Congo vs South Korea statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 64th vs. 105th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Congo and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Congo and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	South Korea
1960	$131,731,863	$3,958,811,881
1961	$151,675,739	$2,417,628,737
1962	$166,521,240	$2,814,615,385
1963	$172,233,431	$3,988,461,538
1964	$185,693,725	$3,459,019,943
1965	$198,318,064	$3,120,861,499
1966	$220,613,582	$3,929,055,144
1967	$237,397,428	$4,855,892,446
1968	$251,247,458	$6,119,394,892
1969	$265,040,036	$7,678,698,838
1970	$274,960,700	$9,005,144,969
1971	$322,128,019	$9,903,571,249
1972	$410,669,264	$10,862,211,761
1973	$541,973,363	$13,876,472,208
1974	$585,364,634	$19,543,973,941
1975	$767,102,680	$21,784,297,521
1976	$754,549,601	$29,902,479,339
1977	$765,224,029	$38,446,487,603
1978	$878,771,772	$51,972,107,438
1979	$1,198,749,667	$66,946,900,826
1980	$1,705,796,853	$65,398,377,598
1981	$1,993,512,323	$72,933,533,012
1982	$2,160,640,565	$78,358,416,171
1983	$2,097,274,290	$87,760,553,262
1984	$2,193,581,365	$97,510,744,119
1985	$2,160,872,540	$101,296,177,099
1986	$1,849,268,212	$116,836,246,285
1987	$2,297,753,652	$147,948,709,376
1988	$2,212,536,312	$199,591,287,825
1989	$2,389,593,026	$246,928,837,311
1990	$2,798,746,050	$283,365,844,161
1991	$2,724,853,506	$330,647,042,837
1992	$2,933,222,703	$355,524,903,068
1993	$2,684,323,623	$392,665,710,525
1994	$1,769,365,438	$463,619,823,515
1995	$2,116,003,868	$566,581,003,128
1996	$2,540,697,539	$610,167,053,824
1997	$2,322,719,103	$569,755,022,973
1998	$1,949,481,379	$383,331,833,682
1999	$2,354,772,960	$497,514,040,642
2000	$3,227,927,698	$576,179,387,820
2001	$2,796,704,604	$547,656,279,895
2002	$3,034,250,924	$627,246,933,730
2003	$3,503,723,088	$702,714,855,194
2004	$4,656,974,940	$793,175,561,887
2005	$6,650,001,680	$934,901,071,333
2006	$8,072,305,029	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$8,782,703,437	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$11,649,857,673	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$9,723,299,915	$943,941,876,219
2010	$13,148,396,212	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$15,655,383,577	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$17,692,911,296	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$17,958,720,699	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$17,919,321,078	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$12,434,793,867	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$10,931,328,151	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$11,834,473,039	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$14,773,900,289	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$13,976,637,780	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$11,468,687,464	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$14,825,690,211	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$15,817,030,157	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$15,321,055,818	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$15,719,985,776	-

Congo and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	South Korea
1960	$124.7	$158.3
1961	$139.9	$93.8
1962	$149.6	$106.2
1963	$150.7	$146.3
1964	$158.1	$123.6
1965	$164.2	$108.7
1966	$177.6	$133.5
1967	$185.7	$161.2
1968	$190.8	$198.4
1969	$195.4	$243.4
1970	$196.7	$279.3
1971	$223.5	$301
1972	$276.3	$324
1973	$353	$407
1974	$370	$563
1975	$471	$617
1976	$453	$834
1977	$448	$1,056
1978	$503	$1,406
1979	$670	$1,784
1980	$933	$1,715
1981	$1,066	$1,883
1982	$1,131	$1,993
1983	$1,075	$2,199
1984	$1,097	$2,413
1985	$1,049	$2,482
1986	$872	$2,835
1987	$1,052	$3,555
1988	$984	$4,749
1989	$1,033	$5,817
1990	$1,176	$6,610
1991	$1,113	$7,637
1992	$1,164	$8,127
1993	$1,034	$8,885
1994	$662	$10,385
1995	$770	$12,565
1996	$899	$13,403
1997	$804	$12,398
1998	$660	$8,282
1999	$776	$10,672
2000	$1,024	$12,257
2001	$855	$11,561
2002	$906	$13,165
2003	$1,017	$14,673
2004	$1,306	$16,496
2005	$1,799	$19,403
2006	$2,104	$21,743
2007	$2,206	$24,086
2008	$2,832	$21,350
2009	$2,271	$19,144
2010	$2,947	$23,079
2011	$3,396	$25,098
2012	$3,732	$25,459
2013	$3,697	$27,180
2014	$3,601	$29,253
2015	$2,439	$28,737
2016	$2,093	$29,280
2017	$2,212	$31,601
2018	$2,694	$33,447
2019	$2,488	$31,902
2020	$1,994	$31,721
2021	$2,516	$35,126
2022	$2,621	$32,395
2023	$2,478	$33,121
2024	$2,482	-

Congo vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	South Korea
1950	39.6	22.2
1951	40.3	26.6
1952	41.1	36.6
1953	41.9	40.5
1954	42.6	46.1
1955	43.4	48.4
1956	44.3	50.2
1957	45.1	51.6
1958	46	51.8
1959	46.8	52.9
1960	47.6	53.8
1961	48.4	54.4
1962	49	55
1963	49.7	55
1964	50.4	55.3
1965	51	55.8
1966	51.6	55.4
1967	51.9	60.9
1968	52.6	60.9
1969	53.1	61.4
1970	53.6	62.2
1971	54	62.7
1972	54.4	63.2
1973	54.7	63.8
1974	55.1	64.2
1975	55.4	64.7
1976	55.7	65
1977	56	64.6
1978	56.2	65
1979	56.5	66.1
1980	56.8	64.8
1981	57.1	67.1
1982	57.2	67.1
1983	57.4	66.7
1984	57.5	68.1
1985	57.6	68.4
1986	57.6	69
1987	57.6	69.3
1988	57.5	70.2
1989	57.3	70.7
1990	57.1	71
1991	56.8	71.4
1992	56.5	72.2
1993	56	72.7
1994	55.6	72.9
1995	55.5	73.4
1996	55.2	74
1997	48.6	74.5
1998	52.6	75
1999	54.4	75.6
2000	55.4	76.2
2001	55.9	76.9
2002	56.4	77.2
2003	57.1	77.5
2004	58	78
2005	58.7	78.4
2006	59.5	79
2007	60.1	79.4
2008	60.8	80
2009	61.2	80.6
2010	61.7	80.7
2011	62.3	81.2
2012	62.7	81.3
2013	63	81.8
2014	63.3	82.4
2015	63.7	82.5
2016	63.9	82.9
2017	64.2	83.3
2018	64.5	83.3
2019	63.2	83.7
2020	64.4	83.7
2021	64.2	83.9
2022	65	82.7
2023	65.8	84.3
2024	66	84.4
2025	66.2	84.5

Congo and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	South Korea
1960	1,056,732	25,012,374
1961	1,084,389	25,765,673
1962	1,113,175	26,513,030
1963	1,143,263	27,261,747
1964	1,174,816	27,984,155
1965	1,207,880	28,704,674
1966	1,242,534	29,435,571
1967	1,278,691	30,130,983
1968	1,316,519	30,838,302
1969	1,356,182	31,544,266
1970	1,397,638	32,240,827
1971	1,441,039	32,882,704
1972	1,486,468	33,505,406
1973	1,533,680	34,103,149
1974	1,582,301	34,692,266
1975	1,627,032	35,280,725
1976	1,667,225	35,848,523
1977	1,707,568	36,411,795
1978	1,748,089	36,969,185
1979	1,788,524	37,534,236
1980	1,828,985	38,123,775
1981	1,869,759	38,723,248
1982	1,910,430	39,326,352
1983	1,950,321	39,910,403
1984	1,999,528	40,405,956
1985	2,059,311	40,805,744
1986	2,120,602	41,213,674
1987	2,183,473	41,621,690
1988	2,247,653	42,031,247
1989	2,313,558	42,449,038
1990	2,380,560	42,869,283
1991	2,449,229	43,295,704
1992	2,519,465	43,747,962
1993	2,595,124	44,194,628
1994	2,673,144	44,641,540
1995	2,749,461	45,092,991
1996	2,826,785	45,524,681
1997	2,887,862	45,953,580
1998	2,952,061	46,286,503
1999	3,032,874	46,616,677
2000	3,151,345	47,008,111
2001	3,272,537	47,370,164
2002	3,350,771	47,644,736
2003	3,445,753	47,892,330
2004	3,565,554	48,082,519
2005	3,696,393	48,184,561
2006	3,837,409	48,438,292
2007	3,980,430	48,683,638
2008	4,113,517	49,054,708
2009	4,281,219	49,307,835
2010	4,462,290	49,554,112
2011	4,609,724	49,936,638
2012	4,740,450	50,199,853
2013	4,857,099	50,428,893
2014	4,975,880	50,746,659
2015	5,097,581	51,014,947
2016	5,222,536	51,217,803
2017	5,351,011	51,361,911
2018	5,483,118	51,585,058
2019	5,616,661	51,764,822
2020	5,752,791	51,836,239
2021	5,892,183	51,769,539
2022	6,035,104	51,672,569
2023	6,182,885	51,712,619
2024	6,332,961	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Congo and South Korea

Fertility rate

Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	South Korea
1960	6.09	5.99
1961	6.09	5.8
1962	6.1	5.56
1963	6.15	5.33
1964	6.18	5.07
1965	6.23	4.89
1966	6.27	4.78
1967	6.29	4.62
1968	6.33	4.51
1969	6.35	4.45
1970	6.38	4.53
1971	6.42	4.54
1972	6.44	4.12
1973	6.42	4.07
1974	6.39	3.77
1975	6.36	3.43
1976	6.32	3
1977	6.27	2.99
1978	6.21	2.64
1979	6.14	2.9
1980	6.07	2.82
1981	5.98	2.57
1982	5.85	2.39
1983	5.76	2.06
1984	5.66	1.74
1985	5.59	1.66
1986	5.51	1.58
1987	5.46	1.53
1988	5.39	1.55
1989	5.33	1.56
1990	5.27	1.57
1991	5.22	1.71
1992	5.18	1.76
1993	5.13	1.65
1994	5.1	1.66
1995	5.07	1.63
1996	5.03	1.57
1997	5	1.54
1998	4.91	1.46
1999	4.81	1.43
2000	4.72	1.48
2001	4.67	1.31
2002	4.7	1.18
2003	4.7	1.19
2004	4.69	1.16
2005	4.67	1.09
2006	4.65	1.13
2007	4.65	1.26
2008	4.73	1.19
2009	4.81	1.15
2010	4.85	1.23
2011	4.83	1.24
2012	4.79	1.3
2013	4.73	1.19
2014	4.67	1.21
2015	4.61	1.24
2016	4.55	1.17
2017	4.5	1.05
2018	4.44	0.98
2019	4.38	0.92
2020	4.33	0.84
2021	4.28	0.81
2022	4.22	0.78
2023	4.16	0.72

Congo and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	South Korea
1960	18.8	19.3
1961	18.7	19.2
1962	18.6	19.1
1963	18.4	19
1964	18.3	18.8
1965	18.2	18.6
1966	18.1	18.5
1967	17.9	18.6
1968	17.8	18.7
1969	17.7	18.8
1970	17.6	18.9
1971	17.5	19
1972	17.4	19.1
1973	17.4	19.3
1974	17.3	19.6
1975	17.2	19.9
1976	17.1	20.2
1977	17	20.7
1978	17	21.1
1979	17	21.6
1980	17	22.1
1981	17	22.5
1982	17.1	22.8
1983	17.2	23.3
1984	17.2	23.7
1985	17.3	24.2
1986	17.4	24.8
1987	17.4	25.3
1988	17.5	25.8
1989	17.6	26.3
1990	17.7	26.7
1991	17.7	27.2
1992	17.8	27.8
1993	17.9	28.3
1994	18	28.9
1995	18.1	29.4
1996	18.1	29.8
1997	18.1	30.2
1998	18.1	30.7
1999	18.2	31.2
2000	18.5	31.7
2001	18.8	32.3
2002	18.8	32.8
2003	18.9	33.4
2004	19	33.9
2005	19.2	34.5
2006	19.3	35.2
2007	19.5	35.8
2008	19.5	36.4
2009	19.7	37
2010	19.8	37.6
2011	19.7	38.2
2012	19.6	38.8
2013	19.5	39.5
2014	19.4	40.2
2015	19.3	40.8
2016	19.2	41.4
2017	19.2	41.9
2018	19.1	42.5
2019	19.1	43.1
2020	19.2	43.8
2021	19.2	44.4
2022	19.3	44.9
2023	19.4	45.5
2024	19.5	46.1

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