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Congo vs Seychelles statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 121K in The Seychelles (ranked 181/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for The Seychelles (ranked 64th vs. 181st).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859).

Main facts and rankings

Congo Seychelles
Population
6607609
125181
Population rank 109/197 181/197
GDP
$15.7B
2024
$2.17B
2024
GDP rank 141/197 176/197
GDP per capita
$2,482
2024
$17,859
2024
GDP per capita rank 148/197 63/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,026
2024
$33,239
2024
Government debt
$15B
2024
$1.25B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
91.4%
2025
59.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,369
2024
$10,323
2024
Government debt per person rank 113/185 59/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,263
2025
$9,988
2025
Land area
131,854 sq mi
2025
177.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
48 ppl/mi²
2024
683 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.16
2023
2.02
2023
Median age
19.5 years
2024
35 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.2 years
2025
73.1 years
2025

Congo and Seychelles: Comparison Charts

Congo and Seychelles economies compared

GDP
Congo

Seychelles
Year GDP
Congo Seychelles
1960 $131,731,863 $12,012,025
1961 $151,675,739 $11,592,024
1962 $166,521,240 $12,642,026
1963 $172,233,431 $13,923,029
1964 $185,693,725 $15,393,032
1965 $198,318,064 $15,603,032
1966 $220,613,582 $16,443,034
1967 $237,397,428 $16,632,032
1968 $251,247,458 $16,074,028
1969 $265,040,036 $16,452,028
1970 $274,960,700 $18,432,032
1971 $322,128,019 $21,965,951
1972 $410,669,264 $30,645,123
1973 $541,973,363 $36,896,280
1974 $585,364,634 $43,134,496
1975 $767,102,680 $47,803,146
1976 $754,549,601 $49,278,982
1977 $765,224,029 $64,526,401
1978 $878,771,772 $85,552,366
1979 $1,198,749,667 $127,261,099
1980 $1,705,796,853 $156,783,830
1981 $1,993,512,323 $163,750,728
1982 $2,160,640,565 $157,211,790
1983 $2,097,274,290 $156,098,237
1984 $2,193,581,365 $160,992,921
1985 $2,160,872,540 $179,691,483
1986 $1,849,268,212 $221,147,061
1987 $2,297,753,652 $265,212,957
1988 $2,212,536,312 $301,985,618
1989 $2,389,593,026 $324,333,367
1990 $2,798,746,050 $392,163,561
1991 $2,724,853,506 $398,307,170
1992 $2,933,222,703 $461,409,399
1993 $2,684,323,623 $504,230,621
1994 $1,769,365,438 $517,570,058
1995 $2,116,003,868 $540,733,048
1996 $2,540,697,539 $535,250,347
1997 $2,322,719,103 $598,966,982
1998 $1,949,481,379 $647,287,376
1999 $2,354,772,960 $662,838,615
2000 $3,227,927,698 $654,212,394
2001 $2,796,704,604 $662,064,156
2002 $3,034,250,924 $742,134,838
2003 $3,503,723,088 $750,847,230
2004 $4,656,974,940 $893,012,218
2005 $6,650,001,680 $977,899,382
2006 $8,072,305,029 $1,081,441,283
2007 $8,782,703,437 $1,077,308,814
2008 $11,649,857,673 $979,597,394
2009 $9,723,299,915 $850,901,620
2010 $13,148,396,212 $981,616,542
2011 $15,655,383,577 $1,058,918,707
2012 $17,692,911,296 $1,089,407,839
2013 $17,958,720,699 $1,333,160,407
2014 $17,919,321,078 $1,387,577,870
2015 $12,434,793,867 $1,432,403,352
2016 $10,931,328,151 $1,568,513,348
2017 $11,834,473,039 $1,675,370,641
2018 $14,773,900,289 $1,784,313,927
2019 $13,976,637,780 $1,868,690,097
2020 $11,468,687,464 $1,382,551,752
2021 $14,825,690,211 $1,487,173,795
2022 $15,817,030,157 $2,018,346,589
2023 $15,321,055,818 $2,187,379,755
2024 $15,719,985,776 $2,167,239,562

Congo and Seychelles economies compared

GDP per capita
Congo

Seychelles
Year GDP per capita
Congo Seychelles
1960 $124.7 $288.1
1961 $139.9 $270.3
1962 $149.6 $287
1963 $150.7 $308
1964 $158.1 $332
1965 $164.2 $328
1966 $177.6 $338
1967 $185.7 $333
1968 $190.8 $314
1969 $195.4 $314
1970 $196.7 $344
1971 $223.5 $402
1972 $276.3 $547
1973 $353 $649
1974 $370 $745
1975 $471 $806
1976 $453 $814
1977 $448 $1,044
1978 $503 $1,377
1979 $670 $2,030
1980 $933 $2,478
1981 $1,066 $2,557
1982 $1,131 $2,441
1983 $1,075 $2,426
1984 $1,097 $2,488
1985 $1,049 $2,754
1986 $872 $3,368
1987 $1,052 $3,872
1988 $984 $4,392
1989 $1,033 $4,689
1990 $1,176 $5,642
1991 $1,113 $5,655
1992 $1,164 $6,520
1993 $1,034 $6,979
1994 $662 $6,975
1995 $770 $7,181
1996 $899 $7,004
1997 $804 $7,747
1998 $660 $8,210
1999 $776 $8,243
2000 $1,024 $8,064
2001 $855 $8,153
2002 $906 $8,864
2003 $1,017 $9,070
2004 $1,306 $10,828
2005 $1,799 $11,802
2006 $2,104 $12,783
2007 $2,206 $12,669
2008 $2,832 $11,265
2009 $2,271 $9,747
2010 $2,947 $10,935
2011 $3,396 $12,110
2012 $3,732 $12,337
2013 $3,697 $14,821
2014 $3,601 $15,188
2015 $2,439 $15,333
2016 $2,093 $16,567
2017 $2,212 $17,480
2018 $2,694 $18,440
2019 $2,488 $19,142
2020 $1,994 $14,041
2021 $2,516 $14,983
2022 $2,621 $16,837
2023 $2,478 $18,263
2024 $2,482 $17,859

Congo vs. Seychelles life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Congo

Seychelles
Year Life expectancy, years
Congo Seychelles
1950 39.6 57.8
1951 40.3 58
1952 41.1 58.4
1953 41.9 58.7
1954 42.6 59
1955 43.4 59.4
1956 44.3 59.8
1957 45.1 60.2
1958 46 60.4
1959 46.8 60.4
1960 47.6 60.5
1961 48.4 60.6
1962 49 60.7
1963 49.7 60.9
1964 50.4 61.2
1965 51 61.4
1966 51.6 61.7
1967 51.9 62.1
1968 52.6 62.6
1969 53.1 63.3
1970 53.6 64
1971 54 64.6
1972 54.4 65.3
1973 54.7 65.9
1974 55.1 66.4
1975 55.4 66.8
1976 55.7 67.2
1977 56 67.6
1978 56.2 67.9
1979 56.5 68.2
1980 56.8 68.5
1981 57.1 68.7
1982 57.2 69
1983 57.4 69.3
1984 57.5 69.5
1985 57.6 69.6
1986 57.6 69.8
1987 57.6 69.9
1988 57.5 70
1989 57.3 70.1
1990 57.1 70.2
1991 56.8 70.3
1992 56.5 70.3
1993 56 70.4
1994 55.6 70.5
1995 55.5 70.6
1996 55.2 70.8
1997 48.6 70.8
1998 52.6 71.1
1999 54.4 71.2
2000 55.4 71.3
2001 55.9 71.4
2002 56.4 71.5
2003 57.1 71.7
2004 58 71.7
2005 58.7 71.9
2006 59.5 72
2007 60.1 72.2
2008 60.8 72.3
2009 61.2 72.4
2010 61.7 72.5
2011 62.3 72.5
2012 62.7 72.5
2013 63 72.4
2014 63.3 72.4
2015 63.7 72.3
2016 63.9 72.2
2017 64.2 72.2
2018 64.5 72.2
2019 63.2 72.1
2020 64.4 74.1
2021 64.2 71.2
2022 65 71.2
2023 65.8 72.9
2024 66 73
2025 66.2 73.1

Congo and Seychelles population clocks and comparison

Population
Congo

Seychelles
Year Population
Congo Seychelles
1960 1,056,732 41,700
1961 1,084,389 42,889
1962 1,113,175 44,042
1963 1,143,263 45,176
1964 1,174,816 46,322
1965 1,207,880 47,500
1966 1,242,534 48,699
1967 1,278,691 49,911
1968 1,316,519 51,134
1969 1,356,182 52,365
1970 1,397,638 53,600
1971 1,441,039 54,695
1972 1,486,468 56,029
1973 1,533,680 56,892
1974 1,582,301 57,937
1975 1,627,032 59,292
1976 1,667,225 60,504
1977 1,707,568 61,786
1978 1,748,089 62,150
1979 1,788,524 62,686
1980 1,828,985 63,261
1981 1,869,759 64,035
1982 1,910,430 64,413
1983 1,950,321 64,335
1984 1,999,528 64,717
1985 2,059,311 65,244
1986 2,120,602 65,652
1987 2,183,473 68,499
1988 2,247,653 68,755
1989 2,313,558 69,167
1990 2,380,560 69,507
1991 2,449,229 70,439
1992 2,519,465 70,763
1993 2,595,124 72,253
1994 2,673,144 74,205
1995 2,749,461 75,304
1996 2,826,785 76,417
1997 2,887,862 77,319
1998 2,952,061 78,846
1999 3,032,874 80,410
2000 3,151,345 81,131
2001 3,272,537 81,202
2002 3,350,771 83,723
2003 3,445,753 82,781
2004 3,565,554 82,475
2005 3,696,393 82,858
2006 3,837,409 84,600
2007 3,980,430 85,033
2008 4,113,517 86,956
2009 4,281,219 87,298
2010 4,462,290 89,770
2011 4,609,724 87,441
2012 4,740,450 88,303
2013 4,857,099 89,949
2014 4,975,880 91,359
2015 5,097,581 93,419
2016 5,222,536 94,677
2017 5,351,011 95,843
2018 5,483,118 96,762
2019 5,616,661 97,625
2020 5,752,791 98,462
2021 5,892,183 99,258
2022 6,035,104 119,878
2023 6,182,885 119,773
2024 6,332,961 121,354

Fertility rates in Congo and Seychelles

Fertility rate
Congo

Seychelles
Year Fertility rate
Congo Seychelles
1960 6.09 5.31
1961 6.09 5.42
1962 6.1 5.51
1963 6.15 5.61
1964 6.18 5.69
1965 6.23 5.72
1966 6.27 6.13
1967 6.29 5.9
1968 6.33 5.61
1969 6.35 5.48
1970 6.38 5.31
1971 6.42 5.69
1972 6.44 5.16
1973 6.42 4.78
1974 6.39 5.1
1975 6.36 4.75
1976 6.32 4.09
1977 6.27 3.75
1978 6.21 3.92
1979 6.14 3.66
1980 6.07 3.79
1981 5.98 3.67
1982 5.85 3.13
1983 5.76 3.22
1984 5.66 3.24
1985 5.59 3.09
1986 5.51 3.07
1987 5.46 2.92
1988 5.39 2.79
1989 5.33 2.67
1990 5.27 2.61
1991 5.22 2.69
1992 5.18 2.53
1993 5.13 2.58
1994 5.1 2.6
1995 5.07 2.36
1996 5.03 2.31
1997 5 2.1
1998 4.91 2.04
1999 4.81 2.04
2000 4.72 2.08
2001 4.67 1.98
2002 4.7 2.04
2003 4.7 2.06
2004 4.69 2.01
2005 4.67 2.2
2006 4.65 2.11
2007 4.65 2.24
2008 4.73 2.33
2009 4.81 2.38
2010 4.85 2.16
2011 4.83 2.33
2012 4.79 2.37
2013 4.73 2.26
2014 4.67 2.25
2015 4.61 2.31
2016 4.55 2.39
2017 4.5 2.41
2018 4.44 2.41
2019 4.38 2.36
2020 4.33 2.29
2021 4.28 2.46
2022 4.22 2.01
2023 4.16 2.02

Congo and Seychelles demographics compared

Median age
Congo

Seychelles
Year Median age, years
Congo Seychelles
1960 18.8 21.9
1961 18.7 21.6
1962 18.6 21.3
1963 18.4 21
1964 18.3 20.6
1965 18.2 20.2
1966 18.1 19.8
1967 17.9 19.4
1968 17.8 19
1969 17.7 18.7
1970 17.6 18.5
1971 17.5 18.4
1972 17.4 18.5
1973 17.4 18.6
1974 17.3 18.7
1975 17.2 18.9
1976 17.1 19
1977 17 19.3
1978 17 19.6
1979 17 19.9
1980 17 20.4
1981 17 20.7
1982 17.1 21.1
1983 17.2 21.4
1984 17.2 21.7
1985 17.3 22
1986 17.4 22.3
1987 17.4 22.5
1988 17.5 22.9
1989 17.6 23.3
1990 17.7 23.6
1991 17.7 24
1992 17.8 24.5
1993 17.9 24.8
1994 18 25.2
1995 18.1 25.4
1996 18.1 25.7
1997 18.1 26.1
1998 18.1 26.4
1999 18.2 26.8
2000 18.5 27.3
2001 18.8 27.7
2002 18.8 28.1
2003 18.9 28.5
2004 19 28.9
2005 19.2 29.3
2006 19.3 29.6
2007 19.5 30
2008 19.5 30.4
2009 19.7 30.8
2010 19.8 31.2
2011 19.7 31.4
2012 19.6 31.5
2013 19.5 31.6
2014 19.4 31.8
2015 19.3 32.1
2016 19.2 32.3
2017 19.2 32.6
2018 19.1 32.9
2019 19.1 33.2
2020 19.2 33.6
2021 19.2 34
2022 19.3 34.4
2023 19.4 34.7
2024 19.5 35

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Congo Seychelles
GNI, Atlas method
$15.2B
2024
$2.12B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
21.9%
2025
36%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.34%
2023
4.45%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2%
2023
1.71%
2023
Armed forces personnel
12,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+3.54%
2025
-1.19%
2025
Unemployment rate
10%
2012
2.59%
2024
Services, % of GDP
45%
2024
65.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
40.1%
2024
12.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.6
2025
66.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
37.9%
2011
23.9%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2011
2.6%
2018
Listed domestic companies n/a
23
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$811M
2024
Total reserves including gold
$715M
2023
$774M
2024
Personal remittances received
$44M
2024
$11.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
158,000
2018
124,500
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.93%
2016
18.4%
2020
Banked people share
55.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Congo Seychelles
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
628 kg
2022
2,411 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.6
2022
$8.08
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
7.25 megatons
2023
1.24 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.17 tons
2023
10.3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
51.8%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
71.4%
2021
1.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.56%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-347%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
459 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
26.3%
2021
4.51%
2021
Hydroelectric share
22.3%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
51.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Congo Seychelles
% of world population
0.08%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,491
2024
+1,747
2024
Urban population
69.6%
2024
59.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.62 ft
2025
5.77 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
17.1
2025
61.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
23
2024
72
2024
Higher education index
19
2025
7
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.32
2015
9.34
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.7
2019
11.3
2019
Visa free countries
56
2025
149
2025
Adult literacy rate
80.6%
2021
96.2%
2020
English speaking
0%
2025
37.9%
2023
People using the Internet
38.4%
2023
87.4%
2023

Health

Congo Seychelles
Government health expenditure per capita
$50.6
2022
$695
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$12.9
2022
$169.6
2022
Life expectancy
66.2 years
2025
73.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15.1%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.18
2022
3.82
2022
Age at first childbirth
19.6 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
241
2023
42
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40.5
2023
14.3
2023
Obesity rate
8.84%
2022
30.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.1%
2024
9.3%
2024
Air quality index
3
2025
52
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
15.4%
2022
20.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.05 liters
2020
10.2 liters
2020

Territory

Congo Seychelles
% of world land
0.23%
2025
0.0003%
2025
Land area per capita
20,820 sq mi
2024
1,464 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
41,125 sq mi
2025
5.98 sq mi
2025
Forest area
84,560 sq mi
2025
130.1 sq mi
2025
Roads length
14,493 mi
2017
327 mi
2015

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