DR Congo vs Sudan statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 11th vs. 15th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

DR Congo and Sudan: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Sudan economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Sudan
1960	$3,359,404,118	$1,126,364,162
1961	$3,086,746,857	$1,222,860,429
1962	$3,779,841,429	$1,328,259,625
1963	$6,213,185,743	$1,351,234,926
1964	$2,881,545,273	$1,388,282,600
1965	$4,043,901,818	$1,446,869,619
1966	$4,532,660,182	$1,484,491,676
1967	$3,384,063,372	$1,607,409,539
1968	$3,909,780,539	$1,677,771,401
1969	$5,032,434,970	$1,847,501,441
1970	$4,877,684,910	$2,100,229,759
1971	$5,594,770,359	$2,288,340,041
1972	$6,173,712,814	$2,483,055,722
1973	$7,870,239,461	$3,077,254,460
1974	$9,596,960,180	$3,958,931,660
1975	$10,237,343,174	$4,823,090,192
1976	$9,648,583,225	$6,013,210,816
1977	$12,344,424,764	$7,499,005,639
1978	$15,372,608,002	$8,128,719,315
1979	$15,068,422,236	$8,418,407,787
1980	$14,394,927,495	$8,951,800,000
1981	$12,537,821,038	$10,753,888,154
1982	$13,651,667,371	$8,732,542,274
1983	$11,006,712,650	$8,230,153,846
1984	$7,857,729,193	$10,447,615,385
1985	$7,195,042,616	$8,075,259,600
1986	$8,095,367,168	$10,092,200,000
1987	$7,661,625,473	$12,093,333,333
1988	$8,861,299,977	$14,372,555,556
1989	$9,021,862,775	$21,408,111,111
1990	$9,349,764,580	$33,641,222,222
1991	$9,625,436,873	$44,171,194,366
1992	$8,227,343,907	$7,031,933,492
1993	$10,706,259,937	$8,881,005,436
1994	$5,820,382,248	$12,793,794,737
1995	$5,643,439,376	$13,830,363,900
1996	$5,771,456,952	$9,018,300,725
1997	$6,090,838,693	$11,681,175,864
1998	$6,217,805,821	$11,250,221,537
1999	$4,711,259,427	$10,682,028,340
2000	$19,088,046,306	$12,257,299,147
2001	$7,438,189,100	$15,716,361,792
2002	$8,728,038,525	$18,137,128,388
2003	$8,937,567,060	$21,355,298,460
2004	$10,297,483,481	$26,646,007,251
2005	$11,964,484,466	$35,182,711,988
2006	$14,451,901,696	$45,263,831,634
2007	$16,737,071,816	$59,440,139,775
2008	$19,788,515,590	$64,833,083,257
2009	$18,648,372,553	$51,621,044,077
2010	$21,565,721,045	$58,962,978,034
2011	$25,839,749,199	$55,018,567,211
2012	$29,306,235,285	$37,632,919,967
2013	$32,679,745,048	$43,024,018,082
2014	$35,909,040,926	$49,516,748,618
2015	$37,917,706,497	$51,726,758,677
2016	$37,134,801,555	$42,630,376,000
2017	$38,019,264,795	$41,283,617,976
2018	$47,568,210,010	$32,333,780,383
2019	$51,775,829,877	$32,338,079,165
2020	$48,716,961,860	$27,034,593,750
2021	$55,328,482,784	$34,229,513,775
2022	$65,801,547,756	$51,666,875,363
2023	$67,006,756,666	$39,898,289,821
2024	$70,749,355,652	$49,909,807,030

DR Congo and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Sudan
1960	$220.1	$134.7
1961	$197.1	$141.6
1962	$235.1	$148.9
1963	$376	$146.6
1964	$169.9	$145.7
1965	$232	$146.8
1966	$252.8	$145.6
1967	$183.3	$152.4
1968	$205.6	$153.7
1969	$257.1	$163.5
1970	$242.2	$179.6
1971	$270.3	$189
1972	$290.5	$198.2
1973	$361	$235.8
1974	$428	$291.5
1975	$445	$343
1976	$408	$413
1977	$509	$497
1978	$615	$518
1979	$582	$515
1980	$539	$525
1981	$456	$605
1982	$482	$472
1983	$376	$431
1984	$259.8	$534
1985	$230.1	$406
1986	$250.9	$497
1987	$230.1	$584
1988	$257.7	$680
1989	$254.2	$992
1990	$254.9	$1,528
1991	$253.8	$1,966
1992	$209.7	$307
1993	$263.3	$379
1994	$136.5	$532
1995	$127	$561
1996	$127.4	$357
1997	$132.3	$453
1998	$131.5	$425
1999	$96.3	$394
2000	$378	$441
2001	$142.7	$551
2002	$162.4	$621
2003	$161.5	$714
2004	$180.7	$872
2005	$203.6	$1,125
2006	$238.4	$1,415
2007	$267.9	$1,814
2008	$307	$1,928
2009	$280.8	$1,493
2010	$315	$1,665
2011	$365	$1,522
2012	$400	$1,019
2013	$431	$1,139
2014	$458	$1,275
2015	$468	$1,292
2016	$442	$1,033
2017	$437	$967
2018	$528	$731
2019	$557	$710
2020	$508	$578
2021	$558	$712
2022	$643	$1,046
2023	$633	$797
2024	$647	$989

DR Congo vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Sudan
1950	38.2	45.8
1951	38.5	46.2
1952	38.9	46.5
1953	39.1	46.9
1954	39.4	47.3
1955	39.7	47.7
1956	39.9	48.1
1957	40.2	48.5
1958	40.5	48.9
1959	40.6	49.2
1960	40.8	49.6
1961	40.2	50
1962	40.4	50.4
1963	40.6	50.8
1964	40.1	50.9
1965	40.8	51
1966	42.2	51.3
1967	42.3	51.5
1968	42.7	51.8
1969	43	52
1970	43.3	52.3
1971	43.6	52.5
1972	43.9	52.8
1973	44.1	53
1974	44.3	53.2
1975	44.5	53.3
1976	44.7	53.3
1977	44.9	53.5
1978	44.6	53.3
1979	45.3	53.4
1980	45.5	54.1
1981	45.7	54.4
1982	45.9	54.4
1983	46.2	49.6
1984	46.5	49.8
1985	46.7	50
1986	47	54.6
1987	47.4	54.7
1988	47.8	55
1989	48.1	54.9
1990	48.5	55.5
1991	48.9	55.6
1992	49.3	56
1993	49.6	56.1
1994	49.9	57
1995	50.4	57.4
1996	49.4	57.6
1997	50.5	58.1
1998	49.7	58.3
1999	50.1	58.6
2000	51.9	58.9
2001	52.2	59.3
2002	52.4	59.3
2003	53	58.3
2004	53.5	56.8
2005	54	57.2
2006	54.5	60.4
2007	55	61.4
2008	55.4	61.3
2009	55.8	62.7
2010	56.4	63
2011	56.9	63.2
2012	57.4	63.4
2013	57.8	63.4
2014	58.2	64
2015	58.7	64.4
2016	59.1	64.7
2017	59.5	65.1
2018	59.9	65.5
2019	60.2	65.8
2020	60.4	65.1
2021	60	64.5
2022	61	65.7
2023	61.9	66.3
2024	62.1	66.5
2025	62.2	66.7

DR Congo and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Sudan
1960	15,264,846	8,364,489
1961	15,662,374	8,634,941
1962	16,075,724	8,919,028
1963	16,507,599	9,218,077
1964	16,955,327	9,531,109
1965	17,427,802	9,858,030
1966	17,931,929	10,197,578
1967	18,462,782	10,550,597
1968	19,012,189	10,917,999
1969	19,570,445	11,298,936
1970	20,137,436	11,695,771
1971	20,695,569	12,105,539
1972	21,251,160	12,527,856
1973	21,827,665	13,049,315
1974	22,418,878	13,580,723
1975	23,021,101	14,064,798
1976	23,624,031	14,569,716
1977	24,229,061	15,086,614
1978	24,992,689	15,695,003
1979	25,886,782	16,355,352
1980	26,711,099	17,058,905
1981	27,500,515	17,780,572
1982	28,338,190	18,486,645
1983	29,250,963	19,109,770
1984	30,245,081	19,546,528
1985	31,264,816	19,905,872
1986	32,265,196	20,288,238
1987	33,298,904	20,704,904
1988	34,382,752	21,138,431
1989	35,486,866	21,578,022
1990	36,684,063	22,021,481
1991	37,925,817	22,470,676
1992	39,228,910	22,927,355
1993	40,656,336	23,445,592
1994	42,626,876	24,043,948
1995	44,433,704	24,672,143
1996	45,296,124	25,231,528
1997	46,029,902	25,799,821
1998	47,297,600	26,458,999
1999	48,912,971	27,130,613
2000	50,507,442	27,816,745
2001	52,132,646	28,516,770
2002	53,750,524	29,228,727
2003	55,343,867	29,896,035
2004	56,997,741	30,556,637
2005	58,775,724	31,262,444
2006	60,615,908	31,992,435
2007	62,477,752	32,764,135
2008	64,390,664	33,623,980
2009	66,412,044	34,569,113
2010	68,563,038	35,414,399
2011	70,849,311	36,140,806
2012	73,254,618	36,923,178
2013	75,789,395	37,785,849
2014	78,403,242	38,823,318
2015	81,035,531	40,024,431
2016	83,956,415	41,259,892
2017	87,083,398	42,714,306
2018	90,047,644	44,230,596
2019	92,947,442	45,548,175
2020	95,989,998	46,789,231
2021	99,148,932	48,066,924
2022	102,396,968	49,383,346
2023	105,789,731	50,042,791
2024	109,276,265	50,448,963

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Sudan

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Sudan
1960	6.11	6.66
1961	6.12	6.66
1962	6.14	6.7
1963	6.16	6.76
1964	6.19	6.8
1965	6.21	6.84
1966	6.24	6.88
1967	6.27	6.91
1968	6.29	6.95
1969	6.3	6.97
1970	6.33	6.99
1971	6.34	7.02
1972	6.37	6.98
1973	6.39	6.94
1974	6.4	6.91
1975	6.42	6.87
1976	6.44	6.82
1977	6.45	6.78
1978	6.46	6.72
1979	6.48	6.65
1980	6.5	6.59
1981	6.52	6.53
1982	6.54	6.47
1983	6.56	6.41
1984	6.59	6.34
1985	6.61	6.28
1986	6.63	6.23
1987	6.65	6.18
1988	6.66	6.13
1989	6.65	6.11
1990	6.65	6.07
1991	6.65	6.05
1992	6.64	6.02
1993	6.64	5.97
1994	6.64	5.91
1995	6.68	5.86
1996	6.67	5.79
1997	6.69	5.72
1998	6.7	5.65
1999	6.69	5.62
2000	6.7	5.6
2001	6.66	5.56
2002	6.61	5.53
2003	6.55	5.49
2004	6.53	5.46
2005	6.53	5.4
2006	6.55	5.33
2007	6.56	5.27
2008	6.58	5.21
2009	6.59	5.17
2010	6.59	5.14
2011	6.58	5.09
2012	6.56	5.03
2013	6.53	4.97
2014	6.48	4.91
2015	6.44	4.9
2016	6.39	4.83
2017	6.35	4.76
2018	6.3	4.68
2019	6.25	4.62
2020	6.21	4.54
2021	6.16	4.46
2022	6.11	4.38
2023	6.05	4.32

DR Congo and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Sudan
1960	18.4	16.7
1961	18.4	16.7
1962	18.4	16.7
1963	18.5	16.6
1964	18.5	16.5
1965	18.5	16.5
1966	18.5	16.4
1967	18.5	16.4
1968	18.5	16.3
1969	18.5	16.3
1970	18.4	16.2
1971	18.3	16.2
1972	18.2	16.1
1973	18.1	16
1974	18	15.9
1975	17.9	16
1976	17.8	16
1977	17.8	16.1
1978	17.8	16.2
1979	17.9	16.4
1980	17.9	16.5
1981	17.9	16.6
1982	17.8	16.7
1983	17.9	16.7
1984	17.9	16.8
1985	17.9	16.8
1986	17.9	16.8
1987	17.9	16.9
1988	17.8	16.9
1989	17.8	16.8
1990	17.8	16.8
1991	17.8	16.8
1992	17.8	16.8
1993	17.8	16.8
1994	18	16.8
1995	18.1	16.8
1996	17.7	16.8
1997	17.4	16.8
1998	17.2	16.8
1999	17.2	16.9
2000	17.2	16.9
2001	17.1	17
2002	17.1	17
2003	17.1	17.1
2004	17	17.1
2005	17	17.1
2006	17	17.2
2007	17	17.3
2008	16.9	17.3
2009	16.9	17.4
2010	16.9	17.5
2011	16.9	17.4
2012	16.9	17.5
2013	16.9	17.5
2014	16.9	17.7
2015	16.9	17.9
2016	16.9	18.1
2017	17	18.3
2018	17	18.6
2019	16.9	18.7
2020	16.9	18.9
2021	16.9	19
2022	16.9	19.2
2023	16.9	19.3
2024	16.9	19.4

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