DR Congo vs Lesotho statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 11th vs. 137th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

DR Congo and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Lesotho
1960	$3,359,404,118	$34,579,986
1961	$3,086,746,857	$35,699,986
1962	$3,779,841,429	$41,859,983
1963	$6,213,185,743	$47,039,981
1964	$2,881,545,273	$51,939,979
1965	$4,043,901,818	$54,879,978
1966	$4,532,660,182	$56,699,977
1967	$3,384,063,372	$59,261,976
1968	$3,909,780,539	$61,445,975
1969	$5,032,434,970	$65,967,974
1970	$4,877,684,910	$68,739,973
1971	$5,594,770,359	$76,480,285
1972	$6,173,712,814	$80,913,200
1973	$7,870,239,461	$121,188,716
1974	$9,596,960,180	$150,851,317
1975	$10,237,343,174	$149,558,896
1976	$9,648,583,225	$147,660,037
1977	$12,344,424,764	$193,315,048
1978	$15,372,608,002	$266,570,067
1979	$15,068,422,236	$290,134,593
1980	$14,394,927,495	$431,542,537
1981	$12,537,821,038	$434,188,034
1982	$13,651,667,371	$348,741,684
1983	$11,006,712,650	$386,699,309
1984	$7,857,729,193	$333,163,670
1985	$7,195,042,616	$268,629,926
1986	$8,095,367,168	$318,858,423
1987	$7,661,625,473	$402,768,324
1988	$8,861,299,977	$470,395,801
1989	$9,021,862,775	$495,409,233
1990	$9,349,764,580	$596,410,264
1991	$9,625,436,873	$704,325,367
1992	$8,227,343,907	$831,029,862
1993	$10,706,259,937	$835,582,062
1994	$5,820,382,248	$878,250,945
1995	$5,643,439,376	$1,001,894,000
1996	$5,771,456,952	$946,112,493
1997	$6,090,838,693	$998,004,259
1998	$6,217,805,821	$928,460,893
1999	$4,711,259,427	$912,773,681
2000	$19,088,046,306	$887,291,688
2001	$7,438,189,100	$825,706,961
2002	$8,728,038,525	$775,777,239
2003	$8,937,567,060	$1,157,825,435
2004	$10,297,483,481	$1,511,236,656
2005	$11,964,484,466	$1,682,343,527
2006	$14,451,901,696	$1,800,092,564
2007	$16,737,071,816	$1,682,131,785
2008	$19,788,515,590	$1,766,902,709
2009	$18,648,372,553	$1,740,894,965
2010	$21,565,721,045	$2,234,754,242
2011	$25,839,749,199	$2,579,409,620
2012	$29,306,235,285	$2,477,702,216
2013	$32,679,745,048	$2,367,112,932
2014	$35,909,040,926	$2,441,063,054
2015	$37,917,706,497	$2,359,686,725
2016	$37,134,801,555	$2,114,426,452
2017	$38,019,264,795	$2,306,741,672
2018	$47,568,210,010	$2,556,247,292
2019	$51,775,829,877	$2,390,702,296
2020	$48,716,961,860	$2,053,699,870
2021	$55,328,482,784	$2,412,130,022
2022	$65,801,547,756	$2,354,980,884
2023	$67,006,756,666	$2,117,962,430
2024	$70,749,355,652	$2,271,541,846

DR Congo and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Lesotho
1960	$220.1	$47
1961	$197.1	$47
1962	$235.1	$53.5
1963	$376	$58.4
1964	$169.9	$62.6
1965	$232	$64.3
1966	$252.8	$64.3
1967	$183.3	$64.8
1968	$205.6	$64.8
1969	$257.1	$67.1
1970	$242.2	$67.4
1971	$270.3	$72.4
1972	$290.5	$74
1973	$361	$107
1974	$428	$128.7
1975	$445	$123.2
1976	$408	$117.8
1977	$509	$149.9
1978	$615	$200.8
1979	$582	$212.4
1980	$539	$307
1981	$456	$299.8
1982	$482	$233.9
1983	$376	$252
1984	$259.8	$211
1985	$230.1	$165.4
1986	$250.9	$191.4
1987	$230.1	$236.5
1988	$257.7	$270.4
1989	$254.2	$279
1990	$254.9	$330
1991	$253.8	$382
1992	$209.7	$444
1993	$263.3	$439
1994	$136.5	$456
1995	$127	$513
1996	$127.4	$480
1997	$132.3	$502
1998	$131.5	$465
1999	$96.3	$456
2000	$378	$443
2001	$142.7	$413
2002	$162.4	$389
2003	$161.5	$583
2004	$180.7	$767
2005	$203.6	$861
2006	$238.4	$925
2007	$267.9	$861
2008	$307	$898
2009	$280.8	$879
2010	$315	$1,119
2011	$365	$1,281
2012	$400	$1,218
2013	$431	$1,151
2014	$458	$1,174
2015	$468	$1,121
2016	$442	$992
2017	$437	$1,069
2018	$528	$1,171
2019	$557	$1,082
2020	$508	$919
2021	$558	$1,067
2022	$643	$1,030
2023	$633	$916
2024	$647	$972

DR Congo vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Lesotho
1950	38.2	44.6
1951	38.5	45.2
1952	38.9	45.9
1953	39.1	46.6
1954	39.4	47.3
1955	39.7	48
1956	39.9	48.6
1957	40.2	49.2
1958	40.5	49.6
1959	40.6	49.9
1960	40.8	50.2
1961	40.2	50.3
1962	40.4	50.3
1963	40.6	50.3
1964	40.1	50.3
1965	40.8	50.3
1966	42.2	50.4
1967	42.3	50.5
1968	42.7	50.8
1969	43	51.1
1970	43.3	51.5
1971	43.6	51.8
1972	43.9	52.3
1973	44.1	52.6
1974	44.3	52.9
1975	44.5	53.5
1976	44.7	53.9
1977	44.9	54.5
1978	44.6	55.2
1979	45.3	55.8
1980	45.5	56.5
1981	45.7	57.3
1982	45.9	58
1983	46.2	58.5
1984	46.5	59
1985	46.7	59.2
1986	47	59.3
1987	47.4	59.6
1988	47.8	59.6
1989	48.1	59.5
1990	48.5	59.3
1991	48.9	59.1
1992	49.3	58.6
1993	49.6	58.1
1994	49.9	57.3
1995	50.4	56.4
1996	49.4	55.1
1997	50.5	53.7
1998	49.7	52
1999	50.1	50.4
2000	51.9	48.8
2001	52.2	47.2
2002	52.4	46
2003	53	44.9
2004	53.5	44
2005	54	43.6
2006	54.5	43.2
2007	55	43.7
2008	55.4	44.3
2009	55.8	45.1
2010	56.4	46
2011	56.9	46.9
2012	57.4	48.2
2013	57.8	49.5
2014	58.2	50.8
2015	58.7	51.8
2016	59.1	52.9
2017	59.5	53.9
2018	59.9	54.6
2019	60.2	55.2
2020	60.4	55.1
2021	60	54.2
2022	61	56.8
2023	61.9	57.4
2024	62.1	57.8
2025	62.2	58.2

DR Congo and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Lesotho
1960	15,264,846	736,500
1961	15,662,374	758,824
1962	16,075,724	781,814
1963	16,507,599	805,373
1964	16,955,327	829,437
1965	17,427,802	854,090
1966	17,931,929	881,870
1967	18,462,782	913,982
1968	19,012,189	948,105
1969	19,570,445	983,202
1970	20,137,436	1,019,273
1971	20,695,569	1,056,246
1972	21,251,160	1,094,063
1973	21,827,665	1,132,697
1974	22,418,878	1,172,420
1975	23,021,101	1,213,643
1976	23,624,031	1,253,214
1977	24,229,061	1,289,967
1978	24,992,689	1,327,240
1979	25,886,782	1,366,169
1980	26,711,099	1,406,521
1981	27,500,515	1,448,069
1982	28,338,190	1,490,732
1983	29,250,963	1,534,413
1984	30,245,081	1,578,986
1985	31,264,816	1,624,379
1986	32,265,196	1,666,138
1987	33,298,904	1,703,390
1988	34,382,752	1,739,841
1989	35,486,866	1,775,436
1990	36,684,063	1,809,696
1991	37,925,817	1,842,379
1992	39,228,910	1,873,274
1993	40,656,336	1,901,793
1994	42,626,876	1,927,707
1995	44,433,704	1,951,437
1996	45,296,124	1,972,418
1997	46,029,902	1,988,130
1998	47,297,600	1,998,049
1999	48,912,971	2,003,234
2000	50,507,442	2,003,913
2001	52,132,646	2,000,853
2002	53,750,524	1,994,679
2003	55,343,867	1,985,059
2004	56,997,741	1,971,129
2005	58,775,724	1,953,076
2006	60,615,908	1,945,063
2007	62,477,752	1,953,268
2008	64,390,664	1,966,541
2009	66,412,044	1,980,883
2010	68,563,038	1,996,251
2011	70,849,311	2,014,009
2012	73,254,618	2,034,354
2013	75,789,395	2,056,504
2014	78,403,242	2,080,089
2015	81,035,531	2,104,611
2016	83,956,415	2,130,422
2017	87,083,398	2,157,110
2018	90,047,644	2,183,603
2019	92,947,442	2,209,405
2020	95,989,998	2,235,727
2021	99,148,932	2,261,542
2022	102,396,968	2,286,110
2023	105,789,731	2,311,472
2024	109,276,265	2,337,423

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Lesotho

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Lesotho
1960	6.11	5.78
1961	6.12	5.79
1962	6.14	5.79
1963	6.16	5.78
1964	6.19	5.77
1965	6.21	5.77
1966	6.24	5.76
1967	6.27	5.75
1968	6.29	5.73
1969	6.3	5.7
1970	6.33	5.7
1971	6.34	5.7
1972	6.37	5.69
1973	6.39	5.69
1974	6.4	5.75
1975	6.42	5.83
1976	6.44	5.87
1977	6.45	5.85
1978	6.46	5.82
1979	6.48	5.79
1980	6.5	5.75
1981	6.52	5.69
1982	6.54	5.63
1983	6.56	5.56
1984	6.59	5.48
1985	6.61	5.4
1986	6.63	5.32
1987	6.65	5.22
1988	6.66	5.1
1989	6.65	4.96
1990	6.65	4.81
1991	6.65	4.68
1992	6.64	4.54
1993	6.64	4.37
1994	6.64	4.21
1995	6.68	4.13
1996	6.67	4.06
1997	6.69	3.98
1998	6.7	3.82
1999	6.69	3.67
2000	6.7	3.61
2001	6.66	3.63
2002	6.61	3.68
2003	6.55	3.62
2004	6.53	3.51
2005	6.53	3.43
2006	6.55	3.41
2007	6.56	3.44
2008	6.58	3.39
2009	6.59	3.31
2010	6.59	3.25
2011	6.58	3.34
2012	6.56	3.3
2013	6.53	3.28
2014	6.48	3.24
2015	6.44	3.22
2016	6.39	3.18
2017	6.35	3.11
2018	6.3	3.02
2019	6.25	2.92
2020	6.21	2.85
2021	6.16	2.77
2022	6.11	2.72
2023	6.05	2.69

DR Congo and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Lesotho
1960	18.4	17.5
1961	18.4	17.4
1962	18.4	17.4
1963	18.5	17.4
1964	18.5	17.5
1965	18.5	17.5
1966	18.5	17.5
1967	18.5	17.6
1968	18.5	17.8
1969	18.5	18
1970	18.4	18.2
1971	18.3	18.3
1972	18.2	18.5
1973	18.1	18.6
1974	18	18.8
1975	17.9	18.9
1976	17.8	19
1977	17.8	19
1978	17.8	18.9
1979	17.9	18.8
1980	17.9	18.8
1981	17.9	18.7
1982	17.8	18.6
1983	17.9	18.6
1984	17.9	18.5
1985	17.9	18.4
1986	17.9	18.6
1987	17.9	18.7
1988	17.8	18.6
1989	17.8	18.5
1990	17.8	18.4
1991	17.8	18.4
1992	17.8	18.4
1993	17.8	18.4
1994	18	18.5
1995	18.1	18.6
1996	17.7	18.6
1997	17.4	18.8
1998	17.2	18.9
1999	17.2	19.1
2000	17.2	19.2
2001	17.1	19.4
2002	17.1	19.5
2003	17.1	19.7
2004	17	19.8
2005	17	19.9
2006	17	20
2007	17	20.2
2008	16.9	20.4
2009	16.9	20.6
2010	16.9	20.7
2011	16.9	20.9
2012	16.9	21
2013	16.9	21.1
2014	16.9	21.2
2015	16.9	21.3
2016	16.9	21.4
2017	17	21.6
2018	17	21.7
2019	16.9	21.8
2020	16.9	22
2021	16.9	22.1
2022	16.9	22.3
2023	16.9	22.5
2024	16.9	22.7

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