Congo vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 64th vs. 60th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Zimbabwe ranks 102/197 ($41.5B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 149/197 ($2,482), while Zimbabwe ranks 148/197 ($2,497).

Congo and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Congo and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	$131,731,863	$1,053,528,036
1961	$151,675,739	$1,097,206,526
1962	$166,521,240	$1,118,172,226
1963	$172,233,431	$1,160,103,724
1964	$185,693,725	$1,217,759,447
1965	$198,318,064	$1,312,105,394
1966	$220,613,582	$1,282,403,936
1967	$237,397,428	$1,397,715,282
1968	$251,247,458	$1,480,355,355
1969	$265,040,036	$1,748,891,294
1970	$274,960,700	$1,885,168,339
1971	$322,128,019	$2,179,828,710
1972	$410,669,264	$2,679,096,597
1973	$541,973,363	$3,311,043,292
1974	$585,364,634	$3,984,194,614
1975	$767,102,680	$4,373,532,601
1976	$754,549,601	$4,320,576,877
1977	$765,224,029	$4,366,610,469
1978	$878,771,772	$4,353,822,343
1979	$1,198,749,667	$5,180,102,910
1980	$1,705,796,853	$6,682,278,300
1981	$1,993,512,323	$8,015,464,252
1982	$2,160,640,565	$8,544,060,905
1983	$2,097,274,290	$7,768,031,182
1984	$2,193,581,365	$6,355,369,172
1985	$2,160,872,540	$5,640,137,575
1986	$1,849,268,212	$6,220,698,247
1987	$2,297,753,652	$6,744,657,033
1988	$2,212,536,312	$7,818,774,177
1989	$2,389,593,026	$8,290,553,535
1990	$2,798,746,050	$8,788,301,546
1991	$2,724,853,506	$8,646,000,000
1992	$2,933,222,703	$6,755,000,000
1993	$2,684,323,623	$6,567,250,000
1994	$1,769,365,438	$6,894,250,000
1995	$2,116,003,868	$7,115,000,000
1996	$2,540,697,539	$8,557,500,000
1997	$2,322,719,103	$8,534,000,000
1998	$1,949,481,379	$6,405,250,000
1999	$2,354,772,960	$6,861,500,000
2000	$3,227,927,698	$6,693,250,000
2001	$2,796,704,604	$6,780,750,000
2002	$3,034,250,924	$6,345,250,000
2003	$3,503,723,088	$5,730,500,000
2004	$4,656,974,940	$5,808,500,000
2005	$6,650,001,680	$5,758,250,000
2006	$8,072,305,029	$5,446,750,000
2007	$8,782,703,437	$5,294,750,000
2008	$11,649,857,673	$4,418,000,000
2009	$9,723,299,915	$9,670,750,000
2010	$13,148,396,212	$12,047,750,000
2011	$15,655,383,577	$14,109,000,000
2012	$17,692,911,296	$17,123,500,000
2013	$17,958,720,699	$19,100,750,000
2014	$17,919,321,078	$19,505,500,000
2015	$12,434,793,867	$19,973,250,000
2016	$10,931,328,151	$20,559,250,000
2017	$11,834,473,039	$51,035,657,371
2018	$14,773,900,289	$34,141,666,667
2019	$13,976,637,780	$33,357,695,635
2020	$11,468,687,464	$31,980,334,561
2021	$14,825,690,211	$41,287,673,690
2022	$15,817,030,155	$40,757,561,709
2023	$15,321,055,823	$35,871,779,681
2024	$15,719,986,077	$41,539,411,516

Congo and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	$124.7	$276.6
1961	$139.9	$279.2
1962	$149.6	$275.7
1963	$150.7	$277.1
1964	$158.1	$281.9
1965	$164.2	$294.3
1966	$177.6	$278.7
1967	$185.7	$294.4
1968	$190.8	$302
1969	$195.4	$346
1970	$196.7	$361
1971	$223.5	$406
1972	$276.3	$483
1973	$353	$579
1974	$370	$674
1975	$471	$717
1976	$453	$687
1977	$448	$677
1978	$503	$665
1979	$670	$779
1980	$933	$949
1981	$1,066	$1,069
1982	$1,131	$1,096
1983	$1,075	$959
1984	$1,097	$757
1985	$1,049	$649
1986	$872	$693
1987	$1,052	$726
1988	$984	$816
1989	$1,033	$840
1990	$1,176	$867
1991	$1,113	$831
1992	$1,164	$631
1993	$1,034	$605
1994	$662	$634
1995	$770	$648
1996	$899	$767
1997	$804	$751
1998	$660	$552
1999	$776	$582
2000	$1,024	$563
2001	$855	$566
2002	$906	$525
2003	$1,017	$468
2004	$1,306	$470
2005	$1,799	$461
2006	$2,104	$431
2007	$2,206	$414
2008	$2,832	$341
2009	$2,271	$736
2010	$2,947	$902
2011	$3,396	$1,038
2012	$3,732	$1,239
2013	$3,697	$1,363
2014	$3,601	$1,373
2015	$2,439	$1,387
2016	$2,093	$1,408
2017	$2,212	$3,445
2018	$2,694	$2,271
2019	$2,488	$2,184
2020	$1,994	$2,060
2021	$2,516	$2,614
2022	$2,621	$2,536
2023	$2,478	$2,195
2024	$2,482	$2,497

Congo vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Zimbabwe
1950	39.6	49.4
1951	40.3	49.8
1952	41.1	50.2
1953	41.9	50.6
1954	42.6	51
1955	43.4	51.4
1956	44.3	51.8
1957	45.1	52.2
1958	46	52.6
1959	46.8	53
1960	47.6	53.5
1961	48.4	54
1962	49	54.5
1963	49.7	54.9
1964	50.4	55.4
1965	51	55.9
1966	51.6	56.4
1967	51.9	56.8
1968	52.6	57.1
1969	53.1	57.5
1970	53.6	57.8
1971	54	58
1972	54.4	58.2
1973	54.7	58.1
1974	55.1	58.2
1975	55.4	58.2
1976	55.7	57.6
1977	56	57
1978	56.2	54.7
1979	56.5	54.9
1980	56.8	59.1
1981	57.1	59.4
1982	57.2	59.9
1983	57.4	60
1984	57.5	60.6
1985	57.6	60.9
1986	57.6	61
1987	57.6	60.7
1988	57.5	60.2
1989	57.3	59.4
1990	57.1	58.3
1991	56.8	57
1992	56.5	55.6
1993	56	54
1994	55.6	52.5
1995	55.5	51.1
1996	55.2	49
1997	48.6	48.5
1998	52.6	47.6
1999	54.4	46.4
2000	55.4	46
2001	55.9	44.5
2002	56.4	45.9
2003	57.1	45.4
2004	58	46
2005	58.7	46.6
2006	59.5	47.1
2007	60.1	47.6
2008	60.8	48.5
2009	61.2	49.7
2010	61.7	51.9
2011	62.3	53.9
2012	62.7	55.4
2013	63	56.8
2014	63.3	58.1
2015	63.7	59
2016	63.9	59.8
2017	64.2	60.3
2018	64.5	60.9
2019	63.2	61.1
2020	64.4	61.5
2021	64.2	60.1
2022	65	62.4
2023	65.8	62.8
2024	66	63.1
2025	66.2	63.3
2026	66.4	63.6

Congo and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	1,056,732	3,809,389
1961	1,084,389	3,930,401
1962	1,113,175	4,055,959
1963	1,143,263	4,185,877
1964	1,174,816	4,320,006
1965	1,207,880	4,458,462
1966	1,242,534	4,601,217
1967	1,278,691	4,748,307
1968	1,316,519	4,900,440
1969	1,356,182	5,058,181
1970	1,397,638	5,215,918
1971	1,441,039	5,374,712
1972	1,486,468	5,542,445
1973	1,533,680	5,720,404
1974	1,582,301	5,908,328
1975	1,627,032	6,098,658
1976	1,667,225	6,287,105
1977	1,707,568	6,449,512
1978	1,748,089	6,543,575
1979	1,788,524	6,647,556
1980	1,828,985	7,041,303
1981	1,869,759	7,498,635
1982	1,910,430	7,796,496
1983	1,950,321	8,098,404
1984	1,999,528	8,391,488
1985	2,059,311	8,686,813
1986	2,120,602	8,982,578
1987	2,183,473	9,284,644
1988	2,247,653	9,583,094
1989	2,313,558	9,864,798
1990	2,380,560	10,137,281
1991	2,449,229	10,404,816
1992	2,519,465	10,702,700
1993	2,595,124	10,860,288
1994	2,673,144	10,873,148
1995	2,749,461	10,974,599
1996	2,826,785	11,158,360
1997	2,887,862	11,369,827
1998	2,952,061	11,594,297
1999	3,032,874	11,783,458
2000	3,151,345	11,892,055
2001	3,272,537	11,971,901
2002	3,350,771	12,087,653
2003	3,445,753	12,232,323
2004	3,565,554	12,365,896
2005	3,696,393	12,483,432
2006	3,837,409	12,636,445
2007	3,980,430	12,804,058
2008	4,113,517	12,959,149
2009	4,281,219	13,142,790
2010	4,462,290	13,356,548
2011	4,609,724	13,595,424
2012	4,740,450	13,817,887
2013	4,857,099	14,013,808
2014	4,975,880	14,207,359
2015	5,097,581	14,399,013
2016	5,222,536	14,600,294
2017	5,351,011	14,812,482
2018	5,483,118	15,034,452
2019	5,616,661	15,271,368
2020	5,752,791	15,526,888
2021	5,892,183	15,797,210
2022	6,035,104	16,069,056
2023	6,182,885	16,340,822
2024	6,332,961	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Congo and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	6.09	7.2
1961	6.09	7.21
1962	6.1	7.23
1963	6.15	7.23
1964	6.18	7.23
1965	6.23	7.23
1966	6.27	7.2
1967	6.29	7.16
1968	6.33	7.11
1969	6.35	7.04
1970	6.38	6.98
1971	6.42	6.94
1972	6.44	6.94
1973	6.42	6.94
1974	6.39	6.88
1975	6.36	6.83
1976	6.32	6.77
1977	6.27	6.71
1978	6.21	6.66
1979	6.14	6.59
1980	6.07	6.52
1981	5.98	6.45
1982	5.85	6.33
1983	5.76	6.2
1984	5.66	6.04
1985	5.59	5.87
1986	5.51	5.69
1987	5.46	5.5
1988	5.39	5.28
1989	5.33	5.07
1990	5.27	4.88
1991	5.22	4.72
1992	5.18	4.57
1993	5.13	4.39
1994	5.1	4.28
1995	5.07	4.15
1996	5.03	4.11
1997	5	4.08
1998	4.91	4.07
1999	4.81	4.06
2000	4.72	4.01
2001	4.67	3.98
2002	4.7	3.93
2003	4.7	3.86
2004	4.69	3.78
2005	4.67	3.69
2006	4.65	3.64
2007	4.65	3.68
2008	4.73	3.78
2009	4.81	3.95
2010	4.85	4.04
2011	4.83	4.13
2012	4.79	4.13
2013	4.73	4.11
2014	4.67	4.01
2015	4.61	3.91
2016	4.55	3.83
2017	4.5	3.77
2018	4.44	3.74
2019	4.38	3.75
2020	4.33	3.75
2021	4.28	3.77
2022	4.22	3.77
2023	4.16	3.72

Congo and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

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

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