DR Congo vs Nicaragua statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 6.92M in Nicaragua (ranked 108/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 46,464 sq mi for Nicaragua (ranked 11th vs. 98th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848).

DR Congo and Nicaragua: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Nicaragua
1960	$3,359,404,118	$227,223,322
1961	$3,086,746,857	$244,144,237
1962	$3,779,841,429	$269,283,804
1963	$6,213,185,743	$297,324,163
1964	$2,881,545,273	$347,119,918
1965	$4,043,901,818	$564,290,020
1966	$4,532,660,182	$607,140,010
1967	$3,384,063,372	$657,140,011
1968	$3,909,780,539	$692,859,985
1969	$5,032,434,970	$750,000,003
1970	$4,877,684,910	$778,569,939
1971	$5,594,770,359	$828,569,953
1972	$6,173,712,814	$878,570,045
1973	$7,870,239,461	$1,092,900,015
1974	$9,596,960,180	$1,521,400,012
1975	$10,237,343,174	$1,581,599,959
1976	$9,648,583,225	$1,836,899,999
1977	$12,344,424,764	$2,226,999,874
1978	$15,372,608,002	$2,127,699,979
1979	$15,068,422,236	$1,567,599,982
1980	$14,394,927,495	$2,144,300,006
1981	$12,537,821,038	$2,474,700,227
1982	$13,651,667,371	$2,454,499,872
1983	$11,006,712,650	$2,753,100,058
1984	$7,857,729,193	$3,117,599,872
1985	$7,195,042,616	$2,683,699,935
1986	$8,095,367,168	$2,885,799,994
1987	$7,661,625,473	$3,851,200,118
1988	$8,861,299,977	$2,630,900,096
1989	$9,021,862,775	$1,013,184,756
1990	$9,349,764,580	$1,009,455,484
1991	$9,625,436,873	$1,488,804,124
1992	$8,227,343,907	$1,792,800,000
1993	$10,706,259,937	$1,756,454,248
1994	$5,820,382,248	$3,863,185,119
1995	$5,643,439,376	$4,140,470,000
1996	$5,771,456,952	$4,308,351,903
1997	$6,090,838,693	$4,389,973,490
1998	$6,217,805,821	$4,635,347,386
1999	$4,711,259,427	$4,856,026,259
2000	$19,088,046,306	$5,109,587,050
2001	$7,438,189,100	$5,351,752,034
2002	$8,728,038,525	$5,223,727,303
2003	$8,937,567,060	$5,322,228,351
2004	$10,297,483,481	$5,792,932,838
2005	$11,964,484,466	$6,321,324,279
2006	$14,451,901,696	$6,763,672,381
2007	$16,737,071,816	$7,423,375,015
2008	$19,788,515,590	$8,496,967,597
2009	$18,648,372,553	$8,298,702,489
2010	$21,565,721,045	$8,758,602,233
2011	$25,839,749,199	$9,774,329,333
2012	$29,306,235,285	$10,532,017,232
2013	$32,679,745,048	$10,982,988,249
2014	$35,909,040,926	$11,880,438,824
2015	$37,917,706,497	$12,756,696,261
2016	$37,134,801,555	$13,286,093,388
2017	$38,019,264,795	$13,785,893,007
2018	$47,568,210,010	$13,025,221,974
2019	$51,775,829,877	$12,699,023,614
2020	$48,716,961,860	$12,726,422,432
2021	$55,328,482,784	$14,209,020,362
2022	$65,801,547,756	$15,634,572,502
2023	$67,006,756,666	$17,805,842,284
2024	$70,749,355,652	$19,693,982,968

DR Congo and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Nicaragua
1960	$220.1	$127.5
1961	$197.1	$132.9
1962	$235.1	$142.3
1963	$376	$152.5
1964	$169.9	$172.7
1965	$232	$272.3
1966	$252.8	$284
1967	$183.3	$297.9
1968	$205.6	$304
1969	$257.1	$319
1970	$242.2	$321
1971	$270.3	$331
1972	$290.5	$341
1973	$361	$413
1974	$428	$557
1975	$445	$561
1976	$408	$633
1977	$509	$744
1978	$615	$691
1979	$582	$495
1980	$539	$659
1981	$456	$740
1982	$482	$714
1983	$376	$780
1984	$259.8	$861
1985	$230.1	$724
1986	$250.9	$761
1987	$230.1	$992
1988	$257.7	$662
1989	$254.2	$249.2
1990	$254.9	$242.5
1991	$253.8	$350
1992	$209.7	$411
1993	$263.3	$394
1994	$136.5	$849
1995	$127	$892
1996	$127.4	$911
1997	$132.3	$913
1998	$131.5	$949
1999	$96.3	$980
2000	$378	$1,017
2001	$142.7	$1,052
2002	$162.4	$1,014
2003	$161.5	$1,021
2004	$180.7	$1,099
2005	$203.6	$1,183
2006	$238.4	$1,248
2007	$267.9	$1,350
2008	$307	$1,524
2009	$280.8	$1,467
2010	$315	$1,527
2011	$365	$1,680
2012	$400	$1,785
2013	$431	$1,835
2014	$458	$1,958
2015	$468	$2,074
2016	$442	$2,132
2017	$437	$2,183
2018	$528	$2,035
2019	$557	$1,959
2020	$508	$1,938
2021	$558	$2,138
2022	$643	$2,323
2023	$633	$2,609
2024	$647	$2,848

DR Congo vs. Nicaragua life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Nicaragua
1950	38.2	40.6
1951	38.5	40.8
1952	38.9	41.9
1953	39.1	42.4
1954	39.4	43.1
1955	39.7	43.7
1956	39.9	44.3
1957	40.2	44.9
1958	40.5	45.5
1959	40.6	46.1
1960	40.8	46.4
1961	40.2	47.3
1962	40.4	48
1963	40.6	48.8
1964	40.1	49.6
1965	40.8	50.6
1966	42.2	51.6
1967	42.3	52.3
1968	42.7	52.9
1969	43	53.4
1970	43.3	53.8
1971	43.6	54.2
1972	43.9	48
1973	44.1	55
1974	44.3	55.4
1975	44.5	55.8
1976	44.7	56.1
1977	44.9	56.1
1978	44.6	53.5
1979	45.3	50.8
1980	45.5	58
1981	45.7	58.3
1982	45.9	58.7
1983	46.2	56.9
1984	46.5	56.1
1985	46.7	56.4
1986	47	57.6
1987	47.4	57.3
1988	47.8	59.8
1989	48.1	61.9
1990	48.5	62.5
1991	48.9	63.3
1992	49.3	63.7
1993	49.6	64.1
1994	49.9	64.5
1995	50.4	64.9
1996	49.4	65.2
1997	50.5	65.5
1998	49.7	64.1
1999	50.1	65.9
2000	51.9	66.4
2001	52.2	67
2002	52.4	68
2003	53	68.7
2004	53.5	69.5
2005	54	70.4
2006	54.5	71
2007	55	71.2
2008	55.4	71.4
2009	55.8	71.5
2010	56.4	71.8
2011	56.9	72
2012	57.4	72.4
2013	57.8	72.6
2014	58.2	72.8
2015	58.7	72.9
2016	59.1	73.2
2017	59.5	73.4
2018	59.9	73.9
2019	60.2	73.8
2020	60.4	70.8
2021	60	70.5
2022	61	74.5
2023	61.9	74.9
2024	62.1	75.1
2025	62.2	75.3

DR Congo and Nicaragua population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Nicaragua
1960	15,264,846	1,782,370
1961	15,662,374	1,836,451
1962	16,075,724	1,892,320
1963	16,507,599	1,950,159
1964	16,955,327	2,010,176
1965	17,427,802	2,072,681
1966	17,931,929	2,137,820
1967	18,462,782	2,205,567
1968	19,012,189	2,275,836
1969	19,570,445	2,348,398
1970	20,137,436	2,423,065
1971	20,695,569	2,499,825
1972	21,251,160	2,573,578
1973	21,827,665	2,649,278
1974	22,418,878	2,732,075
1975	23,021,101	2,816,943
1976	23,624,031	2,903,851
1977	24,229,061	2,992,534
1978	24,992,689	3,080,314
1979	25,886,782	3,164,525
1980	26,711,099	3,252,403
1981	27,500,515	3,345,674
1982	28,338,190	3,438,745
1983	29,250,963	3,530,282
1984	30,245,081	3,619,104
1985	31,264,816	3,706,479
1986	32,265,196	3,794,157
1987	33,298,904	3,882,164
1988	34,382,752	3,972,320
1989	35,486,866	4,066,476
1990	36,684,063	4,162,559
1991	37,925,817	4,259,637
1992	39,228,910	4,357,026
1993	40,656,336	4,453,732
1994	42,626,876	4,549,316
1995	44,433,704	4,642,931
1996	45,296,124	4,729,974
1997	46,029,902	4,809,573
1998	47,297,600	4,883,655
1999	48,912,971	4,954,018
2000	50,507,442	5,022,633
2001	52,132,646	5,087,825
2002	53,750,524	5,149,909
2003	55,343,867	5,210,963
2004	56,997,741	5,272,912
2005	58,775,724	5,342,105
2006	60,615,908	5,418,855
2007	62,477,752	5,497,243
2008	64,390,664	5,576,593
2009	66,412,044	5,656,601
2010	68,563,038	5,737,450
2011	70,849,311	5,819,051
2012	73,254,618	5,901,287
2013	75,789,395	5,983,845
2014	78,403,242	6,066,492
2015	81,035,531	6,149,417
2016	83,956,415	6,232,666
2017	87,083,398	6,316,231
2018	90,047,644	6,400,080
2019	92,947,442	6,483,657
2020	95,989,998	6,565,267
2021	99,148,932	6,644,741
2022	102,396,968	6,730,654
2023	105,789,731	6,823,613
2024	109,276,265	6,916,140

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Nicaragua

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Nicaragua
1960	6.11	7.16
1961	6.12	7.11
1962	6.14	7.1
1963	6.16	7.08
1964	6.19	7.06
1965	6.21	7.03
1966	6.24	6.99
1967	6.27	6.94
1968	6.29	6.89
1969	6.3	6.83
1970	6.33	6.77
1971	6.34	6.71
1972	6.37	6.65
1973	6.39	6.59
1974	6.4	6.52
1975	6.42	6.45
1976	6.44	6.37
1977	6.45	6.28
1978	6.46	6.16
1979	6.48	6.07
1980	6.5	5.96
1981	6.52	5.84
1982	6.54	5.74
1983	6.56	5.61
1984	6.59	5.49
1985	6.61	5.36
1986	6.63	5.22
1987	6.65	5.07
1988	6.66	4.93
1989	6.65	4.76
1990	6.65	4.6
1991	6.65	4.43
1992	6.64	4.27
1993	6.64	4.1
1994	6.64	3.94
1995	6.68	3.78
1996	6.67	3.62
1997	6.69	3.47
1998	6.7	3.34
1999	6.69	3.22
2000	6.7	3.12
2001	6.66	3
2002	6.61	2.89
2003	6.55	2.83
2004	6.53	2.78
2005	6.53	2.77
2006	6.55	2.73
2007	6.56	2.7
2008	6.58	2.66
2009	6.59	2.63
2010	6.59	2.6
2011	6.58	2.56
2012	6.56	2.53
2013	6.53	2.49
2014	6.48	2.46
2015	6.44	2.43
2016	6.39	2.41
2017	6.35	2.38
2018	6.3	2.35
2019	6.25	2.32
2020	6.21	2.3
2021	6.16	2.27
2022	6.11	2.24
2023	6.05	2.22

DR Congo and Nicaragua demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Nicaragua
1960	18.4	16.2
1961	18.4	16.1
1962	18.4	16
1963	18.5	15.9
1964	18.5	15.9
1965	18.5	15.9
1966	18.5	16
1967	18.5	16
1968	18.5	16
1969	18.5	16.1
1970	18.4	16.1
1971	18.3	16.1
1972	18.2	16.2
1973	18.1	16.2
1974	18	16.2
1975	17.9	16.2
1976	17.8	16.2
1977	17.8	16.2
1978	17.8	16.2
1979	17.9	16.2
1980	17.9	16.2
1981	17.9	16.2
1982	17.8	16.2
1983	17.9	16.3
1984	17.9	16.3
1985	17.9	16.3
1986	17.9	16.3
1987	17.9	16.4
1988	17.8	16.4
1989	17.8	16.5
1990	17.8	16.7
1991	17.8	16.8
1992	17.8	17
1993	17.8	17.2
1994	18	17.4
1995	18.1	17.6
1996	17.7	17.9
1997	17.4	18.1
1998	17.2	18.4
1999	17.2	18.8
2000	17.2	19.1
2001	17.1	19.4
2002	17.1	19.7
2003	17.1	20.1
2004	17	20.4
2005	17	20.8
2006	17	21.1
2007	17	21.4
2008	16.9	21.7
2009	16.9	22
2010	16.9	22.2
2011	16.9	22.5
2012	16.9	22.8
2013	16.9	23.1
2014	16.9	23.4
2015	16.9	23.7
2016	16.9	24
2017	17	24.3
2018	17	24.7
2019	16.9	25
2020	16.9	25.3
2021	16.9	25.6
2022	16.9	25.9
2023	16.9	26.3
2024	16.9	26.6

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