DR Congo vs South Korea statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 11th vs. 105th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

DR Congo and South Korea: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and South Korea economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	South Korea
1960	$3,359,404,118	$3,958,811,881
1961	$3,086,746,857	$2,417,628,737
1962	$3,779,841,429	$2,814,615,385
1963	$6,213,185,743	$3,988,461,538
1964	$2,881,545,273	$3,459,019,943
1965	$4,043,901,818	$3,120,861,499
1966	$4,532,660,182	$3,929,055,144
1967	$3,384,063,372	$4,855,892,446
1968	$3,909,780,539	$6,119,394,892
1969	$5,032,434,970	$7,678,698,838
1970	$4,877,684,910	$9,005,144,969
1971	$5,594,770,359	$9,903,571,249
1972	$6,173,712,814	$10,862,211,761
1973	$7,870,239,461	$13,876,472,208
1974	$9,596,960,180	$19,543,973,941
1975	$10,237,343,174	$21,784,297,521
1976	$9,648,583,225	$29,902,479,339
1977	$12,344,424,764	$38,446,487,603
1978	$15,372,608,002	$51,972,107,438
1979	$15,068,422,236	$66,946,900,826
1980	$14,394,927,495	$65,398,377,598
1981	$12,537,821,038	$72,933,533,012
1982	$13,651,667,371	$78,358,416,171
1983	$11,006,712,650	$87,760,553,262
1984	$7,857,729,193	$97,510,744,119
1985	$7,195,042,616	$101,296,177,099
1986	$8,095,367,168	$116,836,246,285
1987	$7,661,625,473	$147,948,709,376
1988	$8,861,299,977	$199,591,287,825
1989	$9,021,862,775	$246,928,837,311
1990	$9,349,764,580	$283,365,844,161
1991	$9,625,436,873	$330,647,042,837
1992	$8,227,343,907	$355,524,903,068
1993	$10,706,259,937	$392,665,710,525
1994	$5,820,382,248	$463,619,823,515
1995	$5,643,439,376	$566,581,003,128
1996	$5,771,456,952	$610,167,053,824
1997	$6,090,838,693	$569,755,022,973
1998	$6,217,805,821	$383,331,833,682
1999	$4,711,259,427	$497,514,040,642
2000	$19,088,046,306	$576,179,387,820
2001	$7,438,189,100	$547,656,279,895
2002	$8,728,038,525	$627,246,933,730
2003	$8,937,567,060	$702,714,855,194
2004	$10,297,483,481	$793,175,561,887
2005	$11,964,484,466	$934,901,071,333
2006	$14,451,901,696	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$16,737,071,816	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$19,788,515,590	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$18,648,372,553	$943,941,876,219
2010	$21,565,721,045	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$25,839,749,199	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$29,306,235,285	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$32,679,745,048	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$35,909,040,926	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$37,917,706,497	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$37,134,801,555	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$38,019,264,795	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$47,568,210,010	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$51,775,829,877	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$48,716,961,860	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$55,328,482,784	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$65,801,547,756	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$67,006,756,666	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$70,749,355,652	-

DR Congo and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	South Korea
1960	$220.1	$158.3
1961	$197.1	$93.8
1962	$235.1	$106.2
1963	$376	$146.3
1964	$169.9	$123.6
1965	$232	$108.7
1966	$252.8	$133.5
1967	$183.3	$161.2
1968	$205.6	$198.4
1969	$257.1	$243.4
1970	$242.2	$279.3
1971	$270.3	$301
1972	$290.5	$324
1973	$361	$407
1974	$428	$563
1975	$445	$617
1976	$408	$834
1977	$509	$1,056
1978	$615	$1,406
1979	$582	$1,784
1980	$539	$1,715
1981	$456	$1,883
1982	$482	$1,993
1983	$376	$2,199
1984	$259.8	$2,413
1985	$230.1	$2,482
1986	$250.9	$2,835
1987	$230.1	$3,555
1988	$257.7	$4,749
1989	$254.2	$5,817
1990	$254.9	$6,610
1991	$253.8	$7,637
1992	$209.7	$8,127
1993	$263.3	$8,885
1994	$136.5	$10,385
1995	$127	$12,565
1996	$127.4	$13,403
1997	$132.3	$12,398
1998	$131.5	$8,282
1999	$96.3	$10,672
2000	$378	$12,257
2001	$142.7	$11,561
2002	$162.4	$13,165
2003	$161.5	$14,673
2004	$180.7	$16,496
2005	$203.6	$19,403
2006	$238.4	$21,743
2007	$267.9	$24,086
2008	$307	$21,350
2009	$280.8	$19,144
2010	$315	$23,079
2011	$365	$25,098
2012	$400	$25,459
2013	$431	$27,180
2014	$458	$29,253
2015	$468	$28,737
2016	$442	$29,280
2017	$437	$31,601
2018	$528	$33,447
2019	$557	$31,902
2020	$508	$31,721
2021	$558	$35,126
2022	$643	$32,395
2023	$633	$33,121
2024	$647	-

DR Congo vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	South Korea
1950	38.2	22.2
1951	38.5	26.6
1952	38.9	36.6
1953	39.1	40.5
1954	39.4	46.1
1955	39.7	48.4
1956	39.9	50.2
1957	40.2	51.6
1958	40.5	51.8
1959	40.6	52.9
1960	40.8	53.8
1961	40.2	54.4
1962	40.4	55
1963	40.6	55
1964	40.1	55.3
1965	40.8	55.8
1966	42.2	55.4
1967	42.3	60.9
1968	42.7	60.9
1969	43	61.4
1970	43.3	62.2
1971	43.6	62.7
1972	43.9	63.2
1973	44.1	63.8
1974	44.3	64.2
1975	44.5	64.7
1976	44.7	65
1977	44.9	64.6
1978	44.6	65
1979	45.3	66.1
1980	45.5	64.8
1981	45.7	67.1
1982	45.9	67.1
1983	46.2	66.7
1984	46.5	68.1
1985	46.7	68.4
1986	47	69
1987	47.4	69.3
1988	47.8	70.2
1989	48.1	70.7
1990	48.5	71
1991	48.9	71.4
1992	49.3	72.2
1993	49.6	72.7
1994	49.9	72.9
1995	50.4	73.4
1996	49.4	74
1997	50.5	74.5
1998	49.7	75
1999	50.1	75.6
2000	51.9	76.2
2001	52.2	76.9
2002	52.4	77.2
2003	53	77.5
2004	53.5	78
2005	54	78.4
2006	54.5	79
2007	55	79.4
2008	55.4	80
2009	55.8	80.6
2010	56.4	80.7
2011	56.9	81.2
2012	57.4	81.3
2013	57.8	81.8
2014	58.2	82.4
2015	58.7	82.5
2016	59.1	82.9
2017	59.5	83.3
2018	59.9	83.3
2019	60.2	83.7
2020	60.4	83.7
2021	60	83.9
2022	61	82.7
2023	61.9	84.3
2024	62.1	84.4
2025	62.2	84.5

DR Congo and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	South Korea
1960	15,264,846	25,012,374
1961	15,662,374	25,765,673
1962	16,075,724	26,513,030
1963	16,507,599	27,261,747
1964	16,955,327	27,984,155
1965	17,427,802	28,704,674
1966	17,931,929	29,435,571
1967	18,462,782	30,130,983
1968	19,012,189	30,838,302
1969	19,570,445	31,544,266
1970	20,137,436	32,240,827
1971	20,695,569	32,882,704
1972	21,251,160	33,505,406
1973	21,827,665	34,103,149
1974	22,418,878	34,692,266
1975	23,021,101	35,280,725
1976	23,624,031	35,848,523
1977	24,229,061	36,411,795
1978	24,992,689	36,969,185
1979	25,886,782	37,534,236
1980	26,711,099	38,123,775
1981	27,500,515	38,723,248
1982	28,338,190	39,326,352
1983	29,250,963	39,910,403
1984	30,245,081	40,405,956
1985	31,264,816	40,805,744
1986	32,265,196	41,213,674
1987	33,298,904	41,621,690
1988	34,382,752	42,031,247
1989	35,486,866	42,449,038
1990	36,684,063	42,869,283
1991	37,925,817	43,295,704
1992	39,228,910	43,747,962
1993	40,656,336	44,194,628
1994	42,626,876	44,641,540
1995	44,433,704	45,092,991
1996	45,296,124	45,524,681
1997	46,029,902	45,953,580
1998	47,297,600	46,286,503
1999	48,912,971	46,616,677
2000	50,507,442	47,008,111
2001	52,132,646	47,370,164
2002	53,750,524	47,644,736
2003	55,343,867	47,892,330
2004	56,997,741	48,082,519
2005	58,775,724	48,184,561
2006	60,615,908	48,438,292
2007	62,477,752	48,683,638
2008	64,390,664	49,054,708
2009	66,412,044	49,307,835
2010	68,563,038	49,554,112
2011	70,849,311	49,936,638
2012	73,254,618	50,199,853
2013	75,789,395	50,428,893
2014	78,403,242	50,746,659
2015	81,035,531	51,014,947
2016	83,956,415	51,217,803
2017	87,083,398	51,361,911
2018	90,047,644	51,585,058
2019	92,947,442	51,764,822
2020	95,989,998	51,836,239
2021	99,148,932	51,769,539
2022	102,396,968	51,672,569
2023	105,789,731	51,712,619
2024	109,276,265	51,751,065

Fertility rates in DR Congo and South Korea

Fertility rate

DR Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	South Korea
1960	6.11	5.99
1961	6.12	5.8
1962	6.14	5.56
1963	6.16	5.33
1964	6.19	5.07
1965	6.21	4.89
1966	6.24	4.78
1967	6.27	4.62
1968	6.29	4.51
1969	6.3	4.45
1970	6.33	4.53
1971	6.34	4.54
1972	6.37	4.12
1973	6.39	4.07
1974	6.4	3.77
1975	6.42	3.43
1976	6.44	3
1977	6.45	2.99
1978	6.46	2.64
1979	6.48	2.9
1980	6.5	2.82
1981	6.52	2.57
1982	6.54	2.39
1983	6.56	2.06
1984	6.59	1.74
1985	6.61	1.66
1986	6.63	1.58
1987	6.65	1.53
1988	6.66	1.55
1989	6.65	1.56
1990	6.65	1.57
1991	6.65	1.71
1992	6.64	1.76
1993	6.64	1.65
1994	6.64	1.66
1995	6.68	1.63
1996	6.67	1.57
1997	6.69	1.54
1998	6.7	1.46
1999	6.69	1.43
2000	6.7	1.48
2001	6.66	1.31
2002	6.61	1.18
2003	6.55	1.19
2004	6.53	1.16
2005	6.53	1.09
2006	6.55	1.13
2007	6.56	1.26
2008	6.58	1.19
2009	6.59	1.15
2010	6.59	1.23
2011	6.58	1.24
2012	6.56	1.3
2013	6.53	1.19
2014	6.48	1.21
2015	6.44	1.24
2016	6.39	1.17
2017	6.35	1.05
2018	6.3	0.98
2019	6.25	0.92
2020	6.21	0.84
2021	6.16	0.81
2022	6.11	0.78
2023	6.05	0.72

DR Congo and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	South Korea
1960	18.4	19.3
1961	18.4	19.2
1962	18.4	19.1
1963	18.5	19
1964	18.5	18.8
1965	18.5	18.6
1966	18.5	18.5
1967	18.5	18.6
1968	18.5	18.7
1969	18.5	18.8
1970	18.4	18.9
1971	18.3	19
1972	18.2	19.1
1973	18.1	19.3
1974	18	19.6
1975	17.9	19.9
1976	17.8	20.2
1977	17.8	20.7
1978	17.8	21.1
1979	17.9	21.6
1980	17.9	22.1
1981	17.9	22.5
1982	17.8	22.8
1983	17.9	23.3
1984	17.9	23.7
1985	17.9	24.2
1986	17.9	24.8
1987	17.9	25.3
1988	17.8	25.8
1989	17.8	26.3
1990	17.8	26.7
1991	17.8	27.2
1992	17.8	27.8
1993	17.8	28.3
1994	18	28.9
1995	18.1	29.4
1996	17.7	29.8
1997	17.4	30.2
1998	17.2	30.7
1999	17.2	31.2
2000	17.2	31.7
2001	17.1	32.3
2002	17.1	32.8
2003	17.1	33.4
2004	17	33.9
2005	17	34.5
2006	17	35.2
2007	17	35.8
2008	16.9	36.4
2009	16.9	37
2010	16.9	37.6
2011	16.9	38.2
2012	16.9	38.8
2013	16.9	39.5
2014	16.9	40.2
2015	16.9	40.8
2016	16.9	41.4
2017	17	41.9
2018	17	42.5
2019	16.9	43.1
2020	16.9	43.8
2021	16.9	44.4
2022	16.9	44.9
2023	16.9	45.5
2024	16.9	46.1

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