Congo vs Nigeria statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 64th vs. 30th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Congo and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Congo and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Nigeria
1960	$131,731,863	$4,196,174,502
1961	$151,675,739	$4,467,287,893
1962	$166,521,240	$4,909,399,176
1963	$172,233,431	$5,165,590,254
1964	$185,693,725	$5,552,931,319
1965	$198,318,064	$5,874,537,650
1966	$220,613,582	$6,366,917,453
1967	$237,397,428	$5,203,237,919
1968	$251,247,458	$5,200,997,920
1969	$265,040,036	$6,634,317,346
1970	$274,960,700	$12,546,094,982
1971	$322,128,019	$9,181,769,912
1972	$410,669,264	$12,274,416,018
1973	$541,973,363	$15,162,871,287
1974	$585,364,634	$24,846,641,318
1975	$767,102,680	$27,778,934,625
1976	$754,549,601	$36,308,883,249
1977	$765,224,029	$36,035,407,725
1978	$878,771,772	$36,527,862,209
1979	$1,198,749,667	$47,259,911,894
1980	$1,705,796,853	$64,201,788,123
1981	$1,993,512,323	$164,475,209,516
1982	$2,160,640,565	$142,769,363,314
1983	$2,097,274,290	$97,094,911,792
1984	$2,193,581,365	$73,484,359,521
1985	$2,160,872,540	$73,745,821,158
1986	$1,849,268,212	$54,805,852,581
1987	$2,297,753,652	$52,676,041,931
1988	$2,212,536,312	$49,648,470,440
1989	$2,389,593,026	$44,003,061,108
1990	$2,798,746,050	$54,035,795,388
1991	$2,724,853,506	$59,526,833,412
1992	$2,933,222,703	$52,058,181,854
1993	$2,684,323,623	$56,721,051,402
1994	$1,769,365,438	$80,399,613,064
1995	$2,116,003,868	$140,919,776,986
1996	$2,540,697,539	$185,730,236,700
1997	$2,322,719,103	$200,850,397,618
1998	$1,949,481,379	$218,416,200,673
1999	$2,354,772,960	$59,145,077,039
2000	$3,227,927,698	$69,171,451,627
2001	$2,796,704,604	$73,557,840,064
2002	$3,034,250,924	$95,054,059,303
2003	$3,503,723,088	$104,738,954,264
2004	$4,656,974,940	$135,764,731,646
2005	$6,650,001,680	$175,670,569,969
2006	$8,072,305,029	$238,454,997,161
2007	$8,782,703,437	$278,260,846,800
2008	$11,649,857,673	$339,476,276,258
2009	$9,723,299,915	$295,008,835,381
2010	$13,148,396,212	$366,990,417,129
2011	$15,655,383,577	$414,466,676,831
2012	$17,692,911,296	$463,971,018,239
2013	$17,958,720,699	$520,117,180,314
2014	$17,919,321,078	$574,183,763,412
2015	$12,434,793,867	$493,026,682,801
2016	$10,931,328,151	$404,649,125,252
2017	$11,834,473,039	$375,745,731,053
2018	$14,773,900,289	$421,739,251,509
2019	$13,976,637,780	$474,517,490,844
2020	$11,468,687,464	$432,198,898,468
2021	$14,825,690,211	$440,833,635,874
2022	$15,817,030,157	$477,403,400,101
2023	$15,321,055,818	$363,846,332,835
2024	$15,719,985,776	$187,759,703,100

Congo and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Nigeria
1960	$124.7	$93.1
1961	$139.9	$97.1
1962	$149.6	$104.5
1963	$150.7	$107.7
1964	$158.1	$113.3
1965	$164.2	$117.3
1966	$177.6	$124.4
1967	$185.7	$99.5
1968	$190.8	$97.3
1969	$195.4	$121.4
1970	$196.7	$224.5
1971	$223.5	$160.5
1972	$276.3	$209.5
1973	$353	$252.4
1974	$370	$403
1975	$471	$438
1976	$453	$556
1977	$448	$536
1978	$503	$527
1979	$670	$661
1980	$933	$870
1981	$1,066	$2,162
1982	$1,131	$1,822
1983	$1,075	$1,207
1984	$1,097	$890
1985	$1,049	$869
1986	$872	$628
1987	$1,052	$588
1988	$984	$540
1989	$1,033	$465
1990	$1,176	$556
1991	$1,113	$597
1992	$1,164	$509
1993	$1,034	$540
1994	$662	$745
1995	$770	$1,272
1996	$899	$1,633
1997	$804	$1,720
1998	$660	$1,822
1999	$776	$481
2000	$1,024	$547
2001	$855	$566
2002	$906	$712
2003	$1,017	$763
2004	$1,306	$962
2005	$1,799	$1,211
2006	$2,104	$1,600
2007	$2,206	$1,816
2008	$2,832	$2,154
2009	$2,271	$1,820
2010	$2,947	$2,202
2011	$3,396	$2,418
2012	$3,732	$2,633
2013	$3,697	$2,873
2014	$3,601	$3,089
2015	$2,439	$2,586
2016	$2,093	$2,070
2017	$2,212	$1,876
2018	$2,694	$2,058
2019	$2,488	$2,265
2020	$1,994	$2,020
2021	$2,516	$2,017
2022	$2,621	$2,139
2023	$2,478	$1,597
2024	$2,482	$807

Congo vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Nigeria
1950	39.6	35.5
1951	40.3	35.7
1952	41.1	35.9
1953	41.9	36
1954	42.6	36.2
1955	43.4	36.3
1956	44.3	36.5
1957	45.1	36.6
1958	46	36.8
1959	46.8	37
1960	47.6	37.2
1961	48.4	37.4
1962	49	37.6
1963	49.7	37.8
1964	50.4	38
1965	51	38.2
1966	51.6	38.4
1967	51.9	37.5
1968	52.6	38.6
1969	53.1	38.9
1970	53.6	40
1971	54	40.6
1972	54.4	41.3
1973	54.7	41.8
1974	55.1	42.5
1975	55.4	43.1
1976	55.7	44.2
1977	56	44.8
1978	56.2	45.3
1979	56.5	45.7
1980	56.8	46
1981	57.1	46.3
1982	57.2	46.4
1983	57.4	46.4
1984	57.5	46.3
1985	57.6	46.2
1986	57.6	46
1987	57.6	45.9
1988	57.5	45.8
1989	57.3	45.8
1990	57.1	45.7
1991	56.8	45.5
1992	56.5	45.6
1993	56	45.8
1994	55.6	45.7
1995	55.5	45.9
1996	55.2	45.8
1997	48.6	46
1998	52.6	46.1
1999	54.4	46.6
2000	55.4	47.1
2001	55.9	47.5
2002	56.4	48
2003	57.1	48.6
2004	58	49.1
2005	58.7	49.5
2006	59.5	49.9
2007	60.1	50.4
2008	60.8	50.7
2009	61.2	51.1
2010	61.7	51.3
2011	62.3	51.5
2012	62.7	51.7
2013	63	51.8
2014	63.3	51.9
2015	63.7	51.9
2016	63.9	52.2
2017	64.2	52.4
2018	64.5	52.7
2019	63.2	53
2020	64.4	53.1
2021	64.2	53.5
2022	65	54.1
2023	65.8	54.5
2024	66	54.6
2025	66.2	54.8

Congo and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Nigeria
1960	1,056,732	45,053,782
1961	1,084,389	45,989,310
1962	1,113,175	46,965,292
1963	1,143,263	47,973,575
1964	1,174,816	49,012,016
1965	1,207,880	50,086,764
1966	1,242,534	51,188,234
1967	1,278,691	52,293,065
1968	1,316,519	53,432,783
1969	1,356,182	54,631,914
1970	1,397,638	55,893,838
1971	1,441,039	57,214,684
1972	1,486,468	58,601,748
1973	1,533,680	60,082,139
1974	1,582,301	61,679,144
1975	1,627,032	63,410,815
1976	1,667,225	65,258,009
1977	1,707,568	67,234,590
1978	1,748,089	69,326,532
1979	1,788,524	71,498,242
1980	1,828,985	73,764,641
1981	1,869,759	76,068,103
1982	1,910,430	78,378,701
1983	1,950,321	80,438,260
1984	1,999,528	82,526,443
1985	2,059,311	84,897,973
1986	2,120,602	87,235,953
1987	2,183,473	89,591,716
1988	2,247,653	92,020,090
1989	2,313,558	94,531,014
1990	2,380,560	97,120,925
1991	2,449,229	99,720,162
1992	2,519,465	102,372,770
1993	2,595,124	105,122,069
1994	2,673,144	107,935,714
1995	2,749,461	110,819,428
1996	2,826,785	113,754,779
1997	2,887,862	116,754,792
1998	2,952,061	119,846,254
1999	3,032,874	123,047,320
2000	3,151,345	126,382,494
2001	3,272,537	129,862,595
2002	3,350,771	133,471,989
2003	3,445,753	137,202,644
2004	3,565,554	141,057,045
2005	3,696,393	145,017,253
2006	3,837,409	149,077,334
2007	3,980,430	153,267,261
2008	4,113,517	157,595,014
2009	4,281,219	162,049,464
2010	4,462,290	166,642,886
2011	4,609,724	171,379,598
2012	4,740,450	176,200,625
2013	4,857,099	181,049,443
2014	4,975,880	185,896,915
2015	5,097,581	190,671,878
2016	5,222,536	195,443,700
2017	5,351,011	200,254,579
2018	5,483,118	204,938,755
2019	5,616,661	209,485,641
2020	5,752,791	213,996,181
2021	5,892,183	218,529,286
2022	6,035,104	223,150,896
2023	6,182,885	227,882,945
2024	6,332,961	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Congo and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Nigeria
1960	6.09	6.36
1961	6.09	6.35
1962	6.1	6.36
1963	6.15	6.35
1964	6.18	6.36
1965	6.23	6.37
1966	6.27	6.39
1967	6.29	6.4
1968	6.33	6.42
1969	6.35	6.44
1970	6.38	6.47
1971	6.42	6.53
1972	6.44	6.58
1973	6.42	6.63
1974	6.39	6.7
1975	6.36	6.77
1976	6.32	6.81
1977	6.27	6.86
1978	6.21	6.92
1979	6.14	6.89
1980	6.07	6.85
1981	5.98	6.82
1982	5.85	6.8
1983	5.76	6.78
1984	5.66	6.7
1985	5.59	6.62
1986	5.51	6.56
1987	5.46	6.5
1988	5.39	6.5
1989	5.33	6.49
1990	5.27	6.46
1991	5.22	6.43
1992	5.18	6.39
1993	5.13	6.35
1994	5.1	6.32
1995	5.07	6.27
1996	5.03	6.22
1997	5	6.14
1998	4.91	6.07
1999	4.81	6.08
2000	4.72	6.12
2001	4.67	6.13
2002	4.7	6.12
2003	4.7	6.1
2004	4.69	6.09
2005	4.67	6.06
2006	4.65	6.05
2007	4.65	6.03
2008	4.73	6.02
2009	4.81	5.99
2010	4.85	5.95
2011	4.83	5.89
2012	4.79	5.8
2013	4.73	5.69
2014	4.67	5.62
2015	4.61	5.5
2016	4.55	5.34
2017	4.5	5.18
2018	4.44	5.02
2019	4.38	4.86
2020	4.33	4.7
2021	4.28	4.64
2022	4.22	4.55
2023	4.16	4.48

Congo and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Nigeria

Table

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

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