DR Congo vs Japan statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 11th vs. 61st).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

DR Congo and Japan: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Japan economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Japan
1960	$3,359,404,118	$47,419,238,274
1961	$3,086,746,857	$57,266,758,180
1962	$3,779,841,429	$64,987,857,542
1963	$6,213,185,743	$74,379,284,603
1964	$2,881,545,273	$87,490,590,818
1965	$4,043,901,818	$97,338,107,606
1966	$4,532,660,182	$113,046,784,179
1967	$3,384,063,372	$132,475,614,227
1968	$3,909,780,539	$156,897,496,759
1969	$5,032,434,970	$184,298,841,305
1970	$4,877,684,910	$217,223,652,719
1971	$5,594,770,359	$245,364,056,622
1972	$6,173,712,814	$324,933,841,269
1973	$7,870,239,461	$441,460,582,536
1974	$9,596,960,180	$490,035,789,970
1975	$10,237,343,174	$532,861,438,885
1976	$9,648,583,225	$598,883,902,156
1977	$12,344,424,764	$737,069,290,928
1978	$15,372,608,002	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$15,068,422,236	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$14,394,927,495	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$12,537,821,038	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$13,651,667,371	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$11,006,712,650	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$7,857,729,193	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$7,195,042,616	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$8,095,367,168	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$7,661,625,473	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$8,861,299,977	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$9,021,862,775	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$9,349,764,580	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$9,625,436,873	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$8,227,343,907	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$10,706,259,937	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$5,820,382,248	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$5,643,439,376	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$5,771,456,952	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$6,090,838,693	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$6,217,805,821	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$4,711,259,427	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$19,088,046,306	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$7,438,189,100	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$8,728,038,525	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$8,937,567,060	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$10,297,483,481	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$11,964,484,466	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$14,451,901,696	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$16,737,071,816	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$19,788,515,590	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$18,648,372,553	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$21,565,721,045	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$25,839,749,199	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$29,306,235,285	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$32,679,745,048	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$35,909,040,926	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$37,917,706,497	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$37,134,801,555	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$38,019,264,795	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$47,568,210,010	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$51,775,829,877	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$48,716,961,860	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$55,328,482,784	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$65,801,547,756	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$67,006,756,666	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$70,749,355,652	$4,026,210,821,147

DR Congo and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Japan
1960	$220.1	$509
1961	$197.1	$609
1962	$235.1	$685
1963	$376	$776
1964	$169.9	$903
1965	$232	$994
1966	$252.8	$1,144
1967	$183.3	$1,326
1968	$205.6	$1,553
1969	$257.1	$1,803
1970	$242.2	$2,101
1971	$270.3	$2,321
1972	$290.5	$3,031
1973	$361	$4,061
1974	$428	$4,448
1975	$445	$4,776
1976	$408	$5,310
1977	$509	$6,473
1978	$615	$9,012
1979	$582	$9,301
1980	$539	$9,669
1981	$456	$10,583
1982	$482	$9,780
1983	$376	$10,652
1984	$259.8	$11,207
1985	$230.1	$11,809
1986	$250.9	$17,452
1987	$230.1	$21,142
1988	$257.7	$25,500
1989	$254.2	$25,266
1990	$254.9	$25,801
1991	$253.8	$29,428
1992	$209.7	$31,993
1993	$263.3	$36,345
1994	$136.5	$39,934
1995	$127	$44,198
1996	$127.4	$39,150
1997	$132.3	$35,638
1998	$131.5	$32,424
1999	$96.3	$36,610
2000	$378	$39,169
2001	$142.7	$34,406
2002	$162.4	$32,821
2003	$161.5	$35,387
2004	$180.7	$38,299
2005	$203.6	$37,813
2006	$238.4	$35,992
2007	$267.9	$35,779
2008	$307	$39,876
2009	$280.8	$41,309
2010	$315	$44,968
2011	$365	$48,760
2012	$400	$49,145
2013	$431	$40,899
2014	$458	$38,475
2015	$468	$34,961
2016	$442	$39,375
2017	$437	$38,834
2018	$528	$39,751
2019	$557	$40,416
2020	$508	$40,029
2021	$558	$40,095
2022	$643	$34,066
2023	$633	$33,836
2024	$647	$32,476

DR Congo vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Japan
1950	38.2	59.3
1951	38.5	61
1952	38.9	63
1953	39.1	63.3
1954	39.4	64.5
1955	39.7	65.7
1956	39.9	65.6
1957	40.2	65.4
1958	40.5	67
1959	40.6	67.5
1960	40.8	67.7
1961	40.2	68.4
1962	40.4	68.7
1963	40.6	69.7
1964	40.1	70.2
1965	40.8	70.3
1966	42.2	71.1
1967	42.3	71.4
1968	42.7	71.7
1969	43	71.9
1970	43.3	72
1971	43.6	72.8
1972	43.9	73.3
1973	44.1	73.4
1974	44.3	73.8
1975	44.5	74.4
1976	44.7	74.8
1977	44.9	75.3
1978	44.6	75.7
1979	45.3	76.2
1980	45.5	76.1
1981	45.7	76.6
1982	45.9	77.1
1983	46.2	77.1
1984	46.5	77.5
1985	46.7	77.8
1986	47	78.2
1987	47.4	78.6
1988	47.8	78.5
1989	48.1	79
1990	48.5	79
1991	48.9	79.3
1992	49.3	79.3
1993	49.6	79.4
1994	49.9	79.8
1995	50.4	79.7
1996	49.4	80.4
1997	50.5	80.6
1998	49.7	80.6
1999	50.1	80.6
2000	51.9	81.2
2001	52.2	81.5
2002	52.4	81.8
2003	53	81.9
2004	53.5	82.1
2005	54	82
2006	54.5	82.4
2007	55	82.5
2008	55.4	82.6
2009	55.8	83
2010	56.4	82.9
2011	56.9	82.7
2012	57.4	83.2
2013	57.8	83.4
2014	58.2	83.6
2015	58.7	83.9
2016	59.1	84.1
2017	59.5	84.2
2018	59.9	84.3
2019	60.2	84.4
2020	60.4	84.7
2021	60	84.6
2022	61	84.1
2023	61.9	84.7
2024	62.1	84.9
2025	62.2	85

DR Congo and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Japan
1960	15,264,846	93,216,000
1961	15,662,374	94,055,000
1962	16,075,724	94,933,000
1963	16,507,599	95,900,000
1964	16,955,327	96,903,000
1965	17,427,802	97,952,000
1966	17,931,929	98,851,000
1967	18,462,782	99,879,000
1968	19,012,189	101,011,000
1969	19,570,445	102,219,000
1970	20,137,436	103,403,000
1971	20,695,569	105,697,000
1972	21,251,160	107,188,000
1973	21,827,665	108,707,000
1974	22,418,878	110,162,000
1975	23,021,101	111,573,000
1976	23,624,031	112,775,000
1977	24,229,061	113,872,000
1978	24,992,689	114,913,000
1979	25,886,782	115,890,000
1980	26,711,099	116,807,000
1981	27,500,515	117,661,000
1982	28,338,190	118,480,000
1983	29,250,963	119,307,000
1984	30,245,081	120,083,000
1985	31,264,816	120,837,000
1986	32,265,196	121,482,000
1987	33,298,904	122,069,000
1988	34,382,752	122,578,000
1989	35,486,866	123,069,000
1990	36,684,063	123,478,000
1991	37,925,817	123,964,000
1992	39,228,910	124,425,000
1993	40,656,336	124,829,000
1994	42,626,876	125,178,000
1995	44,433,704	125,472,000
1996	45,296,124	125,757,000
1997	46,029,902	126,057,000
1998	47,297,600	126,400,000
1999	48,912,971	126,631,000
2000	50,507,442	126,843,000
2001	52,132,646	127,149,000
2002	53,750,524	127,445,000
2003	55,343,867	127,718,000
2004	56,997,741	127,761,000
2005	58,775,724	127,773,000
2006	60,615,908	127,854,000
2007	62,477,752	128,001,000
2008	64,390,664	128,063,000
2009	66,412,044	128,047,000
2010	68,563,038	128,070,000
2011	70,849,311	127,833,000
2012	73,254,618	127,629,000
2013	75,789,395	127,445,000
2014	78,403,242	127,276,000
2015	81,035,531	127,141,000
2016	83,956,415	127,076,000
2017	87,083,398	126,972,000
2018	90,047,644	126,811,000
2019	92,947,442	126,633,000
2020	95,989,998	126,261,000
2021	99,148,932	125,681,593
2022	102,396,968	125,124,989
2023	105,789,731	124,516,650
2024	109,276,265	123,975,371

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Japan

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Japan
1960	6.11	2
1961	6.12	1.96
1962	6.14	1.98
1963	6.16	2
1964	6.19	2.05
1965	6.21	2.14
1966	6.24	1.58
1967	6.27	2.23
1968	6.29	2.13
1969	6.3	2.13
1970	6.33	2.13
1971	6.34	2.16
1972	6.37	2.14
1973	6.39	2.14
1974	6.4	2.05
1975	6.42	1.91
1976	6.44	1.85
1977	6.45	1.8
1978	6.46	1.79
1979	6.48	1.77
1980	6.5	1.75
1981	6.52	1.74
1982	6.54	1.77
1983	6.56	1.8
1984	6.59	1.81
1985	6.61	1.76
1986	6.63	1.72
1987	6.65	1.69
1988	6.66	1.66
1989	6.65	1.57
1990	6.65	1.54
1991	6.65	1.53
1992	6.64	1.5
1993	6.64	1.46
1994	6.64	1.5
1995	6.68	1.42
1996	6.67	1.43
1997	6.69	1.39
1998	6.7	1.38
1999	6.69	1.34
2000	6.7	1.36
2001	6.66	1.33
2002	6.61	1.32
2003	6.55	1.29
2004	6.53	1.29
2005	6.53	1.26
2006	6.55	1.32
2007	6.56	1.34
2008	6.58	1.37
2009	6.59	1.37
2010	6.59	1.39
2011	6.58	1.39
2012	6.56	1.41
2013	6.53	1.43
2014	6.48	1.42
2015	6.44	1.45
2016	6.39	1.44
2017	6.35	1.43
2018	6.3	1.42
2019	6.25	1.36
2020	6.21	1.33
2021	6.16	1.3
2022	6.11	1.26
2023	6.05	1.2

DR Congo and Japan demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Japan
1960	18.4	25.8
1961	18.4	26.2
1962	18.4	26.5
1963	18.5	26.9
1964	18.5	27.2
1965	18.5	27.6
1966	18.5	28
1967	18.5	28.4
1968	18.5	28.6
1969	18.5	28.9
1970	18.4	29.2
1971	18.3	29.6
1972	18.2	29.9
1973	18.1	30.2
1974	18	30.4
1975	17.9	30.6
1976	17.8	30.9
1977	17.8	31.5
1978	17.8	32
1979	17.9	32.4
1980	17.9	32.8
1981	17.9	33.1
1982	17.8	33.7
1983	17.9	34.3
1984	17.9	34.9
1985	17.9	35.4
1986	17.9	35.9
1987	17.9	36.3
1988	17.8	36.8
1989	17.8	37.2
1990	17.8	37.7
1991	17.8	38.2
1992	17.8	38.7
1993	17.8	39.2
1994	18	39.6
1995	18.1	40
1996	17.7	40.3
1997	17.4	40.7
1998	17.2	41
1999	17.2	41.4
2000	17.2	41.8
2001	17.1	42.1
2002	17.1	42.5
2003	17.1	42.8
2004	17	43.2
2005	17	43.6
2006	17	43.9
2007	17	44.2
2008	16.9	44.6
2009	16.9	44.9
2010	16.9	45.2
2011	16.9	45.5
2012	16.9	45.8
2013	16.9	46.2
2014	16.9	46.6
2015	16.9	47
2016	16.9	47.3
2017	17	47.6
2018	17	48
2019	16.9	48.3
2020	16.9	48.7
2021	16.9	49.1
2022	16.9	49.5
2023	16.9	50
2024	16.9	50.4

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