Congo vs Syria statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 64th vs. 87th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Congo and Syria: Comparison Charts

Congo and Syria economies compared

GDP

Congo

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Syria
1960	$131,731,863	$857,704,413
1961	$151,675,739	$945,244,972
1962	$166,521,240	$1,110,565,881
1963	$172,233,431	$1,200,447,408
1964	$185,693,725	$1,339,494,267
1965	$198,318,064	$1,472,036,540
1966	$220,613,582	$1,342,287,553
1967	$237,397,428	$1,580,229,799
1968	$251,247,458	$1,753,746,430
1969	$265,040,036	$2,245,011,515
1970	$274,960,700	$2,140,384,010
1971	$322,128,019	$2,589,851,325
1972	$410,669,264	$3,059,681,698
1973	$541,973,363	$3,239,487,516
1974	$585,364,634	$5,159,557,148
1975	$767,102,680	$6,826,980,444
1976	$754,549,601	$7,633,528,867
1977	$765,224,029	$7,696,011,396
1978	$878,771,772	$9,275,200,458
1979	$1,198,749,667	$9,929,681,529
1980	$1,705,796,853	$13,062,420,382
1981	$1,993,512,323	$15,518,201,335
1982	$2,160,640,565	$16,298,929,011
1983	$2,097,274,290	$17,589,277,143
1984	$2,193,581,365	$17,503,078,174
1985	$2,160,872,540	$16,403,539,893
1986	$1,849,268,212	$13,293,205,278
1987	$2,297,753,652	$11,356,215,543
1988	$2,212,536,312	$10,577,041,645
1989	$2,389,593,026	$9,853,395,762
1990	$2,798,746,050	$12,308,624,418
1991	$2,724,853,506	$12,981,833,333
1992	$2,933,222,703	$13,253,565,861
1993	$2,684,323,623	$13,695,962,055
1994	$1,769,365,438	$10,122,020,000
1995	$2,116,003,868	$11,396,706,587
1996	$2,540,697,539	$13,789,560,878
1997	$2,322,719,103	$14,505,233,463
1998	$1,949,481,379	$15,200,846,154
1999	$2,354,772,960	$15,873,875,969
2000	$3,227,927,698	$18,937,052,543
2001	$2,796,704,604	$20,237,024,725
2002	$3,034,250,924	$20,669,357,462
2003	$3,503,723,088	$21,828,144,686
2004	$4,656,974,940	$25,086,950,495
2005	$6,650,001,680	$28,858,965,517
2006	$8,072,305,029	$33,751,788,856
2007	$8,782,703,437	$40,465,318,382
2008	$11,649,857,673	$52,557,913,569
2009	$9,723,299,915	$54,111,735,629
2010	$13,148,396,212	$61,390,830,875
2011	$15,655,383,577	$67,539,428,159
2012	$17,692,911,296	$43,190,318,033
2013	$17,958,720,699	$21,361,254,635
2014	$17,919,321,078	$21,502,061,466
2015	$12,434,793,867	$16,466,863,117
2016	$10,931,328,151	$12,597,854,877
2017	$11,834,473,039	$16,369,843,352
2018	$14,773,900,289	$21,497,782,868
2019	$13,976,637,780	$22,583,045,060
2020	$11,468,687,464	$12,047,752,036
2021	$14,825,690,211	$14,353,205,678
2022	$15,817,030,157	$23,622,827,080
2023	$15,321,055,818	$19,993,439,950
2024	$15,719,985,776	-

Congo and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Syria
1960	$124.7	$183.5
1961	$139.9	$196.3
1962	$149.6	$223.9
1963	$150.7	$234.9
1964	$158.1	$254.2
1965	$164.2	$270.8
1966	$177.6	$239.3
1967	$185.7	$272.9
1968	$190.8	$293.3
1969	$195.4	$364
1970	$196.7	$335
1971	$223.5	$393
1972	$276.3	$448
1973	$353	$459
1974	$370	$707
1975	$471	$904
1976	$453	$976
1977	$448	$951
1978	$503	$1,108
1979	$670	$1,146
1980	$933	$1,458
1981	$1,066	$1,676
1982	$1,131	$1,703
1983	$1,075	$1,776
1984	$1,097	$1,706
1985	$1,049	$1,544
1986	$872	$1,208
1987	$1,052	$997
1988	$984	$898
1989	$1,033	$809
1990	$1,176	$978
1991	$1,113	$1,000
1992	$1,164	$990
1993	$1,034	$993
1994	$662	$712
1995	$770	$780
1996	$899	$918
1997	$804	$941
1998	$660	$961
1999	$776	$978
2000	$1,024	$1,138
2001	$855	$1,187
2002	$906	$1,183
2003	$1,017	$1,220
2004	$1,306	$1,368
2005	$1,799	$1,534
2006	$2,104	$1,719
2007	$2,206	$1,938
2008	$2,832	$2,429
2009	$2,271	$2,462
2010	$2,947	$2,731
2011	$3,396	$2,952
2012	$3,732	$1,898
2013	$3,697	$986
2014	$3,601	$1,061
2015	$2,439	$848
2016	$2,093	$656
2017	$2,212	$852
2018	$2,694	$1,098
2019	$2,488	$1,110
2020	$1,994	$572
2021	$2,516	$664
2022	$2,621	$1,052
2023	$2,478	$847
2024	$2,482	-

Congo vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Syria
1950	39.6	42.5
1951	40.3	43.4
1952	41.1	44.3
1953	41.9	45.3
1954	42.6	46.4
1955	43.4	47.4
1956	44.3	48.5
1957	45.1	49.6
1958	46	50.7
1959	46.8	51.7
1960	47.6	52.7
1961	48.4	53.7
1962	49	54.6
1963	49.7	55.4
1964	50.4	56.2
1965	51	56.9
1966	51.6	57.6
1967	51.9	58
1968	52.6	59.1
1969	53.1	59.8
1970	53.6	60.6
1971	54	61.3
1972	54.4	62
1973	54.7	60.8
1974	55.1	63.4
1975	55.4	64.2
1976	55.7	64.8
1977	56	65.4
1978	56.2	65.9
1979	56.5	66.2
1980	56.8	66.5
1981	57.1	64.6
1982	57.2	60.8
1983	57.4	67.4
1984	57.5	67.7
1985	57.6	68
1986	57.6	68.4
1987	57.6	68.8
1988	57.5	69.2
1989	57.3	69.5
1990	57.1	69.8
1991	56.8	70.1
1992	56.5	70.2
1993	56	70.3
1994	55.6	70.3
1995	55.5	70.2
1996	55.2	70.2
1997	48.6	70.2
1998	52.6	70.2
1999	54.4	70.5
2000	55.4	70.9
2001	55.9	71.3
2002	56.4	71.7
2003	57.1	72.2
2004	58	72.5
2005	58.7	72.8
2006	59.5	73
2007	60.1	73.3
2008	60.8	73.4
2009	61.2	73.5
2010	61.7	73.5
2011	62.3	72.3
2012	62.7	66.2
2013	63	65.1
2014	63.3	65.5
2015	63.7	63.3
2016	63.9	65.2
2017	64.2	65.7
2018	64.5	67.4
2019	63.2	71
2020	64.4	71.9
2021	64.2	72.4
2022	65	72.8
2023	65.8	72.1
2024	66	72.6
2025	66.2	73

Congo and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Syria
1960	1,056,732	4,673,500
1961	1,084,389	4,815,466
1962	1,113,175	4,959,340
1963	1,143,263	5,110,467
1964	1,174,816	5,269,087
1965	1,207,880	5,435,267
1966	1,242,534	5,609,047
1967	1,278,691	5,790,198
1968	1,316,519	5,978,742
1969	1,356,182	6,175,166
1970	1,397,638	6,380,609
1971	1,441,039	6,598,094
1972	1,486,468	6,826,024
1973	1,533,680	7,060,321
1974	1,582,301	7,302,160
1975	1,627,032	7,554,364
1976	1,667,225	7,817,320
1977	1,707,568	8,090,501
1978	1,748,089	8,372,759
1979	1,788,524	8,661,909
1980	1,828,985	8,957,663
1981	1,869,759	9,260,189
1982	1,910,430	9,572,511
1983	1,950,321	9,904,809
1984	1,999,528	10,258,398
1985	2,059,311	10,625,672
1986	2,120,602	11,002,844
1987	2,183,473	11,388,923
1988	2,247,653	11,782,264
1989	2,313,558	12,179,060
1990	2,380,560	12,579,208
1991	2,449,229	12,980,821
1992	2,519,465	13,385,571
1993	2,595,124	13,795,686
1994	2,673,144	14,208,583
1995	2,749,461	14,616,801
1996	2,826,785	15,018,104
1997	2,887,862	15,417,542
1998	2,952,061	15,820,413
1999	3,032,874	16,228,061
2000	3,151,345	16,637,888
2001	3,272,537	17,051,338
2002	3,350,771	17,468,332
2003	3,445,753	17,889,296
2004	3,565,554	18,336,875
2005	3,696,393	18,814,091
2006	3,837,409	19,637,022
2007	3,980,430	20,884,125
2008	4,113,517	21,636,564
2009	4,281,219	21,976,969
2010	4,462,290	22,482,421
2011	4,609,724	22,878,098
2012	4,740,450	22,759,763
2013	4,857,099	21,666,917
2014	4,975,880	20,273,659
2015	5,097,581	19,424,618
2016	5,222,536	19,193,834
2017	5,351,011	19,224,668
2018	5,483,118	19,577,845
2019	5,616,661	20,353,534
2020	5,752,791	21,049,429
2021	5,892,183	21,628,839
2022	6,035,104	22,462,173
2023	6,182,885	23,594,623
2024	6,332,961	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Congo and Syria

Fertility rate

Congo

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Syria
1960	6.09	7.51
1961	6.09	7.5
1962	6.1	7.51
1963	6.15	7.51
1964	6.18	7.53
1965	6.23	7.53
1966	6.27	7.55
1967	6.29	7.56
1968	6.33	7.57
1969	6.35	7.59
1970	6.38	7.62
1971	6.42	7.6
1972	6.44	7.57
1973	6.42	7.55
1974	6.39	7.52
1975	6.36	7.49
1976	6.32	7.45
1977	6.27	7.42
1978	6.21	7.35
1979	6.14	7.25
1980	6.07	7.12
1981	5.98	6.97
1982	5.85	6.81
1983	5.76	6.69
1984	5.66	6.59
1985	5.59	6.48
1986	5.51	6.37
1987	5.46	6.2
1988	5.39	6
1989	5.33	5.78
1990	5.27	5.56
1991	5.22	5.34
1992	5.18	5.14
1993	5.13	4.99
1994	5.1	4.86
1995	5.07	4.7
1996	5.03	4.54
1997	5	4.37
1998	4.91	4.25
1999	4.81	4.14
2000	4.72	4.07
2001	4.67	3.98
2002	4.7	3.87
2003	4.7	3.76
2004	4.69	3.68
2005	4.67	3.61
2006	4.65	3.56
2007	4.65	3.54
2008	4.73	3.48
2009	4.81	3.42
2010	4.85	3.36
2011	4.83	3.29
2012	4.79	3.22
2013	4.73	3.17
2014	4.67	3.12
2015	4.61	3.07
2016	4.55	3.01
2017	4.5	2.97
2018	4.44	2.93
2019	4.38	2.88
2020	4.33	2.84
2021	4.28	2.8
2022	4.22	2.75
2023	4.16	2.71

Congo and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Syria
1960	18.8	17.6
1961	18.7	17.3
1962	18.6	17.1
1963	18.4	16.9
1964	18.3	16.7
1965	18.2	16.5
1966	18.1	16.4
1967	17.9	16.2
1968	17.8	16.1
1969	17.7	16
1970	17.6	15.9
1971	17.5	15.8
1972	17.4	15.8
1973	17.4	15.7
1974	17.3	15.7
1975	17.2	15.7
1976	17.1	15.6
1977	17	15.6
1978	17	15.6
1979	17	15.6
1980	17	15.6
1981	17	15.6
1982	17.1	15.7
1983	17.2	15.8
1984	17.2	15.8
1985	17.3	15.9
1986	17.4	16
1987	17.4	16.1
1988	17.5	16.2
1989	17.6	16.4
1990	17.7	16.5
1991	17.7	16.7
1992	17.8	16.9
1993	17.9	17.1
1994	18	17.3
1995	18.1	17.5
1996	18.1	17.7
1997	18.1	17.9
1998	18.1	18.1
1999	18.2	18.3
2000	18.5	18.5
2001	18.8	18.8
2002	18.8	19
2003	18.9	19.2
2004	19	19.5
2005	19.2	19.7
2006	19.3	20.3
2007	19.5	21
2008	19.5	21.3
2009	19.7	21.5
2010	19.8	21.7
2011	19.7	21.9
2012	19.6	21.8
2013	19.5	21.2
2014	19.4	20.1
2015	19.3	19.5
2016	19.2	19.5
2017	19.2	19.6
2018	19.1	20.1
2019	19.1	20.9
2020	19.2	21.6
2021	19.2	22.2
2022	19.3	22.7
2023	19.4	23.3
2024	19.5	23.9

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