Congo vs Laos statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 7.77M in Laos (ranked 103/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 89,112 sq mi for Laos (ranked 64th vs. 79th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124).

Congo and Laos: Comparison Charts

Congo and Laos economies compared

GDP

Congo

Laos

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Laos
1960	$131,731,863	-
1961	$151,675,739	-
1962	$166,521,240	-
1963	$172,233,431	-
1964	$185,693,725	-
1965	$198,318,064	-
1966	$220,613,582	-
1967	$237,397,428	-
1968	$251,247,458	-
1969	$265,040,036	-
1970	$274,960,700	-
1971	$322,128,019	-
1972	$410,669,264	-
1973	$541,973,363	-
1974	$585,364,634	-
1975	$767,102,680	-
1976	$754,549,601	-
1977	$765,224,029	-
1978	$878,771,772	-
1979	$1,198,749,667	-
1980	$1,705,796,853	-
1981	$1,993,512,323	-
1982	$2,160,640,565	-
1983	$2,097,274,290	-
1984	$2,193,581,365	$1,757,142,856
1985	$2,160,872,540	$2,366,666,616
1986	$1,849,268,212	$1,776,842,097
1987	$2,297,753,652	$1,087,273,104
1988	$2,212,536,312	$598,961,269
1989	$2,389,593,026	$714,046,821
1990	$2,798,746,050	$865,559,879
1991	$2,724,853,506	$1,028,087,972
1992	$2,933,222,703	$1,127,806,945
1993	$2,684,323,623	$1,327,748,690
1994	$1,769,365,438	$1,543,606,345
1995	$2,116,003,868	$1,763,536,305
1996	$2,540,697,539	$1,873,671,550
1997	$2,322,719,103	$1,747,011,857
1998	$1,949,481,379	$1,280,177,839
1999	$2,354,772,960	$1,454,430,642
2000	$3,227,927,698	$1,731,198,022
2001	$2,796,704,604	$1,768,619,058
2002	$3,034,250,924	$1,758,176,653
2003	$3,503,723,088	$2,023,324,407
2004	$4,656,974,940	$2,366,398,120
2005	$6,650,001,680	$2,735,558,735
2006	$8,072,305,029	$3,455,030,061
2007	$8,782,703,437	$4,223,152,739
2008	$11,649,857,673	$5,446,433,157
2009	$9,723,299,915	$5,836,137,330
2010	$13,148,396,212	$7,131,771,015
2011	$15,655,383,577	$8,750,104,617
2012	$17,692,911,296	$10,192,846,339
2013	$17,958,720,699	$11,983,252,627
2014	$17,919,321,078	$13,279,245,886
2015	$12,434,793,867	$14,426,380,126
2016	$10,931,328,151	$15,912,501,723
2017	$11,834,473,039	$17,071,155,481
2018	$14,773,900,289	$18,141,641,090
2019	$13,976,637,780	$18,740,561,513
2020	$11,468,687,464	$18,981,805,250
2021	$14,825,690,211	$18,827,148,531
2022	$15,817,030,157	$15,468,785,204
2023	$15,321,055,818	$15,843,155,731
2024	$15,719,985,776	$16,502,933,121

Congo and Laos economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Laos

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Laos
1960	$124.7	-
1961	$139.9	-
1962	$149.6	-
1963	$150.7	-
1964	$158.1	-
1965	$164.2	-
1966	$177.6	-
1967	$185.7	-
1968	$190.8	-
1969	$195.4	-
1970	$196.7	-
1971	$223.5	-
1972	$276.3	-
1973	$353	-
1974	$370	-
1975	$471	-
1976	$453	-
1977	$448	-
1978	$503	-
1979	$670	-
1980	$933	-
1981	$1,066	-
1982	$1,131	-
1983	$1,075	-
1984	$1,097	$483
1985	$1,049	$633
1986	$872	$462
1987	$1,052	$274.7
1988	$984	$147.1
1989	$1,033	$170.4
1990	$1,176	$200.7
1991	$1,113	$231.8
1992	$1,164	$247.3
1993	$1,034	$283.4
1994	$662	$321
1995	$770	$358
1996	$899	$371
1997	$804	$339
1998	$660	$243.9
1999	$776	$272.3
2000	$1,024	$319
2001	$855	$320
2002	$906	$313
2003	$1,017	$355
2004	$1,306	$409
2005	$1,799	$466
2006	$2,104	$579
2007	$2,206	$697
2008	$2,832	$886
2009	$2,271	$935
2010	$2,947	$1,126
2011	$3,396	$1,362
2012	$3,732	$1,564
2013	$3,697	$1,813
2014	$3,601	$1,981
2015	$2,439	$2,121
2016	$2,093	$2,303
2017	$2,212	$2,432
2018	$2,694	$2,545
2019	$2,488	$2,589
2020	$1,994	$2,584
2021	$2,516	$2,526
2022	$2,621	$2,046
2023	$2,478	$2,067
2024	$2,482	$2,124

Congo vs. Laos life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Laos

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Laos
1950	39.6	38.9
1951	40.3	39.2
1952	41.1	39.4
1953	41.9	39.7
1954	42.6	40
1955	43.4	40.3
1956	44.3	40.6
1957	45.1	40.9
1958	46	41.2
1959	46.8	40.7
1960	47.6	41
1961	48.4	41.3
1962	49	42.3
1963	49.7	41.5
1964	50.4	41.9
1965	51	42.2
1966	51.6	42.3
1967	51.9	42.9
1968	52.6	43.2
1969	53.1	43.5
1970	53.6	43.8
1971	54	44.1
1972	54.4	44.4
1973	54.7	44.7
1974	55.1	45.9
1975	55.4	46.1
1976	55.7	46
1977	56	46.4
1978	56.2	46.8
1979	56.5	47.5
1980	56.8	48.6
1981	57.1	49.2
1982	57.2	49.9
1983	57.4	50.5
1984	57.5	51
1985	57.6	51.6
1986	57.6	52.1
1987	57.6	52.6
1988	57.5	53.1
1989	57.3	53.6
1990	57.1	54
1991	56.8	54.7
1992	56.5	55.1
1993	56	55.6
1994	55.6	55.8
1995	55.5	56.3
1996	55.2	56.8
1997	48.6	57.3
1998	52.6	57.5
1999	54.4	57.9
2000	55.4	58.3
2001	55.9	58.9
2002	56.4	59.3
2003	57.1	59.6
2004	58	60.1
2005	58.7	60.7
2006	59.5	61.1
2007	60.1	61.7
2008	60.8	62.2
2009	61.2	63
2010	61.7	63.7
2011	62.3	64.5
2012	62.7	65.1
2013	63	65.7
2014	63.3	66.3
2015	63.7	66.7
2016	63.9	67
2017	64.2	67.3
2018	64.5	67.6
2019	63.2	67.9
2020	64.4	68.3
2021	64.2	67.8
2022	65	68.7
2023	65.8	69
2024	66	69.2
2025	66.2	69.5

Congo and Laos population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Laos

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Laos
1960	1,056,732	2,121,514
1961	1,084,389	2,169,796
1962	1,113,175	2,219,910
1963	1,143,263	2,271,061
1964	1,174,816	2,322,826
1965	1,207,880	2,376,200
1966	1,242,534	2,431,084
1967	1,278,691	2,487,715
1968	1,316,519	2,546,377
1969	1,356,182	2,606,959
1970	1,397,638	2,669,702
1971	1,441,039	2,734,628
1972	1,486,468	2,801,660
1973	1,533,680	2,870,573
1974	1,582,301	2,939,761
1975	1,627,032	3,005,521
1976	1,667,225	3,064,876
1977	1,707,568	3,118,923
1978	1,748,089	3,171,740
1979	1,788,524	3,228,202
1980	1,828,985	3,292,573
1981	1,869,759	3,366,631
1982	1,910,430	3,450,026
1983	1,950,321	3,541,001
1984	1,999,528	3,637,843
1985	2,059,311	3,739,985
1986	2,120,602	3,846,715
1987	2,183,473	3,957,612
1988	2,247,653	4,072,601
1989	2,313,558	4,190,974
1990	2,380,560	4,311,955
1991	2,449,229	4,435,118
1992	2,519,465	4,559,646
1993	2,595,124	4,685,060
1994	2,673,144	4,809,220
1995	2,749,461	4,929,409
1996	2,826,785	5,045,678
1997	2,887,862	5,152,011
1998	2,952,061	5,248,266
1999	3,032,874	5,340,784
2000	3,151,345	5,431,212
2001	3,272,537	5,521,482
2002	3,350,771	5,610,889
2003	3,445,753	5,697,945
2004	3,565,554	5,781,626
2005	3,696,393	5,869,523
2006	3,837,409	5,963,200
2007	3,980,430	6,056,236
2008	4,113,517	6,148,969
2009	4,281,219	6,241,642
2010	4,462,290	6,334,194
2011	4,609,724	6,426,590
2012	4,740,450	6,518,978
2013	4,857,099	6,611,385
2014	4,975,880	6,703,172
2015	5,097,581	6,801,645
2016	5,222,536	6,908,802
2017	5,351,011	7,018,147
2018	5,483,118	7,128,045
2019	5,616,661	7,237,636
2020	5,752,791	7,346,533
2021	5,892,183	7,453,194
2022	6,035,104	7,559,007
2023	6,182,885	7,664,993
2024	6,332,961	7,769,819

Fertility rates in Congo and Laos

Fertility rate

Congo

Laos

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Laos
1960	6.09	6.29
1961	6.09	6.31
1962	6.1	6.31
1963	6.15	6.32
1964	6.18	6.31
1965	6.23	6.32
1966	6.27	6.31
1967	6.29	6.31
1968	6.33	6.3
1969	6.35	6.3
1970	6.38	6.31
1971	6.42	6.3
1972	6.44	6.28
1973	6.42	6.28
1974	6.39	6.29
1975	6.36	6.29
1976	6.32	6.29
1977	6.27	6.29
1978	6.21	6.3
1979	6.14	6.31
1980	6.07	6.33
1981	5.98	6.35
1982	5.85	6.37
1983	5.76	6.38
1984	5.66	6.37
1985	5.59	6.33
1986	5.51	6.26
1987	5.46	6.21
1988	5.39	6.16
1989	5.33	6.1
1990	5.27	6.06
1991	5.22	5.99
1992	5.18	5.9
1993	5.13	5.8
1994	5.1	5.6
1995	5.07	5.36
1996	5.03	5.15
1997	5	4.96
1998	4.91	4.79
1999	4.81	4.64
2000	4.72	4.43
2001	4.67	4.29
2002	4.7	4.13
2003	4.7	4.02
2004	4.69	3.9
2005	4.67	3.69
2006	4.65	3.56
2007	4.65	3.44
2008	4.73	3.33
2009	4.81	3.23
2010	4.85	3.14
2011	4.83	3.05
2012	4.79	2.95
2013	4.73	2.87
2014	4.67	2.8
2015	4.61	2.8
2016	4.55	2.74
2017	4.5	2.69
2018	4.44	2.63
2019	4.38	2.59
2020	4.33	2.54
2021	4.28	2.49
2022	4.22	2.46
2023	4.16	2.42

Congo and Laos demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Laos

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Laos
1960	18.8	19.2
1961	18.7	19.2
1962	18.6	19.1
1963	18.4	19
1964	18.3	19
1965	18.2	18.9
1966	18.1	18.9
1967	17.9	18.9
1968	17.8	18.8
1969	17.7	18.8
1970	17.6	18.7
1971	17.5	18.7
1972	17.4	18.7
1973	17.4	18.7
1974	17.3	18.6
1975	17.2	18.5
1976	17.1	18.4
1977	17	18.3
1978	17	18.1
1979	17	18
1980	17	17.9
1981	17	17.9
1982	17.1	17.8
1983	17.2	17.8
1984	17.2	17.8
1985	17.3	17.8
1986	17.4	17.8
1987	17.4	17.8
1988	17.5	17.9
1989	17.6	17.9
1990	17.7	17.9
1991	17.7	17.9
1992	17.8	17.9
1993	17.9	17.9
1994	18	17.9
1995	18.1	17.9
1996	18.1	17.9
1997	18.1	18
1998	18.1	18
1999	18.2	18
2000	18.5	18.1
2001	18.8	18.2
2002	18.8	18.4
2003	18.9	18.5
2004	19	18.7
2005	19.2	18.9
2006	19.3	19.2
2007	19.5	19.6
2008	19.5	20
2009	19.7	20.5
2010	19.8	21
2011	19.7	21.4
2012	19.6	21.9
2013	19.5	22.3
2014	19.4	22.7
2015	19.3	23
2016	19.2	23.3
2017	19.2	23.6
2018	19.1	23.8
2019	19.1	24.1
2020	19.2	24.4
2021	19.2	24.7
2022	19.3	25
2023	19.4	25.3
2024	19.5	25.6

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