DR Congo vs Ghana statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 34.4M in Ghana (ranked 47/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 87,851 sq mi for Ghana (ranked 11th vs. 81st).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406).

DR Congo and Ghana: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Ghana economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Ghana
1960	$3,359,404,118	$1,217,230,095
1961	$3,086,746,857	$1,302,674,325
1962	$3,779,841,429	$1,382,515,654
1963	$6,213,185,743	$1,540,797,589
1964	$2,881,545,273	$1,731,296,200
1965	$4,043,901,818	$2,053,462,968
1966	$4,532,660,182	$2,126,300,672
1967	$3,384,063,372	$1,747,187,645
1968	$3,909,780,539	$1,666,909,518
1969	$5,032,434,970	$1,962,050,556
1970	$4,877,684,910	$2,215,028,588
1971	$5,594,770,359	$2,417,108,578
1972	$6,173,712,814	$2,112,293,280
1973	$7,870,239,461	$3,006,766,758
1974	$9,596,960,180	$2,894,409,938
1975	$10,237,343,174	$2,810,106,383
1976	$9,648,583,225	$2,765,254,237
1977	$12,344,424,764	$3,189,428,571
1978	$15,372,608,002	$3,662,478,185
1979	$15,068,422,236	$4,020,227,920
1980	$14,394,927,495	$4,445,228,216
1981	$12,537,821,038	$4,222,441,860
1982	$13,651,667,371	$4,035,994,398
1983	$11,006,712,650	$4,057,275,132
1984	$7,857,729,193	$4,412,279,843
1985	$7,195,042,616	$4,504,306,723
1986	$8,095,367,168	$5,735,677,434
1987	$7,661,625,473	$5,074,829,932
1988	$8,861,299,977	$5,197,765,032
1989	$9,021,862,775	$5,251,858,440
1990	$9,349,764,580	$5,889,106,573
1991	$9,625,436,873	$6,603,185,268
1992	$8,227,343,907	$6,416,103,926
1993	$10,706,259,937	$5,968,922,939
1994	$5,820,382,248	$5,446,383,727
1995	$5,643,439,376	$6,464,382,808
1996	$5,771,456,952	$6,932,991,739
1997	$6,090,838,693	$6,891,443,192
1998	$6,217,805,821	$7,482,069,162
1999	$4,711,259,427	$7,718,109,982
2000	$19,088,046,306	$4,982,850,662
2001	$7,438,189,100	$5,314,872,854
2002	$8,728,038,525	$6,166,197,848
2003	$8,937,567,060	$7,632,723,556
2004	$10,297,483,481	$8,881,417,907
2005	$11,964,484,466	$10,744,568,381
2006	$14,451,901,696	$20,885,037,597
2007	$16,737,071,816	$24,827,339,138
2008	$19,788,515,590	$28,679,383,241
2009	$18,648,372,553	$26,048,720,006
2010	$21,565,721,045	$32,197,655,567
2011	$25,839,749,199	$39,336,668,081
2012	$29,306,235,285	$41,271,701,061
2013	$32,679,745,048	$62,845,721,960
2014	$35,909,040,926	$54,678,533,806
2015	$37,917,706,497	$49,436,806,230
2016	$37,134,801,555	$56,144,179,398
2017	$38,019,264,795	$60,385,409,435
2018	$47,568,210,010	$67,259,353,966
2019	$51,775,829,877	$68,352,629,246
2020	$48,716,961,860	$70,008,243,860
2021	$55,328,482,784	$79,514,204,730
2022	$65,801,547,756	$73,919,003,210
2023	$67,006,756,666	$80,547,146,878
2024	$70,749,355,652	$82,825,288,889

DR Congo and Ghana economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Ghana
1960	$220.1	$174.9
1961	$197.1	$181.9
1962	$235.1	$188.4
1963	$376	$205
1964	$169.9	$225
1965	$232	$260.5
1966	$252.8	$263.3
1967	$183.3	$211.2
1968	$205.6	$196.7
1969	$257.1	$225.8
1970	$242.2	$248.2
1971	$270.3	$263.4
1972	$290.5	$223.8
1973	$361	$310
1974	$428	$289.4
1975	$445	$273
1976	$408	$261
1977	$509	$292.3
1978	$615	$326
1979	$582	$347
1980	$539	$372
1981	$456	$344
1982	$482	$319
1983	$376	$311
1984	$259.8	$330
1985	$230.1	$330
1986	$250.9	$411
1987	$230.1	$355
1988	$257.7	$355
1989	$254.2	$350
1990	$254.9	$383
1991	$253.8	$418
1992	$209.7	$396
1993	$263.3	$360
1994	$136.5	$321
1995	$127	$372
1996	$127.4	$389
1997	$132.3	$378
1998	$131.5	$400
1999	$96.3	$403
2000	$378	$253.7
2001	$142.7	$263.5
2002	$162.4	$297.5
2003	$161.5	$358
2004	$180.7	$406
2005	$203.6	$479
2006	$238.4	$906
2007	$267.9	$1,050
2008	$307	$1,183
2009	$280.8	$1,048
2010	$315	$1,264
2011	$365	$1,507
2012	$400	$1,544
2013	$431	$2,295
2014	$458	$1,950
2015	$468	$1,723
2016	$442	$1,912
2017	$437	$2,012
2018	$528	$2,195
2019	$557	$2,187
2020	$508	$2,195
2021	$558	$2,445
2022	$643	$2,230
2023	$633	$2,384
2024	$647	$2,406

DR Congo vs. Ghana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Ghana

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Ghana
1950	38.2	43.1
1951	38.5	43.6
1952	38.9	44
1953	39.1	44.5
1954	39.4	45
1955	39.7	45.4
1956	39.9	45.7
1957	40.2	46.1
1958	40.5	46.4
1959	40.6	46.7
1960	40.8	46.9
1961	40.2	47.1
1962	40.4	47.3
1963	40.6	47.5
1964	40.1	47.6
1965	40.8	47.7
1966	42.2	47.7
1967	42.3	47.7
1968	42.7	47.8
1969	43	47.9
1970	43.3	47.9
1971	43.6	47.9
1972	43.9	48.3
1973	44.1	48.6
1974	44.3	48.9
1975	44.5	49.3
1976	44.7	49.7
1977	44.9	50.1
1978	44.6	50.5
1979	45.3	50.8
1980	45.5	51.1
1981	45.7	51.3
1982	45.9	51.4
1983	46.2	51.8
1984	46.5	52.2
1985	46.7	52.7
1986	47	53.3
1987	47.4	53.8
1988	47.8	54.4
1989	48.1	54.9
1990	48.5	55.4
1991	48.9	55.7
1992	49.3	56.1
1993	49.6	56.3
1994	49.9	56.2
1995	50.4	56.7
1996	49.4	57
1997	50.5	57.2
1998	49.7	57.5
1999	50.1	57.8
2000	51.9	58.1
2001	52.2	58.4
2002	52.4	58.7
2003	53	59
2004	53.5	59.3
2005	54	59.6
2006	54.5	60
2007	55	60.3
2008	55.4	60.6
2009	55.8	60.9
2010	56.4	61.3
2011	56.9	61.6
2012	57.4	62
2013	57.8	62.4
2014	58.2	62.8
2015	58.7	63.2
2016	59.1	63.5
2017	59.5	63.8
2018	59.9	64.1
2019	60.2	64.5
2020	60.4	64.3
2021	60	64.3
2022	61	65.2
2023	61.9	65.5
2024	62.1	65.7
2025	62.2	65.9

DR Congo and Ghana population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Ghana

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Ghana
1960	15,264,846	6,961,215
1961	15,662,374	7,162,667
1962	16,075,724	7,337,375
1963	16,507,599	7,514,714
1964	16,955,327	7,695,739
1965	17,427,802	7,882,606
1966	17,931,929	8,074,521
1967	18,462,782	8,271,913
1968	19,012,189	8,475,729
1969	19,570,445	8,690,383
1970	20,137,436	8,925,813
1971	20,695,569	9,176,264
1972	21,251,160	9,438,187
1973	21,827,665	9,714,617
1974	22,418,878	10,000,523
1975	23,021,101	10,294,308
1976	23,624,031	10,594,913
1977	24,229,061	10,911,871
1978	24,992,689	11,248,450
1979	25,886,782	11,597,255
1980	26,711,099	11,941,448
1981	27,500,515	12,281,712
1982	28,338,190	12,643,819
1983	29,250,963	13,029,836
1984	30,245,081	13,370,590
1985	31,264,816	13,661,229
1986	32,265,196	13,965,217
1987	33,298,904	14,289,108
1988	34,382,752	14,636,568
1989	35,486,866	15,006,813
1990	36,684,063	15,394,648
1991	37,925,817	15,787,496
1992	39,228,910	16,184,855
1993	40,656,336	16,589,519
1994	42,626,876	16,993,190
1995	44,433,704	17,399,017
1996	45,296,124	17,810,181
1997	46,029,902	18,238,958
1998	47,297,600	18,688,036
1999	48,912,971	19,149,864
2000	50,507,442	19,637,087
2001	52,132,646	20,167,069
2002	53,750,524	20,729,388
2003	55,343,867	21,296,705
2004	56,997,741	21,868,298
2005	58,775,724	22,449,438
2006	60,615,908	23,040,702
2007	62,477,752	23,642,279
2008	64,390,664	24,249,946
2009	66,412,044	24,862,664
2010	68,563,038	25,474,995
2011	70,849,311	26,095,088
2012	73,254,618	26,734,268
2013	75,789,395	27,386,193
2014	78,403,242	28,041,592
2015	81,035,531	28,696,068
2016	83,956,415	29,356,742
2017	87,083,398	30,008,354
2018	90,047,644	30,637,585
2019	92,947,442	31,258,945
2020	95,989,998	31,887,809
2021	99,148,932	32,518,665
2022	102,396,968	33,149,152
2023	105,789,731	33,787,914
2024	109,276,265	34,427,414

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Ghana

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Ghana

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Ghana
1960	6.11	6.89
1961	6.12	6.91
1962	6.14	6.94
1963	6.16	6.94
1964	6.19	6.9
1965	6.21	6.88
1966	6.24	6.86
1967	6.27	6.89
1968	6.29	6.89
1969	6.3	6.95
1970	6.33	6.95
1971	6.34	6.95
1972	6.37	6.92
1973	6.39	6.87
1974	6.4	6.82
1975	6.42	6.76
1976	6.44	6.7
1977	6.45	6.64
1978	6.46	6.56
1979	6.48	6.51
1980	6.5	6.47
1981	6.52	6.42
1982	6.54	6.31
1983	6.56	6.23
1984	6.59	6.15
1985	6.61	6.12
1986	6.63	6.08
1987	6.65	6.02
1988	6.66	5.92
1989	6.65	5.82
1990	6.65	5.74
1991	6.65	5.63
1992	6.64	5.52
1993	6.64	5.41
1994	6.64	5.25
1995	6.68	5.11
1996	6.67	4.96
1997	6.69	4.88
1998	6.7	4.83
1999	6.69	4.82
2000	6.7	4.83
2001	6.66	4.77
2002	6.61	4.69
2003	6.55	4.6
2004	6.53	4.5
2005	6.53	4.5
2006	6.55	4.4
2007	6.56	4.29
2008	6.58	4.22
2009	6.59	4.18
2010	6.59	4.18
2011	6.58	4.18
2012	6.56	4.15
2013	6.53	4.11
2014	6.48	4.03
2015	6.44	3.98
2016	6.39	3.87
2017	6.35	3.72
2018	6.3	3.65
2019	6.25	3.59
2020	6.21	3.54
2021	6.16	3.49
2022	6.11	3.43
2023	6.05	3.4

DR Congo and Ghana demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Ghana

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Ghana
1960	18.4	17.7
1961	18.4	17.4
1962	18.4	17.2
1963	18.5	16.9
1964	18.5	16.7
1965	18.5	16.5
1966	18.5	16.4
1967	18.5	16.2
1968	18.5	16.1
1969	18.5	16
1970	18.4	15.9
1971	18.3	15.9
1972	18.2	15.8
1973	18.1	15.8
1974	18	15.8
1975	17.9	15.9
1976	17.8	16
1977	17.8	16.2
1978	17.8	16.4
1979	17.9	16.5
1980	17.9	16.7
1981	17.9	16.7
1982	17.8	16.9
1983	17.9	17
1984	17.9	17.1
1985	17.9	17.1
1986	17.9	17.1
1987	17.9	17.1
1988	17.8	17.1
1989	17.8	17.1
1990	17.8	17.2
1991	17.8	17.2
1992	17.8	17.3
1993	17.8	17.4
1994	18	17.5
1995	18.1	17.6
1996	17.7	17.7
1997	17.4	17.9
1998	17.2	18.1
1999	17.2	18.3
2000	17.2	18.4
2001	17.1	18.6
2002	17.1	18.8
2003	17.1	19
2004	17	19.1
2005	17	19.3
2006	17	19.5
2007	17	19.7
2008	16.9	19.9
2009	16.9	20
2010	16.9	20.2
2011	16.9	20.3
2012	16.9	20.5
2013	16.9	20.6
2014	16.9	20.7
2015	16.9	20.8
2016	16.9	20.9
2017	17	21
2018	17	21.2
2019	16.9	21.3
2020	16.9	21.5
2021	16.9	21.7
2022	16.9	21.8
2023	16.9	22
2024	16.9	22.2

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for the DR Congo and Ghana.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size