Congo vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 64th vs. 54th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Congo and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Congo and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Congo

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Papua New Guinea
1960	$131,731,863	$230,496,037
1961	$151,675,739	$244,832,039
1962	$166,521,240	$261,184,042
1963	$172,233,431	$275,968,044
1964	$185,693,725	$305,312,049
1965	$198,318,064	$344,176,055
1966	$220,613,582	$390,992,063
1967	$237,397,428	$441,728,183
1968	$251,247,458	$485,184,190
1969	$265,040,036	$551,263,864
1970	$274,960,700	$645,568,215
1971	$322,128,019	$717,750,278
1972	$410,669,264	$858,761,926
1973	$541,973,363	$1,299,079,410
1974	$585,364,634	$1,467,417,672
1975	$767,102,680	$1,356,603,608
1976	$754,549,601	$1,511,843,235
1977	$765,224,029	$1,640,746,619
1978	$878,771,772	$1,947,878,831
1979	$1,198,749,667	$2,293,760,511
1980	$1,705,796,853	$2,545,808,456
1981	$1,993,512,323	$2,498,190,847
1982	$2,160,640,565	$2,368,719,683
1983	$2,097,274,290	$2,562,351,551
1984	$2,193,581,365	$2,552,662,617
1985	$2,160,872,540	$2,423,339,172
1986	$1,849,268,212	$2,647,995,602
1987	$2,297,753,652	$3,143,851,794
1988	$2,212,536,312	$3,656,177,881
1989	$2,389,593,026	$3,546,472,566
1990	$2,798,746,050	$3,219,729,083
1991	$2,724,853,506	$3,787,394,958
1992	$2,933,222,703	$4,377,980,510
1993	$2,684,323,623	$4,974,550,286
1994	$1,769,365,438	$5,502,786,070
1995	$2,116,003,868	$4,636,057,476
1996	$2,540,697,539	$5,155,311,077
1997	$2,322,719,103	$4,936,615,299
1998	$1,949,481,379	$3,789,443,015
1999	$2,354,772,960	$3,477,038,204
2000	$3,227,927,698	$3,521,339,699
2001	$2,796,704,604	$3,081,024,212
2002	$3,034,250,924	$2,999,511,040
2003	$3,503,723,088	$3,536,411,824
2004	$4,656,974,940	$3,927,157,867
2005	$6,650,001,680	$4,865,892,972
2006	$8,072,305,029	$8,354,911,041
2007	$8,782,703,437	$9,545,028,944
2008	$11,649,857,673	$11,670,892,801
2009	$9,723,299,915	$11,619,456,449
2010	$13,148,396,212	$14,250,786,675
2011	$15,655,383,577	$17,985,138,066
2012	$17,692,911,296	$21,295,168,666
2013	$17,958,720,699	$21,261,338,065
2014	$17,919,321,078	$23,210,823,987
2015	$12,434,793,867	$21,723,437,010
2016	$10,931,328,151	$20,758,876,953
2017	$11,834,473,039	$22,742,699,138
2018	$14,773,900,289	$24,109,780,708
2019	$13,976,637,780	$24,750,626,030
2020	$11,468,687,464	$23,848,447,850
2021	$14,825,690,211	$26,109,413,521
2022	$15,817,030,157	$31,653,185,953
2023	$15,321,055,818	$30,816,367,067
2024	$15,719,985,776	$32,538,480,024

Congo and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Papua New Guinea
1960	$124.7	$115.5
1961	$139.9	$119.7
1962	$149.6	$124.7
1963	$150.7	$128.9
1964	$158.1	$139.5
1965	$164.2	$153.9
1966	$177.6	$171.1
1967	$185.7	$189
1968	$190.8	$202.9
1969	$195.4	$225.3
1970	$196.7	$257.6
1971	$223.5	$279.7
1972	$276.3	$327
1973	$353	$483
1974	$370	$533
1975	$471	$482
1976	$453	$525
1977	$448	$558
1978	$503	$648
1979	$670	$748
1980	$933	$813
1981	$1,066	$781
1982	$1,131	$726
1983	$1,075	$769
1984	$1,097	$750
1985	$1,049	$697
1986	$872	$745
1987	$1,052	$865
1988	$984	$985
1989	$1,033	$934
1990	$1,176	$826
1991	$1,113	$942
1992	$1,164	$1,051
1993	$1,034	$1,151
1994	$662	$1,228
1995	$770	$998
1996	$899	$1,071
1997	$804	$990
1998	$660	$733
1999	$776	$650
2000	$1,024	$636
2001	$855	$538
2002	$906	$506
2003	$1,017	$577
2004	$1,306	$621
2005	$1,799	$744
2006	$2,104	$1,238
2007	$2,206	$1,371
2008	$2,832	$1,625
2009	$2,271	$1,569
2010	$2,947	$1,867
2011	$3,396	$2,288
2012	$3,732	$2,635
2013	$3,697	$2,561
2014	$3,601	$2,723
2015	$2,439	$2,485
2016	$2,093	$2,316
2017	$2,212	$2,478
2018	$2,694	$2,566
2019	$2,488	$2,576
2020	$1,994	$2,430
2021	$2,516	$2,608
2022	$2,621	$3,102
2023	$2,478	$2,966
2024	$2,482	$3,076

Congo vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Papua New Guinea
1950	39.6	39.4
1951	40.3	35.5
1952	41.1	40.7
1953	41.9	41.3
1954	42.6	42
1955	43.4	42.6
1956	44.3	43.3
1957	45.1	43.9
1958	46	44.6
1959	46.8	45.1
1960	47.6	45.8
1961	48.4	46.4
1962	49	46.7
1963	49.7	47.7
1964	50.4	48.3
1965	51	48.9
1966	51.6	49.6
1967	51.9	50.2
1968	52.6	50.9
1969	53.1	51.5
1970	53.6	52.1
1971	54	52.6
1972	54.4	53.3
1973	54.7	53.9
1974	55.1	54.4
1975	55.4	55
1976	55.7	55.5
1977	56	56
1978	56.2	56.5
1979	56.5	57
1980	56.8	57.4
1981	57.1	57.8
1982	57.2	58.1
1983	57.4	58.3
1984	57.5	58.6
1985	57.6	58.8
1986	57.6	59
1987	57.6	59.2
1988	57.5	59.4
1989	57.3	59.6
1990	57.1	59.8
1991	56.8	59.9
1992	56.5	60.3
1993	56	60.5
1994	55.6	60.7
1995	55.5	60.9
1996	55.2	61.1
1997	48.6	61.3
1998	52.6	60.4
1999	54.4	61.5
2000	55.4	61.6
2001	55.9	61.6
2002	56.4	61.6
2003	57.1	61.7
2004	58	61.8
2005	58.7	61.9
2006	59.5	62
2007	60.1	62.2
2008	60.8	62.5
2009	61.2	62.8
2010	61.7	63.1
2011	62.3	63.4
2012	62.7	63.6
2013	63	63.9
2014	63.3	64.2
2015	63.7	64.5
2016	63.9	64.7
2017	64.2	64.9
2018	64.5	65.1
2019	63.2	65.3
2020	64.4	65.1
2021	64.2	64.4
2022	65	65.3
2023	65.8	66.1
2024	66	66.3
2025	66.2	66.4

Congo and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,056,732	1,995,110
1961	1,084,389	2,046,127
1962	1,113,175	2,093,919
1963	1,143,263	2,141,376
1964	1,174,816	2,188,325
1965	1,207,880	2,235,820
1966	1,242,534	2,285,774
1967	1,278,691	2,337,532
1968	1,316,519	2,390,803
1969	1,356,182	2,446,927
1970	1,397,638	2,505,628
1971	1,441,039	2,566,421
1972	1,486,468	2,628,432
1973	1,533,680	2,690,629
1974	1,582,301	2,752,671
1975	1,627,032	2,814,820
1976	1,667,225	2,877,327
1977	1,707,568	2,940,327
1978	1,748,089	3,003,714
1979	1,788,524	3,067,341
1980	1,828,985	3,131,512
1981	1,869,759	3,197,019
1982	1,910,430	3,264,291
1983	1,950,321	3,333,633
1984	1,999,528	3,405,198
1985	2,059,311	3,478,936
1986	2,120,602	3,554,793
1987	2,183,473	3,632,543
1988	2,247,653	3,711,880
1989	2,313,558	3,796,078
1990	2,380,560	3,896,481
1991	2,449,229	4,021,837
1992	2,519,465	4,166,699
1993	2,595,124	4,320,872
1994	2,673,144	4,480,208
1995	2,749,461	4,644,278
1996	2,826,785	4,813,361
1997	2,887,862	4,987,883
1998	2,952,061	5,166,390
1999	3,032,874	5,349,333
2000	3,151,345	5,537,064
2001	3,272,537	5,728,435
2002	3,350,771	5,924,003
2003	3,445,753	6,123,997
2004	3,565,554	6,328,041
2005	3,696,393	6,535,905
2006	3,837,409	6,747,720
2007	3,980,430	6,963,345
2008	4,113,517	7,183,002
2009	4,281,219	7,406,438
2010	4,462,290	7,633,523
2011	4,609,724	7,859,346
2012	4,740,450	8,081,390
2013	4,857,099	8,302,698
2014	4,975,880	8,523,441
2015	5,097,581	8,743,246
2016	5,222,536	8,961,718
2017	5,351,011	9,178,714
2018	5,483,118	9,394,513
2019	5,616,661	9,609,010
2020	5,752,791	9,815,746
2021	5,892,183	10,012,896
2022	6,035,104	10,203,169
2023	6,182,885	10,389,635
2024	6,332,961	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Congo and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Congo

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.09	6.02
1961	6.09	6.07
1962	6.1	6.14
1963	6.15	6.15
1964	6.18	6.19
1965	6.23	6.2
1966	6.27	6.23
1967	6.29	6.24
1968	6.33	6.25
1969	6.35	6.26
1970	6.38	6.25
1971	6.42	6.23
1972	6.44	6.2
1973	6.42	6.16
1974	6.39	6.11
1975	6.36	6.07
1976	6.32	6.02
1977	6.27	5.96
1978	6.21	5.88
1979	6.14	5.79
1980	6.07	5.71
1981	5.98	5.65
1982	5.85	5.59
1983	5.76	5.56
1984	5.66	5.51
1985	5.59	5.47
1986	5.51	5.42
1987	5.46	5.36
1988	5.39	5.3
1989	5.33	5.24
1990	5.27	5.18
1991	5.22	5.11
1992	5.18	5.03
1993	5.13	4.96
1994	5.1	4.87
1995	5.07	4.78
1996	5.03	4.73
1997	5	4.68
1998	4.91	4.63
1999	4.81	4.59
2000	4.72	4.53
2001	4.67	4.47
2002	4.7	4.42
2003	4.7	4.36
2004	4.69	4.28
2005	4.67	4.22
2006	4.65	4.15
2007	4.65	4.08
2008	4.73	4.01
2009	4.81	3.94
2010	4.85	3.88
2011	4.83	3.82
2012	4.79	3.75
2013	4.73	3.68
2014	4.67	3.63
2015	4.61	3.56
2016	4.55	3.5
2017	4.5	3.43
2018	4.44	3.38
2019	4.38	3.32
2020	4.33	3.27
2021	4.28	3.22
2022	4.22	3.17
2023	4.16	3.1

Congo and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Papua New Guinea
1960	18.8	18.5
1961	18.7	18.4
1962	18.6	18.3
1963	18.4	18.1
1964	18.3	18
1965	18.2	17.9
1966	18.1	17.8
1967	17.9	17.6
1968	17.8	17.5
1969	17.7	17.4
1970	17.6	17.3
1971	17.5	17.2
1972	17.4	17.1
1973	17.4	17.2
1974	17.3	17.2
1975	17.2	17.3
1976	17.1	17.4
1977	17	17.5
1978	17	17.7
1979	17	17.8
1980	17	18
1981	17	18.1
1982	17.1	18.2
1983	17.2	18.3
1984	17.2	18.3
1985	17.3	18.4
1986	17.4	18.5
1987	17.4	18.5
1988	17.5	18.6
1989	17.6	18.6
1990	17.7	18.7
1991	17.7	18.8
1992	17.8	18.9
1993	17.9	19
1994	18	19.1
1995	18.1	19.2
1996	18.1	19.4
1997	18.1	19.5
1998	18.1	19.6
1999	18.2	19.7
2000	18.5	19.8
2001	18.8	19.9
2002	18.8	19.9
2003	18.9	20
2004	19	20.2
2005	19.2	20.3
2006	19.3	20.4
2007	19.5	20.6
2008	19.5	20.7
2009	19.7	20.9
2010	19.8	21
2011	19.7	21.2
2012	19.6	21.3
2013	19.5	21.5
2014	19.4	21.7
2015	19.3	21.9
2016	19.2	22
2017	19.2	22.2
2018	19.1	22.4
2019	19.1	22.6
2020	19.2	22.8
2021	19.2	23
2022	19.3	23.2
2023	19.4	23.4
2024	19.5	23.6

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