DR Congo vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 11th vs. 116th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($71B) and Sierra Leone ranks 160/197 ($6.97B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 190/197 ($649), while Sierra Leone ranks 186/197 ($807).

DR Congo and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Sierra Leone
1960	$3,359,404,118	$322,009,962
1961	$3,086,746,857	$327,834,191
1962	$3,779,841,429	$342,721,416
1963	$6,213,185,743	$348,547,279
1964	$2,881,545,273	$371,847,461
1965	$4,043,901,818	$359,379,856
1966	$4,532,660,182	$375,479,850
1967	$3,384,063,372	$348,795,303
1968	$3,909,780,539	$329,859,732
1969	$5,032,434,970	$408,690,163
1970	$4,877,684,910	$434,410,974
1971	$5,594,770,359	$419,549,305
1972	$6,173,712,814	$465,381,340
1973	$7,870,239,461	$575,230,724
1974	$9,596,960,180	$648,590,643
1975	$10,237,343,174	$679,336,344
1976	$9,648,583,225	$594,895,942
1977	$12,344,424,764	$691,777,584
1978	$15,372,608,002	$960,728,339
1979	$15,068,422,236	$1,109,374,911
1980	$14,394,927,495	$1,100,685,845
1981	$12,537,821,038	$1,114,830,472
1982	$13,651,667,371	$1,295,361,886
1983	$11,006,712,650	$995,104,305
1984	$7,857,729,193	$1,087,471,862
1985	$7,195,042,616	$856,890,459
1986	$8,095,367,168	$490,181,457
1987	$7,661,625,473	$660,106,336
1988	$8,861,299,977	$1,055,083,933
1989	$9,021,862,775	$932,974,420
1990	$9,349,764,580	$649,644,098
1991	$9,625,436,873	$779,981,987
1992	$8,227,343,907	$679,940,814
1993	$10,706,259,937	$768,867,883
1994	$5,820,382,248	$911,853,802
1995	$5,643,439,376	$870,740,292
1996	$5,771,456,952	$941,709,423
1997	$6,090,838,693	$850,232,760
1998	$6,217,805,821	$672,368,187
1999	$4,711,259,427	$669,386,624
2000	$19,088,046,306	$635,866,404
2001	$7,438,189,100	$1,681,473,894
2002	$8,728,038,525	$1,933,863,911
2003	$8,937,567,060	$2,142,618,046
2004	$10,297,483,481	$2,237,350,687
2005	$12,609,728,573	$2,545,275,313
2006	$15,484,044,535	$3,263,697,467
2007	$18,374,807,773	$3,632,957,611
2008	$22,723,488,723	$4,157,895,298
2009	$18,607,259,481	$3,953,403,098
2010	$24,161,641,931	$4,262,805,967
2011	$26,392,379,642	$4,861,632,885
2012	$30,029,369,929	$6,141,666,509
2013	$34,891,189,160	$7,502,762,863
2014	$38,352,980,553	$7,686,138,791
2015	$40,179,574,490	$6,788,352,975
2016	$38,600,224,214	$6,084,297,211
2017	$37,537,521,566	$5,749,846,528
2018	$46,659,954,092	$6,390,514,689
2019	$46,845,900,350	$6,523,577,594
2020	$46,691,989,749	$6,688,307,703
2021	$59,067,289,574	$7,166,931,485
2022	$70,422,346,142	$7,121,125,278
2023	$69,843,655,425	$6,415,852,767
2024	$70,962,185,791	$6,971,127,235

DR Congo and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Sierra Leone
1960	$220.1	$142
1961	$197.1	$142.3
1962	$235.1	$146.3
1963	$376	$146.3
1964	$169.9	$153.4
1965	$232	$145.6
1966	$252.8	$149.3
1967	$183.3	$136.1
1968	$205.6	$126.3
1969	$257.1	$153.6
1970	$242.2	$160.2
1971	$270.3	$151.8
1972	$290.5	$165.4
1973	$361	$200.6
1974	$428	$222.1
1975	$445	$228.4
1976	$408	$196.4
1977	$509	$224.2
1978	$615	$305
1979	$582	$346
1980	$539	$336
1981	$456	$334
1982	$482	$380
1983	$376	$285.8
1984	$259.8	$306
1985	$230.1	$235.5
1986	$250.9	$131.5
1987	$230.1	$172.4
1988	$257.7	$268.2
1989	$254.2	$231.3
1990	$254.9	$154.8
1991	$253.8	$183.7
1992	$209.7	$163.2
1993	$263.3	$185
1994	$136.5	$218.5
1995	$127	$208.4
1996	$127.4	$224.3
1997	$132.3	$199.9
1998	$131.5	$156.5
1999	$96.3	$155
2000	$378	$143.7
2001	$142.7	$358
2002	$162.4	$389
2003	$161.5	$414
2004	$180.7	$418
2005	$214.5	$463
2006	$255.4	$580
2007	$294.1	$632
2008	$353	$705
2009	$280.2	$653
2010	$352	$685
2011	$373	$761
2012	$410	$938
2013	$460	$1,117
2014	$489	$1,118
2015	$496	$965
2016	$460	$844
2017	$431	$779
2018	$518	$846
2019	$504	$844
2020	$486	$845
2021	$596	$885
2022	$688	$860
2023	$660	$758
2024	$649	$807

DR Congo vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Sierra Leone
1950	38.2	28.9
1951	38.5	29.3
1952	38.9	29.7
1953	39.1	30.1
1954	39.4	30.5
1955	39.7	30.9
1956	39.9	31.3
1957	40.2	31.8
1958	40.5	32.1
1959	40.6	32.6
1960	40.8	33.1
1961	40.2	33.6
1962	40.4	34.2
1963	40.6	34.7
1964	40.1	35.3
1965	40.8	35.9
1966	42.2	36.6
1967	42.3	37.3
1968	42.7	37.8
1969	43	38.2
1970	43.3	38.6
1971	43.6	39.1
1972	43.9	39.5
1973	44.1	40
1974	44.3	40.4
1975	44.5	41
1976	44.7	41.4
1977	44.9	41.8
1978	44.6	42.2
1979	45.3	42.5
1980	45.5	42.8
1981	45.7	43.1
1982	45.9	43.3
1983	46.2	43.5
1984	46.5	43.6
1985	46.7	43.6
1986	47	43.5
1987	47.4	43.7
1988	47.8	43.8
1989	48.1	43.7
1990	48.5	43.7
1991	48.9	43.3
1992	49.3	43.5
1993	49.6	43.4
1994	49.9	42.8
1995	50.4	42.6
1996	49.4	43.5
1997	50.5	43.6
1998	49.7	42.7
1999	50.1	42
2000	51.9	44.8
2001	52.2	45.4
2002	52.4	46.2
2003	53	46.8
2004	53.5	47.5
2005	54	48.3
2006	54.5	49.5
2007	55	50
2008	55.4	50.7
2009	55.8	51.3
2010	56.4	51.9
2011	56.9	52.6
2012	57.4	53.2
2013	57.8	54.1
2014	58.2	54.3
2015	58.7	55.5
2016	59.1	56.9
2017	59.5	57.8
2018	59.9	59.1
2019	60.2	59.6
2020	60.4	59.7
2021	60	60.3
2022	61	61.3
2023	61.9	61.8
2024	62.1	62
2025	62.2	62.2
2026	62.4	62.3

DR Congo and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Sierra Leone
1960	15,264,846	2,268,356
1961	15,662,374	2,304,227
1962	16,075,724	2,342,242
1963	16,507,599	2,382,258
1964	16,955,327	2,424,390
1965	17,427,802	2,468,666
1966	17,931,929	2,514,638
1967	18,462,782	2,562,384
1968	19,012,189	2,611,532
1969	19,570,445	2,661,365
1970	20,137,436	2,712,286
1971	20,695,569	2,763,222
1972	21,251,160	2,814,388
1973	21,827,665	2,866,955
1974	22,418,878	2,920,459
1975	23,021,101	2,974,657
1976	23,624,031	3,028,820
1977	24,229,061	3,085,354
1978	24,992,689	3,145,517
1979	25,886,782	3,207,499
1980	26,711,099	3,272,089
1981	27,500,515	3,338,940
1982	28,338,190	3,408,183
1983	29,250,963	3,481,646
1984	30,245,081	3,558,758
1985	31,264,816	3,638,438
1986	32,265,196	3,728,380
1987	33,298,904	3,829,718
1988	34,382,752	3,934,517
1989	35,486,866	4,034,037
1990	36,684,063	4,196,828
1991	37,925,817	4,246,267
1992	39,228,910	4,166,366
1993	40,656,336	4,157,130
1994	42,626,876	4,173,105
1995	44,433,704	4,179,179
1996	45,296,124	4,199,210
1997	46,029,902	4,253,716
1998	47,297,600	4,295,785
1999	48,912,971	4,318,043
2000	50,507,442	4,423,611
2001	52,132,646	4,692,716
2002	53,750,524	4,971,435
2003	55,343,867	5,177,687
2004	56,997,741	5,355,717
2005	58,775,724	5,501,712
2006	60,615,908	5,624,466
2007	62,477,752	5,749,352
2008	64,390,664	5,894,722
2009	66,412,044	6,055,646
2010	68,563,038	6,222,714
2011	70,849,311	6,387,251
2012	73,254,618	6,551,080
2013	75,789,395	6,714,051
2014	78,403,242	6,876,385
2015	81,035,531	7,037,655
2016	83,956,415	7,205,328
2017	87,083,398	7,379,299
2018	90,047,644	7,554,563
2019	92,947,442	7,731,991
2020	95,989,998	7,912,558
2021	99,148,932	8,094,602
2022	102,396,968	8,276,807
2023	105,789,731	8,460,512
2024	109,276,265	8,642,022

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Sierra Leone
1960	6.11	6.18
1961	6.12	6.21
1962	6.14	6.22
1963	6.16	6.26
1964	6.19	6.29
1965	6.21	6.31
1966	6.24	6.35
1967	6.27	6.38
1968	6.29	6.39
1969	6.3	6.39
1970	6.33	6.41
1971	6.34	6.43
1972	6.37	6.45
1973	6.39	6.47
1974	6.4	6.53
1975	6.42	6.55
1976	6.44	6.55
1977	6.45	6.57
1978	6.46	6.59
1979	6.48	6.58
1980	6.5	6.56
1981	6.52	6.55
1982	6.54	6.56
1983	6.56	6.57
1984	6.59	6.59
1985	6.61	6.59
1986	6.63	6.6
1987	6.65	6.61
1988	6.66	6.59
1989	6.65	6.57
1990	6.65	6.57
1991	6.65	6.55
1992	6.64	6.56
1993	6.64	6.57
1994	6.64	6.56
1995	6.68	6.56
1996	6.67	6.55
1997	6.69	6.53
1998	6.7	6.5
1999	6.69	6.42
2000	6.7	6.36
2001	6.66	6.31
2002	6.61	6.23
2003	6.55	6.09
2004	6.53	5.92
2005	6.53	5.81
2006	6.55	5.74
2007	6.56	5.64
2008	6.58	5.56
2009	6.59	5.45
2010	6.59	5.33
2011	6.58	5.21
2012	6.56	5.06
2013	6.53	4.87
2014	6.48	4.7
2015	6.44	4.55
2016	6.39	4.47
2017	6.35	4.39
2018	6.3	4.29
2019	6.25	4.19
2020	6.21	4.08
2021	6.16	3.98
2022	6.11	3.88
2023	6.05	3.79

DR Congo and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Sierra Leone
1960	18.4	21.1
1961	18.4	21.1
1962	18.4	21.1
1963	18.5	21
1964	18.5	21
1965	18.5	20.9
1966	18.5	20.9
1967	18.5	20.8
1968	18.5	20.7
1969	18.5	20.6
1970	18.4	20.4
1971	18.3	20.2
1972	18.2	20.1
1973	18.1	19.9
1974	18	19.8
1975	17.9	19.6
1976	17.8	19.5
1977	17.8	19.4
1978	17.8	19.3
1979	17.9	19.2
1980	17.9	19.1
1981	17.9	19.1
1982	17.8	19
1983	17.9	18.9
1984	17.9	18.9
1985	17.9	18.8
1986	17.9	18.7
1987	17.9	18.7
1988	17.8	18.6
1989	17.8	18.6
1990	17.8	18.5
1991	17.8	18.5
1992	17.8	18.4
1993	17.8	18.4
1994	18	18.3
1995	18.1	18.2
1996	17.7	18.2
1997	17.4	18.1
1998	17.2	18.1
1999	17.2	18
2000	17.2	18
2001	17.1	18
2002	17.1	17.9
2003	17.1	17.9
2004	17	17.9
2005	17	18
2006	17	18
2007	17	18
2008	16.9	18.1
2009	16.9	18.1
2010	16.9	18.2
2011	16.9	18.3
2012	16.9	18.4
2013	16.9	18.5
2014	16.9	18.6
2015	16.9	18.7
2016	16.9	18.9
2017	17	19.1
2018	17	19.2
2019	16.9	19.4
2020	16.9	19.6
2021	16.9	19.8
2022	16.9	20
2023	16.9	20.3
2024	16.9	20.5

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