DR Congo vs Netherlands statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 11th vs. 134th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

DR Congo and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Netherlands
1960	$3,359,404,118	$13,282,979,015
1961	$3,086,746,857	$14,599,836,396
1962	$3,779,841,429	$15,847,582,341
1963	$6,213,185,743	$17,193,744,109
1964	$2,881,545,273	$20,232,048,553
1965	$4,043,901,818	$22,721,869,808
1966	$4,532,660,182	$24,741,480,717
1967	$3,384,063,372	$27,143,828,099
1968	$3,909,780,539	$30,097,635,751
1969	$5,032,434,970	$34,086,038,090
1970	$4,877,684,910	$38,220,884,519
1971	$5,594,770,359	$44,644,730,576
1972	$6,173,712,814	$54,787,070,173
1973	$7,870,239,461	$71,946,639,603
1974	$9,596,960,180	$87,371,810,804
1975	$10,237,343,174	$100,397,061,694
1976	$9,648,583,225	$109,329,386,564
1977	$12,344,424,764	$127,203,923,857
1978	$15,372,608,002	$156,089,077,205
1979	$15,068,422,236	$179,933,827,310
1980	$14,394,927,495	$195,439,301,707
1981	$12,537,821,038	$164,375,775,854
1982	$13,651,667,371	$158,712,765,536
1983	$11,006,712,650	$153,671,294,109
1984	$7,857,729,193	$144,124,462,912
1985	$7,195,042,616	$144,057,523,222
1986	$8,095,367,168	$201,157,708,221
1987	$7,661,625,473	$245,406,949,521
1988	$8,861,299,977	$262,295,966,105
1989	$9,021,862,775	$258,716,904,292
1990	$9,349,764,580	$318,799,003,994
1991	$9,625,436,873	$327,982,316,124
1992	$8,227,343,907	$363,497,050,125
1993	$10,706,259,937	$354,070,495,966
1994	$5,820,382,248	$379,688,232,232
1995	$5,643,439,376	$452,967,334,614
1996	$5,771,456,952	$451,372,549,020
1997	$6,090,838,693	$417,506,211,882
1998	$6,217,805,821	$438,612,530,549
1999	$4,711,259,427	$447,778,514,140
2000	$19,088,046,306	$417,649,282,154
2001	$7,438,189,100	$432,536,219,669
2002	$8,728,038,525	$475,529,972,123
2003	$8,937,567,060	$582,435,617,082
2004	$10,297,483,481	$661,224,886,143
2005	$11,964,484,466	$688,133,699,636
2006	$14,451,901,696	$737,593,995,289
2007	$16,737,071,816	$853,499,460,873
2008	$19,788,515,590	$957,901,566,041
2009	$18,648,372,553	$878,954,223,140
2010	$21,565,721,045	$852,464,982,433
2011	$25,839,749,199	$913,140,741,333
2012	$29,306,235,285	$845,689,017,066
2013	$32,679,745,048	$883,951,539,007
2014	$35,909,040,926	$901,556,501,756
2015	$37,917,706,497	$775,743,675,303
2016	$37,134,801,555	$797,163,949,290
2017	$38,019,264,795	$848,233,537,846
2018	$47,568,210,010	$929,733,599,797
2019	$51,775,829,877	$928,903,005,576
2020	$48,716,961,860	$932,560,861,701
2021	$55,328,482,784	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$65,801,547,756	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$67,006,756,666	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$70,749,355,652	$1,227,543,925,316

DR Congo and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Netherlands
1960	$220.1	$1,156
1961	$197.1	$1,254
1962	$235.1	$1,342
1963	$376	$1,437
1964	$169.9	$1,668
1965	$232	$1,848
1966	$252.8	$1,986
1967	$183.3	$2,155
1968	$205.6	$2,364
1969	$257.1	$2,647
1970	$242.2	$2,931
1971	$270.3	$3,384
1972	$290.5	$4,110
1973	$361	$5,353
1974	$428	$6,450
1975	$445	$7,346
1976	$408	$7,937
1977	$509	$9,180
1978	$615	$11,196
1979	$582	$12,817
1980	$539	$13,812
1981	$456	$11,537
1982	$482	$11,089
1983	$376	$10,696
1984	$259.8	$9,992
1985	$230.1	$9,941
1986	$250.9	$13,804
1987	$230.1	$16,734
1988	$257.7	$17,771
1989	$254.2	$17,423
1990	$254.9	$21,322
1991	$253.8	$21,764
1992	$209.7	$23,939
1993	$263.3	$23,156
1994	$136.5	$24,683
1995	$127	$29,301
1996	$127.4	$29,064
1997	$132.3	$26,745
1998	$131.5	$27,924
1999	$96.3	$28,319
2000	$378	$26,225
2001	$142.7	$26,956
2002	$162.4	$29,447
2003	$161.5	$35,897
2004	$180.7	$40,611
2005	$203.6	$42,165
2006	$238.4	$45,124
2007	$267.9	$52,101
2008	$307	$58,247
2009	$280.8	$53,172
2010	$315	$51,306
2011	$365	$54,702
2012	$400	$50,474
2013	$431	$52,602
2014	$458	$53,457
2015	$468	$45,794
2016	$442	$46,809
2017	$437	$49,514
2018	$528	$53,955
2019	$557	$53,555
2020	$508	$53,468
2021	$558	$60,142
2022	$643	$59,123
2023	$633	$64,572
2024	$647	$68,219

DR Congo vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Netherlands
1950	38.2	71.4
1951	38.5	71.5
1952	38.9	72.1
1953	39.1	71.7
1954	39.4	72.4
1955	39.7	72.5
1956	39.9	72.5
1957	40.2	73
1958	40.5	73.1
1959	40.6	73.2
1960	40.8	73.4
1961	40.2	73.6
1962	40.4	73.2
1963	40.6	73.4
1964	40.1	73.7
1965	40.8	73.6
1966	42.2	73.6
1967	42.3	73.8
1968	42.7	73.6
1969	43	73.6
1970	43.3	73.6
1971	43.6	73.9
1972	43.9	73.8
1973	44.1	74.2
1974	44.3	74.6
1975	44.5	74.6
1976	44.7	74.7
1977	44.9	75.3
1978	44.6	75.2
1979	45.3	75.6
1980	45.5	75.8
1981	45.7	76
1982	45.9	76.1
1983	46.2	76.3
1984	46.5	76.3
1985	46.7	76.4
1986	47	76.4
1987	47.4	76.8
1988	47.8	77
1989	48.1	76.8
1990	48.5	77
1991	48.9	77.2
1992	49.3	77.4
1993	49.6	77
1994	49.9	77.5
1995	50.4	77.6
1996	49.4	77.6
1997	50.5	77.9
1998	49.7	78
1999	50.1	78
2000	51.9	78.1
2001	52.2	78.3
2002	52.4	78.4
2003	53	78.7
2004	53.5	79.2
2005	54	79.5
2006	54.5	79.8
2007	55	80.3
2008	55.4	80.4
2009	55.8	80.7
2010	56.4	80.8
2011	56.9	81.1
2012	57.4	81.1
2013	57.8	81.3
2014	58.2	81.7
2015	58.7	81.5
2016	59.1	81.6
2017	59.5	81.7
2018	59.9	81.8
2019	60.2	82.1
2020	60.4	81.4
2021	60	81.4
2022	61	81.9
2023	61.9	82.2
2024	62.1	82.3
2025	62.2	82.4

DR Congo and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Netherlands
1960	15,264,846	11,486,631
1961	15,662,374	11,638,712
1962	16,075,724	11,805,689
1963	16,507,599	11,965,966
1964	16,955,327	12,127,120
1965	17,427,802	12,294,732
1966	17,931,929	12,456,251
1967	18,462,782	12,598,201
1968	19,012,189	12,729,721
1969	19,570,445	12,877,984
1970	20,137,436	13,038,526
1971	20,695,569	13,194,497
1972	21,251,160	13,328,593
1973	21,827,665	13,439,322
1974	22,418,878	13,545,056
1975	23,021,101	13,666,335
1976	23,624,031	13,774,037
1977	24,229,061	13,856,185
1978	24,992,689	13,941,700
1979	25,886,782	14,038,270
1980	26,711,099	14,149,800
1981	27,500,515	14,247,208
1982	28,338,190	14,312,690
1983	29,250,963	14,367,070
1984	30,245,081	14,424,211
1985	31,264,816	14,491,632
1986	32,265,196	14,572,278
1987	33,298,904	14,665,037
1988	34,382,752	14,760,094
1989	35,486,866	14,848,907
1990	36,684,063	14,951,510
1991	37,925,817	15,069,798
1992	39,228,910	15,184,166
1993	40,656,336	15,290,368
1994	42,626,876	15,382,838
1995	44,433,704	15,459,006
1996	45,296,124	15,530,498
1997	46,029,902	15,610,650
1998	47,297,600	15,707,209
1999	48,912,971	15,812,088
2000	50,507,442	15,925,513
2001	52,132,646	16,046,180
2002	53,750,524	16,148,929
2003	55,343,867	16,225,302
2004	56,997,741	16,281,779
2005	58,775,724	16,319,868
2006	60,615,908	16,346,101
2007	62,477,752	16,381,696
2008	64,390,664	16,445,593
2009	66,412,044	16,530,388
2010	68,563,038	16,615,394
2011	70,849,311	16,693,074
2012	73,254,618	16,754,962
2013	75,789,395	16,804,432
2014	78,403,242	16,865,008
2015	81,035,531	16,939,923
2016	83,956,415	17,030,314
2017	87,083,398	17,131,296
2018	90,047,644	17,231,624
2019	92,947,442	17,344,874
2020	95,989,998	17,441,500
2021	99,148,932	17,533,044
2022	102,396,968	17,700,982
2023	105,789,731	17,877,117
2024	109,276,265	17,994,237

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Netherlands

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Netherlands
1960	6.11	3.12
1961	6.12	3.22
1962	6.14	3.18
1963	6.16	3.19
1964	6.19	3.17
1965	6.21	3.04
1966	6.24	2.9
1967	6.27	2.81
1968	6.29	2.72
1969	6.3	2.75
1970	6.33	2.57
1971	6.34	2.36
1972	6.37	2.15
1973	6.39	1.9
1974	6.4	1.77
1975	6.42	1.66
1976	6.44	1.63
1977	6.45	1.58
1978	6.46	1.58
1979	6.48	1.56
1980	6.5	1.6
1981	6.52	1.56
1982	6.54	1.5
1983	6.56	1.47
1984	6.59	1.49
1985	6.61	1.51
1986	6.63	1.55
1987	6.65	1.56
1988	6.66	1.55
1989	6.65	1.55
1990	6.65	1.62
1991	6.65	1.61
1992	6.64	1.59
1993	6.64	1.57
1994	6.64	1.57
1995	6.68	1.53
1996	6.67	1.53
1997	6.69	1.56
1998	6.7	1.63
1999	6.69	1.65
2000	6.7	1.72
2001	6.66	1.71
2002	6.61	1.73
2003	6.55	1.75
2004	6.53	1.72
2005	6.53	1.71
2006	6.55	1.72
2007	6.56	1.72
2008	6.58	1.77
2009	6.59	1.79
2010	6.59	1.79
2011	6.58	1.76
2012	6.56	1.72
2013	6.53	1.68
2014	6.48	1.71
2015	6.44	1.66
2016	6.39	1.66
2017	6.35	1.62
2018	6.3	1.59
2019	6.25	1.57
2020	6.21	1.54
2021	6.16	1.62
2022	6.11	1.49
2023	6.05	1.43

DR Congo and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Netherlands
1960	18.4	28.8
1961	18.4	28.8
1962	18.4	28.7
1963	18.5	28.7
1964	18.5	28.6
1965	18.5	28.6
1966	18.5	28.6
1967	18.5	28.5
1968	18.5	28.6
1969	18.5	28.6
1970	18.4	28.6
1971	18.3	28.7
1972	18.2	28.9
1973	18.1	29
1974	18	29.3
1975	17.9	29.4
1976	17.8	29.8
1977	17.8	30.3
1978	17.8	30.7
1979	17.9	31
1980	17.9	31.3
1981	17.9	31.6
1982	17.8	31.9
1983	17.9	32.3
1984	17.9	32.6
1985	17.9	32.9
1986	17.9	33.2
1987	17.9	33.5
1988	17.8	33.8
1989	17.8	34.1
1990	17.8	34.3
1991	17.8	34.6
1992	17.8	34.8
1993	17.8	35.1
1994	18	35.4
1995	18.1	35.7
1996	17.7	36.1
1997	17.4	36.4
1998	17.2	36.7
1999	17.2	37
2000	17.2	37.3
2001	17.1	37.5
2002	17.1	37.8
2003	17.1	38.1
2004	17	38.5
2005	17	38.9
2006	17	39.3
2007	17	39.7
2008	16.9	40
2009	16.9	40.3
2010	16.9	40.7
2011	16.9	41
2012	16.9	41.3
2013	16.9	41.6
2014	16.9	41.8
2015	16.9	42
2016	16.9	42.2
2017	17	42.3
2018	17	42.4
2019	16.9	42.5
2020	16.9	42.5
2021	16.9	42.6
2022	16.9	42.5
2023	16.9	42.4
2024	16.9	42.4

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