Congo vs Madagascar statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 32M in Madagascar (ranked 49/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 224,634 sq mi for Madagascar (ranked 64th vs. 44th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545).

Congo and Madagascar: Comparison Charts

Congo and Madagascar economies compared

GDP

Congo

Madagascar

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Madagascar
1960	$131,731,863	$673,081,725
1961	$151,675,739	$699,161,945
1962	$166,521,240	$739,286,908
1963	$172,233,431	$759,345,864
1964	$185,693,725	$802,482,184
1965	$198,318,064	$833,563,473
1966	$220,613,582	$900,264,585
1967	$237,397,428	$956,436,932
1968	$251,247,458	$1,031,669,637
1969	$265,040,036	$1,056,391,056
1970	$274,960,700	$1,111,859,571
1971	$322,128,019	$1,199,507,631
1972	$410,669,264	$1,341,590,690
1973	$541,973,363	$1,653,062,335
1974	$585,364,634	$1,917,508,190
1975	$767,102,680	$2,283,049,215
1976	$754,549,601	$2,181,844,179
1977	$765,224,029	$2,358,930,406
1978	$878,771,772	$2,669,755,115
1979	$1,198,749,667	$3,463,565,854
1980	$1,705,796,853	$5,201,818,348
1981	$1,993,512,323	$4,759,333,998
1982	$2,160,640,565	$4,784,977,326
1983	$2,097,274,290	$4,686,457,031
1984	$2,193,581,365	$3,905,938,481
1985	$2,160,872,540	$3,802,557,895
1986	$1,849,268,212	$4,347,989,788
1987	$2,297,753,652	$3,212,900,556
1988	$2,212,536,312	$3,189,456,965
1989	$2,389,593,026	$3,175,638,333
1990	$2,798,746,050	$3,931,334,875
1991	$2,724,853,506	$3,254,713,056
1992	$2,933,222,703	$3,714,966,678
1993	$2,684,323,623	$4,063,298,919
1994	$1,769,365,438	$3,522,227,092
1995	$2,116,003,868	$3,838,100,904
1996	$2,540,697,539	$4,931,861,039
1997	$2,322,719,103	$4,262,965,420
1998	$1,949,481,379	$4,401,967,633
1999	$2,354,772,960	$4,277,903,780
2000	$3,227,927,698	$4,629,247,204
2001	$2,796,704,604	$5,438,332,602
2002	$3,034,250,924	$5,351,701,663
2003	$3,503,723,088	$6,372,498,890
2004	$4,656,974,940	$5,064,732,626
2005	$6,650,001,680	$5,859,269,753
2006	$8,072,305,029	$6,395,712,491
2007	$8,782,703,437	$8,524,620,890
2008	$11,649,857,673	$10,725,137,724
2009	$9,723,299,915	$9,616,879,409
2010	$13,148,396,212	$9,982,711,338
2011	$15,655,383,577	$11,551,819,618
2012	$17,692,911,296	$11,578,975,062
2013	$17,958,720,699	$12,423,555,455
2014	$17,919,321,078	$12,522,957,399
2015	$12,434,793,867	$11,323,020,701
2016	$10,931,328,151	$11,848,613,858
2017	$11,834,473,039	$13,176,313,594
2018	$14,773,900,289	$13,760,033,282
2019	$13,976,637,780	$14,104,664,679
2020	$11,468,687,464	$13,051,441,204
2021	$14,825,690,211	$14,354,731,964
2022	$15,817,030,157	$15,325,603,273
2023	$15,321,055,818	$15,869,945,478
2024	$15,719,985,776	$17,420,814,801

Congo and Madagascar economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Madagascar

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Madagascar
1960	$124.7	$131.7
1961	$139.9	$133.3
1962	$149.6	$137.3
1963	$150.7	$137.4
1964	$158.1	$141.5
1965	$164.2	$143.2
1966	$177.6	$150.7
1967	$185.7	$155.9
1968	$190.8	$163.6
1969	$195.4	$162.9
1970	$196.7	$166.6
1971	$223.5	$174.6
1972	$276.3	$189.6
1973	$353	$226.8
1974	$370	$255.3
1975	$471	$295
1976	$453	$273.5
1977	$448	$286.9
1978	$503	$315
1979	$670	$396
1980	$933	$578
1981	$1,066	$513
1982	$1,131	$501
1983	$1,075	$476
1984	$1,097	$385
1985	$1,049	$364
1986	$872	$405
1987	$1,052	$290.8
1988	$984	$280.5
1989	$1,033	$271.3
1990	$1,176	$326
1991	$1,113	$262
1992	$1,164	$290.2
1993	$1,034	$308
1994	$662	$258.7
1995	$770	$273.1
1996	$899	$340
1997	$804	$284.4
1998	$660	$284.2
1999	$776	$267.4
2000	$1,024	$280.3
2001	$855	$319
2002	$906	$305
2003	$1,017	$353
2004	$1,306	$272.2
2005	$1,799	$306
2006	$2,104	$324
2007	$2,206	$420
2008	$2,832	$513
2009	$2,271	$446
2010	$2,947	$450
2011	$3,396	$506
2012	$3,732	$494
2013	$3,697	$515
2014	$3,601	$506
2015	$2,439	$445
2016	$2,093	$454
2017	$2,212	$492
2018	$2,694	$500
2019	$2,488	$500
2020	$1,994	$451
2021	$2,516	$483
2022	$2,621	$504
2023	$2,478	$509
2024	$2,482	$545

Congo vs. Madagascar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Madagascar

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Madagascar
1950	39.6	39.7
1951	40.3	39.9
1952	41.1	40.3
1953	41.9	40.7
1954	42.6	40.9
1955	43.4	41.3
1956	44.3	41.7
1957	45.1	42.1
1958	46	42.5
1959	46.8	43
1960	47.6	43.3
1961	48.4	43.8
1962	49	44.2
1963	49.7	44.6
1964	50.4	45
1965	51	45.4
1966	51.6	46
1967	51.9	46.5
1968	52.6	46.9
1969	53.1	47.3
1970	53.6	47.9
1971	54	48.2
1972	54.4	48.5
1973	54.7	48.9
1974	55.1	49.3
1975	55.4	49.6
1976	55.7	49.8
1977	56	49.9
1978	56.2	50
1979	56.5	50.1
1980	56.8	50
1981	57.1	49.8
1982	57.2	50
1983	57.4	50.1
1984	57.5	50.2
1985	57.6	50.4
1986	57.6	50.7
1987	57.6	51.1
1988	57.5	51.4
1989	57.3	51.8
1990	57.1	52.1
1991	56.8	52.6
1992	56.5	52.9
1993	56	53.7
1994	55.6	54.2
1995	55.5	54.8
1996	55.2	55.5
1997	48.6	56.1
1998	52.6	56.8
1999	54.4	57.4
2000	55.4	58
2001	55.9	58.7
2002	56.4	59.2
2003	57.1	59.7
2004	58	60.2
2005	58.7	60.7
2006	59.5	61.1
2007	60.1	61.5
2008	60.8	62
2009	61.2	62.3
2010	61.7	62.6
2011	62.3	62.9
2012	62.7	63
2013	63	63.2
2014	63.3	63.3
2015	63.7	63.4
2016	63.9	63.4
2017	64.2	63.4
2018	64.5	63.5
2019	63.2	63.5
2020	64.4	62.7
2021	64.2	62.5
2022	65	63.1
2023	65.8	63.6
2024	66	63.8
2025	66.2	64

Congo and Madagascar population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Madagascar

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Madagascar
1960	1,056,732	5,111,029
1961	1,084,389	5,246,158
1962	1,113,175	5,384,150
1963	1,143,263	5,525,185
1964	1,174,816	5,669,863
1965	1,207,880	5,819,116
1966	1,242,534	5,974,279
1967	1,278,691	6,136,486
1968	1,316,519	6,306,493
1969	1,356,182	6,484,716
1970	1,397,638	6,672,003
1971	1,441,039	6,868,868
1972	1,486,468	7,074,398
1973	1,533,680	7,288,048
1974	1,582,301	7,509,726
1975	1,627,032	7,739,336
1976	1,667,225	7,976,831
1977	1,707,568	8,222,240
1978	1,748,089	8,475,864
1979	1,788,524	8,737,581
1980	1,828,985	9,006,032
1981	1,869,759	9,279,011
1982	1,910,430	9,557,671
1983	1,950,321	9,843,044
1984	1,999,528	10,134,550
1985	2,059,311	10,433,142
1986	2,120,602	10,736,857
1987	2,183,473	11,047,291
1988	2,247,653	11,369,462
1989	2,313,558	11,704,998
1990	2,380,560	12,055,639
1991	2,449,229	12,421,412
1992	2,519,465	12,800,870
1993	2,595,124	13,197,345
1994	2,673,144	13,613,850
1995	2,749,461	14,051,275
1996	2,826,785	14,510,711
1997	2,887,862	14,990,814
1998	2,952,061	15,489,364
1999	3,032,874	16,000,506
2000	3,151,345	16,516,338
2001	3,272,537	17,032,939
2002	3,350,771	17,549,913
2003	3,445,753	18,071,854
2004	3,565,554	18,606,608
2005	3,696,393	19,159,707
2006	3,837,409	19,730,909
2007	3,980,430	20,318,583
2008	4,113,517	20,923,840
2009	4,281,219	21,547,280
2010	4,462,290	22,183,340
2011	4,609,724	22,822,300
2012	4,740,450	23,462,438
2013	4,857,099	24,109,290
2014	4,975,880	24,764,348
2015	5,097,581	25,426,702
2016	5,222,536	26,099,952
2017	5,351,011	26,788,375
2018	5,483,118	27,494,926
2019	5,616,661	28,219,554
2020	5,752,791	28,953,556
2021	5,892,183	29,691,083
2022	6,035,104	30,437,261
2023	6,182,885	31,195,932
2024	6,332,961	31,964,956

Fertility rates in Congo and Madagascar

Fertility rate

Congo

Madagascar

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Madagascar
1960	6.09	7.34
1961	6.09	7.3
1962	6.1	7.26
1963	6.15	7.21
1964	6.18	7.19
1965	6.23	7.17
1966	6.27	7.16
1967	6.29	7.14
1968	6.33	7.13
1969	6.35	7.12
1970	6.38	7.1
1971	6.42	7.07
1972	6.44	7.04
1973	6.42	7.01
1974	6.39	6.99
1975	6.36	6.97
1976	6.32	6.95
1977	6.27	6.93
1978	6.21	6.9
1979	6.14	6.87
1980	6.07	6.84
1981	5.98	6.77
1982	5.85	6.7
1983	5.76	6.63
1984	5.66	6.55
1985	5.59	6.46
1986	5.51	6.34
1987	5.46	6.24
1988	5.39	6.18
1989	5.33	6.15
1990	5.27	6.14
1991	5.22	6.12
1992	5.18	6.08
1993	5.13	6.06
1994	5.1	6.04
1995	5.07	6.04
1996	5.03	6.03
1997	5	6.02
1998	4.91	5.99
1999	4.81	5.84
2000	4.72	5.67
2001	4.67	5.53
2002	4.7	5.41
2003	4.7	5.33
2004	4.69	5.26
2005	4.67	5.2
2006	4.65	5.13
2007	4.65	5.08
2008	4.73	5.04
2009	4.81	5
2010	4.85	4.9
2011	4.83	4.74
2012	4.79	4.61
2013	4.73	4.53
2014	4.67	4.42
2015	4.61	4.34
2016	4.55	4.29
2017	4.5	4.26
2018	4.44	4.25
2019	4.38	4.22
2020	4.33	4.17
2021	4.28	4.1
2022	4.22	4.04
2023	4.16	3.97

Congo and Madagascar demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Madagascar

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Madagascar
1960	18.8	17.9
1961	18.7	17.5
1962	18.6	17.2
1963	18.4	17
1964	18.3	16.8
1965	18.2	16.8
1966	18.1	16.7
1967	17.9	16.7
1968	17.8	16.7
1969	17.7	16.6
1970	17.6	16.7
1971	17.5	16.7
1972	17.4	16.6
1973	17.4	16.6
1974	17.3	16.6
1975	17.2	16.6
1976	17.1	16.6
1977	17	16.5
1978	17	16.5
1979	17	16.5
1980	17	16.4
1981	17	16.4
1982	17.1	16.4
1983	17.2	16.4
1984	17.2	16.5
1985	17.3	16.5
1986	17.4	16.6
1987	17.4	16.6
1988	17.5	16.7
1989	17.6	16.8
1990	17.7	16.9
1991	17.7	16.9
1992	17.8	17
1993	17.9	17
1994	18	17.1
1995	18.1	17.1
1996	18.1	17.1
1997	18.1	17.1
1998	18.1	17.2
1999	18.2	17.2
2000	18.5	17.2
2001	18.8	17.2
2002	18.8	17.2
2003	18.9	17.2
2004	19	17.3
2005	19.2	17.3
2006	19.3	17.4
2007	19.5	17.5
2008	19.5	17.6
2009	19.7	17.7
2010	19.8	17.8
2011	19.7	17.9
2012	19.6	18.1
2013	19.5	18.2
2014	19.4	18.4
2015	19.3	18.6
2016	19.2	18.7
2017	19.2	18.9
2018	19.1	19.1
2019	19.1	19.3
2020	19.2	19.4
2021	19.2	19.6
2022	19.3	19.7
2023	19.4	19.9
2024	19.5	20

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