Congo vs Sudan statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 64th vs. 15th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Congo and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Congo and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Sudan
1960	$131,731,863	$1,126,364,162
1961	$151,675,739	$1,222,860,429
1962	$166,521,240	$1,328,259,625
1963	$172,233,431	$1,351,234,926
1964	$185,693,725	$1,388,282,600
1965	$198,318,064	$1,446,869,619
1966	$220,613,582	$1,484,491,676
1967	$237,397,428	$1,607,409,539
1968	$251,247,458	$1,677,771,401
1969	$265,040,036	$1,847,501,441
1970	$274,960,700	$2,100,229,759
1971	$322,128,019	$2,288,340,041
1972	$410,669,264	$2,483,055,722
1973	$541,973,363	$3,077,254,460
1974	$585,364,634	$3,958,931,660
1975	$767,102,680	$4,823,090,192
1976	$754,549,601	$6,013,210,816
1977	$765,224,029	$7,499,005,639
1978	$878,771,772	$8,128,719,315
1979	$1,198,749,667	$8,418,407,787
1980	$1,705,796,853	$8,951,800,000
1981	$1,993,512,323	$10,753,888,154
1982	$2,160,640,565	$8,732,542,274
1983	$2,097,274,290	$8,230,153,846
1984	$2,193,581,365	$10,447,615,385
1985	$2,160,872,540	$8,075,259,600
1986	$1,849,268,212	$10,092,200,000
1987	$2,297,753,652	$12,093,333,333
1988	$2,212,536,312	$14,372,555,556
1989	$2,389,593,026	$21,408,111,111
1990	$2,798,746,050	$33,641,222,222
1991	$2,724,853,506	$44,171,194,366
1992	$2,933,222,703	$7,031,933,492
1993	$2,684,323,623	$8,881,005,436
1994	$1,769,365,438	$12,793,794,737
1995	$2,116,003,868	$13,830,363,900
1996	$2,540,697,539	$9,018,300,725
1997	$2,322,719,103	$11,681,175,864
1998	$1,949,481,379	$11,250,221,537
1999	$2,354,772,960	$10,682,028,340
2000	$3,227,927,698	$12,257,299,147
2001	$2,796,704,604	$15,716,361,792
2002	$3,034,250,924	$18,137,128,388
2003	$3,503,723,088	$21,355,298,460
2004	$4,656,974,940	$26,646,007,251
2005	$6,650,001,680	$35,182,711,988
2006	$8,072,305,029	$45,263,831,634
2007	$8,782,703,437	$59,440,139,775
2008	$11,649,857,673	$64,833,083,257
2009	$9,723,299,915	$51,621,044,077
2010	$13,148,396,212	$58,962,978,034
2011	$15,655,383,577	$55,018,567,211
2012	$17,692,911,296	$37,632,919,967
2013	$17,958,720,699	$43,024,018,082
2014	$17,919,321,078	$49,516,748,618
2015	$12,434,793,867	$51,726,758,677
2016	$10,931,328,151	$42,630,376,000
2017	$11,834,473,039	$41,283,617,976
2018	$14,773,900,289	$32,333,780,383
2019	$13,976,637,780	$32,338,079,165
2020	$11,468,687,464	$27,034,593,750
2021	$14,825,690,211	$34,229,513,775
2022	$15,817,030,157	$51,666,875,363
2023	$15,321,055,818	$39,898,289,821
2024	$15,719,985,776	$49,909,807,030

Congo and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Sudan
1960	$124.7	$134.7
1961	$139.9	$141.6
1962	$149.6	$148.9
1963	$150.7	$146.6
1964	$158.1	$145.7
1965	$164.2	$146.8
1966	$177.6	$145.6
1967	$185.7	$152.4
1968	$190.8	$153.7
1969	$195.4	$163.5
1970	$196.7	$179.6
1971	$223.5	$189
1972	$276.3	$198.2
1973	$353	$235.8
1974	$370	$291.5
1975	$471	$343
1976	$453	$413
1977	$448	$497
1978	$503	$518
1979	$670	$515
1980	$933	$525
1981	$1,066	$605
1982	$1,131	$472
1983	$1,075	$431
1984	$1,097	$534
1985	$1,049	$406
1986	$872	$497
1987	$1,052	$584
1988	$984	$680
1989	$1,033	$992
1990	$1,176	$1,528
1991	$1,113	$1,966
1992	$1,164	$307
1993	$1,034	$379
1994	$662	$532
1995	$770	$561
1996	$899	$357
1997	$804	$453
1998	$660	$425
1999	$776	$394
2000	$1,024	$441
2001	$855	$551
2002	$906	$621
2003	$1,017	$714
2004	$1,306	$872
2005	$1,799	$1,125
2006	$2,104	$1,415
2007	$2,206	$1,814
2008	$2,832	$1,928
2009	$2,271	$1,493
2010	$2,947	$1,665
2011	$3,396	$1,522
2012	$3,732	$1,019
2013	$3,697	$1,139
2014	$3,601	$1,275
2015	$2,439	$1,292
2016	$2,093	$1,033
2017	$2,212	$967
2018	$2,694	$731
2019	$2,488	$710
2020	$1,994	$578
2021	$2,516	$712
2022	$2,621	$1,046
2023	$2,478	$797
2024	$2,482	$989

Congo vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Sudan
1950	39.6	45.8
1951	40.3	46.2
1952	41.1	46.5
1953	41.9	46.9
1954	42.6	47.3
1955	43.4	47.7
1956	44.3	48.1
1957	45.1	48.5
1958	46	48.9
1959	46.8	49.2
1960	47.6	49.6
1961	48.4	50
1962	49	50.4
1963	49.7	50.8
1964	50.4	50.9
1965	51	51
1966	51.6	51.3
1967	51.9	51.5
1968	52.6	51.8
1969	53.1	52
1970	53.6	52.3
1971	54	52.5
1972	54.4	52.8
1973	54.7	53
1974	55.1	53.2
1975	55.4	53.3
1976	55.7	53.3
1977	56	53.5
1978	56.2	53.3
1979	56.5	53.4
1980	56.8	54.1
1981	57.1	54.4
1982	57.2	54.4
1983	57.4	49.6
1984	57.5	49.8
1985	57.6	50
1986	57.6	54.6
1987	57.6	54.7
1988	57.5	55
1989	57.3	54.9
1990	57.1	55.5
1991	56.8	55.6
1992	56.5	56
1993	56	56.1
1994	55.6	57
1995	55.5	57.4
1996	55.2	57.6
1997	48.6	58.1
1998	52.6	58.3
1999	54.4	58.6
2000	55.4	58.9
2001	55.9	59.3
2002	56.4	59.3
2003	57.1	58.3
2004	58	56.8
2005	58.7	57.2
2006	59.5	60.4
2007	60.1	61.4
2008	60.8	61.3
2009	61.2	62.7
2010	61.7	63
2011	62.3	63.2
2012	62.7	63.4
2013	63	63.4
2014	63.3	64
2015	63.7	64.4
2016	63.9	64.7
2017	64.2	65.1
2018	64.5	65.5
2019	63.2	65.8
2020	64.4	65.1
2021	64.2	64.5
2022	65	65.7
2023	65.8	66.3
2024	66	66.5
2025	66.2	66.7

Congo and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Sudan
1960	1,056,732	8,364,489
1961	1,084,389	8,634,941
1962	1,113,175	8,919,028
1963	1,143,263	9,218,077
1964	1,174,816	9,531,109
1965	1,207,880	9,858,030
1966	1,242,534	10,197,578
1967	1,278,691	10,550,597
1968	1,316,519	10,917,999
1969	1,356,182	11,298,936
1970	1,397,638	11,695,771
1971	1,441,039	12,105,539
1972	1,486,468	12,527,856
1973	1,533,680	13,049,315
1974	1,582,301	13,580,723
1975	1,627,032	14,064,798
1976	1,667,225	14,569,716
1977	1,707,568	15,086,614
1978	1,748,089	15,695,003
1979	1,788,524	16,355,352
1980	1,828,985	17,058,905
1981	1,869,759	17,780,572
1982	1,910,430	18,486,645
1983	1,950,321	19,109,770
1984	1,999,528	19,546,528
1985	2,059,311	19,905,872
1986	2,120,602	20,288,238
1987	2,183,473	20,704,904
1988	2,247,653	21,138,431
1989	2,313,558	21,578,022
1990	2,380,560	22,021,481
1991	2,449,229	22,470,676
1992	2,519,465	22,927,355
1993	2,595,124	23,445,592
1994	2,673,144	24,043,948
1995	2,749,461	24,672,143
1996	2,826,785	25,231,528
1997	2,887,862	25,799,821
1998	2,952,061	26,458,999
1999	3,032,874	27,130,613
2000	3,151,345	27,816,745
2001	3,272,537	28,516,770
2002	3,350,771	29,228,727
2003	3,445,753	29,896,035
2004	3,565,554	30,556,637
2005	3,696,393	31,262,444
2006	3,837,409	31,992,435
2007	3,980,430	32,764,135
2008	4,113,517	33,623,980
2009	4,281,219	34,569,113
2010	4,462,290	35,414,399
2011	4,609,724	36,140,806
2012	4,740,450	36,923,178
2013	4,857,099	37,785,849
2014	4,975,880	38,823,318
2015	5,097,581	40,024,431
2016	5,222,536	41,259,892
2017	5,351,011	42,714,306
2018	5,483,118	44,230,596
2019	5,616,661	45,548,175
2020	5,752,791	46,789,231
2021	5,892,183	48,066,924
2022	6,035,104	49,383,346
2023	6,182,885	50,042,791
2024	6,332,961	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Congo and Sudan

Fertility rate

Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Sudan
1960	6.09	6.66
1961	6.09	6.66
1962	6.1	6.7
1963	6.15	6.76
1964	6.18	6.8
1965	6.23	6.84
1966	6.27	6.88
1967	6.29	6.91
1968	6.33	6.95
1969	6.35	6.97
1970	6.38	6.99
1971	6.42	7.02
1972	6.44	6.98
1973	6.42	6.94
1974	6.39	6.91
1975	6.36	6.87
1976	6.32	6.82
1977	6.27	6.78
1978	6.21	6.72
1979	6.14	6.65
1980	6.07	6.59
1981	5.98	6.53
1982	5.85	6.47
1983	5.76	6.41
1984	5.66	6.34
1985	5.59	6.28
1986	5.51	6.23
1987	5.46	6.18
1988	5.39	6.13
1989	5.33	6.11
1990	5.27	6.07
1991	5.22	6.05
1992	5.18	6.02
1993	5.13	5.97
1994	5.1	5.91
1995	5.07	5.86
1996	5.03	5.79
1997	5	5.72
1998	4.91	5.65
1999	4.81	5.62
2000	4.72	5.6
2001	4.67	5.56
2002	4.7	5.53
2003	4.7	5.49
2004	4.69	5.46
2005	4.67	5.4
2006	4.65	5.33
2007	4.65	5.27
2008	4.73	5.21
2009	4.81	5.17
2010	4.85	5.14
2011	4.83	5.09
2012	4.79	5.03
2013	4.73	4.97
2014	4.67	4.91
2015	4.61	4.9
2016	4.55	4.83
2017	4.5	4.76
2018	4.44	4.68
2019	4.38	4.62
2020	4.33	4.54
2021	4.28	4.46
2022	4.22	4.38
2023	4.16	4.32

Congo and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Sudan
1960	18.8	16.7
1961	18.7	16.7
1962	18.6	16.7
1963	18.4	16.6
1964	18.3	16.5
1965	18.2	16.5
1966	18.1	16.4
1967	17.9	16.4
1968	17.8	16.3
1969	17.7	16.3
1970	17.6	16.2
1971	17.5	16.2
1972	17.4	16.1
1973	17.4	16
1974	17.3	15.9
1975	17.2	16
1976	17.1	16
1977	17	16.1
1978	17	16.2
1979	17	16.4
1980	17	16.5
1981	17	16.6
1982	17.1	16.7
1983	17.2	16.7
1984	17.2	16.8
1985	17.3	16.8
1986	17.4	16.8
1987	17.4	16.9
1988	17.5	16.9
1989	17.6	16.8
1990	17.7	16.8
1991	17.7	16.8
1992	17.8	16.8
1993	17.9	16.8
1994	18	16.8
1995	18.1	16.8
1996	18.1	16.8
1997	18.1	16.8
1998	18.1	16.8
1999	18.2	16.9
2000	18.5	16.9
2001	18.8	17
2002	18.8	17
2003	18.9	17.1
2004	19	17.1
2005	19.2	17.1
2006	19.3	17.2
2007	19.5	17.3
2008	19.5	17.3
2009	19.7	17.4
2010	19.8	17.5
2011	19.7	17.4
2012	19.6	17.5
2013	19.5	17.5
2014	19.4	17.7
2015	19.3	17.9
2016	19.2	18.1
2017	19.2	18.3
2018	19.1	18.6
2019	19.1	18.7
2020	19.2	18.9
2021	19.2	19
2022	19.3	19.2
2023	19.4	19.3
2024	19.5	19.4

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