DR Congo vs North Korea statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 11th vs. 97th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

DR Congo and North Korea: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and North Korea economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	North Korea
1960	$3,359,404,118	-
1961	$3,086,746,857	-
1962	$3,779,841,429	-
1963	$6,213,185,743	-
1964	$2,881,545,273	-
1965	$4,043,901,818	-
1966	$4,532,660,182	-
1967	$3,384,063,372	-
1968	$3,909,780,539	-
1969	$5,032,434,970	-
1970	$4,877,684,910	-
1971	$5,594,770,359	-
1972	$6,173,712,814	-
1973	$7,870,239,461	-
1974	$9,596,960,180	-
1975	$10,237,343,174	-
1976	$9,648,583,225	-
1977	$12,344,424,764	-
1978	$15,372,608,002	-
1979	$15,068,422,236	-
1980	$14,394,927,495	-
1981	$12,537,821,038	-
1982	$13,651,667,371	-
1983	$11,006,712,650	-
1984	$7,857,729,193	-
1985	$7,195,042,616	-
1986	$8,095,367,168	-
1987	$7,661,625,473	-
1988	$8,861,299,977	-
1989	$9,021,862,775	-
1990	$9,349,764,580	-
1991	$9,625,436,873	-
1992	$8,227,343,907	-
1993	$10,706,259,937	-
1994	$5,820,382,248	-
1995	$5,643,439,376	-
1996	$5,771,456,952	-
1997	$6,090,838,693	-
1998	$6,217,805,821	-
1999	$4,711,259,427	-
2000	$19,088,046,306	-
2001	$7,438,189,100	-
2002	$8,728,038,525	-
2003	$8,937,567,060	-
2004	$10,297,483,481	-
2005	$11,964,484,466	-
2006	$14,451,901,696	-
2007	$16,737,071,816	-
2008	$19,788,515,590	-
2009	$18,648,372,553	$23,356,470,000
2010	$21,565,721,045	$25,995,513,000
2011	$25,839,749,199	$29,005,020,000
2012	$29,306,235,285	$29,890,710,000
2013	$32,679,745,048	$30,588,922,000
2014	$35,909,040,926	$30,554,460,000
2015	$37,917,706,497	$30,723,030,000
2016	$37,134,801,555	$28,882,640,000
2017	$38,019,264,795	$29,105,440,000
2018	$47,568,210,010	$28,536,400,000
2019	$51,775,829,877	$28,222,880,000
2020	$48,716,961,860	$27,728,240,000
2021	$55,328,482,784	$32,301,720,000
2022	$65,801,547,756	$28,971,360,000
2023	$67,006,756,666	$32,155,360,000
2024	$70,749,355,652	$34,943,120,000

DR Congo and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	North Korea
1960	$220.1	-
1961	$197.1	-
1962	$235.1	-
1963	$376	-
1964	$169.9	-
1965	$232	-
1966	$252.8	-
1967	$183.3	-
1968	$205.6	-
1969	$257.1	-
1970	$242.2	-
1971	$270.3	-
1972	$290.5	-
1973	$361	-
1974	$428	-
1975	$445	-
1976	$408	-
1977	$509	-
1978	$615	-
1979	$582	-
1980	$539	-
1981	$456	-
1982	$482	-
1983	$376	-
1984	$259.8	-
1985	$230.1	-
1986	$250.9	-
1987	$230.1	-
1988	$257.7	-
1989	$254.2	-
1990	$254.9	-
1991	$253.8	-
1992	$209.7	-
1993	$263.3	-
1994	$136.5	-
1995	$127	-
1996	$127.4	-
1997	$132.3	-
1998	$131.5	-
1999	$96.3	-
2000	$378	-
2001	$142.7	-
2002	$162.4	-
2003	$161.5	-
2004	$180.7	-
2005	$203.6	-
2006	$238.4	-
2007	$267.9	-
2008	$307	-
2009	$280.8	$939
2010	$315	$1,040
2011	$365	$1,156
2012	$400	$1,186
2013	$431	$1,208
2014	$458	$1,201
2015	$468	$1,201
2016	$442	$1,124
2017	$437	$1,127
2018	$528	$1,100
2019	$557	$1,084
2020	$508	$1,061
2021	$558	$1,231
2022	$643	$1,100
2023	$633	$1,217
2024	$647	$1,319

DR Congo vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	North Korea
1950	38.2	14.2
1951	38.5	17.7
1952	38.9	32.8
1953	39.1	40.3
1954	39.4	50.6
1955	39.7	51.8
1956	39.9	52.8
1957	40.2	53.7
1958	40.5	54.5
1959	40.6	55.2
1960	40.8	55.8
1961	40.2	56.4
1962	40.4	57
1963	40.6	57.6
1964	40.1	58.2
1965	40.8	58.8
1966	42.2	59.4
1967	42.3	60.1
1968	42.7	60.8
1969	43	61.4
1970	43.3	62
1971	43.6	62.7
1972	43.9	63.3
1973	44.1	63.8
1974	44.3	64.3
1975	44.5	64.8
1976	44.7	65.3
1977	44.9	65.8
1978	44.6	66.3
1979	45.3	66.7
1980	45.5	67.2
1981	45.7	67.7
1982	45.9	68.1
1983	46.2	68.5
1984	46.5	68.9
1985	46.7	69.2
1986	47	69.5
1987	47.4	69.8
1988	47.8	70.1
1989	48.1	70.3
1990	48.5	70.5
1991	48.9	70.7
1992	49.3	71
1993	49.6	70.8
1994	49.9	70.5
1995	50.4	60.8
1996	49.4	60.8
1997	50.5	60.9
1998	49.7	60.9
1999	50.1	60.9
2000	51.9	60.9
2001	52.2	60.9
2002	52.4	60.9
2003	53	69.4
2004	53.5	69.3
2005	54	69.2
2006	54.5	69.1
2007	55	69
2008	55.4	69.3
2009	55.8	69.7
2010	56.4	70.2
2011	56.9	70.8
2012	57.4	71.3
2013	57.8	71.9
2014	58.2	72.5
2015	58.7	72.8
2016	59.1	73
2017	59.5	73
2018	59.9	73
2019	60.2	72.9
2020	60.4	72.8
2021	60	73.4
2022	61	73.6
2023	61.9	73.6
2024	62.1	73.7
2025	62.2	73.9

DR Congo and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	North Korea
1960	15,264,846	11,722,953
1961	15,662,374	11,990,713
1962	16,075,724	12,262,882
1963	16,507,599	12,567,057
1964	16,955,327	12,889,770
1965	17,427,802	13,219,369
1966	17,931,929	13,569,094
1967	18,462,782	13,958,350
1968	19,012,189	14,365,596
1969	19,570,445	14,767,615
1970	20,137,436	15,172,775
1971	20,695,569	15,572,457
1972	21,251,160	15,975,069
1973	21,827,665	16,350,367
1974	22,418,878	16,673,121
1975	23,021,101	16,971,055
1976	23,624,031	17,243,450
1977	24,229,061	17,492,798
1978	24,992,689	17,735,995
1979	25,886,782	17,983,470
1980	26,711,099	18,236,786
1981	27,500,515	18,501,295
1982	28,338,190	18,776,357
1983	29,250,963	19,054,034
1984	30,245,081	19,335,043
1985	31,264,816	19,620,388
1986	32,265,196	19,910,855
1987	33,298,904	20,205,483
1988	34,382,752	20,503,161
1989	35,486,866	20,804,367
1990	36,684,063	21,112,137
1991	37,925,817	21,428,638
1992	39,228,910	21,750,911
1993	40,656,336	22,073,352
1994	42,626,876	22,393,975
1995	44,433,704	22,669,304
1996	45,296,124	22,895,746
1997	46,029,902	23,110,830
1998	47,297,600	23,311,564
1999	48,912,971	23,497,599
2000	50,507,442	23,665,910
2001	52,132,646	23,815,358
2002	53,750,524	23,943,973
2003	55,343,867	24,090,380
2004	56,997,741	24,254,943
2005	58,775,724	24,396,433
2006	60,615,908	24,524,507
2007	62,477,752	24,646,383
2008	64,390,664	24,764,618
2009	66,412,044	24,878,332
2010	68,563,038	24,987,258
2011	70,849,311	25,097,874
2012	73,254,618	25,211,728
2013	75,789,395	25,329,451
2014	78,403,242	25,451,262
2015	81,035,531	25,575,350
2016	83,956,415	25,698,326
2017	87,083,398	25,817,709
2018	90,047,644	25,931,147
2019	92,947,442	26,037,632
2020	95,989,998	26,136,312
2021	99,148,932	26,232,534
2022	102,396,968	26,328,845
2023	105,789,731	26,418,204
2024	109,276,265	26,498,823

Fertility rates in DR Congo and North Korea

Fertility rate

DR Congo

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	North Korea
1960	6.11	3.57
1961	6.12	3.26
1962	6.14	3.41
1963	6.16	3.63
1964	6.19	3.55
1965	6.21	3.56
1966	6.24	3.71
1967	6.27	4.05
1968	6.29	3.87
1969	6.3	3.86
1970	6.33	3.85
1971	6.34	3.74
1972	6.37	3.89
1973	6.39	3.35
1974	6.4	3.14
1975	6.42	3.05
1976	6.44	2.84
1977	6.45	2.77
1978	6.46	2.79
1979	6.48	2.85
1980	6.5	2.84
1981	6.52	2.92
1982	6.54	2.85
1983	6.56	2.78
1984	6.59	2.71
1985	6.61	2.65
1986	6.63	2.59
1987	6.65	2.53
1988	6.66	2.47
1989	6.65	2.41
1990	6.65	2.39
1991	6.65	2.35
1992	6.64	2.29
1993	6.64	2.22
1994	6.64	2.18
1995	6.68	2.15
1996	6.67	2.09
1997	6.69	2.03
1998	6.7	1.99
1999	6.69	1.97
2000	6.7	1.94
2001	6.66	1.94
2002	6.61	1.92
2003	6.55	1.91
2004	6.53	1.9
2005	6.53	1.87
2006	6.55	1.94
2007	6.56	1.94
2008	6.58	1.97
2009	6.59	1.91
2010	6.59	1.89
2011	6.58	1.88
2012	6.56	1.88
2013	6.53	1.88
2014	6.48	1.87
2015	6.44	1.86
2016	6.39	1.86
2017	6.35	1.85
2018	6.3	1.83
2019	6.25	1.83
2020	6.21	1.82
2021	6.16	1.81
2022	6.11	1.8
2023	6.05	1.78

DR Congo and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	North Korea
1960	18.4	19.9
1961	18.4	20.2
1962	18.4	20.6
1963	18.5	20.8
1964	18.5	21
1965	18.5	21.2
1966	18.5	21.3
1967	18.5	21.4
1968	18.5	21.4
1969	18.5	21.4
1970	18.4	21.4
1971	18.3	21.2
1972	18.2	20.9
1973	18.1	20.7
1974	18	20.7
1975	17.9	20.9
1976	17.8	21.1
1977	17.8	21.4
1978	17.8	21.8
1979	17.9	22.2
1980	17.9	22.5
1981	17.9	22.8
1982	17.8	23.1
1983	17.9	23.5
1984	17.9	23.9
1985	17.9	24.2
1986	17.9	24.5
1987	17.9	24.8
1988	17.8	25.1
1989	17.8	25.6
1990	17.8	26
1991	17.8	26.4
1992	17.8	26.8
1993	17.8	27.2
1994	18	27.6
1995	18.1	28
1996	17.7	28.3
1997	17.4	28.8
1998	17.2	29.2
1999	17.2	29.6
2000	17.2	30.1
2001	17.1	30.5
2002	17.1	31
2003	17.1	31.4
2004	17	31.8
2005	17	32.1
2006	17	32.5
2007	17	32.9
2008	16.9	33.3
2009	16.9	33.7
2010	16.9	34
2011	16.9	34.3
2012	16.9	34.5
2013	16.9	34.7
2014	16.9	35
2015	16.9	35.2
2016	16.9	35.4
2017	17	35.7
2018	17	35.9
2019	16.9	36.2
2020	16.9	36.4
2021	16.9	36.6
2022	16.9	36.8
2023	16.9	37.1
2024	16.9	37.3

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