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Congo vs Iceland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 387K in Iceland (ranked 173/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 64th vs. 104th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.3B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 149/197 ($2,482), while Iceland ranks 9/197 ($86,041).

Main facts and rankings

Congo Iceland
Population
6639487
395314
Population rank 109/197 173/197
GDP
$15.7B
2024
$33.3B
2024
GDP rank 141/197 108/197
GDP per capita
$2,482
2024
$86,041
2024
GDP per capita rank 149/197 9/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,026
2024
$81,924
2024
Government debt
$15B
2024
$19.6B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
87.1%
2026
49.8%
2026
Government debt per person
$2,369
2024
$50,830
2024
Government debt per person rank 114/185 9/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,263
2026
$54,155
2026
Land area
131,854 sq mi
2026
38,931 sq mi
2026
Population density
48 ppl/mi²
2024
9.93 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.16
2023
1.59
2023
Median age
19.5 years
2024
37.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2026
83.3 years
2026

Congo and Iceland: Comparison Charts

Congo and Iceland economies compared

GDP
Congo

Iceland
Year GDP
Congo Iceland
1960 $131,731,863 $260,984,499
1961 $151,675,739 $266,711,460
1962 $166,521,240 $299,309,938
1963 $172,233,431 $357,240,896
1964 $185,693,725 $456,206,299
1965 $198,318,064 $550,150,988
1966 $220,613,582 $660,663,763
1967 $237,397,428 $652,609,076
1968 $251,247,458 $498,365,200
1969 $265,040,036 $435,659,610
1970 $274,960,700 $545,115,909
1971 $322,128,019 $693,679,545
1972 $410,669,264 $869,002,946
1973 $541,973,363 $1,194,794,186
1974 $585,364,634 $1,568,154,077
1975 $767,102,680 $1,456,052,700
1976 $754,549,601 $1,727,845,419
1977 $765,224,029 $2,285,707,749
1978 $878,771,772 $2,599,627,089
1979 $1,198,749,667 $2,953,176,971
1980 $1,705,796,853 $3,499,616,683
1981 $1,993,512,323 $3,615,094,820
1982 $2,160,640,565 $3,318,714,326
1983 $2,097,274,290 $2,862,634,164
1984 $2,193,581,365 $2,964,568,006
1985 $2,160,872,540 $3,088,359,967
1986 $1,849,268,212 $4,129,080,094
1987 $2,297,753,652 $5,713,281,235
1988 $2,212,536,312 $6,320,093,411
1989 $2,389,593,026 $5,870,854,233
1990 $2,798,746,050 $6,694,851,159
1991 $2,724,853,506 $7,151,260,062
1992 $2,933,222,703 $7,328,497,599
1993 $2,684,323,623 $6,435,952,174
1994 $1,769,365,438 $6,612,804,056
1995 $2,116,003,868 $7,372,640,169
1996 $2,540,697,539 $7,686,566,105
1997 $2,322,719,103 $7,716,781,803
1998 $1,949,481,379 $8,637,732,542
1999 $2,354,772,960 $9,107,644,691
2000 $3,227,927,698 $9,140,168,922
2001 $2,796,704,604 $8,323,401,820
2002 $3,034,250,924 $9,416,199,700
2003 $3,503,723,088 $11,564,687,742
2004 $4,656,974,940 $13,963,943,244
2005 $6,650,001,680 $17,146,410,561
2006 $8,072,305,029 $17,671,649,843
2007 $8,782,703,437 $21,960,110,030
2008 $11,649,857,673 $18,247,921,360
2009 $9,723,299,915 $13,212,543,838
2010 $13,148,396,212 $13,922,711,577
2011 $15,655,383,577 $15,394,005,872
2012 $17,692,911,296 $14,943,757,823
2013 $17,958,720,699 $16,244,319,959
2014 $17,919,321,078 $18,052,183,515
2015 $12,434,793,867 $17,700,486,957
2016 $10,931,328,151 $21,083,713,310
2017 $11,834,473,039 $25,060,086,488
2018 $14,773,900,289 $26,677,652,544
2019 $13,976,637,780 $24,985,687,022
2020 $11,468,687,464 $22,034,665,041
2021 $14,825,690,211 $26,234,872,402
2022 $15,817,030,155 $29,166,102,877
2023 $15,321,055,823 $31,677,891,897
2024 $15,719,986,077 $33,255,181,469

Congo and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita
Congo

Iceland
Year GDP per capita
Congo Iceland
1960 $124.7 $1,486
1961 $139.9 $1,490
1962 $149.6 $1,641
1963 $150.7 $1,924
1964 $158.1 $2,414
1965 $164.2 $2,861
1966 $177.6 $3,378
1967 $185.7 $3,284
1968 $190.8 $2,473
1969 $195.4 $2,142
1970 $196.7 $2,666
1971 $223.5 $3,366
1972 $276.3 $4,155
1973 $353 $5,627
1974 $370 $7,287
1975 $471 $6,680
1976 $453 $7,848
1977 $448 $10,305
1978 $503 $11,630
1979 $670 $13,082
1980 $933 $15,340
1981 $1,066 $15,666
1982 $1,131 $14,191
1983 $1,075 $12,080
1984 $1,097 $12,378
1985 $1,049 $12,793
1986 $872 $16,980
1987 $1,052 $23,238
1988 $984 $25,307
1989 $1,033 $23,219
1990 $1,176 $26,272
1991 $1,113 $27,740
1992 $1,164 $28,072
1993 $1,034 $24,404
1994 $662 $24,858
1995 $770 $27,565
1996 $899 $28,584
1997 $804 $28,462
1998 $660 $31,519
1999 $776 $32,834
2000 $1,024 $32,504
2001 $855 $29,208
2002 $906 $32,749
2003 $1,017 $39,944
2004 $1,306 $47,810
2005 $1,799 $57,784
2006 $2,104 $58,172
2007 $2,206 $70,483
2008 $2,832 $57,489
2009 $2,271 $41,484
2010 $2,947 $43,776
2011 $3,396 $48,255
2012 $3,732 $46,595
2013 $3,697 $50,173
2014 $3,601 $55,140
2015 $2,439 $53,506
2016 $2,093 $62,854
2017 $2,212 $72,976
2018 $2,694 $75,634
2019 $2,488 $69,296
2020 $1,994 $60,128
2021 $2,516 $70,425
2022 $2,621 $76,350
2023 $2,478 $82,139
2024 $2,482 $86,041

Congo vs. Iceland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Congo

Iceland
Year Life expectancy, years
Congo Iceland
1950 39.6 71
1951 40.3 71
1952 41.1 72.4
1953 41.9 72.3
1954 42.6 73.3
1955 43.4 73.3
1956 44.3 72.9
1957 45.1 73.4
1958 46 73.3
1959 46.8 72.6
1960 47.6 74
1961 48.4 73.4
1962 49 73.6
1963 49.7 72.9
1964 50.4 73.5
1965 51 73.8
1966 51.6 73.1
1967 51.9 73.7
1968 52.6 73.9
1969 53.1 73.7
1970 53.6 73.8
1971 54 73.5
1972 54.4 74.4
1973 54.7 74.3
1974 55.1 74.1
1975 55.4 75.3
1976 55.7 76.6
1977 56 76.1
1978 56.2 76.4
1979 56.5 76.5
1980 56.8 76.6
1981 57.1 76.2
1982 57.2 76.8
1983 57.4 76.4
1984 57.5 77.3
1985 57.6 77.4
1986 57.6 77.9
1987 57.6 77.1
1988 57.5 76.9
1989 57.3 77.9
1990 57.1 77.7
1991 56.8 77.8
1992 56.5 78.6
1993 56 78.8
1994 55.6 79
1995 55.5 77.5
1996 55.2 78.6
1997 48.6 78.7
1998 52.6 79.4
1999 54.4 79.2
2000 55.4 79.5
2001 55.9 80.4
2002 56.4 80.3
2003 57.1 80.8
2004 58 80.7
2005 58.7 81.2
2006 59.5 80.9
2007 60.1 81.1
2008 60.8 81.2
2009 61.2 81.4
2010 61.7 81.6
2011 62.3 82
2012 62.7 82.3
2013 63 81.7
2014 63.3 82.4
2015 63.7 82.2
2016 63.9 81.8
2017 64.2 82.2
2018 64.5 82.5
2019 63.2 82.8
2020 64.4 82.7
2021 64.2 82.8
2022 65 81.6
2023 65.8 82.7
2024 66 83
2025 66.2 83.2
2026 66.4 83.3

Congo and Iceland population clocks and comparison

Population
Congo

Iceland
Year Population
Congo Iceland
1960 1,056,732 175,574
1961 1,084,389 179,029
1962 1,113,175 182,378
1963 1,143,263 185,653
1964 1,174,816 188,983
1965 1,207,880 192,286
1966 1,242,534 195,570
1967 1,278,691 198,751
1968 1,316,519 201,488
1969 1,356,182 203,369
1970 1,397,638 204,438
1971 1,441,039 206,098
1972 1,486,468 209,137
1973 1,533,680 212,317
1974 1,582,301 215,209
1975 1,627,032 217,979
1976 1,667,225 220,154
1977 1,707,568 221,799
1978 1,748,089 223,537
1979 1,788,524 225,735
1980 1,828,985 228,138
1981 1,869,759 230,755
1982 1,910,430 233,860
1983 1,950,321 236,977
1984 1,999,528 239,511
1985 2,059,311 241,405
1986 2,120,602 243,180
1987 2,183,473 245,859
1988 2,247,653 249,740
1989 2,313,558 252,852
1990 2,380,560 254,826
1991 2,449,229 257,797
1992 2,519,465 261,057
1993 2,595,124 263,725
1994 2,673,144 266,021
1995 2,749,461 267,468
1996 2,826,785 268,916
1997 2,887,862 271,128
1998 2,952,061 274,047
1999 3,032,874 277,381
2000 3,151,345 281,205
2001 3,272,537 284,968
2002 3,350,771 287,523
2003 3,445,753 289,521
2004 3,565,554 292,074
2005 3,696,393 296,734
2006 3,837,409 303,782
2007 3,980,430 311,566
2008 4,113,517 317,414
2009 4,281,219 318,499
2010 4,462,290 318,041
2011 4,609,724 319,014
2012 4,740,450 320,716
2013 4,857,099 323,764
2014 4,975,880 327,386
2015 5,097,581 330,815
2016 5,222,536 335,439
2017 5,351,011 343,400
2018 5,483,118 352,721
2019 5,616,661 360,563
2020 5,752,791 366,463
2021 5,892,183 372,520
2022 6,035,104 382,003
2023 6,182,885 385,663
2024 6,332,961 386,506

Fertility rates in Congo and Iceland

Fertility rate
Congo

Iceland
Year Fertility rate
Congo Iceland
1960 6.09 4.29
1961 6.09 3.88
1962 6.1 3.98
1963 6.15 3.99
1964 6.18 3.88
1965 6.23 3.73
1966 6.27 3.59
1967 6.29 3.28
1968 6.33 3.06
1969 6.35 2.99
1970 6.38 2.81
1971 6.42 2.92
1972 6.44 3.09
1973 6.42 2.94
1974 6.39 2.66
1975 6.36 2.65
1976 6.32 2.52
1977 6.27 2.31
1978 6.21 2.35
1979 6.14 2.49
1980 6.07 2.48
1981 5.98 2.33
1982 5.85 2.27
1983 5.76 2.24
1984 5.66 2.08
1985 5.59 1.93
1986 5.51 1.92
1987 5.46 2.06
1988 5.39 2.26
1989 5.33 2.19
1990 5.27 2.3
1991 5.22 2.18
1992 5.18 2.21
1993 5.13 2.22
1994 5.1 2.14
1995 5.07 2.08
1996 5.03 2.12
1997 5 2.04
1998 4.91 2.05
1999 4.81 1.99
2000 4.72 2.08
2001 4.67 1.95
2002 4.7 1.93
2003 4.7 1.99
2004 4.69 2.04
2005 4.67 2.05
2006 4.65 2.08
2007 4.65 2.09
2008 4.73 2.15
2009 4.81 2.23
2010 4.85 2.2
2011 4.83 2.02
2012 4.79 2.04
2013 4.73 1.93
2014 4.67 1.93
2015 4.61 1.8
2016 4.55 1.74
2017 4.5 1.71
2018 4.44 1.71
2019 4.38 1.74
2020 4.33 1.72
2021 4.28 1.82
2022 4.22 1.59
2023 4.16 1.59

Congo and Iceland demographics compared

Median age
Congo

Iceland
Year Median age, years
Congo Iceland
1960 18.8 25.4
1961 18.7 25.2
1962 18.6 24.9
1963 18.4 24.7
1964 18.3 24.4
1965 18.2 24.2
1966 18.1 24.1
1967 17.9 24.1
1968 17.8 24.2
1969 17.7 24.3
1970 17.6 24.5
1971 17.5 24.7
1972 17.4 24.8
1973 17.4 24.9
1974 17.3 25.1
1975 17.2 25.4
1976 17.1 25.7
1977 17 26
1978 17 26.4
1979 17 26.7
1980 17 26.9
1981 17 27.2
1982 17.1 27.5
1983 17.2 27.7
1984 17.2 28
1985 17.3 28.4
1986 17.4 28.8
1987 17.4 29.1
1988 17.5 29.3
1989 17.6 29.6
1990 17.7 30
1991 17.7 30.2
1992 17.8 30.5
1993 17.9 30.8
1994 18 31.1
1995 18.1 31.5
1996 18.1 31.8
1997 18.1 32.1
1998 18.1 32.4
1999 18.2 32.6
2000 18.5 32.8
2001 18.8 33
2002 18.8 33.4
2003 18.9 33.7
2004 19 34
2005 19.2 34.2
2006 19.3 34.5
2007 19.5 34.6
2008 19.5 34.5
2009 19.7 34.6
2010 19.8 34.9
2011 19.7 35.1
2012 19.6 35.4
2013 19.5 35.5
2014 19.4 35.7
2015 19.3 36
2016 19.2 36.2
2017 19.2 36.3
2018 19.1 36.4
2019 19.1 36.5
2020 19.2 36.6
2021 19.2 36.7
2022 19.3 36.7
2023 19.4 36.9
2024 19.5 37.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Congo Iceland
GNI, Atlas method
$14.4B
2024
$31.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
22.4%
2026
43.5%
2026
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.34%
2023
7.29%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.19%
2024
n/a
Armed forces personnel
12,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.53%
2026
-1.39%
2026
Unemployment rate
10%
2012
3.56%
2024
Services, % of GDP
45%
2024
64.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
40.1%
2024
20.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.6
2025
72.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
37.9%
2011
22.4%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2011
3.7%
2019
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0003%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
34
2004
Total reserves including gold
$715M
2023
$6.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$44M
2024
$246M
2024
International tourist arrivals
158,000
2018
488,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.93%
2016
11.9%
2008
Banked people share
55.6%
2024
99.9%
2024

Energy

Congo Iceland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
628 kg
2022
15,686 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.6
2022
$4.99
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
8.46 megatons
2024
3.29 megatons
2024
CO2 emissions per capita
1.34 tons
2024
8.52 tons
2024
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
0%
2023
Renewable energy use share
71.4%
2021
82.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.56%
2022
88.8%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-347%
2022
20.5%
2009
Electric power consumption per capita
459 kWh
2022
50,951 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
26.3%
2021
100%
2016
Hydroelectric share
22.3%
2022
70.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
51.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Congo Iceland
% of world population
0.08%
2024
0.005%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,491
2024
+3,543
2024
Urban population
63.9%
2024
94.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.62 ft
2025
5.97 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Quality of life index
17.1
2026
92.4
2026
Corruption Perceptions Index
23
2024
77
2024
Higher education index
19
2026
79
2026
Homicides per 100K people
9.32
2015
1.07
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.7
2019
2
2019
Visa free countries
56
2025
171
2025
Adult literacy rate
80.6%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
0%
2025
98%
2023
People using the Internet
38.4%
2023
99.8%
2023

Health

Congo Iceland
Government health expenditure per capita
$50.6
2022
$7,197
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$12.9
2022
$1,035
2023
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2026
83.3 years
2026
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15.1%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.18
2022
4.52
2022
Age at first childbirth
19.6 years
2025
28.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
241
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40.5
2023
2.6
2023
Obesity rate
8.84%
2022
21.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.1%
2024
6.9%
2024
Air quality index
3
2026
98
2026
Tobacco use prevalence
15.4%
2022
9.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.05 liters
2020
7.94 liters
2020

Territory

Congo Iceland
% of world land
0.23%
2026
0.07%
2026
Land area per capita
20,820 sq mi
2024
100,725 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
41,125 sq mi
2026
6,324 sq mi
2026
Forest area
84,560 sq mi
2026
205.8 sq mi
2026
Roads length
14,493 mi
2017
8,014 mi
2012

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