Congo vs Iraq statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 64th vs. 57th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Congo and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Congo and Iraq economies compared

GDP

Congo

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Iraq
1960	$131,731,863	$1,537,252,193
1961	$151,675,739	$1,671,960,965
1962	$166,521,240	$1,784,174,541
1963	$172,233,431	$1,805,901,510
1964	$185,693,725	$2,136,408,198
1965	$198,318,064	$2,335,785,506
1966	$220,613,582	$2,530,306,096
1967	$237,397,428	$2,551,522,656
1968	$251,247,458	$2,896,598,841
1969	$265,040,036	$3,007,758,797
1970	$274,960,700	$3,281,318,687
1971	$322,128,019	$3,865,346,535
1972	$410,669,264	$4,113,848,002
1973	$541,973,363	$5,134,367,778
1974	$585,364,634	$11,516,762,614
1975	$767,102,680	$13,458,516,763
1976	$754,549,601	$17,754,825,601
1977	$765,224,029	$19,838,130,715
1978	$878,771,772	$23,762,275,652
1979	$1,198,749,667	$37,816,457,839
1980	$1,705,796,853	$52,569,000,000
1981	$1,993,512,323	$37,823,000,000
1982	$2,160,640,565	$42,382,333,333
1983	$2,097,274,290	$40,712,903,226
1984	$2,193,581,365	$46,938,387,097
1985	$2,160,872,540	$48,425,161,290
1986	$1,849,268,212	$47,264,516,129
1987	$2,297,753,652	$56,774,193,548
1988	$2,212,536,312	$62,684,516,129
1989	$2,389,593,026	$65,831,935,484
1990	$2,798,746,050	$180,408,064,516
1991	$2,724,853,506	$407,796,350
1992	$2,933,222,703	$553,671,958
1993	$2,684,323,623	$1,031,944,881
1994	$1,769,365,438	$3,991,349,283
1995	$2,116,003,868	$12,894,029,888
1996	$2,540,697,539	$10,433,698,621
1997	$2,322,719,103	$20,764,857,056
1998	$1,949,481,379	$20,617,405,044
1999	$2,354,772,960	$36,881,601,584
2000	$3,227,927,698	$48,364,250,944
2001	$2,796,704,604	$36,176,430,129
2002	$3,034,250,924	$32,928,454,672
2003	$3,503,723,088	$21,921,569,479
2004	$4,656,974,940	$36,633,669,269
2005	$6,650,001,680	$50,065,104,668
2006	$8,072,305,029	$65,147,051,918
2007	$8,782,703,437	$88,837,057,320
2008	$11,649,857,673	$131,614,434,154
2009	$9,723,299,915	$111,657,580,326
2010	$13,148,396,212	$138,516,722,650
2011	$15,655,383,577	$185,749,664,444
2012	$17,692,911,296	$218,002,476,129
2013	$17,958,720,699	$234,637,675,129
2014	$17,919,321,078	$228,415,656,175
2015	$12,434,793,867	$166,774,104,959
2016	$10,931,328,151	$166,743,557,748
2017	$11,834,473,039	$187,217,660,051
2018	$14,773,900,289	$227,367,469,034
2019	$13,976,637,780	$233,636,097,800
2020	$11,468,687,464	$180,898,797,517
2021	$14,825,690,211	$209,691,945,713
2022	$15,817,030,157	$287,372,232,138
2023	$15,321,055,818	$268,881,051,644
2024	$15,719,985,776	$279,641,257,615

Congo and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Iraq
1960	$124.7	$218.9
1961	$139.9	$232.4
1962	$149.6	$240.7
1963	$150.7	$235.5
1964	$158.1	$269.4
1965	$164.2	$284.8
1966	$177.6	$298.2
1967	$185.7	$290.6
1968	$190.8	$319
1969	$195.4	$320
1970	$196.7	$337
1971	$223.5	$384
1972	$276.3	$394
1973	$353	$476
1974	$370	$1,031
1975	$471	$1,166
1976	$453	$1,489
1977	$448	$1,609
1978	$503	$1,863
1979	$670	$2,871
1980	$933	$3,868
1981	$1,066	$2,700
1982	$1,131	$2,942
1983	$1,075	$2,743
1984	$1,097	$3,066
1985	$1,049	$3,088
1986	$872	$2,940
1987	$1,052	$3,436
1988	$984	$3,707
1989	$1,033	$3,791
1990	$1,176	$10,261
1991	$1,113	$23
1992	$1,164	$30.3
1993	$1,034	$53.7
1994	$662	$198.2
1995	$770	$619
1996	$899	$485
1997	$804	$936
1998	$660	$901
1999	$776	$1,560
2000	$1,024	$1,980
2001	$855	$1,436
2002	$906	$1,266
2003	$1,017	$818
2004	$1,306	$1,328
2005	$1,799	$1,762
2006	$2,104	$2,277
2007	$2,206	$3,129
2008	$2,832	$4,543
2009	$2,271	$3,715
2010	$2,947	$4,462
2011	$3,396	$5,776
2012	$3,732	$6,478
2013	$3,697	$6,650
2014	$3,601	$6,249
2015	$2,439	$4,440
2016	$2,093	$4,334
2017	$2,212	$4,759
2018	$2,694	$5,647
2019	$2,488	$5,672
2020	$1,994	$4,295
2021	$2,516	$4,868
2022	$2,621	$6,521
2023	$2,478	$5,965
2024	$2,482	$6,074

Congo vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Iraq

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Iraq
1950	39.6	37.4
1951	40.3	39
1952	41.1	40.5
1953	41.9	42.1
1954	42.6	43.5
1955	43.4	45
1956	44.3	46.4
1957	45.1	47.7
1958	46	49
1959	46.8	49.7
1960	47.6	51.5
1961	48.4	52.3
1962	49	53.5
1963	49.7	54.4
1964	50.4	55.2
1965	51	56.4
1966	51.6	57.3
1967	51.9	58.4
1968	52.6	59
1969	53.1	59.6
1970	53.6	60.5
1971	54	61.3
1972	54.4	61.8
1973	54.7	62.3
1974	55.1	61
1975	55.4	61.4
1976	55.7	63.6
1977	56	63.9
1978	56.2	64.2
1979	56.5	64.4
1980	56.8	60.9
1981	57.1	58.7
1982	57.2	59
1983	57.4	59.3
1984	57.5	59.5
1985	57.6	59.8
1986	57.6	60
1987	57.6	60.3
1988	57.5	56.7
1989	57.3	57.5
1990	57.1	57.6
1991	56.8	61.3
1992	56.5	65.3
1993	56	65.3
1994	55.6	65
1995	55.5	64.8
1996	55.2	64.6
1997	48.6	64.2
1998	52.6	64.4
1999	54.4	64.5
2000	55.4	64.9
2001	55.9	65.3
2002	56.4	65.7
2003	57.1	64.8
2004	58	64.6
2005	58.7	64.9
2006	59.5	64
2007	60.1	64.4
2008	60.8	66.5
2009	61.2	67.8
2010	61.7	68.1
2011	62.3	68.4
2012	62.7	68.8
2013	63	69
2014	63.3	69.7
2015	63.7	70
2016	63.9	68.7
2017	64.2	69.8
2018	64.5	71.1
2019	63.2	71.2
2020	64.4	69.7
2021	64.2	70.7
2022	65	72
2023	65.8	72.3
2024	66	72.4
2025	66.2	72.5

Congo and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Iraq

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Iraq
1960	1,056,732	7,022,052
1961	1,084,389	7,194,553
1962	1,113,175	7,413,875
1963	1,143,263	7,667,928
1964	1,174,816	7,929,566
1965	1,207,880	8,202,140
1966	1,242,534	8,485,104
1967	1,278,691	8,778,869
1968	1,316,519	9,085,016
1969	1,356,182	9,403,356
1970	1,397,638	9,735,611
1971	1,441,039	10,077,809
1972	1,486,468	10,430,164
1973	1,533,680	10,795,869
1974	1,582,301	11,167,761
1975	1,627,032	11,543,639
1976	1,667,225	11,927,651
1977	1,707,568	12,331,046
1978	1,748,089	12,753,355
1979	1,788,524	13,170,365
1980	1,828,985	13,591,992
1981	1,869,759	14,006,381
1982	1,910,430	14,406,083
1983	1,950,321	14,840,555
1984	1,999,528	15,310,733
1985	2,059,311	15,683,430
1986	2,120,602	16,074,145
1987	2,183,473	16,521,049
1988	2,247,653	16,908,819
1989	2,313,558	17,364,542
1990	2,380,560	17,581,206
1991	2,449,229	17,767,253
1992	2,519,465	18,300,845
1993	2,595,124	19,201,195
1994	2,673,144	20,139,807
1995	2,749,461	20,825,860
1996	2,826,785	21,501,321
1997	2,887,862	22,176,593
1998	2,952,061	22,884,399
1999	3,032,874	23,636,527
2000	3,151,345	24,424,056
2001	3,272,537	25,197,840
2002	3,350,771	26,006,559
2003	3,445,753	26,802,659
2004	3,565,554	27,577,878
2005	3,696,393	28,407,448
2006	3,837,409	28,616,515
2007	3,980,430	28,391,607
2008	4,113,517	28,971,036
2009	4,281,219	30,058,206
2010	4,462,290	31,045,366
2011	4,609,724	32,161,424
2012	4,740,450	33,654,842
2013	4,857,099	35,281,989
2014	4,975,880	36,550,059
2015	5,097,581	37,560,535
2016	5,222,536	38,469,627
2017	5,351,011	39,337,353
2018	5,483,118	40,265,624
2019	5,616,661	41,192,171
2020	5,752,791	42,116,605
2021	5,892,183	43,071,211
2022	6,035,104	44,070,551
2023	6,182,885	45,074,049
2024	6,332,961	46,042,015

Fertility rates in Congo and Iraq

Fertility rate

Congo

Iraq

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Iraq
1960	6.09	5.3
1961	6.09	5.8
1962	6.1	6.99
1963	6.15	7.01
1964	6.18	7.01
1965	6.23	7.02
1966	6.27	7.02
1967	6.29	7.03
1968	6.33	7.06
1969	6.35	7.08
1970	6.38	7.07
1971	6.42	7.06
1972	6.44	7.02
1973	6.42	6.99
1974	6.39	6.95
1975	6.36	6.91
1976	6.32	6.86
1977	6.27	6.8
1978	6.21	6.73
1979	6.14	6.66
1980	6.07	6.59
1981	5.98	6.53
1982	5.85	6.46
1983	5.76	6.39
1984	5.66	6.32
1985	5.59	6.25
1986	5.51	6.18
1987	5.46	6.11
1988	5.39	6.05
1989	5.33	5.99
1990	5.27	5.93
1991	5.22	5.83
1992	5.18	5.72
1993	5.13	5.61
1994	5.1	5.49
1995	5.07	5.36
1996	5.03	5.25
1997	5	5.19
1998	4.91	5.11
1999	4.81	5.04
2000	4.72	4.92
2001	4.67	4.8
2002	4.7	4.67
2003	4.7	4.58
2004	4.69	4.53
2005	4.67	4.45
2006	4.65	4.46
2007	4.65	4.4
2008	4.73	4.37
2009	4.81	4.38
2010	4.85	4.46
2011	4.83	4.59
2012	4.79	4.54
2013	4.73	4.44
2014	4.67	4.31
2015	4.61	4.08
2016	4.55	3.84
2017	4.5	3.64
2018	4.44	3.55
2019	4.38	3.48
2020	4.33	3.42
2021	4.28	3.36
2022	4.22	3.29
2023	4.16	3.25

Congo and Iraq demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Iraq

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Iraq
1960	18.8	20.4
1961	18.7	20.4
1962	18.6	20.1
1963	18.4	19.8
1964	18.3	19.5
1965	18.2	19.3
1966	18.1	19
1967	17.9	18.7
1968	17.8	18.5
1969	17.7	18.3
1970	17.6	18.1
1971	17.5	17.9
1972	17.4	17.7
1973	17.4	17.5
1974	17.3	17.2
1975	17.2	17
1976	17.1	16.7
1977	17	16.6
1978	17	16.6
1979	17	16.5
1980	17	16.5
1981	17	16.5
1982	17.1	16.5
1983	17.2	16.6
1984	17.2	16.6
1985	17.3	16.7
1986	17.4	16.8
1987	17.4	16.9
1988	17.5	16.9
1989	17.6	17
1990	17.7	17.1
1991	17.7	17.2
1992	17.8	17.3
1993	17.9	17.3
1994	18	17.4
1995	18.1	17.5
1996	18.1	17.6
1997	18.1	17.7
1998	18.1	17.8
1999	18.2	17.9
2000	18.5	17.9
2001	18.8	18
2002	18.8	18.1
2003	18.9	18.2
2004	19	18.3
2005	19.2	18.5
2006	19.3	18.6
2007	19.5	18.7
2008	19.5	18.8
2009	19.7	18.9
2010	19.8	19
2011	19.7	19.1
2012	19.6	19.2
2013	19.5	19.3
2014	19.4	19.4
2015	19.3	19.5
2016	19.2	19.7
2017	19.2	19.9
2018	19.1	20.1
2019	19.1	20.4
2020	19.2	20.6
2021	19.2	20.9
2022	19.3	21.1
2023	19.4	21.4
2024	19.5	21.6

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