DR Congo vs Somalia statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 11th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

DR Congo and Somalia: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Somalia economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Somalia
1960	$3,359,404,118	$180,459,937
1961	$3,086,746,857	$191,659,914
1962	$3,779,841,429	$203,531,928
1963	$6,213,185,743	$216,145,936
1964	$2,881,545,273	$229,529,913
1965	$4,043,901,818	$243,725,898
1966	$4,532,660,182	$257,375,897
1967	$3,384,063,372	$271,781,887
1968	$3,909,780,539	$286,719,885
1969	$5,032,434,970	$306,357,285
1970	$4,877,684,910	$347,985,394
1971	$5,594,770,359	$347,039,446
1972	$6,173,712,814	$447,883,941
1973	$7,870,239,461	$483,699,611
1974	$9,596,960,180	$572,504,036
1975	$10,237,343,174	$757,015,879
1976	$9,648,583,225	$871,344,245
1977	$12,344,424,764	$498,550,725
1978	$15,372,608,002	$564,571,823
1979	$15,068,422,236	$589,566,929
1980	$14,394,927,495	$602,515,548
1981	$12,537,821,038	$699,302,473
1982	$13,651,667,371	$774,578,932
1983	$11,006,712,650	$735,408,642
1984	$7,857,729,193	$787,434,542
1985	$7,195,042,616	$875,702,247
1986	$8,095,367,168	$916,590,786
1987	$7,661,625,473	$1,018,972,664
1988	$8,861,299,977	$1,051,596,967
1989	$9,021,862,775	$1,181,360,844
1990	$9,349,764,580	$1,031,282,081
1991	$9,625,436,873	$717,974,930
1992	$8,227,343,907	$709,297,579
1993	$10,706,259,937	$1,260,132,956
1994	$5,820,382,248	$1,481,205,098
1995	$5,643,439,376	$1,534,756,135
1996	$5,771,456,952	$1,792,234,297
1997	$6,090,838,693	$2,191,749,014
1998	$6,217,805,821	$2,962,047,564
1999	$4,711,259,427	$3,045,751,528
2000	$19,088,046,306	$3,412,797,450
2001	$7,438,189,100	$2,252,847,465
2002	$8,728,038,525	$2,192,684,135
2003	$8,937,567,060	$2,836,724,352
2004	$10,297,483,481	$3,859,592,813
2005	$11,964,484,466	$4,683,246,454
2006	$14,451,901,696	$5,026,743,282
2007	$16,737,071,816	$5,430,713,729
2008	$19,788,515,590	$5,913,620,293
2009	$18,648,372,553	$2,948,594,552
2010	$21,565,721,045	$2,687,807,004
2011	$25,839,749,199	$2,906,000,097
2012	$29,306,235,285	$4,364,670,160
2013	$32,679,745,048	$5,062,881,600
2014	$35,909,040,926	$5,728,399,720
2015	$37,917,706,497	$6,152,149,100
2016	$37,134,801,555	$6,613,743,070
2017	$38,019,264,795	$7,621,501,710
2018	$47,568,210,010	$7,873,440,830
2019	$51,775,829,877	$8,655,023,960
2020	$48,716,961,860	$8,628,393,720
2021	$55,328,482,784	$9,483,997,390
2022	$65,801,547,756	$10,202,767,270
2023	$67,006,756,666	$10,968,517,090
2024	$70,749,355,652	$12,108,515,110

DR Congo and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Somalia
1960	$220.1	$62.7
1961	$197.1	$64.9
1962	$235.1	$67.2
1963	$376	$69.5
1964	$169.9	$71.9
1965	$232	$74.4
1966	$252.8	$76.5
1967	$183.3	$78.7
1968	$205.6	$80.8
1969	$257.1	$84.1
1970	$242.2	$93.1
1971	$270.3	$90.4
1972	$290.5	$113.7
1973	$361	$119.6
1974	$428	$137.9
1975	$445	$177.8
1976	$408	$199.6
1977	$509	$111.2
1978	$615	$117.3
1979	$582	$108.2
1980	$539	$101.5
1981	$456	$116.9
1982	$482	$129
1983	$376	$118.6
1984	$259.8	$122.5
1985	$230.1	$130.8
1986	$250.9	$131.4
1987	$230.1	$141
1988	$257.7	$145.3
1989	$254.2	$166
1990	$254.9	$145.6
1991	$253.8	$105.4
1992	$209.7	$109.2
1993	$263.3	$188.6
1994	$136.5	$210.8
1995	$127	$210.7
1996	$127.4	$237.2
1997	$132.3	$280.1
1998	$131.5	$363
1999	$96.3	$359
2000	$378	$386
2001	$142.7	$244.9
2002	$162.4	$229.6
2003	$161.5	$286.3
2004	$180.7	$375
2005	$203.6	$440
2006	$238.4	$458
2007	$267.9	$480
2008	$307	$507
2009	$280.8	$246.5
2010	$315	$219.2
2011	$365	$235.3
2012	$400	$350
2013	$431	$393
2014	$458	$429
2015	$468	$446
2016	$442	$461
2017	$437	$511
2018	$528	$510
2019	$557	$540
2020	$508	$518
2021	$558	$549
2022	$643	$573
2023	$633	$597
2024	$647	$637

DR Congo vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Somalia
1950	38.2	41.5
1951	38.5	41.7
1952	38.9	41.9
1953	39.1	42.1
1954	39.4	42.3
1955	39.7	42.5
1956	39.9	42.7
1957	40.2	42.9
1958	40.5	43.1
1959	40.6	43.3
1960	40.8	43.5
1961	40.2	43.7
1962	40.4	44
1963	40.6	44.2
1964	40.1	44.4
1965	40.8	44.6
1966	42.2	44.8
1967	42.3	45.1
1968	42.7	45.3
1969	43	45.5
1970	43.3	45.6
1971	43.6	45.8
1972	43.9	46
1973	44.1	46.2
1974	44.3	44.3
1975	44.5	44.5
1976	44.7	44.7
1977	44.9	47
1978	44.6	47
1979	45.3	47.4
1980	45.5	47.6
1981	45.7	47.8
1982	45.9	48
1983	46.2	48.2
1984	46.5	48.4
1985	46.7	48.3
1986	47	48.4
1987	47.4	49
1988	47.8	43.9
1989	48.1	46.6
1990	48.5	46.9
1991	48.9	25.4
1992	49.3	25
1993	49.6	50.6
1994	49.9	50.3
1995	50.4	50.6
1996	49.4	50.5
1997	50.5	50.3
1998	49.7	50.8
1999	50.1	50.6
2000	51.9	50.7
2001	52.2	50.8
2002	52.4	50.8
2003	53	50.7
2004	53.5	50.7
2005	54	50.9
2006	54.5	50.9
2007	55	50.9
2008	55.4	51.5
2009	55.8	52.1
2010	56.4	48.9
2011	56.9	32.5
2012	57.4	49.1
2013	57.8	54
2014	58.2	54.4
2015	58.7	55.1
2016	59.1	55.3
2017	59.5	52.2
2018	59.9	54.8
2019	60.2	57.2
2020	60.4	57.1
2021	60	55.7
2022	61	53.9
2023	61.9	58.8
2024	62.1	59
2025	62.2	59.1

DR Congo and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Somalia
1960	15,264,846	2,876,331
1961	15,662,374	2,952,054
1962	16,075,724	3,030,091
1963	16,507,599	3,110,361
1964	16,955,327	3,192,796
1965	17,427,802	3,277,874
1966	17,931,929	3,365,106
1967	18,462,782	3,454,537
1968	19,012,189	3,546,590
1969	19,570,445	3,641,015
1970	20,137,436	3,738,448
1971	20,695,569	3,837,691
1972	21,251,160	3,939,436
1973	21,827,665	4,045,592
1974	22,418,878	4,151,842
1975	23,021,101	4,257,535
1976	23,624,031	4,365,812
1977	24,229,061	4,484,050
1978	24,992,689	4,814,892
1979	25,886,782	5,449,117
1980	26,711,099	5,936,154
1981	27,500,515	5,982,849
1982	28,338,190	6,003,840
1983	29,250,963	6,198,430
1984	30,245,081	6,428,389
1985	31,264,816	6,693,289
1986	32,265,196	6,974,788
1987	33,298,904	7,228,302
1988	34,382,752	7,235,360
1989	35,486,866	7,114,817
1990	36,684,063	7,082,811
1991	37,925,817	6,813,760
1992	39,228,910	6,495,107
1993	40,656,336	6,681,399
1994	42,626,876	7,026,797
1995	44,433,704	7,285,007
1996	45,296,124	7,554,474
1997	46,029,902	7,824,525
1998	47,297,600	8,155,417
1999	48,912,971	8,492,059
2000	50,507,442	8,838,713
2001	52,132,646	9,198,493
2002	53,750,524	9,550,063
2003	55,343,867	9,909,157
2004	56,997,741	10,280,998
2005	58,775,724	10,644,228
2006	60,615,908	10,975,502
2007	62,477,752	11,322,582
2008	64,390,664	11,663,084
2009	66,412,044	11,961,201
2010	68,563,038	12,261,756
2011	70,849,311	12,348,830
2012	73,254,618	12,461,160
2013	75,789,395	12,869,594
2014	78,403,242	13,339,491
2015	81,035,531	13,806,963
2016	83,956,415	14,348,740
2017	87,083,398	14,916,629
2018	90,047,644	15,452,487
2019	92,947,442	16,030,971
2020	95,989,998	16,651,191
2021	99,148,932	17,271,431
2022	102,396,968	17,801,897
2023	105,789,731	18,358,615
2024	109,276,265	19,009,151

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Somalia

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Somalia
1960	6.11	7.25
1961	6.12	7.25
1962	6.14	7.26
1963	6.16	7.26
1964	6.19	7.26
1965	6.21	7.26
1966	6.24	7.26
1967	6.27	7.25
1968	6.29	7.23
1969	6.3	7.21
1970	6.33	7.18
1971	6.34	7.15
1972	6.37	7.12
1973	6.39	7.09
1974	6.4	7.06
1975	6.42	7.03
1976	6.44	7.02
1977	6.45	7
1978	6.46	7.13
1979	6.48	7.16
1980	6.5	7.18
1981	6.52	7.23
1982	6.54	7.25
1983	6.56	7.28
1984	6.59	7.3
1985	6.61	7.33
1986	6.63	7.35
1987	6.65	7.37
1988	6.66	7.4
1989	6.65	7.42
1990	6.65	7.44
1991	6.65	7.47
1992	6.64	7.5
1993	6.64	7.53
1994	6.64	7.54
1995	6.68	7.58
1996	6.67	7.62
1997	6.69	7.66
1998	6.7	7.66
1999	6.69	7.66
2000	6.7	7.65
2001	6.66	7.64
2002	6.61	7.63
2003	6.55	7.6
2004	6.53	7.57
2005	6.53	7.53
2006	6.55	7.49
2007	6.56	7.46
2008	6.58	7.42
2009	6.59	7.38
2010	6.59	7.32
2011	6.58	7.27
2012	6.56	7.21
2013	6.53	7.14
2014	6.48	7.06
2015	6.44	6.98
2016	6.39	6.88
2017	6.35	6.77
2018	6.3	6.66
2019	6.25	6.56
2020	6.21	6.45
2021	6.16	6.35
2022	6.11	6.26
2023	6.05	6.13

DR Congo and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Somalia
1960	18.4	18.1
1961	18.4	17.9
1962	18.4	17.8
1963	18.5	17.7
1964	18.5	17.6
1965	18.5	17.5
1966	18.5	17.5
1967	18.5	17.5
1968	18.5	17.5
1969	18.5	17.5
1970	18.4	17.5
1971	18.3	17.6
1972	18.2	17.6
1973	18.1	17.6
1974	18	17.7
1975	17.9	17.7
1976	17.8	17.7
1977	17.8	17.7
1978	17.8	17.7
1979	17.9	17.6
1980	17.9	17.6
1981	17.9	17.5
1982	17.8	17.4
1983	17.9	17.4
1984	17.9	17.3
1985	17.9	17.2
1986	17.9	17.1
1987	17.9	17
1988	17.8	16.8
1989	17.8	16.7
1990	17.8	16.5
1991	17.8	16.5
1992	17.8	16.7
1993	17.8	16.8
1994	18	16.7
1995	18.1	16.6
1996	17.7	16.5
1997	17.4	16.4
1998	17.2	16.4
1999	17.2	16.3
2000	17.2	16.3
2001	17.1	16.2
2002	17.1	16.2
2003	17.1	16.1
2004	17	16
2005	17	15.9
2006	17	15.7
2007	17	15.6
2008	16.9	15.6
2009	16.9	15.6
2010	16.9	15.7
2011	16.9	15.8
2012	16.9	16
2013	16.9	16
2014	16.9	16
2015	16.9	16.1
2016	16.9	16.1
2017	17	16.2
2018	17	16.2
2019	16.9	16.3
2020	16.9	16.3
2021	16.9	16.4
2022	16.9	16.5
2023	16.9	16.5
2024	16.9	16.6

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