.5
1974	55.1	72.8
1975	55.4	72.9
1976	55.7	73.1
1977	56	73.7
1978	56.2	73.8
1979	56.5	74.1
1980	56.8	74.2
1981	57.1	74.4
1982	57.2	74.8
1983	57.4	74.7
1984	57.5	75.2
1985	57.6	75.3
1986	57.6	75.6
1987	57.6	76.1
1988	57.5	76.4
1989	57.3	76.5
1990	57.1	76.8
1991	56.8	77
1992	56.5	77.3
1993	56	77.3
1994	55.6	77.8
1995	55.5	77.9
1996	55.2	78.1
1997	48.6	78.4
1998	52.6	78.6
1999	54.4	78.7
2000	55.4	79
2001	55.9	79.2
2002	56.4	79.4
2003	57.1	79.4
2004	58	80.3
2005	58.7	80.3
2006	59.5	80.7
2007	60.1	81
2008	60.8	81
2009	61.2	81.2
2010	61.7	81.4
2011	62.3	81.8
2012	62.7	81.7
2013	63	82
2014	63.3	82.4
2015	63.7	82.1
2016	63.9	82.4
2017	64.2	82.4
2018	64.5	82.6
2019	63.2	82.7
2020	64.4	82.2
2021	64.2	82.3
2022	65	82.5
2023	65.8	83.3
2024	66	83.5
2025	66.2	83.6

Congo and France population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

France

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	France
1960	1,056,732	47,412,964
1961	1,084,389	47,905,982
1962	1,113,175	48,389,516
1963	1,143,263	48,877,567
1964	1,174,816	49,401,492
1965	1,207,880	49,877,725
1966	1,242,534	50,311,637
1967	1,278,691	50,722,791
1968	1,316,519	51,112,980
1969	1,356,182	51,536,014
1970	1,397,638	52,007,169
1971	1,441,039	52,499,553
1972	1,486,468	52,962,356
1973	1,533,680	53,392,161
1974	1,582,301	53,746,571
1975	1,627,032	54,002,853
1976	1,667,225	54,232,383
1977	1,707,568	54,486,467
1978	1,748,089	54,734,030
1979	1,788,524	54,979,851
1980	1,828,985	55,274,184
1981	1,869,759	55,603,353
1982	1,910,430	55,806,789
1983	1,950,321	56,108,330
1984	1,999,528	56,383,085
1985	2,059,311	56,665,619
1986	2,120,602	56,956,002
1987	2,183,473	57,266,167
1988	2,247,653	57,598,186
1989	2,313,558	57,943,062
1990	2,380,560	58,261,012
1991	2,449,229	58,554,242
1992	2,519,465	58,846,584
1993	2,595,124	59,103,094
1994	2,673,144	59,324,863
1995	2,749,461	59,541,294
1996	2,826,785	59,754,504
1997	2,887,862	59,968,066
1998	2,952,061	60,190,684
1999	3,032,874	60,501,986
2000	3,151,345	60,918,661
2001	3,272,537	61,364,377
2002	3,350,771	61,812,142
2003	3,445,753	62,249,855
2004	3,565,554	62,707,588
2005	3,696,393	63,180,854
2006	3,837,409	63,622,342
2007	3,980,430	64,016,890
2008	4,113,517	64,375,116
2009	4,281,219	64,706,436
2010	4,462,290	65,026,211
2011	4,609,724	65,340,830
2012	4,740,450	65,657,659
2013	4,857,099	65,997,932
2014	4,975,880	66,312,067
2015	5,097,581	66,548,272
2016	5,222,536	66,724,104
2017	5,351,011	66,918,020
2018	5,483,118	67,158,348
2019	5,616,661	67,382,061
2020	5,752,791	67,601,110
2021	5,892,183	67,842,811
2022	6,035,104	68,065,015
2023	6,182,885	68,287,487
2024	6,332,961	68,516,699

Fertility rates in Congo and France

Fertility rate

Congo

France

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	France
1960	6.09	2.85
1961	6.09	2.87
1962	6.1	2.89
1963	6.15	2.89
1964	6.18	2.87
1965	6.23	2.84
1966	6.27	2.8
1967	6.29	2.75
1968	6.33	2.69
1969	6.35	2.62
1970	6.38	2.55
1971	6.42	2.47
1972	6.44	2.38
1973	6.42	2.28
1974	6.39	2.18
1975	6.36	2.09
1976	6.32	2.01
1977	6.27	1.94
1978	6.21	1.89
1979	6.14	1.87
1980	6.07	1.85
1981	5.98	1.85
1982	5.85	1.86
1983	5.76	1.86
1984	5.66	1.86
1985	5.59	1.86
1986	5.51	1.85
1987	5.46	1.83
1988	5.39	1.81
1989	5.33	1.79
1990	5.27	1.77
1991	5.22	1.75
1992	5.18	1.74
1993	5.13	1.73
1994	5.1	1.73
1995	5.07	1.74
1996	5.03	1.75
1997	5	1.77
1998	4.91	1.78
1999	4.81	1.81
2000	4.72	1.89
2001	4.67	1.9
2002	4.7	1.88
2003	4.7	1.89
2004	4.69	1.92
2005	4.67	1.94
2006	4.65	2
2007	4.65	1.98
2008	4.73	2.01
2009	4.81	2
2010	4.85	2.03
2011	4.83	2.01
2012	4.79	2.01
2013	4.73	1.99
2014	4.67	2
2015	4.61	1.96
2016	4.55	1.92
2017	4.5	1.89
2018	4.44	1.87
2019	4.38	1.86
2020	4.33	1.83
2021	4.28	1.84
2022	4.22	1.79
2023	4.16	1.66

Congo and France demographics compared

Median age

Congo

France

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	France
1960	18.8	32.8
1961	18.7	32.8
1962	18.6	32.9
1963	18.4	32.8
1964	18.3	32.8
1965	18.2	32.7
1966	18.1	32.7
1967	17.9	32.7
1968	17.8	32.6
1969	17.7	32.5
1970	17.6	32.4
1971	17.5	32.2
1972	17.4	32
1973	17.4	31.8
1974	17.3	31.7
1975	17.2	31.6
1976	17.1	31.7
1977	17	31.9
1978	17	32.1
1979	17	32.3
1980	17	32.4
1981	17	32.6
1982	17.1	32.8
1983	17.2	33
1984	17.2	33.3
1985	17.3	33.5
1986	17.4	33.7
1987	17.4	34
1988	17.5	34.2
1989	17.6	34.5
1990	17.7	34.7
1991	17.7	35
1992	17.8	35.3
1993	17.9	35.6
1994	18	35.9
1995	18.1	36.2
1996	18.1	36.5
1997	18.1	36.8
1998	18.1	37.1
1999	18.2	37.4
2000	18.5	37.7
2001	18.8	37.9
2002	18.8	38.2
2003	18.9	38.4
2004	19	38.6
2005	19.2	38.9
2006	19.3	39.1
2007	19.5	39.4
2008	19.5	39.6
2009	19.7	39.8
2010	19.8	40
2011	19.7	40.3
2012	19.6	40.5
2013	19.5	40.8
2014	19.4	41
2015	19.3	41.2
2016	19.2	41.4
2017	19.2	41.6
2018	19.1	41.9
2019	19.1	42.1
2020	19.2	42.3
2021	19.2	42.4
2022	19.3	42.6
2023	19.4	42.8
2024	19.5	43

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