DR Congo vs Niger statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 27M in Niger (ranked 55/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 489,076 sq mi for Niger (ranked 11th vs. 20th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Niger ranks 132/197 ($19.5B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Niger ranks 187/197 ($723).

DR Congo and Niger: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Niger economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Niger

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Niger
1960	$3,359,404,118	$449,526,873
1961	$3,086,746,857	$485,785,231
1962	$3,779,841,429	$531,736,599
1963	$6,213,185,743	$586,294,879
1964	$2,881,545,273	$582,816,396
1965	$4,043,901,818	$673,383,511
1966	$4,532,660,182	$702,296,079
1967	$3,384,063,372	$665,586,872
1968	$3,909,780,539	$641,214,226
1969	$5,032,434,970	$625,867,985
1970	$4,877,684,910	$649,916,621
1971	$5,594,770,359	$693,573,704
1972	$6,173,712,814	$742,779,661
1973	$7,870,239,461	$946,385,105
1974	$9,596,960,180	$1,026,137,111
1975	$10,237,343,174	$1,048,690,933
1976	$9,648,583,225	$1,064,517,601
1977	$12,344,424,764	$1,291,458,041
1978	$15,372,608,002	$1,774,365,590
1979	$15,068,422,236	$2,109,277,666
1980	$14,394,927,495	$2,508,524,721
1981	$12,537,821,038	$2,170,893,414
1982	$13,651,667,371	$2,017,612,216
1983	$11,006,712,650	$1,803,099,561
1984	$7,857,729,193	$1,461,243,326
1985	$7,195,042,616	$1,440,581,652
1986	$8,095,367,168	$1,904,096,998
1987	$7,661,625,473	$2,233,006,105
1988	$8,861,299,977	$2,280,356,193
1989	$9,021,862,775	$2,179,567,114
1990	$9,349,764,580	$3,512,356,508
1991	$9,625,436,873	$3,285,796,875
1992	$8,227,343,907	$3,386,232,579
1993	$10,706,259,937	$3,052,673,849
1994	$5,820,382,248	$1,938,058,175
1995	$5,643,439,376	$2,302,537,562
1996	$5,771,456,952	$2,405,686,940
1997	$6,090,838,693	$2,290,318,910
1998	$6,217,805,821	$2,643,363,519
1999	$4,711,259,427	$2,537,789,821
2000	$19,088,046,306	$2,241,753,193
2001	$7,438,189,100	$2,448,714,704
2002	$8,728,038,525	$2,782,192,879
2003	$8,937,567,060	$3,394,084,732
2004	$10,297,483,481	$3,760,443,738
2005	$11,964,484,466	$4,383,315,965
2006	$14,451,901,696	$4,756,361,252
2007	$16,737,071,816	$5,731,485,052
2008	$19,788,515,590	$7,297,600,226
2009	$18,648,372,553	$7,352,131,310
2010	$21,565,721,045	$7,851,192,502
2011	$25,839,749,199	$8,772,950,778
2012	$29,306,235,285	$9,426,912,648
2013	$32,679,745,048	$10,224,897,438
2014	$35,909,040,926	$10,862,943,544
2015	$37,917,706,497	$9,683,867,926
2016	$37,134,801,555	$10,398,861,982
2017	$38,019,264,795	$11,185,104,252
2018	$47,568,210,010	$12,837,307,497
2019	$51,775,829,877	$12,889,555,561
2020	$48,716,961,860	$13,744,653,103
2021	$55,328,482,784	$14,915,002,436
2022	$65,801,547,756	$15,433,852,714
2023	$67,006,756,666	$16,698,786,973
2024	$70,749,355,652	$19,537,639,288

DR Congo and Niger economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Niger

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Niger
1960	$220.1	$128.3
1961	$197.1	$134.6
1962	$235.1	$143.2
1963	$376	$153.3
1964	$169.9	$148.1
1965	$232	$166.3
1966	$252.8	$168.6
1967	$183.3	$155.4
1968	$205.6	$145.6
1969	$257.1	$138.3
1970	$242.2	$139.8
1971	$270.3	$145.2
1972	$290.5	$151.4
1973	$361	$187.9
1974	$428	$198.3
1975	$445	$197.2
1976	$408	$194.8
1977	$509	$229.8
1978	$615	$307
1979	$582	$354
1980	$539	$409
1981	$456	$343
1982	$482	$310
1983	$376	$268.8
1984	$259.8	$211.5
1985	$230.1	$202.4
1986	$250.9	$259.6
1987	$230.1	$295.3
1988	$257.7	$292.6
1989	$254.2	$271.3
1990	$254.9	$424
1991	$253.8	$384
1992	$209.7	$384
1993	$263.3	$335
1994	$136.5	$206.2
1995	$127	$237
1996	$127.4	$239.5
1997	$132.3	$220.6
1998	$131.5	$246.1
1999	$96.3	$228.3
2000	$378	$194.8
2001	$142.7	$205.4
2002	$162.4	$225.3
2003	$161.5	$265.2
2004	$180.7	$283.5
2005	$203.6	$319
2006	$238.4	$333
2007	$267.9	$387
2008	$307	$475
2009	$280.8	$461
2010	$315	$474
2011	$365	$511
2012	$400	$529
2013	$431	$552
2014	$458	$565
2015	$468	$486
2016	$442	$503
2017	$437	$522
2018	$528	$579
2019	$557	$562
2020	$508	$580
2021	$558	$609
2022	$643	$610
2023	$633	$638
2024	$647	$723

DR Congo vs. Niger life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Niger

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Niger
1950	38.2	35.9
1951	38.5	35.9
1952	38.9	35.9
1953	39.1	35.9
1954	39.4	36
1955	39.7	36
1956	39.9	36
1957	40.2	36.1
1958	40.5	36.1
1959	40.6	36.1
1960	40.8	36.2
1961	40.2	36.3
1962	40.4	36.3
1963	40.6	36.4
1964	40.1	36.5
1965	40.8	36.4
1966	42.2	36.3
1967	42.3	36.2
1968	42.7	36.1
1969	43	36
1970	43.3	35.9
1971	43.6	35.3
1972	43.9	35.8
1973	44.1	35.9
1974	44.3	36.2
1975	44.5	36.6
1976	44.7	37.1
1977	44.9	37.7
1978	44.6	38.3
1979	45.3	38.9
1980	45.5	39.3
1981	45.7	39.6
1982	45.9	39.8
1983	46.2	40
1984	46.5	40
1985	46.7	40.1
1986	47	40.3
1987	47.4	40.5
1988	47.8	40.8
1989	48.1	41.2
1990	48.5	41.7
1991	48.9	42.3
1992	49.3	43.1
1993	49.6	43.8
1994	49.9	44.6
1995	50.4	45.5
1996	49.4	46.3
1997	50.5	47.1
1998	49.7	47.8
1999	50.1	48.5
2000	51.9	49.2
2001	52.2	49.9
2002	52.4	50.6
2003	53	51.5
2004	53.5	52.4
2005	54	53.3
2006	54.5	54.2
2007	55	55.1
2008	55.4	55.9
2009	55.8	56.5
2010	56.4	57.1
2011	56.9	57.6
2012	57.4	58
2013	57.8	58.4
2014	58.2	58.7
2015	58.7	58.8
2016	59.1	59.2
2017	59.5	59.5
2018	59.9	59.8
2019	60.2	60
2020	60.4	59.9
2021	60	59.5
2022	61	60.4
2023	61.9	61.2
2024	62.1	61.4
2025	62.2	61.7

DR Congo and Niger population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Niger

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Niger
1960	15,264,846	3,505,050
1961	15,662,374	3,608,162
1962	16,075,724	3,714,520
1963	16,507,599	3,823,873
1964	16,955,327	3,935,814
1965	17,427,802	4,049,695
1966	17,931,929	4,165,544
1967	18,462,782	4,283,590
1968	19,012,189	4,403,637
1969	19,570,445	4,525,725
1970	20,137,436	4,650,275
1971	20,695,569	4,776,225
1972	21,251,160	4,904,845
1973	21,827,665	5,037,865
1974	22,418,878	5,174,953
1975	23,021,101	5,317,019
1976	23,624,031	5,464,962
1977	24,229,061	5,619,716
1978	24,992,689	5,782,932
1979	25,886,782	5,955,556
1980	26,711,099	6,135,971
1981	27,500,515	6,322,006
1982	28,338,190	6,512,732
1983	29,250,963	6,708,644
1984	30,245,081	6,909,971
1985	31,264,816	7,118,457
1986	32,265,196	7,335,811
1987	33,298,904	7,561,150
1988	34,382,752	7,793,748
1989	35,486,866	8,034,780
1990	36,684,063	8,286,059
1991	37,925,817	8,546,900
1992	39,228,910	8,817,633
1993	40,656,336	9,100,789
1994	42,626,876	9,398,258
1995	44,433,704	9,714,529
1996	45,296,124	10,044,852
1997	46,029,902	10,383,969
1998	47,297,600	10,741,413
1999	48,912,971	11,117,411
2000	50,507,442	11,509,630
2001	52,132,646	11,920,647
2002	53,750,524	12,349,144
2003	55,343,867	12,796,984
2004	56,997,741	13,265,836
2005	58,775,724	13,756,192
2006	60,615,908	14,268,581
2007	62,477,752	14,803,610
2008	64,390,664	15,361,915
2009	66,412,044	15,943,675
2010	68,563,038	16,548,835
2011	70,849,311	17,176,283
2012	73,254,618	17,836,769
2013	75,789,395	18,519,898
2014	78,403,242	19,215,909
2015	81,035,531	19,939,498
2016	83,956,415	20,685,753
2017	87,083,398	21,435,446
2018	90,047,644	22,188,069
2019	92,947,442	22,947,757
2020	95,989,998	23,717,613
2021	99,148,932	24,502,140
2022	102,396,968	25,311,973
2023	105,789,731	26,159,867
2024	109,276,265	27,032,412

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Niger

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Niger

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Niger
1960	6.11	7.53
1961	6.12	7.51
1962	6.14	7.5
1963	6.16	7.49
1964	6.19	7.48
1965	6.21	7.47
1966	6.24	7.48
1967	6.27	7.49
1968	6.29	7.5
1969	6.3	7.51
1970	6.33	7.51
1971	6.34	7.52
1972	6.37	7.52
1973	6.39	7.53
1974	6.4	7.54
1975	6.42	7.54
1976	6.44	7.56
1977	6.45	7.6
1978	6.46	7.66
1979	6.48	7.72
1980	6.5	7.78
1981	6.52	7.82
1982	6.54	7.86
1983	6.56	7.9
1984	6.59	7.92
1985	6.61	7.93
1986	6.63	7.9
1987	6.65	7.87
1988	6.66	7.84
1989	6.65	7.82
1990	6.65	7.81
1991	6.65	7.8
1992	6.64	7.8
1993	6.64	7.79
1994	6.64	7.79
1995	6.68	7.78
1996	6.67	7.78
1997	6.69	7.8
1998	6.7	7.84
1999	6.69	7.84
2000	6.7	7.83
2001	6.66	7.81
2002	6.61	7.8
2003	6.55	7.79
2004	6.53	7.78
2005	6.53	7.77
2006	6.55	7.74
2007	6.56	7.73
2008	6.58	7.7
2009	6.59	7.68
2010	6.59	7.64
2011	6.58	7.59
2012	6.56	7.53
2013	6.53	7.45
2014	6.48	7.34
2015	6.44	7.22
2016	6.39	7.04
2017	6.35	6.87
2018	6.3	6.71
2019	6.25	6.54
2020	6.21	6.37
2021	6.16	6.2
2022	6.11	6.14
2023	6.05	6.06

DR Congo and Niger demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Niger

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Niger
1960	18.4	15.5
1961	18.4	15.5
1962	18.4	15.5
1963	18.5	15.5
1964	18.5	15.6
1965	18.5	15.6
1966	18.5	15.6
1967	18.5	15.7
1968	18.5	15.7
1969	18.5	15.8
1970	18.4	15.9
1971	18.3	15.9
1972	18.2	16
1973	18.1	16.1
1974	18	16.1
1975	17.9	16.2
1976	17.8	16.3
1977	17.8	16.3
1978	17.8	16.4
1979	17.9	16.4
1980	17.9	16.4
1981	17.9	16.4
1982	17.8	16.4
1983	17.9	16.4
1984	17.9	16.4
1985	17.9	16.4
1986	17.9	16.4
1987	17.9	16.4
1988	17.8	16.5
1989	17.8	16.5
1990	17.8	16.5
1991	17.8	16.6
1992	17.8	16.6
1993	17.8	16.6
1994	18	16.6
1995	18.1	16.6
1996	17.7	16.6
1997	17.4	16.5
1998	17.2	16.5
1999	17.2	16.4
2000	17.2	16.3
2001	17.1	16.2
2002	17.1	16.1
2003	17.1	16
2004	17	15.9
2005	17	15.8
2006	17	15.7
2007	17	15.5
2008	16.9	15.5
2009	16.9	15.4
2010	16.9	15.3
2011	16.9	15.3
2012	16.9	15.3
2013	16.9	15.3
2014	16.9	15.3
2015	16.9	15.4
2016	16.9	15.5
2017	17	15.6
2018	17	15.7
2019	16.9	15.8
2020	16.9	15.9
2021	16.9	16
2022	16.9	16.2
2023	16.9	16.3
2024	16.9	16.5

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