DR Congo vs Nigeria statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 11th vs. 30th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

DR Congo and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Nigeria
1960	$3,359,404,118	$4,196,174,502
1961	$3,086,746,857	$4,467,287,893
1962	$3,779,841,429	$4,909,399,176
1963	$6,213,185,743	$5,165,590,254
1964	$2,881,545,273	$5,552,931,319
1965	$4,043,901,818	$5,874,537,650
1966	$4,532,660,182	$6,366,917,453
1967	$3,384,063,372	$5,203,237,919
1968	$3,909,780,539	$5,200,997,920
1969	$5,032,434,970	$6,634,317,346
1970	$4,877,684,910	$12,546,094,982
1971	$5,594,770,359	$9,181,769,912
1972	$6,173,712,814	$12,274,416,018
1973	$7,870,239,461	$15,162,871,287
1974	$9,596,960,180	$24,846,641,318
1975	$10,237,343,174	$27,778,934,625
1976	$9,648,583,225	$36,308,883,249
1977	$12,344,424,764	$36,035,407,725
1978	$15,372,608,002	$36,527,862,209
1979	$15,068,422,236	$47,259,911,894
1980	$14,394,927,495	$64,201,788,123
1981	$12,537,821,038	$164,475,209,516
1982	$13,651,667,371	$142,769,363,314
1983	$11,006,712,650	$97,094,911,792
1984	$7,857,729,193	$73,484,359,521
1985	$7,195,042,616	$73,745,821,158
1986	$8,095,367,168	$54,805,852,581
1987	$7,661,625,473	$52,676,041,931
1988	$8,861,299,977	$49,648,470,440
1989	$9,021,862,775	$44,003,061,108
1990	$9,349,764,580	$54,035,795,388
1991	$9,625,436,873	$59,526,833,412
1992	$8,227,343,907	$52,058,181,854
1993	$10,706,259,937	$56,721,051,402
1994	$5,820,382,248	$80,399,613,064
1995	$5,643,439,376	$140,919,776,986
1996	$5,771,456,952	$185,730,236,700
1997	$6,090,838,693	$200,850,397,618
1998	$6,217,805,821	$218,416,200,673
1999	$4,711,259,427	$59,145,077,039
2000	$19,088,046,306	$69,171,451,627
2001	$7,438,189,100	$73,557,840,064
2002	$8,728,038,525	$95,054,059,303
2003	$8,937,567,060	$104,738,954,264
2004	$10,297,483,481	$135,764,731,646
2005	$11,964,484,466	$175,670,569,969
2006	$14,451,901,696	$238,454,997,161
2007	$16,737,071,816	$278,260,846,800
2008	$19,788,515,590	$339,476,276,258
2009	$18,648,372,553	$295,008,835,381
2010	$21,565,721,045	$366,990,417,129
2011	$25,839,749,199	$414,466,676,831
2012	$29,306,235,285	$463,971,018,239
2013	$32,679,745,048	$520,117,180,314
2014	$35,909,040,926	$574,183,763,412
2015	$37,917,706,497	$493,026,682,801
2016	$37,134,801,555	$404,649,125,252
2017	$38,019,264,795	$375,745,731,053
2018	$47,568,210,010	$421,739,251,509
2019	$51,775,829,877	$474,517,490,844
2020	$48,716,961,860	$432,198,898,468
2021	$55,328,482,784	$440,833,635,874
2022	$65,801,547,756	$477,403,400,101
2023	$67,006,756,666	$363,846,332,835
2024	$70,749,355,652	$187,759,703,100

DR Congo and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Nigeria
1960	$220.1	$93.1
1961	$197.1	$97.1
1962	$235.1	$104.5
1963	$376	$107.7
1964	$169.9	$113.3
1965	$232	$117.3
1966	$252.8	$124.4
1967	$183.3	$99.5
1968	$205.6	$97.3
1969	$257.1	$121.4
1970	$242.2	$224.5
1971	$270.3	$160.5
1972	$290.5	$209.5
1973	$361	$252.4
1974	$428	$403
1975	$445	$438
1976	$408	$556
1977	$509	$536
1978	$615	$527
1979	$582	$661
1980	$539	$870
1981	$456	$2,162
1982	$482	$1,822
1983	$376	$1,207
1984	$259.8	$890
1985	$230.1	$869
1986	$250.9	$628
1987	$230.1	$588
1988	$257.7	$540
1989	$254.2	$465
1990	$254.9	$556
1991	$253.8	$597
1992	$209.7	$509
1993	$263.3	$540
1994	$136.5	$745
1995	$127	$1,272
1996	$127.4	$1,633
1997	$132.3	$1,720
1998	$131.5	$1,822
1999	$96.3	$481
2000	$378	$547
2001	$142.7	$566
2002	$162.4	$712
2003	$161.5	$763
2004	$180.7	$962
2005	$203.6	$1,211
2006	$238.4	$1,600
2007	$267.9	$1,816
2008	$307	$2,154
2009	$280.8	$1,820
2010	$315	$2,202
2011	$365	$2,418
2012	$400	$2,633
2013	$431	$2,873
2014	$458	$3,089
2015	$468	$2,586
2016	$442	$2,070
2017	$437	$1,876
2018	$528	$2,058
2019	$557	$2,265
2020	$508	$2,020
2021	$558	$2,017
2022	$643	$2,139
2023	$633	$1,597
2024	$647	$807

DR Congo vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Nigeria
1950	38.2	35.5
1951	38.5	35.7
1952	38.9	35.9
1953	39.1	36
1954	39.4	36.2
1955	39.7	36.3
1956	39.9	36.5
1957	40.2	36.6
1958	40.5	36.8
1959	40.6	37
1960	40.8	37.2
1961	40.2	37.4
1962	40.4	37.6
1963	40.6	37.8
1964	40.1	38
1965	40.8	38.2
1966	42.2	38.4
1967	42.3	37.5
1968	42.7	38.6
1969	43	38.9
1970	43.3	40
1971	43.6	40.6
1972	43.9	41.3
1973	44.1	41.8
1974	44.3	42.5
1975	44.5	43.1
1976	44.7	44.2
1977	44.9	44.8
1978	44.6	45.3
1979	45.3	45.7
1980	45.5	46
1981	45.7	46.3
1982	45.9	46.4
1983	46.2	46.4
1984	46.5	46.3
1985	46.7	46.2
1986	47	46
1987	47.4	45.9
1988	47.8	45.8
1989	48.1	45.8
1990	48.5	45.7
1991	48.9	45.5
1992	49.3	45.6
1993	49.6	45.8
1994	49.9	45.7
1995	50.4	45.9
1996	49.4	45.8
1997	50.5	46
1998	49.7	46.1
1999	50.1	46.6
2000	51.9	47.1
2001	52.2	47.5
2002	52.4	48
2003	53	48.6
2004	53.5	49.1
2005	54	49.5
2006	54.5	49.9
2007	55	50.4
2008	55.4	50.7
2009	55.8	51.1
2010	56.4	51.3
2011	56.9	51.5
2012	57.4	51.7
2013	57.8	51.8
2014	58.2	51.9
2015	58.7	51.9
2016	59.1	52.2
2017	59.5	52.4
2018	59.9	52.7
2019	60.2	53
2020	60.4	53.1
2021	60	53.5
2022	61	54.1
2023	61.9	54.5
2024	62.1	54.6
2025	62.2	54.8

DR Congo and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Nigeria
1960	15,264,846	45,053,782
1961	15,662,374	45,989,310
1962	16,075,724	46,965,292
1963	16,507,599	47,973,575
1964	16,955,327	49,012,016
1965	17,427,802	50,086,764
1966	17,931,929	51,188,234
1967	18,462,782	52,293,065
1968	19,012,189	53,432,783
1969	19,570,445	54,631,914
1970	20,137,436	55,893,838
1971	20,695,569	57,214,684
1972	21,251,160	58,601,748
1973	21,827,665	60,082,139
1974	22,418,878	61,679,144
1975	23,021,101	63,410,815
1976	23,624,031	65,258,009
1977	24,229,061	67,234,590
1978	24,992,689	69,326,532
1979	25,886,782	71,498,242
1980	26,711,099	73,764,641
1981	27,500,515	76,068,103
1982	28,338,190	78,378,701
1983	29,250,963	80,438,260
1984	30,245,081	82,526,443
1985	31,264,816	84,897,973
1986	32,265,196	87,235,953
1987	33,298,904	89,591,716
1988	34,382,752	92,020,090
1989	35,486,866	94,531,014
1990	36,684,063	97,120,925
1991	37,925,817	99,720,162
1992	39,228,910	102,372,770
1993	40,656,336	105,122,069
1994	42,626,876	107,935,714
1995	44,433,704	110,819,428
1996	45,296,124	113,754,779
1997	46,029,902	116,754,792
1998	47,297,600	119,846,254
1999	48,912,971	123,047,320
2000	50,507,442	126,382,494
2001	52,132,646	129,862,595
2002	53,750,524	133,471,989
2003	55,343,867	137,202,644
2004	56,997,741	141,057,045
2005	58,775,724	145,017,253
2006	60,615,908	149,077,334
2007	62,477,752	153,267,261
2008	64,390,664	157,595,014
2009	66,412,044	162,049,464
2010	68,563,038	166,642,886
2011	70,849,311	171,379,598
2012	73,254,618	176,200,625
2013	75,789,395	181,049,443
2014	78,403,242	185,896,915
2015	81,035,531	190,671,878
2016	83,956,415	195,443,700
2017	87,083,398	200,254,579
2018	90,047,644	204,938,755
2019	92,947,442	209,485,641
2020	95,989,998	213,996,181
2021	99,148,932	218,529,286
2022	102,396,968	223,150,896
2023	105,789,731	227,882,945
2024	109,276,265	232,679,478

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Nigeria

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Nigeria
1960	6.11	6.36
1961	6.12	6.35
1962	6.14	6.36
1963	6.16	6.35
1964	6.19	6.36
1965	6.21	6.37
1966	6.24	6.39
1967	6.27	6.4
1968	6.29	6.42
1969	6.3	6.44
1970	6.33	6.47
1971	6.34	6.53
1972	6.37	6.58
1973	6.39	6.63
1974	6.4	6.7
1975	6.42	6.77
1976	6.44	6.81
1977	6.45	6.86
1978	6.46	6.92
1979	6.48	6.89
1980	6.5	6.85
1981	6.52	6.82
1982	6.54	6.8
1983	6.56	6.78
1984	6.59	6.7
1985	6.61	6.62
1986	6.63	6.56
1987	6.65	6.5
1988	6.66	6.5
1989	6.65	6.49
1990	6.65	6.46
1991	6.65	6.43
1992	6.64	6.39
1993	6.64	6.35
1994	6.64	6.32
1995	6.68	6.27
1996	6.67	6.22
1997	6.69	6.14
1998	6.7	6.07
1999	6.69	6.08
2000	6.7	6.12
2001	6.66	6.13
2002	6.61	6.12
2003	6.55	6.1
2004	6.53	6.09
2005	6.53	6.06
2006	6.55	6.05
2007	6.56	6.03
2008	6.58	6.02
2009	6.59	5.99
2010	6.59	5.95
2011	6.58	5.89
2012	6.56	5.8
2013	6.53	5.69
2014	6.48	5.62
2015	6.44	5.5
2016	6.39	5.34
2017	6.35	5.18
2018	6.3	5.02
2019	6.25	4.86
2020	6.21	4.7
2021	6.16	4.64
2022	6.11	4.55
2023	6.05	4.48

DR Congo and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Nigeria
1960	18.4	19.3
1961	18.4	19.3
1962	18.4	19.3
1963	18.5	19.3
1964	18.5	19.3
1965	18.5	19.3
1966	18.5	19.3
1967	18.5	19.2
1968	18.5	19.2
1969	18.5	19.1
1970	18.4	18.9
1971	18.3	18.8
1972	18.2	18.7
1973	18.1	18.6
1974	18	18.5
1975	17.9	18.4
1976	17.8	18.3
1977	17.8	18.2
1978	17.8	18
1979	17.9	17.9
1980	17.9	17.8
1981	17.9	17.7
1982	17.8	17.6
1983	17.9	17.5
1984	17.9	17.4
1985	17.9	17.3
1986	17.9	17.3
1987	17.9	17.3
1988	17.8	17.3
1989	17.8	17.3
1990	17.8	17.3
1991	17.8	17.3
1992	17.8	17.4
1993	17.8	17.4
1994	18	17.5
1995	18.1	17.6
1996	17.7	17.6
1997	17.4	17.7
1998	17.2	17.8
1999	17.2	17.9
2000	17.2	17.9
2001	17.1	17.9
2002	17.1	17.9
2003	17.1	17.9
2004	17	17.9
2005	17	17.9
2006	17	17.9
2007	17	17.9
2008	16.9	17.8
2009	16.9	17.8
2010	16.9	17.8
2011	16.9	17.7
2012	16.9	17.7
2013	16.9	17.7
2014	16.9	17.7
2015	16.9	17.8
2016	16.9	17.8
2017	17	17.9
2018	17	18
2019	16.9	18.2
2020	16.9	18.3
2021	16.9	18.5
2022	16.9	18.7
2023	16.9	18.8
2024	16.9	19

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