DR Congo vs France statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 11th vs. 48th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

DR Congo and France: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and France economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

France

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	France
1960	$3,359,404,118	$61,756,878,990
1961	$3,086,746,857	$66,806,595,975
1962	$3,779,841,429	$74,888,595,286
1963	$6,213,185,743	$83,957,182,115
1964	$2,881,545,273	$93,079,224,076
1965	$4,043,901,818	$100,522,559,916
1966	$4,532,660,182	$108,928,356,519
1967	$3,384,063,372	$117,751,396,249
1968	$3,909,780,539	$128,427,504,709
1969	$5,032,434,970	$140,361,802,782
1970	$4,877,684,910	$146,926,998,937
1971	$5,594,770,359	$164,238,872,973
1972	$6,173,712,814	$201,621,751,625
1973	$7,870,239,461	$262,343,828,816
1974	$9,596,960,180	$283,102,178,123
1975	$10,237,343,174	$356,780,728,163
1976	$9,648,583,225	$368,488,292,816
1977	$12,344,424,764	$406,736,454,934
1978	$15,372,608,002	$501,724,418,605
1979	$15,068,422,236	$608,218,624,730
1980	$14,394,927,495	$694,529,183,483
1981	$12,537,821,038	$609,184,791,792
1982	$13,651,667,371	$578,152,310,610
1983	$11,006,712,650	$553,356,312,936
1984	$7,857,729,193	$525,033,325,828
1985	$7,195,042,616	$547,220,981,165
1986	$8,095,367,168	$764,946,585,851
1987	$7,661,625,473	$926,320,855,615
1988	$8,861,299,977	$1,010,827,662,152
1989	$9,021,862,775	$1,016,742,237,302
1990	$9,349,764,580	$1,257,649,439,827
1991	$9,625,436,873	$1,258,961,748,634
1992	$8,227,343,907	$1,389,663,073,110
1993	$10,706,259,937	$1,314,383,368,080
1994	$5,820,382,248	$1,385,822,778,828
1995	$5,643,439,376	$1,595,219,345,512
1996	$5,771,456,952	$1,598,889,216,566
1997	$6,090,838,693	$1,449,392,222,971
1998	$6,217,805,821	$1,496,906,382,032
1999	$4,711,259,427	$1,486,915,879,702
2000	$19,088,046,306	$1,360,959,069,477
2001	$7,438,189,100	$1,370,376,677,299
2002	$8,728,038,525	$1,492,427,756,382
2003	$8,937,567,060	$1,835,095,983,049
2004	$10,297,483,481	$2,109,792,297,237
2005	$11,964,484,466	$2,192,146,403,028
2006	$14,451,901,696	$2,317,861,544,691
2007	$16,737,071,816	$2,655,816,911,867
2008	$19,788,515,590	$2,926,802,941,586
2009	$18,648,372,553	$2,700,075,882,519
2010	$21,565,721,045	$2,646,230,027,988
2011	$25,839,749,199	$2,870,408,553,990
2012	$29,306,235,285	$2,683,007,095,787
2013	$32,679,745,048	$2,816,077,607,875
2014	$35,909,040,926	$2,861,236,112,552
2015	$37,917,706,497	$2,442,483,452,643
2016	$37,134,801,555	$2,470,407,619,777
2017	$38,019,264,795	$2,588,868,323,335
2018	$47,568,210,010	$2,781,576,320,884
2019	$51,775,829,877	$2,722,793,515,172
2020	$48,716,961,860	$2,647,926,055,110
2021	$55,328,482,784	$2,966,433,692,008
2022	$65,801,547,756	$2,796,302,210,399
2023	$67,006,756,666	$3,051,831,611,385
2024	$70,749,355,652	$3,162,079,073,496

DR Congo and France economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

France

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	France
1960	$220.1	$1,303
1961	$197.1	$1,395
1962	$235.1	$1,548
1963	$376	$1,718
1964	$169.9	$1,884
1965	$232	$2,015
1966	$252.8	$2,165
1967	$183.3	$2,321
1968	$205.6	$2,513
1969	$257.1	$2,724
1970	$242.2	$2,825
1971	$270.3	$3,128
1972	$290.5	$3,807
1973	$361	$4,914
1974	$428	$5,267
1975	$445	$6,607
1976	$408	$6,795
1977	$509	$7,465
1978	$615	$9,167
1979	$582	$11,063
1980	$539	$12,565
1981	$456	$10,956
1982	$482	$10,360
1983	$376	$9,862
1984	$259.8	$9,312
1985	$230.1	$9,657
1986	$250.9	$13,430
1987	$230.1	$16,176
1988	$257.7	$17,550
1989	$254.2	$17,547
1990	$254.9	$21,586
1991	$253.8	$21,501
1992	$209.7	$23,615
1993	$263.3	$22,239
1994	$136.5	$23,360
1995	$127	$26,792
1996	$127.4	$26,758
1997	$132.3	$24,169
1998	$131.5	$24,869
1999	$96.3	$24,576
2000	$378	$22,341
2001	$142.7	$22,332
2002	$162.4	$24,145
2003	$161.5	$29,480
2004	$180.7	$33,645
2005	$203.6	$34,696
2006	$238.4	$36,432
2007	$267.9	$41,486
2008	$307	$45,465
2009	$280.8	$41,728
2010	$315	$40,695
2011	$365	$43,930
2012	$400	$40,864
2013	$431	$42,669
2014	$458	$43,148
2015	$468	$36,702
2016	$442	$37,024
2017	$437	$38,687
2018	$528	$41,418
2019	$557	$40,408
2020	$508	$39,170
2021	$558	$43,725
2022	$643	$41,083
2023	$633	$44,691
2024	$647	$46,150

DR Congo vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

France

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	France
1950	38.2	66.4
1951	38.5	66.1
1952	38.9	67.4
1953	39.1	67.3
1954	39.4	68.2
1955	39.7	68.4
1956	39.9	68.5
1957	40.2	68.9
1958	40.5	70.1
1959	40.6	70.2
1960	40.8	70.4
1961	40.2	71
1962	40.4	70.5
1963	40.6	70.3
1964	40.1	71.3
1965	40.8	71.1
1966	42.2	71.5
1967	42.3	71.5
1968	42.7	71.5
1969	43	71.2
1970	43.3	72.1
1971	43.6	72.1
1972	43.9	72.3
1973	44.1	72.5
1974	44.3	72.8
1975	44.5	72.9
1976	44.7	73.1
1977	44.9	73.7
1978	44.6	73.8
1979	45.3	74.1
1980	45.5	74.2
1981	45.7	74.4
1982	45.9	74.8
1983	46.2	74.7
1984	46.5	75.2
1985	46.7	75.3
1986	47	75.6
1987	47.4	76.1
1988	47.8	76.4
1989	48.1	76.5
1990	48.5	76.8
1991	48.9	77
1992	49.3	77.3
1993	49.6	77.3
1994	49.9	77.8
1995	50.4	77.9
1996	49.4	78.1
1997	50.5	78.4
1998	49.7	78.6
1999	50.1	78.7
2000	51.9	79
2001	52.2	79.2
2002	52.4	79.4
2003	53	79.4
2004	53.5	80.3
2005	54	80.3
2006	54.5	80.7
2007	55	81
2008	55.4	81
2009	55.8	81.2
2010	56.4	81.4
2011	56.9	81.8
2012	57.4	81.7
2013	57.8	82
2014	58.2	82.4
2015	58.7	82.1
2016	59.1	82.4
2017	59.5	82.4
2018	59.9	82.6
2019	60.2	82.7
2020	60.4	82.2
2021	60	82.3
2022	61	82.5
2023	61.9	83.3
2024	62.1	83.5
2025	62.2	83.6

DR Congo and France population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

France

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	France
1960	15,264,846	47,412,964
1961	15,662,374	47,905,982
1962	16,075,724	48,389,516
1963	16,507,599	48,877,567
1964	16,955,327	49,401,492
1965	17,427,802	49,877,725
1966	17,931,929	50,311,637
1967	18,462,782	50,722,791
1968	19,012,189	51,112,980
1969	19,570,445	51,536,014
1970	20,137,436	52,007,169
1971	20,695,569	52,499,553
1972	21,251,160	52,962,356
1973	21,827,665	53,392,161
1974	22,418,878	53,746,571
1975	23,021,101	54,002,853
1976	23,624,031	54,232,383
1977	24,229,061	54,486,467
1978	24,992,689	54,734,030
1979	25,886,782	54,979,851
1980	26,711,099	55,274,184
1981	27,500,515	55,603,353
1982	28,338,190	55,806,789
1983	29,250,963	56,108,330
1984	30,245,081	56,383,085
1985	31,264,816	56,665,619
1986	32,265,196	56,956,002
1987	33,298,904	57,266,167
1988	34,382,752	57,598,186
1989	35,486,866	57,943,062
1990	36,684,063	58,261,012
1991	37,925,817	58,554,242
1992	39,228,910	58,846,584
1993	40,656,336	59,103,094
1994	42,626,876	59,324,863
1995	44,433,704	59,541,294
1996	45,296,124	59,754,504
1997	46,029,902	59,968,066
1998	47,297,600	60,190,684
1999	48,912,971	60,501,986
2000	50,507,442	60,918,661
2001	52,132,646	61,364,377
2002	53,750,524	61,812,142
2003	55,343,867	62,249,855
2004	56,997,741	62,707,588
2005	58,775,724	63,180,854
2006	60,615,908	63,622,342
2007	62,477,752	64,016,890
2008	64,390,664	64,375,116
2009	66,412,044	64,706,436
2010	68,563,038	65,026,211
2011	70,849,311	65,340,830
2012	73,254,618	65,657,659
2013	75,789,395	65,997,932
2014	78,403,242	66,312,067
2015	81,035,531	66,548,272
2016	83,956,415	66,724,104
2017	87,083,398	66,918,020
2018	90,047,644	67,158,348
2019	92,947,442	67,382,061
2020	95,989,998	67,601,110
2021	99,148,932	67,842,811
2022	102,396,968	68,065,015
2023	105,789,731	68,287,487
2024	109,276,265	68,516,699

Fertility rates in DR Congo and France

Fertility rate

DR Congo

France

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	France
1960	6.11	2.85
1961	6.12	2.87
1962	6.14	2.89
1963	6.16	2.89
1964	6.19	2.87
1965	6.21	2.84
1966	6.24	2.8
1967	6.27	2.75
1968	6.29	2.69
1969	6.3	2.62
1970	6.33	2.55
1971	6.34	2.47
1972	6.37	2.38
1973	6.39	2.28
1974	6.4	2.18
1975	6.42	2.09
1976	6.44	2.01
1977	6.45	1.94
1978	6.46	1.89
1979	6.48	1.87
1980	6.5	1.85
1981	6.52	1.85
1982	6.54	1.86
1983	6.56	1.86
1984	6.59	1.86
1985	6.61	1.86
1986	6.63	1.85
1987	6.65	1.83
1988	6.66	1.81
1989	6.65	1.79
1990	6.65	1.77
1991	6.65	1.75
1992	6.64	1.74
1993	6.64	1.73
1994	6.64	1.73
1995	6.68	1.74
1996	6.67	1.75
1997	6.69	1.77
1998	6.7	1.78
1999	6.69	1.81
2000	6.7	1.89
2001	6.66	1.9
2002	6.61	1.88
2003	6.55	1.89
2004	6.53	1.92
2005	6.53	1.94
2006	6.55	2
2007	6.56	1.98
2008	6.58	2.01
2009	6.59	2
2010	6.59	2.03
2011	6.58	2.01
2012	6.56	2.01
2013	6.53	1.99
2014	6.48	2
2015	6.44	1.96
2016	6.39	1.92
2017	6.35	1.89
2018	6.3	1.87
2019	6.25	1.86
2020	6.21	1.83
2021	6.16	1.84
2022	6.11	1.79
2023	6.05	1.66

DR Congo and France demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

France

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	France
1960	18.4	32.8
1961	18.4	32.8
1962	18.4	32.9
1963	18.5	32.8
1964	18.5	32.8
1965	18.5	32.7
1966	18.5	32.7
1967	18.5	32.7
1968	18.5	32.6
1969	18.5	32.5
1970	18.4	32.4
1971	18.3	32.2
1972	18.2	32
1973	18.1	31.8
1974	18	31.7
1975	17.9	31.6
1976	17.8	31.7
1977	17.8	31.9
1978	17.8	32.1
1979	17.9	32.3
1980	17.9	32.4
1981	17.9	32.6
1982	17.8	32.8
1983	17.9	33
1984	17.9	33.3
1985	17.9	33.5
1986	17.9	33.7
1987	17.9	34
1988	17.8	34.2
1989	17.8	34.5
1990	17.8	34.7
1991	17.8	35
1992	17.8	35.3
1993	17.8	35.6
1994	18	35.9
1995	18.1	36.2
1996	17.7	36.5
1997	17.4	36.8
1998	17.2	37.1
1999	17.2	37.4
2000	17.2	37.7
2001	17.1	37.9
2002	17.1	38.2
2003	17.1	38.4
2004	17	38.6
2005	17	38.9
2006	17	39.1
2007	17	39.4
2008	16.9	39.6
2009	16.9	39.8
2010	16.9	40
2011	16.9	40.3
2012	16.9	40.5
2013	16.9	40.8
2014	16.9	41
2015	16.9	41.2
2016	16.9	41.4
2017	17	41.6
2018	17	41.9
2019	16.9	42.1
2020	16.9	42.3
2021	16.9	42.4
2022	16.9	42.6
2023	16.9	42.8
2024	16.9	43

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