DR Congo vs Ireland statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 5.38M in Ireland (ranked 120/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 26,599 sq mi for Ireland (ranked 11th vs. 119th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316).

DR Congo and Ireland: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Ireland economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Ireland
1960	$3,359,404,118	$1,998,550,222
1961	$3,086,746,857	$2,151,772,980
1962	$3,779,841,429	$2,329,372,972
1963	$6,213,185,743	$2,505,073,358
1964	$2,881,545,273	$2,851,091,646
1965	$4,043,901,818	$3,035,655,794
1966	$4,532,660,182	$3,198,820,904
1967	$3,384,063,372	$3,445,739,915
1968	$3,909,780,539	$3,378,701,147
1969	$5,032,434,970	$3,902,721,632
1970	$4,877,684,910	$4,395,995,086
1971	$5,594,770,359	$5,098,250,287
1972	$6,173,712,814	$6,318,060,582
1973	$7,870,239,461	$7,481,173,066
1974	$9,596,960,180	$7,896,860,615
1975	$10,237,343,174	$9,483,808,362
1976	$9,648,583,225	$9,453,756,015
1977	$12,344,424,764	$11,248,340,431
1978	$15,372,608,002	$14,647,996,074
1979	$15,068,422,236	$18,319,334,300
1980	$14,394,927,495	$21,747,855,640
1981	$12,537,821,038	$20,670,190,138
1982	$13,651,667,371	$21,474,754,080
1983	$11,006,712,650	$20,766,047,764
1984	$7,857,729,193	$20,106,648,455
1985	$7,195,042,616	$21,270,013,326
1986	$8,095,367,168	$28,714,571,852
1987	$7,661,625,473	$33,920,518,493
1988	$8,861,299,977	$37,772,897,421
1989	$9,021,862,775	$39,238,392,678
1990	$9,349,764,580	$49,305,632,408
1991	$9,625,436,873	$49,787,502,852
1992	$8,227,343,907	$55,918,538,121
1993	$10,706,259,937	$52,417,477,614
1994	$5,820,382,248	$57,097,656,066
1995	$5,643,439,376	$69,139,823,232
1996	$5,771,456,952	$75,790,785,030
1997	$6,090,838,693	$82,856,648,758
1998	$6,217,805,821	$90,199,410,116
1999	$4,711,259,427	$98,893,958,263
2000	$19,088,046,306	$100,207,610,430
2001	$7,438,189,100	$109,346,669,230
2002	$8,728,038,525	$128,596,035,288
2003	$8,937,567,060	$164,670,771,260
2004	$10,297,483,481	$194,372,115,041
2005	$11,964,484,466	$211,876,989,656
2006	$14,451,901,696	$232,180,617,162
2007	$16,737,071,816	$270,079,279,420
2008	$19,788,515,590	$275,447,471,451
2009	$18,648,372,553	$236,443,117,248
2010	$21,565,721,045	$221,985,621,538
2011	$25,839,749,199	$241,337,364,610
2012	$29,306,235,285	$227,270,922,957
2013	$32,679,745,048	$243,301,556,085
2014	$35,909,040,926	$266,787,238,499
2015	$37,917,706,497	$302,391,428,540
2016	$37,134,801,555	$305,733,136,181
2017	$38,019,264,795	$348,532,394,024
2018	$47,568,210,010	$395,461,216,460
2019	$51,775,829,877	$407,124,824,065
2020	$48,716,961,860	$436,555,518,400
2021	$55,328,482,784	$531,306,516,908
2022	$65,801,547,756	$548,570,250,342
2023	$67,006,756,666	$551,394,889,340
2024	$70,749,355,652	$577,389,475,010

DR Congo and Ireland economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Ireland
1960	$220.1	$707
1961	$197.1	$762
1962	$235.1	$821
1963	$376	$878
1964	$169.9	$995
1965	$232	$1,055
1966	$252.8	$1,107
1967	$183.3	$1,187
1968	$205.6	$1,159
1969	$257.1	$1,331
1970	$242.2	$1,487
1971	$270.3	$1,704
1972	$290.5	$2,080
1973	$361	$2,424
1974	$428	$2,517
1975	$445	$2,973
1976	$408	$2,920
1977	$509	$3,427
1978	$615	$4,400
1979	$582	$5,430
1980	$539	$6,372
1981	$456	$5,986
1982	$482	$6,161
1983	$376	$5,915
1984	$259.8	$5,692
1985	$230.1	$6,012
1986	$250.9	$8,112
1987	$230.1	$9,582
1988	$257.7	$10,716
1989	$254.2	$11,176
1990	$254.9	$14,031
1991	$253.8	$14,087
1992	$209.7	$15,714
1993	$263.3	$14,657
1994	$136.5	$15,903
1995	$127	$19,158
1996	$127.4	$20,836
1997	$132.3	$22,551
1998	$131.5	$24,295
1999	$96.3	$26,338
2000	$378	$26,335
2001	$142.7	$28,282
2002	$162.4	$32,705
2003	$161.5	$41,204
2004	$180.7	$47,754
2005	$203.6	$50,933
2006	$238.4	$54,329
2007	$267.9	$61,396
2008	$307	$61,353
2009	$280.8	$52,133
2010	$315	$48,679
2011	$365	$52,693
2012	$400	$49,412
2013	$431	$52,619
2014	$458	$57,278
2015	$468	$64,312
2016	$442	$64,193
2017	$437	$72,198
2018	$528	$80,739
2019	$557	$81,810
2020	$508	$86,623
2021	$558	$103,962
2022	$643	$105,235
2023	$633	$103,888
2024	$647	$107,316

DR Congo vs. Ireland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Ireland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Ireland
1950	38.2	65.6
1951	38.5	64.8
1952	38.9	67.2
1953	39.1	67.9
1954	39.4	68
1955	39.7	68
1956	39.9	69
1957	40.2	69
1958	40.5	69.3
1959	40.6	69.4
1960	40.8	70.2
1961	40.2	69.6
1962	40.4	69.9
1963	40.6	70.2
1964	40.1	70.4
1965	40.8	70.6
1966	42.2	70.2
1967	42.3	71.2
1968	42.7	70.9
1969	43	70.8
1970	43.3	70.8
1971	43.6	71.6
1972	43.9	71
1973	44.1	71.2
1974	44.3	71.1
1975	44.5	71.7
1976	44.7	71.8
1977	44.9	71.9
1978	44.6	71.9
1979	45.3	72.2
1980	45.5	72.5
1981	45.7	72.9
1982	45.9	73.2
1983	46.2	73.2
1984	46.5	73.6
1985	46.7	73.6
1986	47	73.6
1987	47.4	74.4
1988	47.8	74.4
1989	48.1	74.5
1990	48.5	74.8
1991	48.9	75
1992	49.3	75.4
1993	49.6	75.3
1994	49.9	75.8
1995	50.4	75.5
1996	49.4	75.8
1997	50.5	76
1998	49.7	76.2
1999	50.1	76.1
2000	51.9	76.5
2001	52.2	77.1
2002	52.4	77.6
2003	53	78.1
2004	53.5	78.5
2005	54	78.9
2006	54.5	79.2
2007	55	79.6
2008	55.4	79.8
2009	55.8	80.1
2010	56.4	80.6
2011	56.9	80.7
2012	57.4	80.9
2013	57.8	81.1
2014	58.2	81.4
2015	58.7	81.5
2016	59.1	81.7
2017	59.5	82.1
2018	59.9	82.1
2019	60.2	82.4
2020	60.4	82.4
2021	60	81.9
2022	61	82.1
2023	61.9	82.4
2024	62.1	82.6
2025	62.2	82.7

DR Congo and Ireland population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Ireland

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Ireland
1960	15,264,846	2,828,600
1961	15,662,374	2,824,400
1962	16,075,724	2,836,050
1963	16,507,599	2,852,650
1964	16,955,327	2,866,550
1965	17,427,802	2,877,300
1966	17,931,929	2,888,800
1967	18,462,782	2,902,450
1968	19,012,189	2,915,550
1969	19,570,445	2,932,650
1970	20,137,436	2,957,250
1971	20,695,569	2,992,050
1972	21,251,160	3,036,850
1973	21,827,665	3,085,950
1974	22,418,878	3,137,500
1975	23,021,101	3,189,550
1976	23,624,031	3,238,050
1977	24,229,061	3,282,200
1978	24,992,689	3,329,100
1979	25,886,782	3,373,750
1980	26,711,099	3,412,800
1981	27,500,515	3,453,000
1982	28,338,190	3,485,800
1983	29,250,963	3,510,600
1984	30,245,081	3,532,423
1985	31,264,816	3,538,082
1986	32,265,196	3,539,690
1987	33,298,904	3,540,057
1988	34,382,752	3,524,949
1989	35,486,866	3,511,009
1990	36,684,063	3,513,974
1991	37,925,817	3,534,235
1992	39,228,910	3,558,430
1993	40,656,336	3,576,261
1994	42,626,876	3,590,386
1995	44,433,704	3,608,841
1996	45,296,124	3,637,510
1997	46,029,902	3,674,171
1998	47,297,600	3,712,696
1999	48,912,971	3,754,786
2000	50,507,442	3,805,174
2001	52,132,646	3,866,243
2002	53,750,524	3,931,947
2003	55,343,867	3,996,521
2004	56,997,741	4,070,262
2005	58,775,724	4,159,914
2006	60,615,908	4,273,591
2007	62,477,752	4,398,942
2008	64,390,664	4,489,544
2009	66,412,044	4,535,375
2010	68,563,038	4,560,155
2011	70,849,311	4,580,084
2012	73,254,618	4,599,533
2013	75,789,395	4,623,816
2014	78,403,242	4,657,740
2015	81,035,531	4,701,957
2016	83,956,415	4,762,722
2017	87,083,398	4,827,445
2018	90,047,644	4,898,022
2019	92,947,442	4,976,456
2020	95,989,998	5,039,747
2021	99,148,932	5,110,585
2022	102,396,968	5,212,836
2023	105,789,731	5,307,600
2024	109,276,265	5,380,257

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Ireland

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Ireland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Ireland
1960	6.11	3.78
1961	6.12	3.78
1962	6.14	3.92
1963	6.16	4.01
1964	6.19	4.07
1965	6.21	4.04
1966	6.24	3.94
1967	6.27	3.84
1968	6.29	3.77
1969	6.3	3.83
1970	6.33	3.85
1971	6.34	3.93
1972	6.37	3.84
1973	6.39	3.71
1974	6.4	3.59
1975	6.42	3.37
1976	6.44	3.29
1977	6.45	3.24
1978	6.46	3.21
1979	6.48	3.21
1980	6.5	3.21
1981	6.52	3.05
1982	6.54	2.94
1983	6.56	2.74
1984	6.59	2.58
1985	6.61	2.48
1986	6.63	2.44
1987	6.65	2.32
1988	6.66	2.17
1989	6.65	2.08
1990	6.65	2.11
1991	6.65	2.08
1992	6.64	1.99
1993	6.64	1.9
1994	6.64	1.85
1995	6.68	1.84
1996	6.67	1.88
1997	6.69	1.93
1998	6.7	1.94
1999	6.69	1.9
2000	6.7	1.89
2001	6.66	1.94
2002	6.61	1.97
2003	6.55	1.96
2004	6.53	1.93
2005	6.53	1.86
2006	6.55	1.91
2007	6.56	2.01
2008	6.58	2.06
2009	6.59	2.06
2010	6.59	2.05
2011	6.58	2.03
2012	6.56	1.98
2013	6.53	1.93
2014	6.48	1.89
2015	6.44	1.85
2016	6.39	1.81
2017	6.35	1.77
2018	6.3	1.75
2019	6.25	1.71
2020	6.21	1.63
2021	6.16	1.78
2022	6.11	1.54
2023	6.05	1.5

DR Congo and Ireland demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Ireland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Ireland
1960	18.4	30.1
1961	18.4	29.8
1962	18.4	29.5
1963	18.5	29.2
1964	18.5	28.9
1965	18.5	28.6
1966	18.5	28.2
1967	18.5	28
1968	18.5	27.8
1969	18.5	27.6
1970	18.4	27.4
1971	18.3	27.1
1972	18.2	26.9
1973	18.1	26.7
1974	18	26.5
1975	17.9	26.5
1976	17.8	26.4
1977	17.8	26.5
1978	17.8	26.5
1979	17.9	26.5
1980	17.9	26.5
1981	17.9	26.6
1982	17.8	26.7
1983	17.9	26.9
1984	17.9	27.1
1985	17.9	27.3
1986	17.9	27.6
1987	17.9	27.9
1988	17.8	28.4
1989	17.8	28.8
1990	17.8	29.2
1991	17.8	29.6
1992	17.8	29.9
1993	17.8	30.2
1994	18	30.6
1995	18.1	30.9
1996	17.7	31.3
1997	17.4	31.6
1998	17.2	31.9
1999	17.2	32.2
2000	17.2	32.5
2001	17.1	32.7
2002	17.1	33
2003	17.1	33.2
2004	17	33.4
2005	17	33.4
2006	17	33.4
2007	17	33.4
2008	16.9	33.5
2009	16.9	33.9
2010	16.9	34.3
2011	16.9	34.8
2012	16.9	35.2
2013	16.9	35.6
2014	16.9	36
2015	16.9	36.4
2016	16.9	36.8
2017	17	37.1
2018	17	37.4
2019	16.9	37.8
2020	16.9	38.2
2021	16.9	38.6
2022	16.9	38.9
2023	16.9	39.4
2024	16.9	39.7

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