Congo vs Zambia statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 64th vs. 37th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Congo and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Congo and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Congo

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Zambia
1960	$131,731,863	$698,739,721
1961	$151,675,739	$682,359,727
1962	$166,521,240	$679,279,729
1963	$172,233,431	$704,339,719
1964	$185,693,725	$822,639,671
1965	$198,318,064	$1,061,199,576
1966	$220,613,582	$1,238,999,505
1967	$237,397,428	$1,340,639,464
1968	$251,247,458	$1,573,739,371
1969	$265,040,036	$1,926,399,230
1970	$274,960,700	$1,788,779,285
1971	$322,128,019	$1,653,259,341
1972	$410,669,264	$1,872,416,680
1973	$541,973,363	$2,434,255,237
1974	$585,364,634	$2,910,981,262
1975	$767,102,680	$2,442,672,141
1976	$754,549,601	$2,742,859,263
1977	$765,224,029	$2,515,296,940
1978	$878,771,772	$2,811,032,473
1979	$1,198,749,667	$3,353,445,378
1980	$1,705,796,853	$3,884,530,854
1981	$1,993,512,323	$4,008,126,497
1982	$2,160,640,565	$3,871,117,093
1983	$2,097,274,290	$3,321,048,451
1984	$2,193,581,365	$2,719,518,933
1985	$2,160,872,540	$2,252,454,500
1986	$1,849,268,212	$1,664,413,508
1987	$2,297,753,652	$2,265,250,972
1988	$2,212,536,312	$3,728,878,149
1989	$2,389,593,026	$3,994,673,161
1990	$2,798,746,050	$3,288,381,797
1991	$2,724,853,506	$3,376,806,697
1992	$2,933,222,703	$3,182,810,841
1993	$2,684,323,623	$3,273,505,344
1994	$1,769,365,438	$3,656,806,166
1995	$2,116,003,868	$3,806,983,413
1996	$2,540,697,539	$3,597,220,962
1997	$2,322,719,103	$4,303,288,480
1998	$1,949,481,379	$3,537,741,942
1999	$2,354,772,960	$3,404,284,891
2000	$3,227,927,698	$3,600,632,111
2001	$2,796,704,604	$4,094,441,301
2002	$3,034,250,924	$4,193,850,445
2003	$3,503,723,088	$4,901,869,764
2004	$4,656,974,940	$6,221,110,219
2005	$6,650,001,680	$8,331,870,169
2006	$8,072,305,029	$12,756,858,899
2007	$8,782,703,437	$14,056,957,976
2008	$11,649,857,673	$17,910,858,638
2009	$9,723,299,915	$15,328,342,304
2010	$13,148,396,212	$20,265,559,484
2011	$15,655,383,577	$23,459,515,276
2012	$17,692,911,296	$25,503,060,420
2013	$17,958,720,699	$28,037,239,463
2014	$17,919,321,078	$27,141,023,558
2015	$12,434,793,867	$21,251,216,799
2016	$10,931,328,151	$20,958,412,538
2017	$11,834,473,039	$25,873,601,261
2018	$14,773,900,289	$26,311,507,274
2019	$13,976,637,780	$23,308,667,781
2020	$11,468,687,464	$18,137,764,931
2021	$14,825,690,211	$22,096,416,932
2022	$15,817,030,157	$29,163,782,140
2023	$15,321,055,818	$27,577,956,471
2024	$15,719,985,776	$26,325,775,287

Congo and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Zambia
1960	$124.7	$221.6
1961	$139.9	$209.7
1962	$149.6	$202.3
1963	$150.7	$203.2
1964	$158.1	$230
1965	$164.2	$287.4
1966	$177.6	$325
1967	$185.7	$341
1968	$190.8	$387
1969	$195.4	$459
1970	$196.7	$414
1971	$223.5	$372
1972	$276.3	$410
1973	$353	$518
1974	$370	$601
1975	$471	$490
1976	$453	$533
1977	$448	$474
1978	$503	$514
1979	$670	$595
1980	$933	$669
1981	$1,066	$670
1982	$1,131	$627
1983	$1,075	$520
1984	$1,097	$413
1985	$1,049	$332
1986	$872	$238.2
1987	$1,052	$315
1988	$984	$504
1989	$1,033	$526
1990	$1,176	$422
1991	$1,113	$423
1992	$1,164	$389
1993	$1,034	$391
1994	$662	$426
1995	$770	$433
1996	$899	$400
1997	$804	$466
1998	$660	$373
1999	$776	$350
2000	$1,024	$359
2001	$855	$397
2002	$906	$394
2003	$1,017	$446
2004	$1,306	$549
2005	$1,799	$711
2006	$2,104	$1,052
2007	$2,206	$1,119
2008	$2,832	$1,376
2009	$2,271	$1,136
2010	$2,947	$1,451
2011	$3,396	$1,625
2012	$3,732	$1,710
2013	$3,697	$1,821
2014	$3,601	$1,707
2015	$2,439	$1,296
2016	$2,093	$1,239
2017	$2,212	$1,483
2018	$2,694	$1,464
2019	$2,488	$1,259
2020	$1,994	$952
2021	$2,516	$1,127
2022	$2,621	$1,447
2023	$2,478	$1,331
2024	$2,482	$1,235

Congo vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Zambia
1950	39.6	46.8
1951	40.3	47.2
1952	41.1	47.6
1953	41.9	48
1954	42.6	48.4
1955	43.4	48.8
1956	44.3	49.1
1957	45.1	49.5
1958	46	49.9
1959	46.8	50.3
1960	47.6	50.6
1961	48.4	51
1962	49	51.3
1963	49.7	51.6
1964	50.4	51.2
1965	51	52.1
1966	51.6	52.3
1967	51.9	52.5
1968	52.6	52.7
1969	53.1	53
1970	53.6	53.4
1971	54	53.9
1972	54.4	54.4
1973	54.7	54.9
1974	55.1	55.4
1975	55.4	55.7
1976	55.7	56.1
1977	56	56.3
1978	56.2	56.3
1979	56.5	56
1980	56.8	55.5
1981	57.1	55
1982	57.2	54.4
1983	57.4	53.7
1984	57.5	52.9
1985	57.6	52
1986	57.6	51.1
1987	57.6	50.4
1988	57.5	49.7
1989	57.3	48.9
1990	57.1	48.2
1991	56.8	47.4
1992	56.5	47
1993	56	46.7
1994	55.6	46.3
1995	55.5	46.1
1996	55.2	45.8
1997	48.6	45.7
1998	52.6	45.7
1999	54.4	45.9
2000	55.4	46.6
2001	55.9	47.4
2002	56.4	48.5
2003	57.1	49.6
2004	58	50.5
2005	58.7	51.6
2006	59.5	52.7
2007	60.1	53.7
2008	60.8	54.8
2009	61.2	55.9
2010	61.7	56.9
2011	62.3	57.8
2012	62.7	58.7
2013	63	59.4
2014	63.3	60.1
2015	63.7	60.7
2016	63.9	61.1
2017	64.2	61.6
2018	64.5	62.1
2019	63.2	62.9
2020	64.4	63.4
2021	64.2	62.4
2022	65	65.3
2023	65.8	66.3
2024	66	66.5
2025	66.2	66.7

Congo and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Zambia
1960	1,056,732	3,153,729
1961	1,084,389	3,254,086
1962	1,113,175	3,358,099
1963	1,143,263	3,465,907
1964	1,174,816	3,577,017
1965	1,207,880	3,692,086
1966	1,242,534	3,812,003
1967	1,278,691	3,936,343
1968	1,316,519	4,065,593
1969	1,356,182	4,197,116
1970	1,397,638	4,321,718
1971	1,441,039	4,442,525
1972	1,486,468	4,569,309
1973	1,533,680	4,702,693
1974	1,582,301	4,842,746
1975	1,627,032	4,990,086
1976	1,667,225	5,143,842
1977	1,707,568	5,302,480
1978	1,748,089	5,465,374
1979	1,788,524	5,631,728
1980	1,828,985	5,802,833
1981	1,869,759	5,983,289
1982	1,910,430	6,178,637
1983	1,950,321	6,381,038
1984	1,999,528	6,580,490
1985	2,059,311	6,780,953
1986	2,120,602	6,986,471
1987	2,183,473	7,191,282
1988	2,247,653	7,391,440
1989	2,313,558	7,589,216
1990	2,380,560	7,786,169
1991	2,449,229	7,981,650
1992	2,519,465	8,176,680
1993	2,595,124	8,373,921
1994	2,673,144	8,576,269
1995	2,749,461	8,785,763
1996	2,826,785	9,004,053
1997	2,887,862	9,237,063
1998	2,952,061	9,482,408
1999	3,032,874	9,740,005
2000	3,151,345	10,017,631
2001	3,272,537	10,325,185
2002	3,350,771	10,647,949
2003	3,445,753	10,983,595
2004	3,565,554	11,338,198
2005	3,696,393	11,718,819
2006	3,837,409	12,129,553
2007	3,980,430	12,565,085
2008	4,113,517	13,021,324
2009	4,281,219	13,490,389
2010	4,462,290	13,965,594
2011	4,609,724	14,437,796
2012	4,740,450	14,913,629
2013	4,857,099	15,398,997
2014	4,975,880	15,895,315
2015	5,097,581	16,399,089
2016	5,222,536	16,914,423
2017	5,351,011	17,441,320
2018	5,483,118	17,973,569
2019	5,616,661	18,513,839
2020	5,752,791	19,059,395
2021	5,892,183	19,603,607
2022	6,035,104	20,152,938
2023	6,182,885	20,723,965
2024	6,332,961	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Congo and Zambia

Fertility rate

Congo

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Zambia
1960	6.09	6.95
1961	6.09	6.98
1962	6.1	7.01
1963	6.15	7.06
1964	6.18	7.09
1965	6.23	7.12
1966	6.27	7.14
1967	6.29	7.15
1968	6.33	7.18
1969	6.35	7.18
1970	6.38	7.22
1971	6.42	7.26
1972	6.44	7.3
1973	6.42	7.34
1974	6.39	7.36
1975	6.36	7.42
1976	6.32	7.39
1977	6.27	7.35
1978	6.21	7.29
1979	6.14	7.22
1980	6.07	7.14
1981	5.98	7.07
1982	5.85	7.04
1983	5.76	7.01
1984	5.66	6.97
1985	5.59	6.93
1986	5.51	6.87
1987	5.46	6.8
1988	5.39	6.7
1989	5.33	6.64
1990	5.27	6.57
1991	5.22	6.46
1992	5.18	6.35
1993	5.13	6.3
1994	5.1	6.26
1995	5.07	6.23
1996	5.03	6.18
1997	5	6.12
1998	4.91	6.07
1999	4.81	6
2000	4.72	5.92
2001	4.67	5.85
2002	4.7	5.77
2003	4.7	5.71
2004	4.69	5.7
2005	4.67	5.7
2006	4.65	5.68
2007	4.65	5.61
2008	4.73	5.53
2009	4.81	5.45
2010	4.85	5.36
2011	4.83	5.26
2012	4.79	5.14
2013	4.73	5.01
2014	4.67	4.89
2015	4.61	4.78
2016	4.55	4.67
2017	4.5	4.57
2018	4.44	4.49
2019	4.38	4.42
2020	4.33	4.32
2021	4.28	4.25
2022	4.22	4.18
2023	4.16	4.1

Congo and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Zambia
1960	18.8	17
1961	18.7	16.9
1962	18.6	16.8
1963	18.4	16.7
1964	18.3	16.6
1965	18.2	16.6
1966	18.1	16.5
1967	17.9	16.5
1968	17.8	16.4
1969	17.7	16.4
1970	17.6	16.2
1971	17.5	16.1
1972	17.4	15.9
1973	17.4	15.8
1974	17.3	15.7
1975	17.2	15.5
1976	17.1	15.4
1977	17	15.4
1978	17	15.3
1979	17	15.3
1980	17	15.2
1981	17	15.3
1982	17.1	15.3
1983	17.2	15.4
1984	17.2	15.4
1985	17.3	15.5
1986	17.4	15.5
1987	17.4	15.6
1988	17.5	15.6
1989	17.6	15.7
1990	17.7	15.7
1991	17.7	15.7
1992	17.8	15.8
1993	17.9	15.8
1994	18	15.8
1995	18.1	15.8
1996	18.1	15.8
1997	18.1	15.8
1998	18.1	15.8
1999	18.2	15.8
2000	18.5	15.9
2001	18.8	15.9
2002	18.8	16
2003	18.9	16.1
2004	19	16.2
2005	19.2	16.3
2006	19.3	16.3
2007	19.5	16.4
2008	19.5	16.5
2009	19.7	16.6
2010	19.8	16.7
2011	19.7	16.8
2012	19.6	16.9
2013	19.5	17
2014	19.4	17.1
2015	19.3	17.2
2016	19.2	17.4
2017	19.2	17.5
2018	19.1	17.7
2019	19.1	17.9
2020	19.2	18
2021	19.2	18.2
2022	19.3	18.4
2023	19.4	18.6
2024	19.5	18.8

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