DR Congo vs Iran statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 11th vs. 17th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

DR Congo and Iran: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Iran economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Iran

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Iran
1960	$3,359,404,118	$4,199,134,390
1961	$3,086,746,857	$4,426,949,095
1962	$3,779,841,429	$4,693,566,416
1963	$6,213,185,743	$4,928,628,018
1964	$2,881,545,273	$5,379,845,648
1965	$4,043,901,818	$6,197,319,929
1966	$4,532,660,182	$6,789,938,672
1967	$3,384,063,372	$7,555,383,690
1968	$3,909,780,539	$8,623,172,960
1969	$5,032,434,970	$9,743,089,607
1970	$4,877,684,910	$10,976,245,154
1971	$5,594,770,359	$13,731,802,833
1972	$6,173,712,814	$17,153,463,263
1973	$7,870,239,461	$27,081,698,250
1974	$9,596,960,180	$46,209,092,072
1975	$10,237,343,174	$51,776,222,350
1976	$9,648,583,225	$68,055,295,081
1977	$12,344,424,764	$80,600,122,702
1978	$15,372,608,002	$77,994,316,621
1979	$15,068,422,236	$90,391,877,326
1980	$14,394,927,495	$94,362,275,580
1981	$12,537,821,038	$100,499,312,750
1982	$13,651,667,371	$125,948,756,439
1983	$11,006,712,650	$156,365,156,618
1984	$7,857,729,193	$162,276,728,620
1985	$7,195,042,616	$180,183,629,600
1986	$8,095,367,168	$209,094,561,833
1987	$7,661,625,473	$134,009,995,923
1988	$8,861,299,977	$123,057,861,334
1989	$9,021,862,775	$120,496,362,916
1990	$9,349,764,580	$124,813,263,926
1991	$9,625,436,873	$131,637,664,958
1992	$8,227,343,907	$119,768,691,217
1993	$10,706,259,937	$63,743,623,231
1994	$5,820,382,248	$71,841,461,172
1995	$5,643,439,376	$96,419,225,745
1996	$5,771,456,952	$120,403,931,883
1997	$6,090,838,693	$113,919,163,421
1998	$6,217,805,821	$110,276,913,362
1999	$4,711,259,427	$113,848,450,089
2000	$19,088,046,306	$109,591,707,801
2001	$7,438,189,100	$126,878,750,296
2002	$8,728,038,525	$128,626,917,504
2003	$8,937,567,060	$151,911,222,120
2004	$10,297,483,481	$187,754,571,247
2005	$11,964,484,466	$224,970,371,329
2006	$14,451,901,696	$265,602,187,406
2007	$16,737,071,816	$349,736,591,836
2008	$19,788,515,590	$406,070,949,551
2009	$18,648,372,553	$414,059,094,950
2010	$21,565,721,045	$487,069,570,461
2011	$25,839,749,199	$629,082,257,472
2012	$29,306,235,285	$644,019,315,004
2013	$32,679,745,048	$500,399,839,840
2014	$35,909,040,926	$462,284,793,281
2015	$37,917,706,497	$409,191,686,497
2016	$37,134,801,555	$459,042,684,193
2017	$38,019,264,795	$489,168,731,811
2018	$47,568,210,010	$398,880,231,367
2019	$51,775,829,877	$333,519,146,339
2020	$48,716,961,860	$262,186,179,356
2021	$55,328,482,784	$383,436,202,447
2022	$65,801,547,756	$394,362,621,793
2023	$67,006,756,666	$404,625,655,076
2024	$70,749,355,652	$436,906,331,672

DR Congo and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Iran

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Iran
1960	$220.1	$195.6
1961	$197.1	$200.1
1962	$235.1	$205.8
1963	$376	$209.6
1964	$169.9	$221.7
1965	$232	$247.5
1966	$252.8	$262.9
1967	$183.3	$283.7
1968	$205.6	$314
1969	$257.1	$345
1970	$242.2	$377
1971	$270.3	$457
1972	$290.5	$555
1973	$361	$851
1974	$428	$1,409
1975	$445	$1,532
1976	$408	$1,954
1977	$509	$2,243
1978	$615	$2,101
1979	$582	$2,352
1980	$539	$2,368
1981	$456	$2,393
1982	$482	$2,845
1983	$376	$3,397
1984	$259.8	$3,395
1985	$230.1	$3,634
1986	$250.9	$4,064
1987	$230.1	$2,513
1988	$257.7	$2,234
1989	$254.2	$2,125
1990	$254.9	$2,138
1991	$253.8	$2,194
1992	$209.7	$1,957
1993	$263.3	$1,038
1994	$136.5	$1,168
1995	$127	$1,550
1996	$127.4	$1,915
1997	$132.3	$1,790
1998	$131.5	$1,709
1999	$96.3	$1,740
2000	$378	$1,650
2001	$142.7	$1,881
2002	$162.4	$1,891
2003	$161.5	$2,209
2004	$180.7	$2,672
2005	$203.6	$3,132
2006	$238.4	$3,619
2007	$267.9	$4,688
2008	$307	$5,377
2009	$280.8	$5,416
2010	$315	$6,291
2011	$365	$8,026
2012	$400	$8,114
2013	$431	$6,223
2014	$458	$5,672
2015	$468	$4,953
2016	$442	$5,477
2017	$437	$5,753
2018	$528	$4,632
2019	$557	$3,831
2020	$508	$2,989
2021	$558	$4,335
2022	$643	$4,405
2023	$633	$4,466
2024	$647	$4,771

DR Congo vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Iran

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Iran
1950	38.2	38.2
1951	38.5	38.7
1952	38.9	39.2
1953	39.1	39.5
1954	39.4	40
1955	39.7	40.6
1956	39.9	41.1
1957	40.2	41.3
1958	40.5	42.2
1959	40.6	42.8
1960	40.8	43.3
1961	40.2	43.9
1962	40.4	43.8
1963	40.6	45.1
1964	40.1	45.7
1965	40.8	46.4
1966	42.2	47.1
1967	42.3	47.8
1968	42.7	47.9
1969	43	49.4
1970	43.3	50.2
1971	43.6	51.1
1972	43.9	51.7
1973	44.1	52.9
1974	44.3	53.9
1975	44.5	54.8
1976	44.7	55.8
1977	44.9	56.7
1978	44.6	56
1979	45.3	58.5
1980	45.5	58.4
1981	45.7	56.6
1982	45.9	57.6
1983	46.2	58.5
1984	46.5	60.9
1985	46.7	61.5
1986	47	62.1
1987	47.4	62.7
1988	47.8	63.3
1989	48.1	65.3
1990	48.5	64.1
1991	48.9	66.2
1992	49.3	66.7
1993	49.6	67
1994	49.9	67.5
1995	50.4	67.9
1996	49.4	68.3
1997	50.5	68.6
1998	49.7	69.2
1999	50.1	69.7
2000	51.9	70.2
2001	52.2	70.6
2002	52.4	71.1
2003	53	70.5
2004	53.5	72
2005	54	72.4
2006	54.5	72.9
2007	55	73.3
2008	55.4	73.7
2009	55.8	74
2010	56.4	74.4
2011	56.9	74.7
2012	57.4	75
2013	57.8	75.3
2014	58.2	75.6
2015	58.7	75.9
2016	59.1	76.2
2017	59.5	76.4
2018	59.9	76.6
2019	60.2	76.9
2020	60.4	74.1
2021	60	73.8
2022	61	76.8
2023	61.9	77.7
2024	62.1	77.9
2025	62.2	78.1

DR Congo and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Iran

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Iran
1960	15,264,846	21,470,434
1961	15,662,374	22,125,726
1962	16,075,724	22,807,907
1963	16,507,599	23,519,005
1964	16,955,327	24,262,859
1965	17,427,802	25,036,978
1966	17,931,929	25,829,270
1967	18,462,782	26,628,432
1968	19,012,189	27,437,391
1969	19,570,445	28,273,482
1970	20,137,436	29,145,100
1971	20,695,569	30,029,071
1972	21,251,160	30,921,179
1973	21,827,665	31,839,838
1974	22,418,878	32,796,463
1975	23,021,101	33,802,973
1976	23,624,031	34,837,271
1977	24,229,061	35,933,181
1978	24,992,689	37,126,535
1979	25,886,782	38,424,952
1980	26,711,099	39,842,324
1981	27,500,515	41,989,312
1982	28,338,190	44,272,141
1983	29,250,963	46,029,535
1984	30,245,081	47,793,998
1985	31,264,816	49,582,289
1986	32,265,196	51,446,045
1987	33,298,904	53,323,493
1988	34,382,752	55,072,694
1989	35,486,866	56,704,914
1990	36,684,063	58,380,092
1991	37,925,817	59,986,931
1992	39,228,910	61,184,983
1993	40,656,336	61,403,543
1994	42,626,876	61,520,598
1995	44,433,704	62,205,567
1996	45,296,124	62,881,300
1997	46,029,902	63,639,638
1998	47,297,600	64,519,859
1999	48,912,971	65,445,391
2000	50,507,442	66,418,659
2001	52,132,646	67,452,005
2002	53,750,524	68,011,317
2003	55,343,867	68,769,340
2004	56,997,741	70,256,316
2005	58,775,724	71,828,455
2006	60,615,908	73,392,747
2007	62,477,752	74,602,648
2008	64,390,664	75,514,204
2009	66,412,044	76,457,825
2010	68,563,038	77,420,842
2011	70,849,311	78,383,598
2012	73,254,618	79,370,580
2013	75,789,395	80,414,686
2014	78,403,242	81,502,045
2015	81,035,531	82,619,362
2016	83,956,415	83,812,228
2017	87,083,398	85,026,754
2018	90,047,644	86,117,998
2019	92,947,442	87,051,648
2020	95,989,998	87,723,443
2021	99,148,932	88,455,488
2022	102,396,968	89,524,246
2023	105,789,731	90,608,707
2024	109,276,265	91,567,738

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Iran

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Iran

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Iran
1960	6.11	7.52
1961	6.12	7.46
1962	6.14	7.4
1963	6.16	7.32
1964	6.19	7.24
1965	6.21	7.22
1966	6.24	7.21
1967	6.27	7.19
1968	6.29	7.12
1969	6.3	7.01
1970	6.33	6.8
1971	6.34	6.55
1972	6.37	6.26
1973	6.39	6.06
1974	6.4	5.97
1975	6.42	5.95
1976	6.44	6.07
1977	6.45	6.18
1978	6.46	6.34
1979	6.48	6.55
1980	6.5	6.63
1981	6.52	6.62
1982	6.54	6.59
1983	6.56	6.53
1984	6.59	6.43
1985	6.61	6.24
1986	6.63	6.01
1987	6.65	5.72
1988	6.66	5.43
1989	6.65	5.17
1990	6.65	4.93
1991	6.65	4.57
1992	6.64	4.1
1993	6.64	3.67
1994	6.64	3.24
1995	6.68	2.85
1996	6.67	2.54
1997	6.69	2.32
1998	6.7	2.19
1999	6.69	2.09
2000	6.7	2
2001	6.66	1.92
2002	6.61	1.84
2003	6.55	1.8
2004	6.53	1.78
2005	6.53	1.76
2006	6.55	1.76
2007	6.56	1.75
2008	6.58	1.74
2009	6.59	1.74
2010	6.59	1.75
2011	6.58	1.79
2012	6.56	1.85
2013	6.53	1.91
2014	6.48	1.98
2015	6.44	2.02
2016	6.39	2.05
2017	6.35	2.02
2018	6.3	1.92
2019	6.25	1.77
2020	6.21	1.7
2021	6.16	1.71
2022	6.11	1.7
2023	6.05	1.7

DR Congo and Iran demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Iran

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Iran
1960	18.4	19.1
1961	18.4	18.7
1962	18.4	18.4
1963	18.5	18.1
1964	18.5	17.9
1965	18.5	17.8
1966	18.5	17.7
1967	18.5	17.7
1968	18.5	17.6
1969	18.5	17.6
1970	18.4	17.6
1971	18.3	17.7
1972	18.2	17.8
1973	18.1	17.9
1974	18	18
1975	17.9	18.1
1976	17.8	18.2
1977	17.8	18.3
1978	17.8	18.3
1979	17.9	18.3
1980	17.9	18.2
1981	17.9	18.4
1982	17.8	18.6
1983	17.9	18.5
1984	17.9	18.4
1985	17.9	18.3
1986	17.9	18.2
1987	17.9	18.2
1988	17.8	18.2
1989	17.8	18.1
1990	17.8	18.2
1991	17.8	18.3
1992	17.8	18.4
1993	17.8	18.3
1994	18	18.4
1995	18.1	18.7
1996	17.7	19.1
1997	17.4	19.5
1998	17.2	20
1999	17.2	20.7
2000	17.2	21.4
2001	17.1	22
2002	17.1	22.6
2003	17.1	23.1
2004	17	23.7
2005	17	24.3
2006	17	24.8
2007	17	25.5
2008	16.9	26.1
2009	16.9	26.6
2010	16.9	27.2
2011	16.9	27.7
2012	16.9	28.2
2013	16.9	28.7
2014	16.9	29.2
2015	16.9	29.7
2016	16.9	30.2
2017	17	30.7
2018	17	31.2
2019	16.9	31.7
2020	16.9	32.3
2021	16.9	32.8
2022	16.9	33.3
2023	16.9	33.8
2024	16.9	34.3

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