DR Congo vs Rwanda statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 11th vs. 146th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

DR Congo and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Rwanda
1960	$3,359,404,118	$119,000,024
1961	$3,086,746,857	$122,000,016
1962	$3,779,841,429	$125,000,008
1963	$6,213,185,743	$128,000,000
1964	$2,881,545,273	$129,999,994
1965	$4,043,901,818	$148,799,980
1966	$4,532,660,182	$124,525,703
1967	$3,384,063,372	$159,560,018
1968	$3,909,780,539	$172,200,018
1969	$5,032,434,970	$188,700,037
1970	$4,877,684,910	$219,900,006
1971	$5,594,770,359	$222,952,504
1972	$6,173,712,814	$246,457,838
1973	$7,870,239,461	$290,746,157
1974	$9,596,960,180	$308,458,423
1975	$10,237,343,174	$571,863,500
1976	$9,648,583,225	$637,753,853
1977	$12,344,424,764	$746,650,613
1978	$15,372,608,002	$905,709,076
1979	$15,068,422,236	$1,109,346,131
1980	$14,394,927,495	$1,254,765,642
1981	$12,537,821,038	$1,407,062,527
1982	$13,651,667,371	$1,407,243,139
1983	$11,006,712,650	$1,479,687,587
1984	$7,857,729,193	$1,587,413,084
1985	$7,195,042,616	$1,715,626,331
1986	$8,095,367,168	$1,944,710,684
1987	$7,661,625,473	$2,157,432,668
1988	$8,861,299,977	$2,395,492,687
1989	$9,021,862,775	$2,405,022,593
1990	$9,349,764,580	$2,550,185,679
1991	$9,625,436,873	$1,911,600,237
1992	$8,227,343,907	$2,029,026,962
1993	$10,706,259,937	$1,971,525,712
1994	$5,820,382,248	$753,636,370
1995	$5,643,439,376	$1,293,535,193
1996	$5,771,456,952	$1,382,334,879
1997	$6,090,838,693	$1,851,558,197
1998	$6,217,805,821	$1,989,343,546
1999	$4,711,259,427	$2,157,108,263
2000	$19,088,046,306	$2,068,836,754
2001	$7,438,189,100	$1,966,600,715
2002	$8,728,038,525	$1,966,003,468
2003	$8,937,567,060	$2,138,237,279
2004	$10,297,483,481	$2,376,496,067
2005	$11,964,484,466	$2,933,819,766
2006	$14,451,901,696	$3,319,784,539
2007	$16,737,071,816	$4,070,507,895
2008	$19,788,515,590	$5,179,854,065
2009	$18,648,372,553	$5,674,476,969
2010	$21,565,721,045	$6,124,756,654
2011	$25,839,749,199	$6,884,913,658
2012	$29,306,235,285	$7,654,761,045
2013	$32,679,745,048	$7,819,964,024
2014	$35,909,040,926	$8,238,966,120
2015	$37,917,706,497	$8,543,760,206
2016	$37,134,801,555	$8,695,272,061
2017	$38,019,264,795	$9,252,833,894
2018	$47,568,210,010	$9,637,904,519
2019	$51,775,829,877	$10,349,300,277
2020	$48,716,961,860	$10,174,386,855
2021	$55,328,482,784	$11,078,787,095
2022	$65,801,547,756	$13,316,161,006
2023	$67,006,756,666	$14,331,722,700
2024	$70,749,355,652	$14,251,642,231

DR Congo and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Rwanda
1960	$220.1	$39.4
1961	$197.1	$39.3
1962	$235.1	$39.2
1963	$376	$39.3
1964	$169.9	$39
1965	$232	$43.5
1966	$252.8	$35.4
1967	$183.3	$44
1968	$205.6	$46
1969	$257.1	$48.9
1970	$242.2	$55.2
1971	$270.3	$54.4
1972	$290.5	$58.4
1973	$361	$66.9
1974	$428	$68.9
1975	$445	$124.1
1976	$408	$134.4
1977	$509	$152.7
1978	$615	$179.9
1979	$582	$213.8
1980	$539	$234.4
1981	$456	$254.6
1982	$482	$246.4
1983	$376	$250.6
1984	$259.8	$259.9
1985	$230.1	$271.6
1986	$250.9	$297.7
1987	$230.1	$320
1988	$257.7	$344
1989	$254.2	$335
1990	$254.9	$346
1991	$253.8	$254
1992	$209.7	$264.1
1993	$263.3	$247
1994	$136.5	$111
1995	$127	$228
1996	$127.4	$206
1997	$132.3	$238.7
1998	$131.5	$246.2
1999	$96.3	$264.7
2000	$378	$251.9
2001	$142.7	$237.3
2002	$162.4	$234
2003	$161.5	$249
2004	$180.7	$269.5
2005	$203.6	$324
2006	$238.4	$357
2007	$267.9	$426
2008	$307	$528
2009	$280.8	$564
2010	$315	$594
2011	$365	$651
2012	$400	$707
2013	$431	$705
2014	$458	$725
2015	$468	$734
2016	$442	$730
2017	$437	$758
2018	$528	$772
2019	$557	$810
2020	$508	$779
2021	$558	$830
2022	$643	$975
2023	$633	$1,027
2024	$647	$1,000

DR Congo vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Rwanda
1950	38.2	43.2
1951	38.5	43.5
1952	38.9	43.8
1953	39.1	44.1
1954	39.4	44.4
1955	39.7	44.8
1956	39.9	45.2
1957	40.2	45.6
1958	40.5	46.1
1959	40.6	46.5
1960	40.8	47
1961	40.2	47.5
1962	40.4	47.8
1963	40.6	44
1964	40.1	48.1
1965	40.8	48.2
1966	42.2	48.1
1967	42.3	48
1968	42.7	47.7
1969	43	47.4
1970	43.3	47.1
1971	43.6	46.8
1972	43.9	46.3
1973	44.1	45.9
1974	44.3	45.6
1975	44.5	45.3
1976	44.7	45.3
1977	44.9	45.6
1978	44.6	46.2
1979	45.3	47.1
1980	45.5	48.1
1981	45.7	49.2
1982	45.9	50.2
1983	46.2	50.9
1984	46.5	51.4
1985	46.7	51.7
1986	47	51.7
1987	47.4	51.5
1988	47.8	50.9
1989	48.1	49.5
1990	48.5	47.8
1991	48.9	46.2
1992	49.3	44.4
1993	49.6	42.9
1994	49.9	12.2
1995	50.4	41.5
1996	49.4	42.5
1997	50.5	42
1998	49.7	43.1
1999	50.1	45.7
2000	51.9	47.8
2001	52.2	49.5
2002	52.4	51.3
2003	53	53.5
2004	53.5	55.5
2005	54	57
2006	54.5	58.3
2007	55	59.5
2008	55.4	60.6
2009	55.8	61.8
2010	56.4	62.8
2011	56.9	63.5
2012	57.4	64.2
2013	57.8	64.7
2014	58.2	65.1
2015	58.7	65.4
2016	59.1	65.7
2017	59.5	66.1
2018	59.9	66.4
2019	60.2	66.7
2020	60.4	67
2021	60	66.8
2022	61	67.5
2023	61.9	67.8
2024	62.1	68
2025	62.2	68.2

DR Congo and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Rwanda
1960	15,264,846	3,022,294
1961	15,662,374	3,106,779
1962	16,075,724	3,186,025
1963	16,507,599	3,258,890
1964	16,955,327	3,334,834
1965	17,427,802	3,423,210
1966	17,931,929	3,521,626
1967	18,462,782	3,629,577
1968	19,012,189	3,744,010
1969	19,570,445	3,861,271
1970	20,137,436	3,980,669
1971	20,695,569	4,100,044
1972	21,251,160	4,220,335
1973	21,827,665	4,345,047
1974	22,418,878	4,474,228
1975	23,021,101	4,607,728
1976	23,624,031	4,745,954
1977	24,229,061	4,888,240
1978	24,992,689	5,035,171
1979	25,886,782	5,189,541
1980	26,711,099	5,353,259
1981	27,500,515	5,527,230
1982	28,338,190	5,711,549
1983	29,250,963	5,905,311
1984	30,245,081	6,107,627
1985	31,264,816	6,317,228
1986	32,265,196	6,531,881
1987	33,298,904	6,749,493
1988	34,382,752	6,968,071
1989	35,486,866	7,184,706
1990	36,684,063	7,375,307
1991	37,925,817	7,526,966
1992	39,228,910	7,683,266
1993	40,656,336	7,981,132
1994	42,626,876	6,792,352
1995	44,433,704	5,674,118
1996	45,296,124	6,708,764
1997	46,029,902	7,755,238
1998	47,297,600	8,081,681
1999	48,912,971	8,147,912
2000	50,507,442	8,213,931
2001	52,132,646	8,287,094
2002	53,750,524	8,400,180
2003	55,343,867	8,586,875
2004	56,997,741	8,816,844
2005	58,775,724	9,054,528
2006	60,615,908	9,299,246
2007	62,477,752	9,549,933
2008	64,390,664	9,804,269
2009	66,412,044	10,060,432
2010	68,563,038	10,317,553
2011	70,849,311	10,573,733
2012	73,254,618	10,829,901
2013	75,789,395	11,093,340
2014	78,403,242	11,364,757
2015	81,035,531	11,640,022
2016	83,956,415	11,919,183
2017	87,083,398	12,202,060
2018	90,047,644	12,487,996
2019	92,947,442	12,776,103
2020	95,989,998	13,065,837
2021	99,148,932	13,355,260
2022	102,396,968	13,651,030
2023	105,789,731	13,954,471
2024	109,276,265	14,256,567

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Rwanda

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Rwanda
1960	6.11	8.28
1961	6.12	8.28
1962	6.14	8.27
1963	6.16	8.27
1964	6.19	8.27
1965	6.21	8.25
1966	6.24	8.23
1967	6.27	8.21
1968	6.29	8.19
1969	6.3	8.18
1970	6.33	8.15
1971	6.34	8.09
1972	6.37	8.09
1973	6.39	8.09
1974	6.4	8.1
1975	6.42	8.1
1976	6.44	8.12
1977	6.45	8.14
1978	6.46	8.16
1979	6.48	8.13
1980	6.5	8.12
1981	6.52	8.1
1982	6.54	8.06
1983	6.56	8
1984	6.59	7.91
1985	6.61	7.79
1986	6.63	7.61
1987	6.65	7.43
1988	6.66	7.23
1989	6.65	7.03
1990	6.65	6.8
1991	6.65	6.62
1992	6.64	6.54
1993	6.64	6.48
1994	6.64	6.42
1995	6.68	6.35
1996	6.67	6.29
1997	6.69	6.24
1998	6.7	6.17
1999	6.69	6.06
2000	6.7	5.97
2001	6.66	5.89
2002	6.61	5.82
2003	6.55	5.74
2004	6.53	5.64
2005	6.53	5.5
2006	6.55	5.34
2007	6.56	5.14
2008	6.58	4.92
2009	6.59	4.71
2010	6.59	4.52
2011	6.58	4.33
2012	6.56	4.2
2013	6.53	4.14
2014	6.48	4.12
2015	6.44	4.11
2016	6.39	4.11
2017	6.35	4.08
2018	6.3	4.05
2019	6.25	3.99
2020	6.21	3.91
2021	6.16	3.84
2022	6.11	3.78
2023	6.05	3.7

DR Congo and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Rwanda
1960	18.4	15.5
1961	18.4	15.1
1962	18.4	14.9
1963	18.5	14.8
1964	18.5	14.7
1965	18.5	14.8
1966	18.5	14.9
1967	18.5	15.1
1968	18.5	15.3
1969	18.5	15.5
1970	18.4	15.7
1971	18.3	15.9
1972	18.2	16
1973	18.1	16.2
1974	18	16.3
1975	17.9	16.4
1976	17.8	16.5
1977	17.8	16.6
1978	17.8	16.6
1979	17.9	16.5
1980	17.9	16.5
1981	17.9	16.4
1982	17.8	16.2
1983	17.9	16.1
1984	17.9	16
1985	17.9	15.8
1986	17.9	15.7
1987	17.9	15.6
1988	17.8	15.6
1989	17.8	15.5
1990	17.8	15.5
1991	17.8	15.5
1992	17.8	15.6
1993	17.8	15.7
1994	18	15
1995	18.1	14.3
1996	17.7	14.6
1997	17.4	14.8
1998	17.2	15.3
1999	17.2	15.8
2000	17.2	16.3
2001	17.1	16.8
2002	17.1	17.1
2003	17.1	17.4
2004	17	17.6
2005	17	17.8
2006	17	18
2007	17	18.1
2008	16.9	18.3
2009	16.9	18.4
2010	16.9	18.5
2011	16.9	18.7
2012	16.9	18.8
2013	16.9	19
2014	16.9	19.1
2015	16.9	19.3
2016	16.9	19.4
2017	17	19.6
2018	17	19.7
2019	16.9	19.8
2020	16.9	19.9
2021	16.9	20
2022	16.9	20.3
2023	16.9	20.5
2024	16.9	20.8

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