DR Congo vs Syria statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 11th vs. 87th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

DR Congo and Syria: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Syria economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Syria
1960	$3,359,404,118	$857,704,413
1961	$3,086,746,857	$945,244,972
1962	$3,779,841,429	$1,110,565,881
1963	$6,213,185,743	$1,200,447,408
1964	$2,881,545,273	$1,339,494,267
1965	$4,043,901,818	$1,472,036,540
1966	$4,532,660,182	$1,342,287,553
1967	$3,384,063,372	$1,580,229,799
1968	$3,909,780,539	$1,753,746,430
1969	$5,032,434,970	$2,245,011,515
1970	$4,877,684,910	$2,140,384,010
1971	$5,594,770,359	$2,589,851,325
1972	$6,173,712,814	$3,059,681,698
1973	$7,870,239,461	$3,239,487,516
1974	$9,596,960,180	$5,159,557,148
1975	$10,237,343,174	$6,826,980,444
1976	$9,648,583,225	$7,633,528,867
1977	$12,344,424,764	$7,696,011,396
1978	$15,372,608,002	$9,275,200,458
1979	$15,068,422,236	$9,929,681,529
1980	$14,394,927,495	$13,062,420,382
1981	$12,537,821,038	$15,518,201,335
1982	$13,651,667,371	$16,298,929,011
1983	$11,006,712,650	$17,589,277,143
1984	$7,857,729,193	$17,503,078,174
1985	$7,195,042,616	$16,403,539,893
1986	$8,095,367,168	$13,293,205,278
1987	$7,661,625,473	$11,356,215,543
1988	$8,861,299,977	$10,577,041,645
1989	$9,021,862,775	$9,853,395,762
1990	$9,349,764,580	$12,308,624,418
1991	$9,625,436,873	$12,981,833,333
1992	$8,227,343,907	$13,253,565,861
1993	$10,706,259,937	$13,695,962,055
1994	$5,820,382,248	$10,122,020,000
1995	$5,643,439,376	$11,396,706,587
1996	$5,771,456,952	$13,789,560,878
1997	$6,090,838,693	$14,505,233,463
1998	$6,217,805,821	$15,200,846,154
1999	$4,711,259,427	$15,873,875,969
2000	$19,088,046,306	$18,937,052,543
2001	$7,438,189,100	$20,237,024,725
2002	$8,728,038,525	$20,669,357,462
2003	$8,937,567,060	$21,828,144,686
2004	$10,297,483,481	$25,086,950,495
2005	$11,964,484,466	$28,858,965,517
2006	$14,451,901,696	$33,751,788,856
2007	$16,737,071,816	$40,465,318,382
2008	$19,788,515,590	$52,557,913,569
2009	$18,648,372,553	$54,111,735,629
2010	$21,565,721,045	$61,390,830,875
2011	$25,839,749,199	$67,539,428,159
2012	$29,306,235,285	$43,190,318,033
2013	$32,679,745,048	$21,361,254,635
2014	$35,909,040,926	$21,502,061,466
2015	$37,917,706,497	$16,466,863,117
2016	$37,134,801,555	$12,597,854,877
2017	$38,019,264,795	$16,369,843,352
2018	$47,568,210,010	$21,497,782,868
2019	$51,775,829,877	$22,583,045,060
2020	$48,716,961,860	$12,047,752,036
2021	$55,328,482,784	$14,353,205,678
2022	$65,801,547,756	$23,622,827,080
2023	$67,006,756,666	$19,993,439,950
2024	$70,749,355,652	-

DR Congo and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Syria
1960	$220.1	$183.5
1961	$197.1	$196.3
1962	$235.1	$223.9
1963	$376	$234.9
1964	$169.9	$254.2
1965	$232	$270.8
1966	$252.8	$239.3
1967	$183.3	$272.9
1968	$205.6	$293.3
1969	$257.1	$364
1970	$242.2	$335
1971	$270.3	$393
1972	$290.5	$448
1973	$361	$459
1974	$428	$707
1975	$445	$904
1976	$408	$976
1977	$509	$951
1978	$615	$1,108
1979	$582	$1,146
1980	$539	$1,458
1981	$456	$1,676
1982	$482	$1,703
1983	$376	$1,776
1984	$259.8	$1,706
1985	$230.1	$1,544
1986	$250.9	$1,208
1987	$230.1	$997
1988	$257.7	$898
1989	$254.2	$809
1990	$254.9	$978
1991	$253.8	$1,000
1992	$209.7	$990
1993	$263.3	$993
1994	$136.5	$712
1995	$127	$780
1996	$127.4	$918
1997	$132.3	$941
1998	$131.5	$961
1999	$96.3	$978
2000	$378	$1,138
2001	$142.7	$1,187
2002	$162.4	$1,183
2003	$161.5	$1,220
2004	$180.7	$1,368
2005	$203.6	$1,534
2006	$238.4	$1,719
2007	$267.9	$1,938
2008	$307	$2,429
2009	$280.8	$2,462
2010	$315	$2,731
2011	$365	$2,952
2012	$400	$1,898
2013	$431	$986
2014	$458	$1,061
2015	$468	$848
2016	$442	$656
2017	$437	$852
2018	$528	$1,098
2019	$557	$1,110
2020	$508	$572
2021	$558	$664
2022	$643	$1,052
2023	$633	$847
2024	$647	-

DR Congo vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Syria
1950	38.2	42.5
1951	38.5	43.4
1952	38.9	44.3
1953	39.1	45.3
1954	39.4	46.4
1955	39.7	47.4
1956	39.9	48.5
1957	40.2	49.6
1958	40.5	50.7
1959	40.6	51.7
1960	40.8	52.7
1961	40.2	53.7
1962	40.4	54.6
1963	40.6	55.4
1964	40.1	56.2
1965	40.8	56.9
1966	42.2	57.6
1967	42.3	58
1968	42.7	59.1
1969	43	59.8
1970	43.3	60.6
1971	43.6	61.3
1972	43.9	62
1973	44.1	60.8
1974	44.3	63.4
1975	44.5	64.2
1976	44.7	64.8
1977	44.9	65.4
1978	44.6	65.9
1979	45.3	66.2
1980	45.5	66.5
1981	45.7	64.6
1982	45.9	60.8
1983	46.2	67.4
1984	46.5	67.7
1985	46.7	68
1986	47	68.4
1987	47.4	68.8
1988	47.8	69.2
1989	48.1	69.5
1990	48.5	69.8
1991	48.9	70.1
1992	49.3	70.2
1993	49.6	70.3
1994	49.9	70.3
1995	50.4	70.2
1996	49.4	70.2
1997	50.5	70.2
1998	49.7	70.2
1999	50.1	70.5
2000	51.9	70.9
2001	52.2	71.3
2002	52.4	71.7
2003	53	72.2
2004	53.5	72.5
2005	54	72.8
2006	54.5	73
2007	55	73.3
2008	55.4	73.4
2009	55.8	73.5
2010	56.4	73.5
2011	56.9	72.3
2012	57.4	66.2
2013	57.8	65.1
2014	58.2	65.5
2015	58.7	63.3
2016	59.1	65.2
2017	59.5	65.7
2018	59.9	67.4
2019	60.2	71
2020	60.4	71.9
2021	60	72.4
2022	61	72.8
2023	61.9	72.1
2024	62.1	72.6
2025	62.2	73

DR Congo and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Syria
1960	15,264,846	4,673,500
1961	15,662,374	4,815,466
1962	16,075,724	4,959,340
1963	16,507,599	5,110,467
1964	16,955,327	5,269,087
1965	17,427,802	5,435,267
1966	17,931,929	5,609,047
1967	18,462,782	5,790,198
1968	19,012,189	5,978,742
1969	19,570,445	6,175,166
1970	20,137,436	6,380,609
1971	20,695,569	6,598,094
1972	21,251,160	6,826,024
1973	21,827,665	7,060,321
1974	22,418,878	7,302,160
1975	23,021,101	7,554,364
1976	23,624,031	7,817,320
1977	24,229,061	8,090,501
1978	24,992,689	8,372,759
1979	25,886,782	8,661,909
1980	26,711,099	8,957,663
1981	27,500,515	9,260,189
1982	28,338,190	9,572,511
1983	29,250,963	9,904,809
1984	30,245,081	10,258,398
1985	31,264,816	10,625,672
1986	32,265,196	11,002,844
1987	33,298,904	11,388,923
1988	34,382,752	11,782,264
1989	35,486,866	12,179,060
1990	36,684,063	12,579,208
1991	37,925,817	12,980,821
1992	39,228,910	13,385,571
1993	40,656,336	13,795,686
1994	42,626,876	14,208,583
1995	44,433,704	14,616,801
1996	45,296,124	15,018,104
1997	46,029,902	15,417,542
1998	47,297,600	15,820,413
1999	48,912,971	16,228,061
2000	50,507,442	16,637,888
2001	52,132,646	17,051,338
2002	53,750,524	17,468,332
2003	55,343,867	17,889,296
2004	56,997,741	18,336,875
2005	58,775,724	18,814,091
2006	60,615,908	19,637,022
2007	62,477,752	20,884,125
2008	64,390,664	21,636,564
2009	66,412,044	21,976,969
2010	68,563,038	22,482,421
2011	70,849,311	22,878,098
2012	73,254,618	22,759,763
2013	75,789,395	21,666,917
2014	78,403,242	20,273,659
2015	81,035,531	19,424,618
2016	83,956,415	19,193,834
2017	87,083,398	19,224,668
2018	90,047,644	19,577,845
2019	92,947,442	20,353,534
2020	95,989,998	21,049,429
2021	99,148,932	21,628,839
2022	102,396,968	22,462,173
2023	105,789,731	23,594,623
2024	109,276,265	24,672,760

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Syria

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Syria
1960	6.11	7.51
1961	6.12	7.5
1962	6.14	7.51
1963	6.16	7.51
1964	6.19	7.53
1965	6.21	7.53
1966	6.24	7.55
1967	6.27	7.56
1968	6.29	7.57
1969	6.3	7.59
1970	6.33	7.62
1971	6.34	7.6
1972	6.37	7.57
1973	6.39	7.55
1974	6.4	7.52
1975	6.42	7.49
1976	6.44	7.45
1977	6.45	7.42
1978	6.46	7.35
1979	6.48	7.25
1980	6.5	7.12
1981	6.52	6.97
1982	6.54	6.81
1983	6.56	6.69
1984	6.59	6.59
1985	6.61	6.48
1986	6.63	6.37
1987	6.65	6.2
1988	6.66	6
1989	6.65	5.78
1990	6.65	5.56
1991	6.65	5.34
1992	6.64	5.14
1993	6.64	4.99
1994	6.64	4.86
1995	6.68	4.7
1996	6.67	4.54
1997	6.69	4.37
1998	6.7	4.25
1999	6.69	4.14
2000	6.7	4.07
2001	6.66	3.98
2002	6.61	3.87
2003	6.55	3.76
2004	6.53	3.68
2005	6.53	3.61
2006	6.55	3.56
2007	6.56	3.54
2008	6.58	3.48
2009	6.59	3.42
2010	6.59	3.36
2011	6.58	3.29
2012	6.56	3.22
2013	6.53	3.17
2014	6.48	3.12
2015	6.44	3.07
2016	6.39	3.01
2017	6.35	2.97
2018	6.3	2.93
2019	6.25	2.88
2020	6.21	2.84
2021	6.16	2.8
2022	6.11	2.75
2023	6.05	2.71

DR Congo and Syria demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Syria
1960	18.4	17.6
1961	18.4	17.3
1962	18.4	17.1
1963	18.5	16.9
1964	18.5	16.7
1965	18.5	16.5
1966	18.5	16.4
1967	18.5	16.2
1968	18.5	16.1
1969	18.5	16
1970	18.4	15.9
1971	18.3	15.8
1972	18.2	15.8
1973	18.1	15.7
1974	18	15.7
1975	17.9	15.7
1976	17.8	15.6
1977	17.8	15.6
1978	17.8	15.6
1979	17.9	15.6
1980	17.9	15.6
1981	17.9	15.6
1982	17.8	15.7
1983	17.9	15.8
1984	17.9	15.8
1985	17.9	15.9
1986	17.9	16
1987	17.9	16.1
1988	17.8	16.2
1989	17.8	16.4
1990	17.8	16.5
1991	17.8	16.7
1992	17.8	16.9
1993	17.8	17.1
1994	18	17.3
1995	18.1	17.5
1996	17.7	17.7
1997	17.4	17.9
1998	17.2	18.1
1999	17.2	18.3
2000	17.2	18.5
2001	17.1	18.8
2002	17.1	19
2003	17.1	19.2
2004	17	19.5
2005	17	19.7
2006	17	20.3
2007	17	21
2008	16.9	21.3
2009	16.9	21.5
2010	16.9	21.7
2011	16.9	21.9
2012	16.9	21.8
2013	16.9	21.2
2014	16.9	20.1
2015	16.9	19.5
2016	16.9	19.5
2017	17	19.6
2018	17	20.1
2019	16.9	20.9
2020	16.9	21.6
2021	16.9	22.2
2022	16.9	22.7
2023	16.9	23.3
2024	16.9	23.9

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