DR Congo vs Gabon statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 2.54M in Gabon (ranked 142/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 99,487 sq mi for Gabon (ranked 11th vs. 75th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Gabon ranks 126/197 ($20.9B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Gabon ranks 96/197 ($8,219).

DR Congo and Gabon: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Gabon economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Gabon

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Gabon
1960	$3,359,404,118	$141,468,978
1961	$3,086,746,857	$167,637,907
1962	$3,779,841,429	$182,796,536
1963	$6,213,185,743	$154,480,244
1964	$2,881,545,273	$215,679,855
1965	$4,043,901,818	$226,474,286
1966	$4,532,660,182	$245,849,781
1967	$3,384,063,372	$271,543,680
1968	$3,909,780,539	$294,468,564
1969	$5,032,434,970	$318,124,701
1970	$4,877,684,910	$323,802,476
1971	$5,594,770,359	$381,687,073
1972	$6,173,712,814	$430,508,359
1973	$7,870,239,461	$722,780,701
1974	$9,596,960,180	$1,544,216,002
1975	$10,237,343,174	$2,157,592,940
1976	$9,648,583,225	$3,009,409,974
1977	$12,344,424,764	$2,809,349,069
1978	$15,372,608,002	$2,389,479,272
1979	$15,068,422,236	$3,030,251,120
1980	$14,394,927,495	$4,279,637,942
1981	$12,537,821,038	$3,862,269,121
1982	$13,651,667,371	$3,618,007,841
1983	$11,006,712,650	$3,391,275,732
1984	$7,857,729,193	$3,561,451,561
1985	$7,195,042,616	$3,339,914,757
1986	$8,095,367,168	$3,403,638,189
1987	$7,661,625,473	$3,281,797,043
1988	$8,861,299,977	$3,834,503,376
1989	$9,021,862,775	$4,186,411,464
1990	$9,349,764,580	$5,952,293,765
1991	$9,625,436,873	$5,402,919,785
1992	$8,227,343,907	$5,592,390,827
1993	$10,706,259,937	$4,378,645,081
1994	$5,820,382,248	$4,190,819,344
1995	$5,643,439,376	$4,958,845,648
1996	$5,771,456,952	$5,694,040,003
1997	$6,090,838,693	$5,326,817,115
1998	$6,217,805,821	$4,483,417,310
1999	$4,711,259,427	$4,662,992,036
2000	$19,088,046,306	$5,080,483,629
2001	$7,438,189,100	$5,023,265,413
2002	$8,728,038,525	$5,335,451,100
2003	$8,937,567,060	$6,511,903,365
2004	$10,297,483,481	$7,770,219,008
2005	$11,964,484,466	$9,582,783,991
2006	$14,451,901,696	$10,327,598,306
2007	$16,737,071,816	$12,455,409,587
2008	$19,788,515,590	$15,571,348,344
2009	$18,648,372,553	$12,113,699,068
2010	$21,565,721,045	$14,372,593,020
2011	$25,839,749,199	$18,210,307,744
2012	$29,306,235,285	$17,170,464,016
2013	$32,679,745,048	$17,595,744,798
2014	$35,909,040,926	$18,203,966,896
2015	$37,917,706,497	$14,383,107,763
2016	$37,134,801,555	$14,023,890,265
2017	$38,019,264,795	$14,929,487,485
2018	$47,568,210,010	$16,867,326,402
2019	$51,775,829,877	$16,874,405,465
2020	$48,716,961,860	$15,342,236,164
2021	$55,328,482,784	$19,444,935,097
2022	$65,801,547,756	$20,440,655,695
2023	$67,006,756,666	$20,055,720,403
2024	$70,749,355,652	$20,867,044,936

DR Congo and Gabon economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Gabon

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Gabon
1960	$220.1	$276.1
1961	$197.1	$323
1962	$235.1	$348
1963	$376	$290.7
1964	$169.9	$400
1965	$232	$415
1966	$252.8	$443
1967	$183.3	$482
1968	$205.6	$515
1969	$257.1	$545
1970	$242.2	$543
1971	$270.3	$627
1972	$290.5	$693
1973	$361	$1,140
1974	$428	$2,384
1975	$445	$3,258
1976	$408	$4,441
1977	$509	$4,048
1978	$615	$3,360
1979	$582	$4,155
1980	$539	$5,718
1981	$456	$5,026
1982	$482	$4,584
1983	$376	$4,182
1984	$259.8	$4,273
1985	$230.1	$3,898
1986	$250.9	$3,865
1987	$230.1	$3,624
1988	$257.7	$4,119
1989	$254.2	$4,374
1990	$254.9	$6,051
1991	$253.8	$5,345
1992	$209.7	$5,386
1993	$263.3	$4,106
1994	$136.5	$3,828
1995	$127	$4,415
1996	$127.4	$4,943
1997	$132.3	$4,509
1998	$131.5	$3,700
1999	$96.3	$3,751
2000	$378	$3,983
2001	$142.7	$3,836
2002	$162.4	$3,966
2003	$161.5	$4,711
2004	$180.7	$5,466
2005	$203.6	$6,548
2006	$238.4	$6,847
2007	$267.9	$8,004
2008	$307	$9,689
2009	$280.8	$7,291
2010	$315	$8,357
2011	$365	$10,219
2012	$400	$9,297
2013	$431	$9,198
2014	$458	$9,201
2015	$468	$7,047
2016	$442	$6,677
2017	$437	$6,922
2018	$528	$7,624
2019	$557	$7,441
2020	$508	$6,606
2021	$558	$8,181
2022	$643	$8,409
2023	$633	$8,071
2024	$647	$8,219

DR Congo vs. Gabon life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Gabon

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Gabon
1950	38.2	39.3
1951	38.5	40
1952	38.9	40.7
1953	39.1	41.5
1954	39.4	42.2
1955	39.7	42.9
1956	39.9	43.7
1957	40.2	44.4
1958	40.5	45.1
1959	40.6	45.8
1960	40.8	46.4
1961	40.2	47.1
1962	40.4	47.8
1963	40.6	48.4
1964	40.1	49
1965	40.8	49.7
1966	42.2	50.3
1967	42.3	50.9
1968	42.7	51.5
1969	43	52.1
1970	43.3	52.7
1971	43.6	53.3
1972	43.9	53.8
1973	44.1	54.4
1974	44.3	54.9
1975	44.5	55.5
1976	44.7	56
1977	44.9	56.5
1978	44.6	57
1979	45.3	57.4
1980	45.5	57.9
1981	45.7	58.3
1982	45.9	58.6
1983	46.2	59
1984	46.5	59.3
1985	46.7	59.7
1986	47	60
1987	47.4	60.2
1988	47.8	60.4
1989	48.1	60.6
1990	48.5	60.7
1991	48.9	60.9
1992	49.3	61
1993	49.6	61.1
1994	49.9	61.2
1995	50.4	61.3
1996	49.4	61.3
1997	50.5	61.4
1998	49.7	61.5
1999	50.1	61.7
2000	51.9	61.8
2001	52.2	62
2002	52.4	62.2
2003	53	62.5
2004	53.5	62.7
2005	54	63
2006	54.5	63.3
2007	55	63.6
2008	55.4	64
2009	55.8	64.4
2010	56.4	64.7
2011	56.9	65.1
2012	57.4	65.4
2013	57.8	65.8
2014	58.2	66.1
2015	58.7	66.3
2016	59.1	66.6
2017	59.5	66.8
2018	59.9	67
2019	60.2	67.3
2020	60.4	67.1
2021	60	67.1
2022	61	67.7
2023	61.9	68.3
2024	62.1	68.5
2025	62.2	68.7

DR Congo and Gabon population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Gabon

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Gabon
1960	15,264,846	512,316
1961	15,662,374	518,266
1962	16,075,724	524,649
1963	16,507,599	531,452
1964	16,955,327	538,657
1965	17,427,802	546,308
1966	17,931,929	554,463
1967	18,462,782	563,108
1968	19,012,189	572,257
1969	19,570,445	583,276
1970	20,137,436	595,846
1971	20,695,569	608,348
1972	21,251,160	620,960
1973	21,827,665	633,995
1974	22,418,878	647,691
1975	23,021,101	662,197
1976	23,624,031	677,628
1977	24,229,061	693,984
1978	24,992,689	711,245
1979	25,886,782	729,375
1980	26,711,099	748,389
1981	27,500,515	768,385
1982	28,338,190	789,286
1983	29,250,963	811,005
1984	30,245,081	833,501
1985	31,264,816	856,726
1986	32,265,196	880,705
1987	33,298,904	905,479
1988	34,382,752	931,020
1989	35,486,866	957,138
1990	36,684,063	983,734
1991	37,925,817	1,010,818
1992	39,228,910	1,038,380
1993	40,656,336	1,066,405
1994	42,626,876	1,094,720
1995	44,433,704	1,123,213
1996	45,296,124	1,152,015
1997	46,029,902	1,181,439
1998	47,297,600	1,211,736
1999	48,912,971	1,243,016
2000	50,507,442	1,275,572
2001	52,132,646	1,309,589
2002	53,750,524	1,345,135
2003	55,343,867	1,382,350
2004	56,997,741	1,421,609
2005	58,775,724	1,463,495
2006	60,615,908	1,508,337
2007	62,477,752	1,556,237
2008	64,390,664	1,607,175
2009	66,412,044	1,661,556
2010	68,563,038	1,719,879
2011	70,849,311	1,781,985
2012	73,254,618	1,846,889
2013	75,789,395	1,913,059
2014	78,403,242	1,978,399
2015	81,035,531	2,040,989
2016	83,956,415	2,100,306
2017	87,083,398	2,156,900
2018	90,047,644	2,212,318
2019	92,947,442	2,267,706
2020	95,989,998	2,322,539
2021	99,148,932	2,376,722
2022	102,396,968	2,430,747
2023	105,789,731	2,484,789
2024	109,276,265	2,538,952

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Gabon

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Gabon

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Gabon
1960	6.11	4.42
1961	6.12	4.5
1962	6.14	4.59
1963	6.16	4.65
1964	6.19	4.71
1965	6.21	4.79
1966	6.24	4.86
1967	6.27	4.92
1968	6.29	4.98
1969	6.3	5.05
1970	6.33	5.1
1971	6.34	5.16
1972	6.37	5.24
1973	6.39	5.29
1974	6.4	5.33
1975	6.42	5.39
1976	6.44	5.46
1977	6.45	5.52
1978	6.46	5.57
1979	6.48	5.61
1980	6.5	5.66
1981	6.52	5.73
1982	6.54	5.74
1983	6.56	5.76
1984	6.59	5.73
1985	6.61	5.71
1986	6.63	5.69
1987	6.65	5.67
1988	6.66	5.62
1989	6.65	5.55
1990	6.65	5.46
1991	6.65	5.37
1992	6.64	5.29
1993	6.64	5.19
1994	6.64	5.04
1995	6.68	4.88
1996	6.67	4.74
1997	6.69	4.66
1998	6.7	4.58
1999	6.69	4.5
2000	6.7	4.47
2001	6.66	4.42
2002	6.61	4.36
2003	6.55	4.3
2004	6.53	4.25
2005	6.53	4.21
2006	6.55	4.17
2007	6.56	4.14
2008	6.58	4.12
2009	6.59	4.14
2010	6.59	4.15
2011	6.58	4.15
2012	6.56	4.09
2013	6.53	4.02
2014	6.48	3.95
2015	6.44	3.92
2016	6.39	3.92
2017	6.35	3.91
2018	6.3	3.91
2019	6.25	3.88
2020	6.21	3.83
2021	6.16	3.78
2022	6.11	3.71
2023	6.05	3.65

DR Congo and Gabon demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Gabon

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Gabon
1960	18.4	27.2
1961	18.4	27
1962	18.4	26.8
1963	18.5	26.5
1964	18.5	26.2
1965	18.5	25.9
1966	18.5	25.6
1967	18.5	25.2
1968	18.5	24.8
1969	18.5	24.5
1970	18.4	24.2
1971	18.3	23.9
1972	18.2	23.5
1973	18.1	23.2
1974	18	22.9
1975	17.9	22.5
1976	17.8	22.2
1977	17.8	21.9
1978	17.8	21.6
1979	17.9	21.3
1980	17.9	21
1981	17.9	20.7
1982	17.8	20.4
1983	17.9	20.1
1984	17.9	19.9
1985	17.9	19.7
1986	17.9	19.5
1987	17.9	19.3
1988	17.8	19.2
1989	17.8	19
1990	17.8	18.9
1991	17.8	18.9
1992	17.8	18.8
1993	17.8	18.8
1994	18	18.8
1995	18.1	18.8
1996	17.7	18.9
1997	17.4	18.9
1998	17.2	19
1999	17.2	19.1
2000	17.2	19.3
2001	17.1	19.4
2002	17.1	19.6
2003	17.1	19.7
2004	17	19.9
2005	17	20.1
2006	17	20.3
2007	17	20.6
2008	16.9	20.8
2009	16.9	21
2010	16.9	21.2
2011	16.9	21.4
2012	16.9	21.7
2013	16.9	21.9
2014	16.9	22.1
2015	16.9	22.2
2016	16.9	22.3
2017	17	22.4
2018	17	22.4
2019	16.9	22.5
2020	16.9	22.5
2021	16.9	22.5
2022	16.9	22.5
2023	16.9	22.6
2024	16.9	22.6

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