DR Congo vs Ethiopia statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 132M in Ethiopia (ranked 10/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 435,716 sq mi for Ethiopia (ranked 11th vs. 25th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011).

DR Congo and Ethiopia: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Ethiopia economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Ethiopia

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Ethiopia
1960	$3,359,404,118	$1,610,511,694
1961	$3,086,746,857	$1,680,859,514
1962	$3,779,841,429	$1,747,566,307
1963	$6,213,185,743	$1,825,058,828
1964	$2,881,545,273	$1,984,129,186
1965	$4,043,901,818	$2,159,998,591
1966	$4,532,660,182	$2,324,466,416
1967	$3,384,063,372	$2,461,762,003
1968	$3,909,780,539	$2,619,948,865
1969	$5,032,434,970	$2,768,987,372
1970	$4,877,684,910	$3,045,354,455
1971	$5,594,770,359	$3,224,280,835
1972	$6,173,712,814	$3,520,252,938
1973	$7,870,239,461	$4,070,570,550
1974	$9,596,960,180	$4,577,209,966
1975	$10,237,343,174	$4,577,047,854
1976	$9,648,583,225	$4,943,806,093
1977	$12,344,424,764	$5,651,840,585
1978	$15,372,608,002	$6,014,961,435
1979	$15,068,422,236	$6,586,048,398
1980	$14,394,927,495	$7,012,585,454
1981	$12,537,821,038	$7,507,663,567
1982	$13,651,667,371	$7,899,988,841
1983	$11,006,712,650	$8,781,664,427
1984	$7,857,729,193	$8,298,309,581
1985	$7,195,042,616	$9,717,392,687
1986	$8,095,367,168	$10,094,328,898
1987	$7,661,625,473	$10,790,001,558
1988	$8,861,299,977	$11,181,119,718
1989	$9,021,862,775	$11,762,932,007
1990	$9,349,764,580	$12,478,943,895
1991	$9,625,436,873	$13,799,799,324
1992	$8,227,343,907	$10,754,799,037
1993	$10,706,259,937	$9,051,043,870
1994	$5,820,382,248	$7,100,806,754
1995	$5,643,439,376	$7,855,205,207
1996	$5,771,456,952	$8,761,215,548
1997	$6,090,838,693	$8,803,539,988
1998	$6,217,805,821	$8,013,274,132
1999	$4,711,259,427	$7,892,973,532
2000	$19,088,046,306	$8,242,349,618
2001	$7,438,189,100	$8,231,326,016
2002	$8,728,038,525	$7,850,809,498
2003	$8,937,567,060	$8,623,691,300
2004	$10,297,483,481	$10,131,187,261
2005	$11,964,484,466	$12,401,139,454
2006	$14,451,901,696	$15,280,861,835
2007	$16,737,071,816	$19,707,616,773
2008	$19,788,515,590	$27,066,912,635
2009	$18,648,372,553	$32,437,389,116
2010	$21,565,721,045	$29,933,790,334
2011	$25,839,749,199	$31,952,763,089
2012	$29,306,235,285	$43,310,721,414
2013	$32,679,745,048	$47,648,276,605
2014	$35,909,040,926	$55,612,228,234
2015	$37,917,706,497	$64,589,328,551
2016	$37,134,801,555	$74,296,766,562
2017	$38,019,264,795	$81,770,885,148
2018	$47,568,210,010	$84,269,180,857
2019	$51,775,829,877	$95,912,620,248
2020	$48,716,961,860	$107,657,732,424
2021	$55,328,482,784	$111,261,888,669
2022	$65,801,547,756	$126,772,707,851
2023	$67,006,756,666	-
2024	$70,749,355,652	-

DR Congo and Ethiopia economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Ethiopia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Ethiopia
1960	$220.1	$75.3
1961	$197.1	$76.7
1962	$235.1	$77.8
1963	$376	$79.2
1964	$169.9	$83.8
1965	$232	$88.9
1966	$252.8	$93.2
1967	$183.3	$96.1
1968	$205.6	$99.5
1969	$257.1	$102.3
1970	$242.2	$109.4
1971	$270.3	$112.7
1972	$290.5	$119.8
1973	$361	$134.9
1974	$428	$147.9
1975	$445	$144.3
1976	$408	$152
1977	$509	$170.4
1978	$615	$178.3
1979	$582	$192.4
1980	$539	$203.7
1981	$456	$212.7
1982	$482	$215.3
1983	$376	$232.7
1984	$259.8	$214.2
1985	$230.1	$243.9
1986	$250.9	$246
1987	$230.1	$254.1
1988	$257.7	$253.2
1989	$254.2	$256.4
1990	$254.9	$262.1
1991	$253.8	$277.6
1992	$209.7	$207.4
1993	$263.3	$168.5
1994	$136.5	$127.7
1995	$127	$136.5
1996	$127.4	$147.3
1997	$132.3	$143.4
1998	$131.5	$126.5
1999	$96.3	$120.7
2000	$378	$122.3
2001	$142.7	$118.5
2002	$162.4	$109.6
2003	$161.5	$116.8
2004	$180.7	$133.2
2005	$203.6	$158.2
2006	$238.4	$189.3
2007	$267.9	$237.1
2008	$307	$316
2009	$280.8	$369
2010	$315	$331
2011	$365	$343
2012	$400	$452
2013	$431	$484
2014	$458	$550
2015	$468	$622
2016	$442	$696
2017	$437	$746
2018	$528	$748
2019	$557	$829
2020	$508	$905
2021	$558	$911
2022	$643	$1,011
2023	$633	-
2024	$647	-

DR Congo vs. Ethiopia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Ethiopia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Ethiopia
1950	38.2	35.5
1951	38.5	35.9
1952	38.9	36.2
1953	39.1	36.6
1954	39.4	37
1955	39.7	37.3
1956	39.9	37.8
1957	40.2	32.2
1958	40.5	32.6
1959	40.6	39.2
1960	40.8	39.6
1961	40.2	40.2
1962	40.4	40.5
1963	40.6	41
1964	40.1	41.3
1965	40.8	41.4
1966	42.2	39.3
1967	42.3	41.9
1968	42.7	42.1
1969	43	42.1
1970	43.3	42.1
1971	43.6	42.2
1972	43.9	41
1973	44.1	41.1
1974	44.3	39.1
1975	44.5	38.9
1976	44.7	41.3
1977	44.9	41.4
1978	44.6	41.5
1979	45.3	42.4
1980	45.5	42.8
1981	45.7	43.1
1982	45.9	43.4
1983	46.2	36.3
1984	46.5	36.7
1985	46.7	37.7
1986	47	38.4
1987	47.4	45.9
1988	47.8	45.7
1989	48.1	45.6
1990	48.5	45.1
1991	48.9	46.7
1992	49.3	47.3
1993	49.6	47.7
1994	49.9	47.9
1995	50.4	48.2
1996	49.4	48.7
1997	50.5	49.2
1998	49.7	49.8
1999	50.1	49.5
2000	51.9	50.9
2001	52.2	51.4
2002	52.4	52.1
2003	53	52.9
2004	53.5	53.7
2005	54	54.4
2006	54.5	55.4
2007	55	56.6
2008	55.4	57.7
2009	55.8	58.7
2010	56.4	59.7
2011	56.9	60.6
2012	57.4	61.4
2013	57.8	62.2
2014	58.2	62.9
2015	58.7	63.6
2016	59.1	64.2
2017	59.5	64.8
2018	59.9	65.3
2019	60.2	65.7
2020	60.4	66
2021	60	65.3
2022	61	66.9
2023	61.9	67.3
2024	62.1	67.6
2025	62.2	67.9

DR Congo and Ethiopia population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Ethiopia

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Ethiopia
1960	15,264,846	21,376,693
1961	15,662,374	21,906,102
1962	16,075,724	22,465,126
1963	16,507,599	23,051,637
1964	16,955,327	23,666,548
1965	17,427,802	24,310,612
1966	17,931,929	24,952,689
1967	18,462,782	25,620,276
1968	19,012,189	26,337,930
1969	19,570,445	27,072,571
1970	20,137,436	27,829,128
1971	20,695,569	28,600,106
1972	21,251,160	29,374,608
1973	21,827,665	30,166,785
1974	22,418,878	30,957,273
1975	23,021,101	31,723,252
1976	23,624,031	32,534,418
1977	24,229,061	33,167,272
1978	24,992,689	33,734,592
1979	25,886,782	34,238,652
1980	26,711,099	34,428,514
1981	27,500,515	35,304,012
1982	28,338,190	36,701,290
1983	29,250,963	37,740,817
1984	30,245,081	38,735,722
1985	31,264,816	39,842,136
1986	32,265,196	41,037,656
1987	33,298,904	42,460,039
1988	34,382,752	44,150,825
1989	35,486,866	45,879,690
1990	36,684,063	47,609,755
1991	37,925,817	49,717,198
1992	39,228,910	51,853,747
1993	40,656,336	53,708,891
1994	42,626,876	55,611,508
1995	44,433,704	57,537,335
1996	45,296,124	59,467,635
1997	46,029,902	61,404,539
1998	47,297,600	63,363,524
1999	48,912,971	65,374,561
2000	50,507,442	67,411,494
2001	52,132,646	69,487,762
2002	53,750,524	71,635,517
2003	55,343,867	73,832,663
2004	56,997,741	76,077,206
2005	58,775,724	78,367,470
2006	60,615,908	80,703,490
2007	62,477,752	83,103,217
2008	64,390,664	85,543,668
2009	66,412,044	88,007,636
2010	68,563,038	90,538,514
2011	70,849,311	93,149,970
2012	73,254,618	95,798,767
2013	75,789,395	98,438,751
2014	78,403,242	101,115,610
2015	81,035,531	103,867,135
2016	83,956,415	106,718,162
2017	87,083,398	109,666,481
2018	90,047,644	112,664,152
2019	92,947,442	115,737,383
2020	95,989,998	118,917,671
2021	99,148,932	122,138,588
2022	102,396,968	125,384,287
2023	105,789,731	128,691,692
2024	109,276,265	132,059,767

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Ethiopia

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Ethiopia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Ethiopia
1960	6.11	6.51
1961	6.12	6.53
1962	6.14	6.56
1963	6.16	6.59
1964	6.19	6.61
1965	6.21	6.63
1966	6.24	6.66
1967	6.27	6.68
1968	6.29	6.7
1969	6.3	6.72
1970	6.33	6.78
1971	6.34	6.84
1972	6.37	6.9
1973	6.39	6.96
1974	6.4	7.02
1975	6.42	7.08
1976	6.44	7.13
1977	6.45	7.19
1978	6.46	7.23
1979	6.48	7.25
1980	6.5	7.29
1981	6.52	7.31
1982	6.54	7.34
1983	6.56	7.35
1984	6.59	7.36
1985	6.61	7.34
1986	6.63	7.32
1987	6.65	7.29
1988	6.66	7.26
1989	6.65	7.23
1990	6.65	7.2
1991	6.65	7.16
1992	6.64	7.13
1993	6.64	7.09
1994	6.64	7.05
1995	6.68	7
1996	6.67	6.93
1997	6.69	6.87
1998	6.7	6.79
1999	6.69	6.72
2000	6.7	6.65
2001	6.66	6.58
2002	6.61	6.5
2003	6.55	6.4
2004	6.53	6.3
2005	6.53	6.19
2006	6.55	6.05
2007	6.56	5.89
2008	6.58	5.7
2009	6.59	5.49
2010	6.59	5.28
2011	6.58	5.08
2012	6.56	4.89
2013	6.53	4.71
2014	6.48	4.61
2015	6.44	4.53
2016	6.39	4.47
2017	6.35	4.4
2018	6.3	4.37
2019	6.25	4.35
2020	6.21	4.27
2021	6.16	4.18
2022	6.11	4.08
2023	6.05	3.99

DR Congo and Ethiopia demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Ethiopia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Ethiopia
1960	18.4	18.6
1961	18.4	18.6
1962	18.4	18.6
1963	18.5	18.6
1964	18.5	18.6
1965	18.5	18.6
1966	18.5	18.5
1967	18.5	18.5
1968	18.5	18.4
1969	18.5	18.3
1970	18.4	18.1
1971	18.3	17.9
1972	18.2	17.7
1973	18.1	17.6
1974	18	17.5
1975	17.9	17.3
1976	17.8	17.2
1977	17.8	17.1
1978	17.8	17
1979	17.9	16.9
1980	17.9	16.8
1981	17.9	16.8
1982	17.8	16.7
1983	17.9	16.7
1984	17.9	16.8
1985	17.9	16.9
1986	17.9	16.9
1987	17.9	16.9
1988	17.8	16.9
1989	17.8	16.9
1990	17.8	16.9
1991	17.8	16.9
1992	17.8	16.9
1993	17.8	16.8
1994	18	16.7
1995	18.1	16.6
1996	17.7	16.5
1997	17.4	16.4
1998	17.2	16.3
1999	17.2	16.2
2000	17.2	16.2
2001	17.1	16.1
2002	17.1	16.1
2003	17.1	16.1
2004	17	16.2
2005	17	16.2
2006	17	16.3
2007	17	16.4
2008	16.9	16.5
2009	16.9	16.7
2010	16.9	16.9
2011	16.9	17.1
2012	16.9	17.4
2013	16.9	17.6
2014	16.9	17.9
2015	16.9	18.1
2016	16.9	18.3
2017	17	18.6
2018	17	18.8
2019	16.9	19
2020	16.9	19.2
2021	16.9	19.4
2022	16.9	19.6
2023	16.9	19.7
2024	16.9	19.9

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