Congo vs Kenya statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 56.4M in Kenya (ranked 26/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 224,278 sq mi for Kenya (ranked 64th vs. 45th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206).

Congo and Kenya: Comparison Charts

Congo and Kenya economies compared

GDP

Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Kenya
1960	$131,731,863	$791,265,459
1961	$151,675,739	$792,959,473
1962	$166,521,240	$868,111,401
1963	$172,233,431	$926,589,349
1964	$185,693,725	$998,759,334
1965	$198,318,064	$997,919,321
1966	$220,613,582	$1,164,519,674
1967	$237,397,428	$1,232,559,507
1968	$251,247,458	$1,353,295,459
1969	$265,040,036	$1,458,379,417
1970	$274,960,700	$1,603,447,359
1971	$322,128,019	$1,778,391,289
1972	$410,669,264	$2,107,279,157
1973	$541,973,363	$2,509,001,324
1974	$585,364,634	$2,969,958,812
1975	$767,102,680	$3,259,345,083
1976	$754,549,601	$3,474,542,392
1977	$765,224,029	$4,494,378,764
1978	$878,771,772	$5,303,735,111
1979	$1,198,749,667	$6,234,391,113
1980	$1,705,796,853	$7,265,315,820
1981	$1,993,512,323	$6,854,491,706
1982	$2,160,640,565	$6,431,579,357
1983	$2,097,274,290	$5,979,198,314
1984	$2,193,581,365	$6,191,437,070
1985	$2,160,872,540	$6,135,034,214
1986	$1,849,268,212	$7,239,126,568
1987	$2,297,753,652	$7,970,820,369
1988	$2,212,536,312	$8,355,380,879
1989	$2,389,593,026	$8,283,114,514
1990	$2,798,746,050	$8,572,359,038
1991	$2,724,853,506	$8,151,488,783
1992	$2,933,222,703	$8,209,120,763
1993	$2,684,323,623	$5,751,786,643
1994	$1,769,365,438	$7,148,148,564
1995	$2,116,003,868	$9,046,320,255
1996	$2,540,697,539	$12,045,865,396
1997	$2,322,719,103	$13,115,764,358
1998	$1,949,481,379	$14,093,998,844
1999	$2,354,772,960	$12,896,010,459
2000	$3,227,927,698	$12,705,350,098
2001	$2,796,704,604	$12,986,007,426
2002	$3,034,250,924	$13,147,736,899
2003	$3,503,723,088	$14,904,517,650
2004	$4,656,974,940	$16,095,337,094
2005	$6,650,001,680	$18,737,895,513
2006	$8,072,305,029	$25,825,512,284
2007	$8,782,703,437	$31,958,195,182
2008	$11,649,857,673	$35,895,153,328
2009	$9,723,299,915	$42,347,217,913
2010	$13,148,396,212	$45,405,615,064
2011	$15,655,383,577	$46,869,473,151
2012	$17,692,911,296	$56,396,704,672
2013	$17,958,720,699	$61,671,440,408
2014	$17,919,321,078	$68,285,796,514
2015	$12,434,793,867	$70,120,446,897
2016	$10,931,328,151	$74,815,144,164
2017	$11,834,473,039	$82,036,510,877
2018	$14,773,900,289	$92,202,979,985
2019	$13,976,637,780	$100,378,436,207
2020	$11,468,687,464	$100,657,505,751
2021	$14,825,690,211	$109,703,658,905
2022	$15,817,030,157	$114,448,978,153
2023	$15,321,055,818	$108,038,588,971
2024	$15,719,985,776	$124,498,691,699

Congo and Kenya economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Kenya
1960	$124.7	$102.8
1961	$139.9	$99.3
1962	$149.6	$104.6
1963	$150.7	$107.4
1964	$158.1	$111.3
1965	$164.2	$106.9
1966	$177.6	$119.8
1967	$185.7	$121.9
1968	$190.8	$128.7
1969	$195.4	$133.3
1970	$196.7	$141
1971	$223.5	$150.9
1972	$276.3	$172.6
1973	$353	$198.6
1974	$370	$227.2
1975	$471	$241.2
1976	$453	$248.9
1977	$448	$311
1978	$503	$355
1979	$670	$403
1980	$933	$454
1981	$1,066	$413
1982	$1,131	$374
1983	$1,075	$335
1984	$1,097	$334
1985	$1,049	$320
1986	$872	$364
1987	$1,052	$387
1988	$984	$391
1989	$1,033	$374
1990	$1,176	$374
1991	$1,113	$345
1992	$1,164	$337
1993	$1,034	$229
1994	$662	$276.4
1995	$770	$340
1996	$899	$441
1997	$804	$467
1998	$660	$488
1999	$776	$434
2000	$1,024	$415
2001	$855	$411
2002	$906	$403
2003	$1,017	$443
2004	$1,306	$464
2005	$1,799	$523
2006	$2,104	$700
2007	$2,206	$840
2008	$2,832	$916
2009	$2,271	$1,048
2010	$2,947	$1,092
2011	$3,396	$1,096
2012	$3,732	$1,285
2013	$3,697	$1,371
2014	$3,601	$1,483
2015	$2,439	$1,489
2016	$2,093	$1,554
2017	$2,212	$1,667
2018	$2,694	$1,836
2019	$2,488	$1,960
2020	$1,994	$1,928
2021	$2,516	$2,061
2022	$2,621	$2,110
2023	$2,478	$1,952
2024	$2,482	$2,206

Congo vs. Kenya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Kenya
1950	39.6	36.9
1951	40.3	38
1952	41.1	38.6
1953	41.9	39.8
1954	42.6	41
1955	43.4	42.3
1956	44.3	43.5
1957	45.1	45.3
1958	46	46.5
1959	46.8	47.5
1960	47.6	48.5
1961	48.4	49.3
1962	49	50.1
1963	49.7	50.8
1964	50.4	51.3
1965	51	51.9
1966	51.6	52.4
1967	51.9	52.8
1968	52.6	53.3
1969	53.1	53.7
1970	53.6	54.1
1971	54	54.5
1972	54.4	55
1973	54.7	55.5
1974	55.1	56
1975	55.4	56.6
1976	55.7	57.2
1977	56	57.7
1978	56.2	58.2
1979	56.5	58.7
1980	56.8	59.2
1981	57.1	59.6
1982	57.2	59.9
1983	57.4	60.3
1984	57.5	60.6
1985	57.6	60.9
1986	57.6	60.8
1987	57.6	60.7
1988	57.5	60.3
1989	57.3	60
1990	57.1	58.3
1991	56.8	57.8
1992	56.5	57.1
1993	56	56.7
1994	55.6	56.1
1995	55.5	55.9
1996	55.2	55.6
1997	48.6	55.5
1998	52.6	55.6
1999	54.4	55.9
2000	55.4	56.1
2001	55.9	56.5
2002	56.4	56.8
2003	57.1	57.4
2004	58	57.9
2005	58.7	58.5
2006	59.5	59.1
2007	60.1	59.4
2008	60.8	60
2009	61.2	60.5
2010	61.7	60.9
2011	62.3	61.3
2012	62.7	61.5
2013	63	61.7
2014	63.3	62
2015	63.7	62.3
2016	63.9	62.5
2017	64.2	62.7
2018	64.5	62.8
2019	63.2	62.9
2020	64.4	61.6
2021	64.2	61.2
2022	65	63.5
2023	65.8	63.6
2024	66	63.8
2025	66.2	64

Congo and Kenya population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Kenya
1960	1,056,732	7,695,307
1961	1,084,389	7,987,770
1962	1,113,175	8,299,308
1963	1,143,263	8,627,971
1964	1,174,816	8,973,535
1965	1,207,880	9,338,078
1966	1,242,534	9,717,816
1967	1,278,691	10,111,057
1968	1,316,519	10,518,823
1969	1,356,182	10,939,695
1970	1,397,638	11,368,791
1971	1,441,039	11,788,904
1972	1,486,468	12,206,060
1973	1,533,680	12,634,835
1974	1,582,301	13,070,078
1975	1,627,032	13,511,671
1976	1,667,225	13,957,623
1977	1,707,568	14,428,819
1978	1,748,089	14,934,126
1979	1,788,524	15,460,666
1980	1,828,985	16,018,459
1981	1,869,759	16,601,507
1982	1,910,430	17,206,175
1983	1,950,321	17,846,374
1984	1,999,528	18,514,906
1985	2,059,311	19,201,768
1986	2,120,602	19,901,646
1987	2,183,473	20,616,096
1988	2,247,653	21,356,219
1989	2,313,558	22,118,434
1990	2,380,560	22,892,651
1991	2,449,229	23,646,514
1992	2,519,465	24,382,460
1993	2,595,124	25,117,188
1994	2,673,144	25,857,130
1995	2,749,461	26,601,751
1996	2,826,785	27,344,211
1997	2,887,862	28,101,768
1998	2,952,061	28,888,057
1999	3,032,874	29,733,408
2000	3,151,345	30,642,890
2001	3,272,537	31,619,170
2002	3,350,771	32,629,808
2003	3,445,753	33,652,223
2004	3,565,554	34,713,455
2005	3,696,393	35,796,484
2006	3,837,409	36,904,008
2007	3,980,430	38,036,349
2008	4,113,517	39,206,351
2009	4,281,219	40,408,891
2010	4,462,290	41,598,567
2011	4,609,724	42,758,461
2012	4,740,450	43,888,303
2013	4,857,099	44,986,791
2014	4,975,880	46,051,440
2015	5,097,581	47,088,526
2016	5,222,536	48,139,687
2017	5,351,011	49,197,766
2018	5,483,118	50,207,107
2019	5,616,661	51,202,827
2020	5,752,791	52,217,334
2021	5,892,183	53,219,166
2022	6,035,104	54,252,461
2023	6,182,885	55,339,003
2024	6,332,961	56,432,944

Fertility rates in Congo and Kenya

Fertility rate

Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Kenya
1960	6.09	7.65
1961	6.09	7.72
1962	6.1	7.77
1963	6.15	7.82
1964	6.18	7.87
1965	6.23	7.92
1966	6.27	7.96
1967	6.29	7.95
1968	6.33	7.95
1969	6.35	7.95
1970	6.38	7.94
1971	6.42	7.92
1972	6.44	7.89
1973	6.42	7.86
1974	6.39	7.82
1975	6.36	7.8
1976	6.32	7.77
1977	6.27	7.73
1978	6.21	7.67
1979	6.14	7.6
1980	6.07	7.53
1981	5.98	7.45
1982	5.85	7.35
1983	5.76	7.22
1984	5.66	7.08
1985	5.59	6.96
1986	5.51	6.84
1987	5.46	6.69
1988	5.39	6.52
1989	5.33	6.33
1990	5.27	6.14
1991	5.22	5.94
1992	5.18	5.74
1993	5.13	5.57
1994	5.1	5.44
1995	5.07	5.37
1996	5.03	5.31
1997	5	5.27
1998	4.91	5.24
1999	4.81	5.18
2000	4.72	5.14
2001	4.67	5.09
2002	4.7	5.03
2003	4.7	4.94
2004	4.69	4.86
2005	4.67	4.8
2006	4.65	4.75
2007	4.65	4.72
2008	4.73	4.66
2009	4.81	4.57
2010	4.85	4.45
2011	4.83	4.28
2012	4.79	4.12
2013	4.73	3.96
2014	4.67	3.84
2015	4.61	3.77
2016	4.55	3.69
2017	4.5	3.61
2018	4.44	3.54
2019	4.38	3.43
2020	4.33	3.36
2021	4.28	3.31
2022	4.22	3.26
2023	4.16	3.21

Congo and Kenya demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Kenya
1960	18.8	15.7
1961	18.7	15.5
1962	18.6	15.3
1963	18.4	15.2
1964	18.3	15.1
1965	18.2	14.9
1966	18.1	14.8
1967	17.9	14.6
1968	17.8	14.5
1969	17.7	14.5
1970	17.6	14.4
1971	17.5	14.4
1972	17.4	14.3
1973	17.4	14.3
1974	17.3	14.3
1975	17.2	14.3
1976	17.1	14.3
1977	17	14.3
1978	17	14.3
1979	17	14.4
1980	17	14.5
1981	17	14.5
1982	17.1	14.6
1983	17.2	14.7
1984	17.2	14.8
1985	17.3	14.9
1986	17.4	15
1987	17.4	15
1988	17.5	15.1
1989	17.6	15.2
1990	17.7	15.3
1991	17.7	15.5
1992	17.8	15.6
1993	17.9	15.7
1994	18	15.9
1995	18.1	16
1996	18.1	16.1
1997	18.1	16.2
1998	18.1	16.4
1999	18.2	16.5
2000	18.5	16.7
2001	18.8	16.8
2002	18.8	17
2003	18.9	17.1
2004	19	17.3
2005	19.2	17.4
2006	19.3	17.5
2007	19.5	17.6
2008	19.5	17.7
2009	19.7	17.8
2010	19.8	17.9
2011	19.7	18.1
2012	19.6	18.2
2013	19.5	18.4
2014	19.4	18.5
2015	19.3	18.7
2016	19.2	18.9
2017	19.2	19.1
2018	19.1	19.3
2019	19.1	19.6
2020	19.2	19.8
2021	19.2	20
2022	19.3	20.3
2023	19.4	20.6
2024	19.5	20.8

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