Congo vs Netherlands statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 64th vs. 134th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Congo and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Congo and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Netherlands
1960	$131,731,863	$13,282,979,015
1961	$151,675,739	$14,599,836,396
1962	$166,521,240	$15,847,582,341
1963	$172,233,431	$17,193,744,109
1964	$185,693,725	$20,232,048,553
1965	$198,318,064	$22,721,869,808
1966	$220,613,582	$24,741,480,717
1967	$237,397,428	$27,143,828,099
1968	$251,247,458	$30,097,635,751
1969	$265,040,036	$34,086,038,090
1970	$274,960,700	$38,220,884,519
1971	$322,128,019	$44,644,730,576
1972	$410,669,264	$54,787,070,173
1973	$541,973,363	$71,946,639,603
1974	$585,364,634	$87,371,810,804
1975	$767,102,680	$100,397,061,694
1976	$754,549,601	$109,329,386,564
1977	$765,224,029	$127,203,923,857
1978	$878,771,772	$156,089,077,205
1979	$1,198,749,667	$179,933,827,310
1980	$1,705,796,853	$195,439,301,707
1981	$1,993,512,323	$164,375,775,854
1982	$2,160,640,565	$158,712,765,536
1983	$2,097,274,290	$153,671,294,109
1984	$2,193,581,365	$144,124,462,912
1985	$2,160,872,540	$144,057,523,222
1986	$1,849,268,212	$201,157,708,221
1987	$2,297,753,652	$245,406,949,521
1988	$2,212,536,312	$262,295,966,105
1989	$2,389,593,026	$258,716,904,292
1990	$2,798,746,050	$318,799,003,994
1991	$2,724,853,506	$327,982,316,124
1992	$2,933,222,703	$363,497,050,125
1993	$2,684,323,623	$354,070,495,966
1994	$1,769,365,438	$379,688,232,232
1995	$2,116,003,868	$452,967,334,614
1996	$2,540,697,539	$451,372,549,020
1997	$2,322,719,103	$417,506,211,882
1998	$1,949,481,379	$438,612,530,549
1999	$2,354,772,960	$447,778,514,140
2000	$3,227,927,698	$417,649,282,154
2001	$2,796,704,604	$432,536,219,669
2002	$3,034,250,924	$475,529,972,123
2003	$3,503,723,088	$582,435,617,082
2004	$4,656,974,940	$661,224,886,143
2005	$6,650,001,680	$688,133,699,636
2006	$8,072,305,029	$737,593,995,289
2007	$8,782,703,437	$853,499,460,873
2008	$11,649,857,673	$957,901,566,041
2009	$9,723,299,915	$878,954,223,140
2010	$13,148,396,212	$852,464,982,433
2011	$15,655,383,577	$913,140,741,333
2012	$17,692,911,296	$845,689,017,066
2013	$17,958,720,699	$883,951,539,007
2014	$17,919,321,078	$901,556,501,756
2015	$12,434,793,867	$775,743,675,303
2016	$10,931,328,151	$797,163,949,290
2017	$11,834,473,039	$848,233,537,846
2018	$14,773,900,289	$929,733,599,797
2019	$13,976,637,780	$928,903,005,576
2020	$11,468,687,464	$932,560,861,701
2021	$14,825,690,211	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$15,817,030,157	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$15,321,055,818	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$15,719,985,776	$1,227,543,925,316

Congo and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Netherlands
1960	$124.7	$1,156
1961	$139.9	$1,254
1962	$149.6	$1,342
1963	$150.7	$1,437
1964	$158.1	$1,668
1965	$164.2	$1,848
1966	$177.6	$1,986
1967	$185.7	$2,155
1968	$190.8	$2,364
1969	$195.4	$2,647
1970	$196.7	$2,931
1971	$223.5	$3,384
1972	$276.3	$4,110
1973	$353	$5,353
1974	$370	$6,450
1975	$471	$7,346
1976	$453	$7,937
1977	$448	$9,180
1978	$503	$11,196
1979	$670	$12,817
1980	$933	$13,812
1981	$1,066	$11,537
1982	$1,131	$11,089
1983	$1,075	$10,696
1984	$1,097	$9,992
1985	$1,049	$9,941
1986	$872	$13,804
1987	$1,052	$16,734
1988	$984	$17,771
1989	$1,033	$17,423
1990	$1,176	$21,322
1991	$1,113	$21,764
1992	$1,164	$23,939
1993	$1,034	$23,156
1994	$662	$24,683
1995	$770	$29,301
1996	$899	$29,064
1997	$804	$26,745
1998	$660	$27,924
1999	$776	$28,319
2000	$1,024	$26,225
2001	$855	$26,956
2002	$906	$29,447
2003	$1,017	$35,897
2004	$1,306	$40,611
2005	$1,799	$42,165
2006	$2,104	$45,124
2007	$2,206	$52,101
2008	$2,832	$58,247
2009	$2,271	$53,172
2010	$2,947	$51,306
2011	$3,396	$54,702
2012	$3,732	$50,474
2013	$3,697	$52,602
2014	$3,601	$53,457
2015	$2,439	$45,794
2016	$2,093	$46,809
2017	$2,212	$49,514
2018	$2,694	$53,955
2019	$2,488	$53,555
2020	$1,994	$53,468
2021	$2,516	$60,142
2022	$2,621	$59,123
2023	$2,478	$64,572
2024	$2,482	$68,219

Congo vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Netherlands
1950	39.6	71.4
1951	40.3	71.5
1952	41.1	72.1
1953	41.9	71.7
1954	42.6	72.4
1955	43.4	72.5
1956	44.3	72.5
1957	45.1	73
1958	46	73.1
1959	46.8	73.2
1960	47.6	73.4
1961	48.4	73.6
1962	49	73.2
1963	49.7	73.4
1964	50.4	73.7
1965	51	73.6
1966	51.6	73.6
1967	51.9	73.8
1968	52.6	73.6
1969	53.1	73.6
1970	53.6	73.6
1971	54	73.9
1972	54.4	73.8
1973	54.7	74.2
1974	55.1	74.6
1975	55.4	74.6
1976	55.7	74.7
1977	56	75.3
1978	56.2	75.2
1979	56.5	75.6
1980	56.8	75.8
1981	57.1	76
1982	57.2	76.1
1983	57.4	76.3
1984	57.5	76.3
1985	57.6	76.4
1986	57.6	76.4
1987	57.6	76.8
1988	57.5	77
1989	57.3	76.8
1990	57.1	77
1991	56.8	77.2
1992	56.5	77.4
1993	56	77
1994	55.6	77.5
1995	55.5	77.6
1996	55.2	77.6
1997	48.6	77.9
1998	52.6	78
1999	54.4	78
2000	55.4	78.1
2001	55.9	78.3
2002	56.4	78.4
2003	57.1	78.7
2004	58	79.2
2005	58.7	79.5
2006	59.5	79.8
2007	60.1	80.3
2008	60.8	80.4
2009	61.2	80.7
2010	61.7	80.8
2011	62.3	81.1
2012	62.7	81.1
2013	63	81.3
2014	63.3	81.7
2015	63.7	81.5
2016	63.9	81.6
2017	64.2	81.7
2018	64.5	81.8
2019	63.2	82.1
2020	64.4	81.4
2021	64.2	81.4
2022	65	81.9
2023	65.8	82.2
2024	66	82.3
2025	66.2	82.4

Congo and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Netherlands
1960	1,056,732	11,486,631
1961	1,084,389	11,638,712
1962	1,113,175	11,805,689
1963	1,143,263	11,965,966
1964	1,174,816	12,127,120
1965	1,207,880	12,294,732
1966	1,242,534	12,456,251
1967	1,278,691	12,598,201
1968	1,316,519	12,729,721
1969	1,356,182	12,877,984
1970	1,397,638	13,038,526
1971	1,441,039	13,194,497
1972	1,486,468	13,328,593
1973	1,533,680	13,439,322
1974	1,582,301	13,545,056
1975	1,627,032	13,666,335
1976	1,667,225	13,774,037
1977	1,707,568	13,856,185
1978	1,748,089	13,941,700
1979	1,788,524	14,038,270
1980	1,828,985	14,149,800
1981	1,869,759	14,247,208
1982	1,910,430	14,312,690
1983	1,950,321	14,367,070
1984	1,999,528	14,424,211
1985	2,059,311	14,491,632
1986	2,120,602	14,572,278
1987	2,183,473	14,665,037
1988	2,247,653	14,760,094
1989	2,313,558	14,848,907
1990	2,380,560	14,951,510
1991	2,449,229	15,069,798
1992	2,519,465	15,184,166
1993	2,595,124	15,290,368
1994	2,673,144	15,382,838
1995	2,749,461	15,459,006
1996	2,826,785	15,530,498
1997	2,887,862	15,610,650
1998	2,952,061	15,707,209
1999	3,032,874	15,812,088
2000	3,151,345	15,925,513
2001	3,272,537	16,046,180
2002	3,350,771	16,148,929
2003	3,445,753	16,225,302
2004	3,565,554	16,281,779
2005	3,696,393	16,319,868
2006	3,837,409	16,346,101
2007	3,980,430	16,381,696
2008	4,113,517	16,445,593
2009	4,281,219	16,530,388
2010	4,462,290	16,615,394
2011	4,609,724	16,693,074
2012	4,740,450	16,754,962
2013	4,857,099	16,804,432
2014	4,975,880	16,865,008
2015	5,097,581	16,939,923
2016	5,222,536	17,030,314
2017	5,351,011	17,131,296
2018	5,483,118	17,231,624
2019	5,616,661	17,344,874
2020	5,752,791	17,441,500
2021	5,892,183	17,533,044
2022	6,035,104	17,700,982
2023	6,182,885	17,877,117
2024	6,332,961	17,994,237

Fertility rates in Congo and Netherlands

Fertility rate

Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Netherlands
1960	6.09	3.12
1961	6.09	3.22
1962	6.1	3.18
1963	6.15	3.19
1964	6.18	3.17
1965	6.23	3.04
1966	6.27	2.9
1967	6.29	2.81
1968	6.33	2.72
1969	6.35	2.75
1970	6.38	2.57
1971	6.42	2.36
1972	6.44	2.15
1973	6.42	1.9
1974	6.39	1.77
1975	6.36	1.66
1976	6.32	1.63
1977	6.27	1.58
1978	6.21	1.58
1979	6.14	1.56
1980	6.07	1.6
1981	5.98	1.56
1982	5.85	1.5
1983	5.76	1.47
1984	5.66	1.49
1985	5.59	1.51
1986	5.51	1.55
1987	5.46	1.56
1988	5.39	1.55
1989	5.33	1.55
1990	5.27	1.62
1991	5.22	1.61
1992	5.18	1.59
1993	5.13	1.57
1994	5.1	1.57
1995	5.07	1.53
1996	5.03	1.53
1997	5	1.56
1998	4.91	1.63
1999	4.81	1.65
2000	4.72	1.72
2001	4.67	1.71
2002	4.7	1.73
2003	4.7	1.75
2004	4.69	1.72
2005	4.67	1.71
2006	4.65	1.72
2007	4.65	1.72
2008	4.73	1.77
2009	4.81	1.79
2010	4.85	1.79
2011	4.83	1.76
2012	4.79	1.72
2013	4.73	1.68
2014	4.67	1.71
2015	4.61	1.66
2016	4.55	1.66
2017	4.5	1.62
2018	4.44	1.59
2019	4.38	1.57
2020	4.33	1.54
2021	4.28	1.62
2022	4.22	1.49
2023	4.16	1.43

Congo and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Netherlands
1960	18.8	28.8
1961	18.7	28.8
1962	18.6	28.7
1963	18.4	28.7
1964	18.3	28.6
1965	18.2	28.6
1966	18.1	28.6
1967	17.9	28.5
1968	17.8	28.6
1969	17.7	28.6
1970	17.6	28.6
1971	17.5	28.7
1972	17.4	28.9
1973	17.4	29
1974	17.3	29.3
1975	17.2	29.4
1976	17.1	29.8
1977	17	30.3
1978	17	30.7
1979	17	31
1980	17	31.3
1981	17	31.6
1982	17.1	31.9
1983	17.2	32.3
1984	17.2	32.6
1985	17.3	32.9
1986	17.4	33.2
1987	17.4	33.5
1988	17.5	33.8
1989	17.6	34.1
1990	17.7	34.3
1991	17.7	34.6
1992	17.8	34.8
1993	17.9	35.1
1994	18	35.4
1995	18.1	35.7
1996	18.1	36.1
1997	18.1	36.4
1998	18.1	36.7
1999	18.2	37
2000	18.5	37.3
2001	18.8	37.5
2002	18.8	37.8
2003	18.9	38.1
2004	19	38.5
2005	19.2	38.9
2006	19.3	39.3
2007	19.5	39.7
2008	19.5	40
2009	19.7	40.3
2010	19.8	40.7
2011	19.7	41
2012	19.6	41.3
2013	19.5	41.6
2014	19.4	41.8
2015	19.3	42
2016	19.2	42.2
2017	19.2	42.3
2018	19.1	42.4
2019	19.1	42.5
2020	19.2	42.5
2021	19.2	42.6
2022	19.3	42.5
2023	19.4	42.4
2024	19.5	42.4

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