DR Congo vs Suriname statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 11th vs. 90th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

DR Congo and Suriname: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Suriname economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Suriname
1960	$3,359,404,118	$99,650,000
1961	$3,086,746,857	$107,700,000
1962	$3,779,841,429	$116,150,000
1963	$6,213,185,743	$125,950,000
1964	$2,881,545,273	$134,400,000
1965	$4,043,901,818	$154,150,000
1966	$4,532,660,182	$190,350,000
1967	$3,384,063,372	$220,700,000
1968	$3,909,780,539	$241,350,000
1969	$5,032,434,970	$259,650,000
1970	$4,877,684,910	$274,900,000
1971	$5,594,770,359	$301,000,000
1972	$6,173,712,814	$311,950,000
1973	$7,870,239,461	$339,450,000
1974	$9,596,960,180	$409,850,000
1975	$10,237,343,174	$465,500,000
1976	$9,648,583,225	$505,500,000
1977	$12,344,424,764	$641,500,000
1978	$15,372,608,002	$735,500,000
1979	$15,068,422,236	$782,500,000
1980	$14,394,927,495	$795,000,000
1981	$12,537,821,038	$889,000,000
1982	$13,651,667,371	$915,000,000
1983	$11,006,712,650	$883,500,000
1984	$7,857,729,193	$864,000,000
1985	$7,195,042,616	$873,000,000
1986	$8,095,367,168	$891,000,000
1987	$7,661,625,473	$980,000,000
1988	$8,861,299,977	$1,161,000,000
1989	$9,021,862,775	$542,600,000
1990	$9,349,764,580	$388,400,000
1991	$9,625,436,873	$448,100,000
1992	$8,227,343,907	$404,600,000
1993	$10,706,259,937	$428,764,706
1994	$5,820,382,248	$605,492,537
1995	$5,643,439,376	$691,590,498
1996	$5,771,456,952	$861,372,806
1997	$6,090,838,693	$926,422,500
1998	$6,217,805,821	$1,110,850,000
1999	$4,711,259,427	$886,290,698
2000	$19,088,046,306	$947,671,970
2001	$7,438,189,100	$834,279,358
2002	$8,728,038,525	$1,093,574,468
2003	$8,937,567,060	$1,274,190,311
2004	$10,297,483,481	$1,484,092,538
2005	$11,964,484,466	$1,793,410,397
2006	$14,451,901,696	$2,626,380,435
2007	$16,737,071,816	$2,936,612,022
2008	$19,788,515,590	$3,532,969,035
2009	$18,648,372,553	$3,875,409,836
2010	$21,565,721,045	$4,368,370,998
2011	$25,839,749,199	$4,422,276,622
2012	$29,306,235,285	$4,980,000,000
2013	$32,679,745,048	$5,145,757,576
2014	$35,909,040,926	$5,240,606,061
2015	$37,917,706,497	$5,126,237,646
2016	$37,134,801,555	$3,317,421,648
2017	$38,019,264,795	$3,591,679,431
2018	$47,568,210,010	$3,996,198,867
2019	$51,775,829,877	$4,016,040,575
2020	$48,716,961,860	$2,911,807,496
2021	$55,328,482,784	$3,107,923,198
2022	$65,801,547,756	$3,791,603,200
2023	$67,006,756,666	$3,455,146,281
2024	$70,749,355,652	$4,714,267,822

DR Congo and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Suriname
1960	$220.1	$378
1961	$197.1	$395
1962	$235.1	$409
1963	$376	$424
1964	$169.9	$435
1965	$232	$482
1966	$252.8	$575
1967	$183.3	$644
1968	$205.6	$681
1969	$257.1	$708
1970	$242.2	$724
1971	$270.3	$768
1972	$290.5	$785
1973	$361	$858
1974	$428	$1,041
1975	$445	$1,190
1976	$408	$1,302
1977	$509	$1,666
1978	$615	$1,928
1979	$582	$2,072
1980	$539	$2,118
1981	$456	$2,368
1982	$482	$2,430
1983	$376	$2,333
1984	$259.8	$2,261
1985	$230.1	$2,256
1986	$250.9	$2,271
1987	$230.1	$2,469
1988	$257.7	$2,886
1989	$254.2	$1,329
1990	$254.9	$942
1991	$253.8	$1,080
1992	$209.7	$969
1993	$263.3	$1,022
1994	$136.5	$1,434
1995	$127	$1,610
1996	$127.4	$1,963
1997	$132.3	$2,068
1998	$131.5	$2,429
1999	$96.3	$1,898
2000	$378	$1,988
2001	$142.7	$1,715
2002	$162.4	$2,202
2003	$161.5	$2,516
2004	$180.7	$2,888
2005	$203.6	$3,453
2006	$238.4	$5,003
2007	$267.9	$5,530
2008	$307	$6,576
2009	$280.8	$7,130
2010	$315	$7,944
2011	$365	$7,950
2012	$400	$8,851
2013	$431	$9,043
2014	$458	$9,108
2015	$468	$8,814
2016	$442	$5,644
2017	$437	$6,050
2018	$528	$6,666
2019	$557	$6,630
2020	$508	$4,755
2021	$558	$5,030
2022	$643	$6,084
2023	$633	$5,494
2024	$647	$7,431

DR Congo vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Suriname

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Suriname
1950	38.2	50.7
1951	38.5	51.1
1952	38.9	51.4
1953	39.1	52.1
1954	39.4	52.8
1955	39.7	53.5
1956	39.9	54.1
1957	40.2	54.7
1958	40.5	55.4
1959	40.6	55.9
1960	40.8	56.6
1961	40.2	57.3
1962	40.4	58
1963	40.6	58.5
1964	40.1	58.9
1965	40.8	59.1
1966	42.2	59.2
1967	42.3	59.2
1968	42.7	59.3
1969	43	59.4
1970	43.3	59.5
1971	43.6	59.6
1972	43.9	59.7
1973	44.1	59.8
1974	44.3	59.9
1975	44.5	60
1976	44.7	60.2
1977	44.9	60.3
1978	44.6	60.4
1979	45.3	60.5
1980	45.5	60.7
1981	45.7	60.8
1982	45.9	60.9
1983	46.2	61.1
1984	46.5	61.2
1985	46.7	61.4
1986	47	61.2
1987	47.4	61.3
1988	47.8	61.5
1989	48.1	62
1990	48.5	62.1
1991	48.9	62.2
1992	49.3	62.2
1993	49.6	62.4
1994	49.9	62.5
1995	50.4	62.8
1996	49.4	63.1
1997	50.5	63.4
1998	49.7	63.7
1999	50.1	64
2000	51.9	64.4
2001	52.2	64.8
2002	52.4	65.3
2003	53	65.8
2004	53.5	66.4
2005	54	67
2006	54.5	67.6
2007	55	68.3
2008	55.4	68.9
2009	55.8	69.3
2010	56.4	69.6
2011	56.9	69.8
2012	57.4	70
2013	57.8	70.1
2014	58.2	70.3
2015	58.7	70.6
2016	59.1	71
2017	59.5	71.2
2018	59.9	71.5
2019	60.2	71.8
2020	60.4	72.3
2021	60	68.9
2022	61	73.3
2023	61.9	73.6
2024	62.1	73.8
2025	62.2	73.9

DR Congo and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Suriname

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Suriname
1960	15,264,846	263,918
1961	15,662,374	272,791
1962	16,075,724	283,912
1963	16,507,599	297,034
1964	16,955,327	309,041
1965	17,427,802	320,000
1966	17,931,929	331,135
1967	18,462,782	342,679
1968	19,012,189	354,616
1969	19,570,445	366,906
1970	20,137,436	379,442
1971	20,695,569	391,932
1972	21,251,160	397,413
1973	21,827,665	395,772
1974	22,418,878	393,676
1975	23,021,101	391,170
1976	23,624,031	388,289
1977	24,229,061	385,067
1978	24,992,689	381,502
1979	25,886,782	377,602
1980	26,711,099	375,377
1981	27,500,515	375,459
1982	28,338,190	376,555
1983	29,250,963	378,746
1984	30,245,081	382,193
1985	31,264,816	386,972
1986	32,265,196	392,330
1987	33,298,904	396,911
1988	34,382,752	402,227
1989	35,486,866	408,409
1990	36,684,063	412,493
1991	37,925,817	415,013
1992	39,228,910	417,589
1993	40,656,336	419,352
1994	42,626,876	422,375
1995	44,433,704	429,606
1996	45,296,124	438,830
1997	46,029,902	448,067
1998	47,297,600	457,406
1999	48,912,971	466,916
2000	50,507,442	476,643
2001	52,132,646	486,560
2002	53,750,524	496,551
2003	55,343,867	506,414
2004	56,997,741	513,923
2005	58,775,724	519,313
2006	60,615,908	524,997
2007	62,477,752	531,016
2008	64,390,664	537,245
2009	66,412,044	543,568
2010	68,563,038	549,923
2011	70,849,311	556,269
2012	73,254,618	562,633
2013	75,789,395	569,020
2014	78,403,242	575,373
2015	81,035,531	581,627
2016	83,956,415	587,757
2017	87,083,398	593,713
2018	90,047,644	599,513
2019	92,947,442	605,768
2020	95,989,998	612,317
2021	99,148,932	617,896
2022	102,396,968	623,164
2023	105,789,731	628,886
2024	109,276,265	634,431

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Suriname

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Suriname

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Suriname
1960	6.11	6.59
1961	6.12	6.58
1962	6.14	6.57
1963	6.16	6.51
1964	6.19	6.43
1965	6.21	6.32
1966	6.24	6.2
1967	6.27	6.04
1968	6.29	5.86
1969	6.3	5.7
1970	6.33	5.53
1971	6.34	5.36
1972	6.37	5.18
1973	6.39	5.01
1974	6.4	4.81
1975	6.42	4.63
1976	6.44	4.45
1977	6.45	4.26
1978	6.46	4.08
1979	6.48	3.93
1980	6.5	3.79
1981	6.52	3.75
1982	6.54	3.82
1983	6.56	3.87
1984	6.59	3.8
1985	6.61	3.71
1986	6.63	3.61
1987	6.65	3.53
1988	6.66	3.46
1989	6.65	3.39
1990	6.65	3.23
1991	6.65	3.09
1992	6.64	3.01
1993	6.64	2.94
1994	6.64	2.9
1995	6.68	2.9
1996	6.67	2.92
1997	6.69	2.95
1998	6.7	2.99
1999	6.69	3.02
2000	6.7	3.05
2001	6.66	3.06
2002	6.61	2.96
2003	6.55	2.84
2004	6.53	2.74
2005	6.53	2.71
2006	6.55	2.73
2007	6.56	2.74
2008	6.58	2.73
2009	6.59	2.71
2010	6.59	2.69
2011	6.58	2.67
2012	6.56	2.67
2013	6.53	2.65
2014	6.48	2.62
2015	6.44	2.57
2016	6.39	2.5
2017	6.35	2.43
2018	6.3	2.38
2019	6.25	2.35
2020	6.21	2.31
2021	6.16	2.3
2022	6.11	2.27
2023	6.05	2.25

DR Congo and Suriname demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Suriname

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Suriname
1960	18.4	18.1
1961	18.4	18.2
1962	18.4	17.8
1963	18.5	17.3
1964	18.5	16.8
1965	18.5	16.4
1966	18.5	16.1
1967	18.5	15.8
1968	18.5	15.6
1969	18.5	15.6
1970	18.4	15.6
1971	18.3	15.7
1972	18.2	16
1973	18.1	16.3
1974	18	16.7
1975	17.9	17
1976	17.8	17.4
1977	17.8	17.6
1978	17.8	17.9
1979	17.9	18.1
1980	17.9	18.4
1981	17.9	18.7
1982	17.8	18.9
1983	17.9	19.2
1984	17.9	19.5
1985	17.9	19.7
1986	17.9	20
1987	17.9	20.2
1988	17.8	20.4
1989	17.8	20.6
1990	17.8	20.8
1991	17.8	21
1992	17.8	21.2
1993	17.8	21.5
1994	18	21.7
1995	18.1	22
1996	17.7	22.4
1997	17.4	22.8
1998	17.2	23.2
1999	17.2	23.6
2000	17.2	24
2001	17.1	24.4
2002	17.1	24.7
2003	17.1	25
2004	17	25.3
2005	17	25.5
2006	17	25.6
2007	17	25.8
2008	16.9	26.1
2009	16.9	26.3
2010	16.9	26.5
2011	16.9	26.7
2012	16.9	26.9
2013	16.9	27.1
2014	16.9	27.3
2015	16.9	27.5
2016	16.9	27.7
2017	17	27.9
2018	17	28.1
2019	16.9	28.3
2020	16.9	28.6
2021	16.9	28.7
2022	16.9	28.9
2023	16.9	29.2
2024	16.9	29.4

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