DR Congo vs Laos statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 7.77M in Laos (ranked 103/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 89,112 sq mi for Laos (ranked 11th vs. 79th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124).

DR Congo and Laos: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Laos economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Laos

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Laos
1960	$3,359,404,118	-
1961	$3,086,746,857	-
1962	$3,779,841,429	-
1963	$6,213,185,743	-
1964	$2,881,545,273	-
1965	$4,043,901,818	-
1966	$4,532,660,182	-
1967	$3,384,063,372	-
1968	$3,909,780,539	-
1969	$5,032,434,970	-
1970	$4,877,684,910	-
1971	$5,594,770,359	-
1972	$6,173,712,814	-
1973	$7,870,239,461	-
1974	$9,596,960,180	-
1975	$10,237,343,174	-
1976	$9,648,583,225	-
1977	$12,344,424,764	-
1978	$15,372,608,002	-
1979	$15,068,422,236	-
1980	$14,394,927,495	-
1981	$12,537,821,038	-
1982	$13,651,667,371	-
1983	$11,006,712,650	-
1984	$7,857,729,193	$1,757,142,856
1985	$7,195,042,616	$2,366,666,616
1986	$8,095,367,168	$1,776,842,097
1987	$7,661,625,473	$1,087,273,104
1988	$8,861,299,977	$598,961,269
1989	$9,021,862,775	$714,046,821
1990	$9,349,764,580	$865,559,879
1991	$9,625,436,873	$1,028,087,972
1992	$8,227,343,907	$1,127,806,945
1993	$10,706,259,937	$1,327,748,690
1994	$5,820,382,248	$1,543,606,345
1995	$5,643,439,376	$1,763,536,305
1996	$5,771,456,952	$1,873,671,550
1997	$6,090,838,693	$1,747,011,857
1998	$6,217,805,821	$1,280,177,839
1999	$4,711,259,427	$1,454,430,642
2000	$19,088,046,306	$1,731,198,022
2001	$7,438,189,100	$1,768,619,058
2002	$8,728,038,525	$1,758,176,653
2003	$8,937,567,060	$2,023,324,407
2004	$10,297,483,481	$2,366,398,120
2005	$11,964,484,466	$2,735,558,735
2006	$14,451,901,696	$3,455,030,061
2007	$16,737,071,816	$4,223,152,739
2008	$19,788,515,590	$5,446,433,157
2009	$18,648,372,553	$5,836,137,330
2010	$21,565,721,045	$7,131,771,015
2011	$25,839,749,199	$8,750,104,617
2012	$29,306,235,285	$10,192,846,339
2013	$32,679,745,048	$11,983,252,627
2014	$35,909,040,926	$13,279,245,886
2015	$37,917,706,497	$14,426,380,126
2016	$37,134,801,555	$15,912,501,723
2017	$38,019,264,795	$17,071,155,481
2018	$47,568,210,010	$18,141,641,090
2019	$51,775,829,877	$18,740,561,513
2020	$48,716,961,860	$18,981,805,250
2021	$55,328,482,784	$18,827,148,531
2022	$65,801,547,756	$15,468,785,204
2023	$67,006,756,666	$15,843,155,731
2024	$70,749,355,652	$16,502,933,121

DR Congo and Laos economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Laos

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Laos
1960	$220.1	-
1961	$197.1	-
1962	$235.1	-
1963	$376	-
1964	$169.9	-
1965	$232	-
1966	$252.8	-
1967	$183.3	-
1968	$205.6	-
1969	$257.1	-
1970	$242.2	-
1971	$270.3	-
1972	$290.5	-
1973	$361	-
1974	$428	-
1975	$445	-
1976	$408	-
1977	$509	-
1978	$615	-
1979	$582	-
1980	$539	-
1981	$456	-
1982	$482	-
1983	$376	-
1984	$259.8	$483
1985	$230.1	$633
1986	$250.9	$462
1987	$230.1	$274.7
1988	$257.7	$147.1
1989	$254.2	$170.4
1990	$254.9	$200.7
1991	$253.8	$231.8
1992	$209.7	$247.3
1993	$263.3	$283.4
1994	$136.5	$321
1995	$127	$358
1996	$127.4	$371
1997	$132.3	$339
1998	$131.5	$243.9
1999	$96.3	$272.3
2000	$378	$319
2001	$142.7	$320
2002	$162.4	$313
2003	$161.5	$355
2004	$180.7	$409
2005	$203.6	$466
2006	$238.4	$579
2007	$267.9	$697
2008	$307	$886
2009	$280.8	$935
2010	$315	$1,126
2011	$365	$1,362
2012	$400	$1,564
2013	$431	$1,813
2014	$458	$1,981
2015	$468	$2,121
2016	$442	$2,303
2017	$437	$2,432
2018	$528	$2,545
2019	$557	$2,589
2020	$508	$2,584
2021	$558	$2,526
2022	$643	$2,046
2023	$633	$2,067
2024	$647	$2,124

DR Congo vs. Laos life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Laos

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Laos
1950	38.2	38.9
1951	38.5	39.2
1952	38.9	39.4
1953	39.1	39.7
1954	39.4	40
1955	39.7	40.3
1956	39.9	40.6
1957	40.2	40.9
1958	40.5	41.2
1959	40.6	40.7
1960	40.8	41
1961	40.2	41.3
1962	40.4	42.3
1963	40.6	41.5
1964	40.1	41.9
1965	40.8	42.2
1966	42.2	42.3
1967	42.3	42.9
1968	42.7	43.2
1969	43	43.5
1970	43.3	43.8
1971	43.6	44.1
1972	43.9	44.4
1973	44.1	44.7
1974	44.3	45.9
1975	44.5	46.1
1976	44.7	46
1977	44.9	46.4
1978	44.6	46.8
1979	45.3	47.5
1980	45.5	48.6
1981	45.7	49.2
1982	45.9	49.9
1983	46.2	50.5
1984	46.5	51
1985	46.7	51.6
1986	47	52.1
1987	47.4	52.6
1988	47.8	53.1
1989	48.1	53.6
1990	48.5	54
1991	48.9	54.7
1992	49.3	55.1
1993	49.6	55.6
1994	49.9	55.8
1995	50.4	56.3
1996	49.4	56.8
1997	50.5	57.3
1998	49.7	57.5
1999	50.1	57.9
2000	51.9	58.3
2001	52.2	58.9
2002	52.4	59.3
2003	53	59.6
2004	53.5	60.1
2005	54	60.7
2006	54.5	61.1
2007	55	61.7
2008	55.4	62.2
2009	55.8	63
2010	56.4	63.7
2011	56.9	64.5
2012	57.4	65.1
2013	57.8	65.7
2014	58.2	66.3
2015	58.7	66.7
2016	59.1	67
2017	59.5	67.3
2018	59.9	67.6
2019	60.2	67.9
2020	60.4	68.3
2021	60	67.8
2022	61	68.7
2023	61.9	69
2024	62.1	69.2
2025	62.2	69.5

DR Congo and Laos population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Laos

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Laos
1960	15,264,846	2,121,514
1961	15,662,374	2,169,796
1962	16,075,724	2,219,910
1963	16,507,599	2,271,061
1964	16,955,327	2,322,826
1965	17,427,802	2,376,200
1966	17,931,929	2,431,084
1967	18,462,782	2,487,715
1968	19,012,189	2,546,377
1969	19,570,445	2,606,959
1970	20,137,436	2,669,702
1971	20,695,569	2,734,628
1972	21,251,160	2,801,660
1973	21,827,665	2,870,573
1974	22,418,878	2,939,761
1975	23,021,101	3,005,521
1976	23,624,031	3,064,876
1977	24,229,061	3,118,923
1978	24,992,689	3,171,740
1979	25,886,782	3,228,202
1980	26,711,099	3,292,573
1981	27,500,515	3,366,631
1982	28,338,190	3,450,026
1983	29,250,963	3,541,001
1984	30,245,081	3,637,843
1985	31,264,816	3,739,985
1986	32,265,196	3,846,715
1987	33,298,904	3,957,612
1988	34,382,752	4,072,601
1989	35,486,866	4,190,974
1990	36,684,063	4,311,955
1991	37,925,817	4,435,118
1992	39,228,910	4,559,646
1993	40,656,336	4,685,060
1994	42,626,876	4,809,220
1995	44,433,704	4,929,409
1996	45,296,124	5,045,678
1997	46,029,902	5,152,011
1998	47,297,600	5,248,266
1999	48,912,971	5,340,784
2000	50,507,442	5,431,212
2001	52,132,646	5,521,482
2002	53,750,524	5,610,889
2003	55,343,867	5,697,945
2004	56,997,741	5,781,626
2005	58,775,724	5,869,523
2006	60,615,908	5,963,200
2007	62,477,752	6,056,236
2008	64,390,664	6,148,969
2009	66,412,044	6,241,642
2010	68,563,038	6,334,194
2011	70,849,311	6,426,590
2012	73,254,618	6,518,978
2013	75,789,395	6,611,385
2014	78,403,242	6,703,172
2015	81,035,531	6,801,645
2016	83,956,415	6,908,802
2017	87,083,398	7,018,147
2018	90,047,644	7,128,045
2019	92,947,442	7,237,636
2020	95,989,998	7,346,533
2021	99,148,932	7,453,194
2022	102,396,968	7,559,007
2023	105,789,731	7,664,993
2024	109,276,265	7,769,819

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Laos

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Laos

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Laos
1960	6.11	6.29
1961	6.12	6.31
1962	6.14	6.31
1963	6.16	6.32
1964	6.19	6.31
1965	6.21	6.32
1966	6.24	6.31
1967	6.27	6.31
1968	6.29	6.3
1969	6.3	6.3
1970	6.33	6.31
1971	6.34	6.3
1972	6.37	6.28
1973	6.39	6.28
1974	6.4	6.29
1975	6.42	6.29
1976	6.44	6.29
1977	6.45	6.29
1978	6.46	6.3
1979	6.48	6.31
1980	6.5	6.33
1981	6.52	6.35
1982	6.54	6.37
1983	6.56	6.38
1984	6.59	6.37
1985	6.61	6.33
1986	6.63	6.26
1987	6.65	6.21
1988	6.66	6.16
1989	6.65	6.1
1990	6.65	6.06
1991	6.65	5.99
1992	6.64	5.9
1993	6.64	5.8
1994	6.64	5.6
1995	6.68	5.36
1996	6.67	5.15
1997	6.69	4.96
1998	6.7	4.79
1999	6.69	4.64
2000	6.7	4.43
2001	6.66	4.29
2002	6.61	4.13
2003	6.55	4.02
2004	6.53	3.9
2005	6.53	3.69
2006	6.55	3.56
2007	6.56	3.44
2008	6.58	3.33
2009	6.59	3.23
2010	6.59	3.14
2011	6.58	3.05
2012	6.56	2.95
2013	6.53	2.87
2014	6.48	2.8
2015	6.44	2.8
2016	6.39	2.74
2017	6.35	2.69
2018	6.3	2.63
2019	6.25	2.59
2020	6.21	2.54
2021	6.16	2.49
2022	6.11	2.46
2023	6.05	2.42

DR Congo and Laos demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Laos

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Laos
1960	18.4	19.2
1961	18.4	19.2
1962	18.4	19.1
1963	18.5	19
1964	18.5	19
1965	18.5	18.9
1966	18.5	18.9
1967	18.5	18.9
1968	18.5	18.8
1969	18.5	18.8
1970	18.4	18.7
1971	18.3	18.7
1972	18.2	18.7
1973	18.1	18.7
1974	18	18.6
1975	17.9	18.5
1976	17.8	18.4
1977	17.8	18.3
1978	17.8	18.1
1979	17.9	18
1980	17.9	17.9
1981	17.9	17.9
1982	17.8	17.8
1983	17.9	17.8
1984	17.9	17.8
1985	17.9	17.8
1986	17.9	17.8
1987	17.9	17.8
1988	17.8	17.9
1989	17.8	17.9
1990	17.8	17.9
1991	17.8	17.9
1992	17.8	17.9
1993	17.8	17.9
1994	18	17.9
1995	18.1	17.9
1996	17.7	17.9
1997	17.4	18
1998	17.2	18
1999	17.2	18
2000	17.2	18.1
2001	17.1	18.2
2002	17.1	18.4
2003	17.1	18.5
2004	17	18.7
2005	17	18.9
2006	17	19.2
2007	17	19.6
2008	16.9	20
2009	16.9	20.5
2010	16.9	21
2011	16.9	21.4
2012	16.9	21.9
2013	16.9	22.3
2014	16.9	22.7
2015	16.9	23
2016	16.9	23.3
2017	17	23.6
2018	17	23.8
2019	16.9	24.1
2020	16.9	24.4
2021	16.9	24.7
2022	16.9	25
2023	16.9	25.3
2024	16.9	25.6

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