Congo vs Rwanda statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 64th vs. 146th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Congo and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Congo and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Rwanda
1960	$131,731,863	$119,000,024
1961	$151,675,739	$122,000,016
1962	$166,521,240	$125,000,008
1963	$172,233,431	$128,000,000
1964	$185,693,725	$129,999,994
1965	$198,318,064	$148,799,980
1966	$220,613,582	$124,525,703
1967	$237,397,428	$159,560,018
1968	$251,247,458	$172,200,018
1969	$265,040,036	$188,700,037
1970	$274,960,700	$219,900,006
1971	$322,128,019	$222,952,504
1972	$410,669,264	$246,457,838
1973	$541,973,363	$290,746,157
1974	$585,364,634	$308,458,423
1975	$767,102,680	$571,863,500
1976	$754,549,601	$637,753,853
1977	$765,224,029	$746,650,613
1978	$878,771,772	$905,709,076
1979	$1,198,749,667	$1,109,346,131
1980	$1,705,796,853	$1,254,765,642
1981	$1,993,512,323	$1,407,062,527
1982	$2,160,640,565	$1,407,243,139
1983	$2,097,274,290	$1,479,687,587
1984	$2,193,581,365	$1,587,413,084
1985	$2,160,872,540	$1,715,626,331
1986	$1,849,268,212	$1,944,710,684
1987	$2,297,753,652	$2,157,432,668
1988	$2,212,536,312	$2,395,492,687
1989	$2,389,593,026	$2,405,022,593
1990	$2,798,746,050	$2,550,185,679
1991	$2,724,853,506	$1,911,600,237
1992	$2,933,222,703	$2,029,026,962
1993	$2,684,323,623	$1,971,525,712
1994	$1,769,365,438	$753,636,370
1995	$2,116,003,868	$1,293,535,193
1996	$2,540,697,539	$1,382,334,879
1997	$2,322,719,103	$1,851,558,197
1998	$1,949,481,379	$1,989,343,546
1999	$2,354,772,960	$2,157,108,263
2000	$3,227,927,698	$2,068,836,754
2001	$2,796,704,604	$1,966,600,715
2002	$3,034,250,924	$1,966,003,468
2003	$3,503,723,088	$2,138,237,279
2004	$4,656,974,940	$2,376,496,067
2005	$6,650,001,680	$2,933,819,766
2006	$8,072,305,029	$3,319,784,539
2007	$8,782,703,437	$4,070,507,895
2008	$11,649,857,673	$5,179,854,065
2009	$9,723,299,915	$5,674,476,969
2010	$13,148,396,212	$6,124,756,654
2011	$15,655,383,577	$6,884,913,658
2012	$17,692,911,296	$7,654,761,045
2013	$17,958,720,699	$7,819,964,024
2014	$17,919,321,078	$8,238,966,120
2015	$12,434,793,867	$8,543,760,206
2016	$10,931,328,151	$8,695,272,061
2017	$11,834,473,039	$9,252,833,894
2018	$14,773,900,289	$9,637,904,519
2019	$13,976,637,780	$10,349,300,277
2020	$11,468,687,464	$10,174,386,855
2021	$14,825,690,211	$11,078,787,095
2022	$15,817,030,157	$13,316,161,006
2023	$15,321,055,818	$14,331,722,700
2024	$15,719,985,776	$14,251,642,231

Congo and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Rwanda
1960	$124.7	$39.4
1961	$139.9	$39.3
1962	$149.6	$39.2
1963	$150.7	$39.3
1964	$158.1	$39
1965	$164.2	$43.5
1966	$177.6	$35.4
1967	$185.7	$44
1968	$190.8	$46
1969	$195.4	$48.9
1970	$196.7	$55.2
1971	$223.5	$54.4
1972	$276.3	$58.4
1973	$353	$66.9
1974	$370	$68.9
1975	$471	$124.1
1976	$453	$134.4
1977	$448	$152.7
1978	$503	$179.9
1979	$670	$213.8
1980	$933	$234.4
1981	$1,066	$254.6
1982	$1,131	$246.4
1983	$1,075	$250.6
1984	$1,097	$259.9
1985	$1,049	$271.6
1986	$872	$297.7
1987	$1,052	$320
1988	$984	$344
1989	$1,033	$335
1990	$1,176	$346
1991	$1,113	$254
1992	$1,164	$264.1
1993	$1,034	$247
1994	$662	$111
1995	$770	$228
1996	$899	$206
1997	$804	$238.7
1998	$660	$246.2
1999	$776	$264.7
2000	$1,024	$251.9
2001	$855	$237.3
2002	$906	$234
2003	$1,017	$249
2004	$1,306	$269.5
2005	$1,799	$324
2006	$2,104	$357
2007	$2,206	$426
2008	$2,832	$528
2009	$2,271	$564
2010	$2,947	$594
2011	$3,396	$651
2012	$3,732	$707
2013	$3,697	$705
2014	$3,601	$725
2015	$2,439	$734
2016	$2,093	$730
2017	$2,212	$758
2018	$2,694	$772
2019	$2,488	$810
2020	$1,994	$779
2021	$2,516	$830
2022	$2,621	$975
2023	$2,478	$1,027
2024	$2,482	$1,000

Congo vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Rwanda
1950	39.6	43.2
1951	40.3	43.5
1952	41.1	43.8
1953	41.9	44.1
1954	42.6	44.4
1955	43.4	44.8
1956	44.3	45.2
1957	45.1	45.6
1958	46	46.1
1959	46.8	46.5
1960	47.6	47
1961	48.4	47.5
1962	49	47.8
1963	49.7	44
1964	50.4	48.1
1965	51	48.2
1966	51.6	48.1
1967	51.9	48
1968	52.6	47.7
1969	53.1	47.4
1970	53.6	47.1
1971	54	46.8
1972	54.4	46.3
1973	54.7	45.9
1974	55.1	45.6
1975	55.4	45.3
1976	55.7	45.3
1977	56	45.6
1978	56.2	46.2
1979	56.5	47.1
1980	56.8	48.1
1981	57.1	49.2
1982	57.2	50.2
1983	57.4	50.9
1984	57.5	51.4
1985	57.6	51.7
1986	57.6	51.7
1987	57.6	51.5
1988	57.5	50.9
1989	57.3	49.5
1990	57.1	47.8
1991	56.8	46.2
1992	56.5	44.4
1993	56	42.9
1994	55.6	12.2
1995	55.5	41.5
1996	55.2	42.5
1997	48.6	42
1998	52.6	43.1
1999	54.4	45.7
2000	55.4	47.8
2001	55.9	49.5
2002	56.4	51.3
2003	57.1	53.5
2004	58	55.5
2005	58.7	57
2006	59.5	58.3
2007	60.1	59.5
2008	60.8	60.6
2009	61.2	61.8
2010	61.7	62.8
2011	62.3	63.5
2012	62.7	64.2
2013	63	64.7
2014	63.3	65.1
2015	63.7	65.4
2016	63.9	65.7
2017	64.2	66.1
2018	64.5	66.4
2019	63.2	66.7
2020	64.4	67
2021	64.2	66.8
2022	65	67.5
2023	65.8	67.8
2024	66	68
2025	66.2	68.2

Congo and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Rwanda
1960	1,056,732	3,022,294
1961	1,084,389	3,106,779
1962	1,113,175	3,186,025
1963	1,143,263	3,258,890
1964	1,174,816	3,334,834
1965	1,207,880	3,423,210
1966	1,242,534	3,521,626
1967	1,278,691	3,629,577
1968	1,316,519	3,744,010
1969	1,356,182	3,861,271
1970	1,397,638	3,980,669
1971	1,441,039	4,100,044
1972	1,486,468	4,220,335
1973	1,533,680	4,345,047
1974	1,582,301	4,474,228
1975	1,627,032	4,607,728
1976	1,667,225	4,745,954
1977	1,707,568	4,888,240
1978	1,748,089	5,035,171
1979	1,788,524	5,189,541
1980	1,828,985	5,353,259
1981	1,869,759	5,527,230
1982	1,910,430	5,711,549
1983	1,950,321	5,905,311
1984	1,999,528	6,107,627
1985	2,059,311	6,317,228
1986	2,120,602	6,531,881
1987	2,183,473	6,749,493
1988	2,247,653	6,968,071
1989	2,313,558	7,184,706
1990	2,380,560	7,375,307
1991	2,449,229	7,526,966
1992	2,519,465	7,683,266
1993	2,595,124	7,981,132
1994	2,673,144	6,792,352
1995	2,749,461	5,674,118
1996	2,826,785	6,708,764
1997	2,887,862	7,755,238
1998	2,952,061	8,081,681
1999	3,032,874	8,147,912
2000	3,151,345	8,213,931
2001	3,272,537	8,287,094
2002	3,350,771	8,400,180
2003	3,445,753	8,586,875
2004	3,565,554	8,816,844
2005	3,696,393	9,054,528
2006	3,837,409	9,299,246
2007	3,980,430	9,549,933
2008	4,113,517	9,804,269
2009	4,281,219	10,060,432
2010	4,462,290	10,317,553
2011	4,609,724	10,573,733
2012	4,740,450	10,829,901
2013	4,857,099	11,093,340
2014	4,975,880	11,364,757
2015	5,097,581	11,640,022
2016	5,222,536	11,919,183
2017	5,351,011	12,202,060
2018	5,483,118	12,487,996
2019	5,616,661	12,776,103
2020	5,752,791	13,065,837
2021	5,892,183	13,355,260
2022	6,035,104	13,651,030
2023	6,182,885	13,954,471
2024	6,332,961	14,256,567

Fertility rates in Congo and Rwanda

Fertility rate

Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Rwanda
1960	6.09	8.28
1961	6.09	8.28
1962	6.1	8.27
1963	6.15	8.27
1964	6.18	8.27
1965	6.23	8.25
1966	6.27	8.23
1967	6.29	8.21
1968	6.33	8.19
1969	6.35	8.18
1970	6.38	8.15
1971	6.42	8.09
1972	6.44	8.09
1973	6.42	8.09
1974	6.39	8.1
1975	6.36	8.1
1976	6.32	8.12
1977	6.27	8.14
1978	6.21	8.16
1979	6.14	8.13
1980	6.07	8.12
1981	5.98	8.1
1982	5.85	8.06
1983	5.76	8
1984	5.66	7.91
1985	5.59	7.79
1986	5.51	7.61
1987	5.46	7.43
1988	5.39	7.23
1989	5.33	7.03
1990	5.27	6.8
1991	5.22	6.62
1992	5.18	6.54
1993	5.13	6.48
1994	5.1	6.42
1995	5.07	6.35
1996	5.03	6.29
1997	5	6.24
1998	4.91	6.17
1999	4.81	6.06
2000	4.72	5.97
2001	4.67	5.89
2002	4.7	5.82
2003	4.7	5.74
2004	4.69	5.64
2005	4.67	5.5
2006	4.65	5.34
2007	4.65	5.14
2008	4.73	4.92
2009	4.81	4.71
2010	4.85	4.52
2011	4.83	4.33
2012	4.79	4.2
2013	4.73	4.14
2014	4.67	4.12
2015	4.61	4.11
2016	4.55	4.11
2017	4.5	4.08
2018	4.44	4.05
2019	4.38	3.99
2020	4.33	3.91
2021	4.28	3.84
2022	4.22	3.78
2023	4.16	3.7

Congo and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Rwanda
1960	18.8	15.5
1961	18.7	15.1
1962	18.6	14.9
1963	18.4	14.8
1964	18.3	14.7
1965	18.2	14.8
1966	18.1	14.9
1967	17.9	15.1
1968	17.8	15.3
1969	17.7	15.5
1970	17.6	15.7
1971	17.5	15.9
1972	17.4	16
1973	17.4	16.2
1974	17.3	16.3
1975	17.2	16.4
1976	17.1	16.5
1977	17	16.6
1978	17	16.6
1979	17	16.5
1980	17	16.5
1981	17	16.4
1982	17.1	16.2
1983	17.2	16.1
1984	17.2	16
1985	17.3	15.8
1986	17.4	15.7
1987	17.4	15.6
1988	17.5	15.6
1989	17.6	15.5
1990	17.7	15.5
1991	17.7	15.5
1992	17.8	15.6
1993	17.9	15.7
1994	18	15
1995	18.1	14.3
1996	18.1	14.6
1997	18.1	14.8
1998	18.1	15.3
1999	18.2	15.8
2000	18.5	16.3
2001	18.8	16.8
2002	18.8	17.1
2003	18.9	17.4
2004	19	17.6
2005	19.2	17.8
2006	19.3	18
2007	19.5	18.1
2008	19.5	18.3
2009	19.7	18.4
2010	19.8	18.5
2011	19.7	18.7
2012	19.6	18.8
2013	19.5	19
2014	19.4	19.1
2015	19.3	19.3
2016	19.2	19.4
2017	19.2	19.6
2018	19.1	19.7
2019	19.1	19.8
2020	19.2	19.9
2021	19.2	20
2022	19.3	20.3
2023	19.4	20.5
2024	19.5	20.8

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