DR Congo vs Malaysia statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 11th vs. 65th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

DR Congo and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Malaysia
1960	$3,359,404,118	$1,916,229,477
1961	$3,086,746,857	$1,901,856,123
1962	$3,779,841,429	$2,001,489,602
1963	$6,213,185,743	$2,510,110,348
1964	$2,881,545,273	$2,674,423,922
1965	$4,043,901,818	$2,956,337,669
1966	$4,532,660,182	$3,143,517,944
1967	$3,384,063,372	$3,188,924,677
1968	$3,909,780,539	$3,330,371,551
1969	$5,032,434,970	$3,664,552,041
1970	$4,877,684,910	$3,864,145,667
1971	$5,594,770,359	$4,244,395,956
1972	$6,173,712,814	$5,043,347,250
1973	$7,870,239,461	$7,662,902,678
1974	$9,596,960,180	$9,496,204,302
1975	$10,237,343,174	$9,298,800,799
1976	$9,648,583,225	$11,050,234,599
1977	$12,344,424,764	$13,139,488,633
1978	$15,372,608,002	$16,358,079,862
1979	$15,068,422,236	$21,213,264,962
1980	$14,394,927,495	$24,488,224,677
1981	$12,537,821,038	$25,004,285,792
1982	$13,651,667,371	$26,804,493,635
1983	$11,006,712,650	$30,347,442,111
1984	$7,857,729,193	$33,942,897,422
1985	$7,195,042,616	$31,199,633,353
1986	$8,095,367,168	$27,734,111,400
1987	$7,661,625,473	$32,181,210,158
1988	$8,861,299,977	$35,272,109,220
1989	$9,021,862,775	$38,847,965,293
1990	$9,349,764,580	$44,024,585,240
1991	$9,625,436,873	$49,143,148,094
1992	$8,227,343,907	$59,167,550,163
1993	$10,706,259,937	$66,894,966,969
1994	$5,820,382,248	$74,478,356,958
1995	$5,643,439,376	$88,705,342,903
1996	$5,771,456,952	$100,855,393,910
1997	$6,090,838,693	$100,005,323,302
1998	$6,217,805,821	$72,167,498,981
1999	$4,711,259,427	$79,148,421,053
2000	$19,088,046,306	$93,789,736,842
2001	$7,438,189,100	$92,783,947,368
2002	$8,728,038,525	$100,845,526,316
2003	$8,937,567,060	$110,202,368,421
2004	$10,297,483,481	$124,749,473,684
2005	$11,964,484,466	$143,534,405,819
2006	$14,451,901,696	$162,692,258,307
2007	$16,737,071,816	$193,549,569,478
2008	$19,788,515,590	$230,811,614,370
2009	$18,648,372,553	$202,257,453,037
2010	$21,565,721,045	$255,017,638,456
2011	$25,839,749,199	$297,951,668,675
2012	$29,306,235,285	$314,443,047,642
2013	$32,679,745,048	$323,276,235,524
2014	$35,909,040,926	$338,066,095,097
2015	$37,917,706,497	$301,355,266,965
2016	$37,134,801,555	$301,256,033,870
2017	$38,019,264,795	$319,109,094,160
2018	$47,568,210,010	$358,788,845,713
2019	$51,775,829,877	$365,177,721,022
2020	$48,716,961,860	$337,456,163,961
2021	$55,328,482,784	$373,784,823,673
2022	$65,801,547,756	$407,605,841,348
2023	$67,006,756,666	$399,705,137,434
2024	$70,749,355,652	$421,972,102,254

DR Congo and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Malaysia
1960	$220.1	$240.8
1961	$197.1	$232.9
1962	$235.1	$238.8
1963	$376	$291.8
1964	$169.9	$303
1965	$232	$326
1966	$252.8	$339
1967	$183.3	$335
1968	$205.6	$342
1969	$257.1	$368
1970	$242.2	$380
1971	$270.3	$407
1972	$290.5	$472
1973	$361	$701
1974	$428	$848
1975	$445	$811
1976	$408	$940
1977	$509	$1,092
1978	$615	$1,327
1979	$582	$1,680
1980	$539	$1,886
1981	$456	$1,866
1982	$482	$1,938
1983	$376	$2,124
1984	$259.8	$2,300
1985	$230.1	$2,046
1986	$250.9	$1,760
1987	$230.1	$1,977
1988	$257.7	$2,100
1989	$254.2	$2,244
1990	$254.9	$2,469
1991	$253.8	$2,679
1992	$209.7	$3,141
1993	$263.3	$3,462
1994	$136.5	$3,758
1995	$127	$4,363
1996	$127.4	$4,837
1997	$132.3	$4,679
1998	$131.5	$3,294
1999	$96.3	$3,528
2000	$378	$4,084
2001	$142.7	$3,944
2002	$162.4	$4,184
2003	$161.5	$4,465
2004	$180.7	$4,939
2005	$203.6	$5,556
2006	$238.4	$6,158
2007	$267.9	$7,169
2008	$307	$8,372
2009	$280.8	$7,191
2010	$315	$8,899
2011	$365	$10,217
2012	$400	$10,601
2013	$431	$10,714
2014	$458	$11,013
2015	$468	$9,649
2016	$442	$9,477
2017	$437	$9,863
2018	$528	$10,902
2019	$557	$10,920
2020	$508	$9,958
2021	$558	$10,903
2022	$643	$11,748
2023	$633	$11,379
2024	$647	$11,867

DR Congo vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Malaysia
1950	38.2	48.5
1951	38.5	49.2
1952	38.9	50.1
1953	39.1	51.1
1954	39.4	52
1955	39.7	52.8
1956	39.9	53.7
1957	40.2	54.5
1958	40.5	55.4
1959	40.6	56.3
1960	40.8	57.2
1961	40.2	58
1962	40.4	58.9
1963	40.6	59.7
1964	40.1	60.4
1965	40.8	61.1
1966	42.2	61.7
1967	42.3	62
1968	42.7	62.4
1969	43	62.9
1970	43.3	63.3
1971	43.6	63.8
1972	43.9	64.2
1973	44.1	64.7
1974	44.3	65.2
1975	44.5	65.7
1976	44.7	66.2
1977	44.9	66.7
1978	44.6	67.2
1979	45.3	67.6
1980	45.5	68.1
1981	45.7	68.5
1982	45.9	68.9
1983	46.2	69.2
1984	46.5	69.6
1985	46.7	69.9
1986	47	70.1
1987	47.4	70.4
1988	47.8	70.6
1989	48.1	70.8
1990	48.5	71
1991	48.9	71.2
1992	49.3	71.5
1993	49.6	71.7
1994	49.9	71.9
1995	50.4	72
1996	49.4	72.1
1997	50.5	72.3
1998	49.7	72.4
1999	50.1	72.4
2000	51.9	72.7
2001	52.2	73.1
2002	52.4	73.5
2003	53	73.7
2004	53.5	74
2005	54	74.4
2006	54.5	74.7
2007	55	75
2008	55.4	75.2
2009	55.8	75.3
2010	56.4	75.4
2011	56.9	75.5
2012	57.4	75.6
2013	57.8	75.5
2014	58.2	75.3
2015	58.7	75.3
2016	59.1	75.4
2017	59.5	75.5
2018	59.9	75.7
2019	60.2	75.9
2020	60.4	76.1
2021	60	73.9
2022	61	75.4
2023	61.9	76.7
2024	62.1	76.8
2025	62.2	77

DR Congo and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Malaysia
1960	15,264,846	7,956,197
1961	15,662,374	8,164,443
1962	16,075,724	8,380,172
1963	16,507,599	8,602,160
1964	16,955,327	8,828,406
1965	17,427,802	9,056,408
1966	17,931,929	9,284,688
1967	18,462,782	9,507,099
1968	19,012,189	9,725,281
1969	19,570,445	9,947,597
1970	20,137,436	10,178,802
1971	20,695,569	10,423,453
1972	21,251,160	10,676,835
1973	21,827,665	10,935,621
1974	22,418,878	11,200,906
1975	23,021,101	11,471,914
1976	23,624,031	11,750,097
1977	24,229,061	12,035,713
1978	24,992,689	12,328,157
1979	25,886,782	12,627,862
1980	26,711,099	12,983,363
1981	27,500,515	13,399,203
1982	28,338,190	13,832,798
1983	29,250,963	14,285,907
1984	30,245,081	14,759,009
1985	31,264,816	15,252,258
1986	32,265,196	15,760,419
1987	33,298,904	16,276,737
1988	34,382,752	16,796,605
1989	35,486,866	17,314,997
1990	36,684,063	17,833,171
1991	37,925,817	18,342,464
1992	39,228,910	18,834,572
1993	40,656,336	19,322,664
1994	42,626,876	19,820,446
1995	44,433,704	20,330,599
1996	45,296,124	20,850,087
1997	46,029,902	21,375,218
1998	47,297,600	21,906,713
1999	48,912,971	22,435,531
2000	50,507,442	22,967,816
2001	52,132,646	23,526,538
2002	53,750,524	24,102,477
2003	55,343,867	24,679,602
2004	56,997,741	25,256,772
2005	58,775,724	25,836,071
2006	60,615,908	26,417,909
2007	62,477,752	26,998,389
2008	64,390,664	27,570,059
2009	66,412,044	28,124,778
2010	68,563,038	28,655,776
2011	70,849,311	29,162,039
2012	73,254,618	29,662,831
2013	75,789,395	30,174,265
2014	78,403,242	30,696,137
2015	81,035,531	31,232,798
2016	83,956,415	31,789,685
2017	87,083,398	32,355,644
2018	90,047,644	32,910,967
2019	92,947,442	33,440,596
2020	95,989,998	33,889,558
2021	99,148,932	34,282,399
2022	102,396,968	34,695,493
2023	105,789,731	35,126,298
2024	109,276,265	35,557,673

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Malaysia

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Malaysia
1960	6.11	6.41
1961	6.12	6.37
1962	6.14	6.3
1963	6.16	6.19
1964	6.19	6.03
1965	6.21	5.84
1966	6.24	5.64
1967	6.27	5.43
1968	6.29	5.29
1969	6.3	5.16
1970	6.33	5.04
1971	6.34	4.92
1972	6.37	4.82
1973	6.39	4.73
1974	6.4	4.62
1975	6.42	4.5
1976	6.44	4.4
1977	6.45	4.28
1978	6.46	4.18
1979	6.48	4.09
1980	6.5	4.04
1981	6.52	4
1982	6.54	3.97
1983	6.56	3.93
1984	6.59	3.89
1985	6.61	3.8
1986	6.63	3.7
1987	6.65	3.57
1988	6.66	3.5
1989	6.65	3.31
1990	6.65	3.3
1991	6.65	3.34
1992	6.64	3.37
1993	6.64	3.36
1994	6.64	3.35
1995	6.68	3.32
1996	6.67	3.3
1997	6.69	3.23
1998	6.7	3.12
1999	6.69	3.07
2000	6.7	2.94
2001	6.66	2.81
2002	6.61	2.66
2003	6.55	2.6
2004	6.53	2.49
2005	6.53	2.39
2006	6.55	2.31
2007	6.56	2.25
2008	6.58	2.26
2009	6.59	2.22
2010	6.59	2.14
2011	6.58	2.15
2012	6.56	2.12
2013	6.53	2.07
2014	6.48	2.06
2015	6.44	2.01
2016	6.39	1.94
2017	6.35	1.89
2018	6.3	1.84
2019	6.25	1.78
2020	6.21	1.68
2021	6.16	1.56
2022	6.11	1.55
2023	6.05	1.55

DR Congo and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Malaysia
1960	18.4	17.5
1961	18.4	17.3
1962	18.4	17.1
1963	18.5	17
1964	18.5	16.9
1965	18.5	16.8
1966	18.5	16.9
1967	18.5	17
1968	18.5	17.1
1969	18.5	17.3
1970	18.4	17.4
1971	18.3	17.6
1972	18.2	17.9
1973	18.1	18.1
1974	18	18.3
1975	17.9	18.6
1976	17.8	18.8
1977	17.8	19
1978	17.8	19.3
1979	17.9	19.5
1980	17.9	19.7
1981	17.9	19.9
1982	17.8	20.1
1983	17.9	20.4
1984	17.9	20.5
1985	17.9	20.7
1986	17.9	20.9
1987	17.9	21
1988	17.8	21.1
1989	17.8	21.3
1990	17.8	21.5
1991	17.8	21.7
1992	17.8	21.9
1993	17.8	22.1
1994	18	22.3
1995	18.1	22.5
1996	17.7	22.7
1997	17.4	22.9
1998	17.2	23.1
1999	17.2	23.4
2000	17.2	23.5
2001	17.1	23.6
2002	17.1	23.7
2003	17.1	23.9
2004	17	24
2005	17	24.2
2006	17	24.5
2007	17	24.8
2008	16.9	25.1
2009	16.9	25.6
2010	16.9	26
2011	16.9	26.4
2012	16.9	26.8
2013	16.9	27.1
2014	16.9	27.5
2015	16.9	27.8
2016	16.9	28.1
2017	17	28.5
2018	17	28.8
2019	16.9	29.2
2020	16.9	29.6
2021	16.9	30.1
2022	16.9	30.6
2023	16.9	31.1
2024	16.9	31.5

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