DR Congo vs Kenya statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 56.4M in Kenya (ranked 26/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 224,278 sq mi for Kenya (ranked 11th vs. 45th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206).

DR Congo and Kenya: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Kenya economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Kenya
1960	$3,359,404,118	$791,265,459
1961	$3,086,746,857	$792,959,473
1962	$3,779,841,429	$868,111,401
1963	$6,213,185,743	$926,589,349
1964	$2,881,545,273	$998,759,334
1965	$4,043,901,818	$997,919,321
1966	$4,532,660,182	$1,164,519,674
1967	$3,384,063,372	$1,232,559,507
1968	$3,909,780,539	$1,353,295,459
1969	$5,032,434,970	$1,458,379,417
1970	$4,877,684,910	$1,603,447,359
1971	$5,594,770,359	$1,778,391,289
1972	$6,173,712,814	$2,107,279,157
1973	$7,870,239,461	$2,509,001,324
1974	$9,596,960,180	$2,969,958,812
1975	$10,237,343,174	$3,259,345,083
1976	$9,648,583,225	$3,474,542,392
1977	$12,344,424,764	$4,494,378,764
1978	$15,372,608,002	$5,303,735,111
1979	$15,068,422,236	$6,234,391,113
1980	$14,394,927,495	$7,265,315,820
1981	$12,537,821,038	$6,854,491,706
1982	$13,651,667,371	$6,431,579,357
1983	$11,006,712,650	$5,979,198,314
1984	$7,857,729,193	$6,191,437,070
1985	$7,195,042,616	$6,135,034,214
1986	$8,095,367,168	$7,239,126,568
1987	$7,661,625,473	$7,970,820,369
1988	$8,861,299,977	$8,355,380,879
1989	$9,021,862,775	$8,283,114,514
1990	$9,349,764,580	$8,572,359,038
1991	$9,625,436,873	$8,151,488,783
1992	$8,227,343,907	$8,209,120,763
1993	$10,706,259,937	$5,751,786,643
1994	$5,820,382,248	$7,148,148,564
1995	$5,643,439,376	$9,046,320,255
1996	$5,771,456,952	$12,045,865,396
1997	$6,090,838,693	$13,115,764,358
1998	$6,217,805,821	$14,093,998,844
1999	$4,711,259,427	$12,896,010,459
2000	$19,088,046,306	$12,705,350,098
2001	$7,438,189,100	$12,986,007,426
2002	$8,728,038,525	$13,147,736,899
2003	$8,937,567,060	$14,904,517,650
2004	$10,297,483,481	$16,095,337,094
2005	$11,964,484,466	$18,737,895,513
2006	$14,451,901,696	$25,825,512,284
2007	$16,737,071,816	$31,958,195,182
2008	$19,788,515,590	$35,895,153,328
2009	$18,648,372,553	$42,347,217,913
2010	$21,565,721,045	$45,405,615,064
2011	$25,839,749,199	$46,869,473,151
2012	$29,306,235,285	$56,396,704,672
2013	$32,679,745,048	$61,671,440,408
2014	$35,909,040,926	$68,285,796,514
2015	$37,917,706,497	$70,120,446,897
2016	$37,134,801,555	$74,815,144,164
2017	$38,019,264,795	$82,036,510,877
2018	$47,568,210,010	$92,202,979,985
2019	$51,775,829,877	$100,378,436,207
2020	$48,716,961,860	$100,657,505,751
2021	$55,328,482,784	$109,703,658,905
2022	$65,801,547,756	$114,448,978,153
2023	$67,006,756,666	$108,038,588,971
2024	$70,749,355,652	$124,498,691,699

DR Congo and Kenya economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Kenya
1960	$220.1	$102.8
1961	$197.1	$99.3
1962	$235.1	$104.6
1963	$376	$107.4
1964	$169.9	$111.3
1965	$232	$106.9
1966	$252.8	$119.8
1967	$183.3	$121.9
1968	$205.6	$128.7
1969	$257.1	$133.3
1970	$242.2	$141
1971	$270.3	$150.9
1972	$290.5	$172.6
1973	$361	$198.6
1974	$428	$227.2
1975	$445	$241.2
1976	$408	$248.9
1977	$509	$311
1978	$615	$355
1979	$582	$403
1980	$539	$454
1981	$456	$413
1982	$482	$374
1983	$376	$335
1984	$259.8	$334
1985	$230.1	$320
1986	$250.9	$364
1987	$230.1	$387
1988	$257.7	$391
1989	$254.2	$374
1990	$254.9	$374
1991	$253.8	$345
1992	$209.7	$337
1993	$263.3	$229
1994	$136.5	$276.4
1995	$127	$340
1996	$127.4	$441
1997	$132.3	$467
1998	$131.5	$488
1999	$96.3	$434
2000	$378	$415
2001	$142.7	$411
2002	$162.4	$403
2003	$161.5	$443
2004	$180.7	$464
2005	$203.6	$523
2006	$238.4	$700
2007	$267.9	$840
2008	$307	$916
2009	$280.8	$1,048
2010	$315	$1,092
2011	$365	$1,096
2012	$400	$1,285
2013	$431	$1,371
2014	$458	$1,483
2015	$468	$1,489
2016	$442	$1,554
2017	$437	$1,667
2018	$528	$1,836
2019	$557	$1,960
2020	$508	$1,928
2021	$558	$2,061
2022	$643	$2,110
2023	$633	$1,952
2024	$647	$2,206

DR Congo vs. Kenya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Kenya
1950	38.2	36.9
1951	38.5	38
1952	38.9	38.6
1953	39.1	39.8
1954	39.4	41
1955	39.7	42.3
1956	39.9	43.5
1957	40.2	45.3
1958	40.5	46.5
1959	40.6	47.5
1960	40.8	48.5
1961	40.2	49.3
1962	40.4	50.1
1963	40.6	50.8
1964	40.1	51.3
1965	40.8	51.9
1966	42.2	52.4
1967	42.3	52.8
1968	42.7	53.3
1969	43	53.7
1970	43.3	54.1
1971	43.6	54.5
1972	43.9	55
1973	44.1	55.5
1974	44.3	56
1975	44.5	56.6
1976	44.7	57.2
1977	44.9	57.7
1978	44.6	58.2
1979	45.3	58.7
1980	45.5	59.2
1981	45.7	59.6
1982	45.9	59.9
1983	46.2	60.3
1984	46.5	60.6
1985	46.7	60.9
1986	47	60.8
1987	47.4	60.7
1988	47.8	60.3
1989	48.1	60
1990	48.5	58.3
1991	48.9	57.8
1992	49.3	57.1
1993	49.6	56.7
1994	49.9	56.1
1995	50.4	55.9
1996	49.4	55.6
1997	50.5	55.5
1998	49.7	55.6
1999	50.1	55.9
2000	51.9	56.1
2001	52.2	56.5
2002	52.4	56.8
2003	53	57.4
2004	53.5	57.9
2005	54	58.5
2006	54.5	59.1
2007	55	59.4
2008	55.4	60
2009	55.8	60.5
2010	56.4	60.9
2011	56.9	61.3
2012	57.4	61.5
2013	57.8	61.7
2014	58.2	62
2015	58.7	62.3
2016	59.1	62.5
2017	59.5	62.7
2018	59.9	62.8
2019	60.2	62.9
2020	60.4	61.6
2021	60	61.2
2022	61	63.5
2023	61.9	63.6
2024	62.1	63.8
2025	62.2	64

DR Congo and Kenya population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Kenya
1960	15,264,846	7,695,307
1961	15,662,374	7,987,770
1962	16,075,724	8,299,308
1963	16,507,599	8,627,971
1964	16,955,327	8,973,535
1965	17,427,802	9,338,078
1966	17,931,929	9,717,816
1967	18,462,782	10,111,057
1968	19,012,189	10,518,823
1969	19,570,445	10,939,695
1970	20,137,436	11,368,791
1971	20,695,569	11,788,904
1972	21,251,160	12,206,060
1973	21,827,665	12,634,835
1974	22,418,878	13,070,078
1975	23,021,101	13,511,671
1976	23,624,031	13,957,623
1977	24,229,061	14,428,819
1978	24,992,689	14,934,126
1979	25,886,782	15,460,666
1980	26,711,099	16,018,459
1981	27,500,515	16,601,507
1982	28,338,190	17,206,175
1983	29,250,963	17,846,374
1984	30,245,081	18,514,906
1985	31,264,816	19,201,768
1986	32,265,196	19,901,646
1987	33,298,904	20,616,096
1988	34,382,752	21,356,219
1989	35,486,866	22,118,434
1990	36,684,063	22,892,651
1991	37,925,817	23,646,514
1992	39,228,910	24,382,460
1993	40,656,336	25,117,188
1994	42,626,876	25,857,130
1995	44,433,704	26,601,751
1996	45,296,124	27,344,211
1997	46,029,902	28,101,768
1998	47,297,600	28,888,057
1999	48,912,971	29,733,408
2000	50,507,442	30,642,890
2001	52,132,646	31,619,170
2002	53,750,524	32,629,808
2003	55,343,867	33,652,223
2004	56,997,741	34,713,455
2005	58,775,724	35,796,484
2006	60,615,908	36,904,008
2007	62,477,752	38,036,349
2008	64,390,664	39,206,351
2009	66,412,044	40,408,891
2010	68,563,038	41,598,567
2011	70,849,311	42,758,461
2012	73,254,618	43,888,303
2013	75,789,395	44,986,791
2014	78,403,242	46,051,440
2015	81,035,531	47,088,526
2016	83,956,415	48,139,687
2017	87,083,398	49,197,766
2018	90,047,644	50,207,107
2019	92,947,442	51,202,827
2020	95,989,998	52,217,334
2021	99,148,932	53,219,166
2022	102,396,968	54,252,461
2023	105,789,731	55,339,003
2024	109,276,265	56,432,944

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Kenya

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Kenya
1960	6.11	7.65
1961	6.12	7.72
1962	6.14	7.77
1963	6.16	7.82
1964	6.19	7.87
1965	6.21	7.92
1966	6.24	7.96
1967	6.27	7.95
1968	6.29	7.95
1969	6.3	7.95
1970	6.33	7.94
1971	6.34	7.92
1972	6.37	7.89
1973	6.39	7.86
1974	6.4	7.82
1975	6.42	7.8
1976	6.44	7.77
1977	6.45	7.73
1978	6.46	7.67
1979	6.48	7.6
1980	6.5	7.53
1981	6.52	7.45
1982	6.54	7.35
1983	6.56	7.22
1984	6.59	7.08
1985	6.61	6.96
1986	6.63	6.84
1987	6.65	6.69
1988	6.66	6.52
1989	6.65	6.33
1990	6.65	6.14
1991	6.65	5.94
1992	6.64	5.74
1993	6.64	5.57
1994	6.64	5.44
1995	6.68	5.37
1996	6.67	5.31
1997	6.69	5.27
1998	6.7	5.24
1999	6.69	5.18
2000	6.7	5.14
2001	6.66	5.09
2002	6.61	5.03
2003	6.55	4.94
2004	6.53	4.86
2005	6.53	4.8
2006	6.55	4.75
2007	6.56	4.72
2008	6.58	4.66
2009	6.59	4.57
2010	6.59	4.45
2011	6.58	4.28
2012	6.56	4.12
2013	6.53	3.96
2014	6.48	3.84
2015	6.44	3.77
2016	6.39	3.69
2017	6.35	3.61
2018	6.3	3.54
2019	6.25	3.43
2020	6.21	3.36
2021	6.16	3.31
2022	6.11	3.26
2023	6.05	3.21

DR Congo and Kenya demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Kenya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Kenya
1960	18.4	15.7
1961	18.4	15.5
1962	18.4	15.3
1963	18.5	15.2
1964	18.5	15.1
1965	18.5	14.9
1966	18.5	14.8
1967	18.5	14.6
1968	18.5	14.5
1969	18.5	14.5
1970	18.4	14.4
1971	18.3	14.4
1972	18.2	14.3
1973	18.1	14.3
1974	18	14.3
1975	17.9	14.3
1976	17.8	14.3
1977	17.8	14.3
1978	17.8	14.3
1979	17.9	14.4
1980	17.9	14.5
1981	17.9	14.5
1982	17.8	14.6
1983	17.9	14.7
1984	17.9	14.8
1985	17.9	14.9
1986	17.9	15
1987	17.9	15
1988	17.8	15.1
1989	17.8	15.2
1990	17.8	15.3
1991	17.8	15.5
1992	17.8	15.6
1993	17.8	15.7
1994	18	15.9
1995	18.1	16
1996	17.7	16.1
1997	17.4	16.2
1998	17.2	16.4
1999	17.2	16.5
2000	17.2	16.7
2001	17.1	16.8
2002	17.1	17
2003	17.1	17.1
2004	17	17.3
2005	17	17.4
2006	17	17.5
2007	17	17.6
2008	16.9	17.7
2009	16.9	17.8
2010	16.9	17.9
2011	16.9	18.1
2012	16.9	18.2
2013	16.9	18.4
2014	16.9	18.5
2015	16.9	18.7
2016	16.9	18.9
2017	17	19.1
2018	17	19.3
2019	16.9	19.6
2020	16.9	19.8
2021	16.9	20
2022	16.9	20.3
2023	16.9	20.6
2024	16.9	20.8

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