DR Congo vs United Kingdom statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 11th vs. 78th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

DR Congo and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	United Kingdom
1960	$3,359,404,118	$73,233,967,692
1961	$3,086,746,857	$77,741,965,703
1962	$3,779,841,429	$81,247,564,157
1963	$6,213,185,743	$86,561,961,812
1964	$2,881,545,273	$94,407,558,351
1965	$4,043,901,818	$101,824,755,079
1966	$4,532,660,182	$108,572,752,102
1967	$3,384,063,372	$113,116,888,211
1968	$3,909,780,539	$107,759,910,068
1969	$5,032,434,970	$116,464,702,803
1970	$4,877,684,910	$130,671,946,244
1971	$5,594,770,359	$148,113,896,325
1972	$6,173,712,814	$169,965,034,965
1973	$7,870,239,461	$192,537,971,583
1974	$9,596,960,180	$206,131,369,799
1975	$10,237,343,174	$241,756,637,168
1976	$9,648,583,225	$232,614,555,256
1977	$12,344,424,764	$263,066,457,352
1978	$15,372,608,002	$335,883,029,722
1979	$15,068,422,236	$438,994,070,309
1980	$14,394,927,495	$564,947,710,899
1981	$12,537,821,038	$540,765,675,241
1982	$13,651,667,371	$515,048,916,841
1983	$11,006,712,650	$489,618,008,186
1984	$7,857,729,193	$461,487,097,632
1985	$7,195,042,616	$489,285,164,271
1986	$8,095,367,168	$601,452,653,181
1987	$7,661,625,473	$745,162,608,269
1988	$8,861,299,977	$910,122,732,124
1989	$9,021,862,775	$926,884,816,754
1990	$9,349,764,580	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$9,625,436,873	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$8,227,343,907	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$10,706,259,937	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$5,820,382,248	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$5,643,439,376	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$5,771,456,952	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$6,090,838,693	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$6,217,805,821	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$4,711,259,427	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$19,088,046,306	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$7,438,189,100	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$8,728,038,525	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$8,937,567,060	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$10,297,483,481	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$11,964,484,466	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$14,451,901,696	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$16,737,071,816	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$19,788,515,590	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$18,648,372,553	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$21,565,721,045	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$25,839,749,199	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$29,306,235,285	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$32,679,745,048	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$35,909,040,926	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$37,917,706,497	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$37,134,801,555	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$38,019,264,795	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$47,568,210,010	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$51,775,829,877	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$48,716,961,860	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$55,328,482,784	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$65,801,547,756	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$67,006,756,666	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$70,749,355,652	$3,643,834,188,783

DR Congo and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	United Kingdom
1960	$220.1	$1,398
1961	$197.1	$1,472
1962	$235.1	$1,526
1963	$376	$1,613
1964	$169.9	$1,748
1965	$232	$1,874
1966	$252.8	$1,987
1967	$183.3	$2,059
1968	$205.6	$1,952
1969	$257.1	$2,101
1970	$242.2	$2,348
1971	$270.3	$2,650
1972	$290.5	$3,030
1973	$361	$3,426
1974	$428	$3,666
1975	$445	$4,300
1976	$408	$4,138
1977	$509	$4,681
1978	$615	$5,977
1979	$582	$7,805
1980	$539	$10,032
1981	$456	$9,599
1982	$482	$9,146
1983	$376	$8,692
1984	$259.8	$8,179
1985	$230.1	$8,652
1986	$250.9	$10,611
1987	$230.1	$13,119
1988	$257.7	$15,987
1989	$254.2	$16,239
1990	$254.9	$19,095
1991	$253.8	$19,901
1992	$209.7	$20,487
1993	$263.3	$18,389
1994	$136.5	$19,709
1995	$127	$23,169
1996	$127.4	$24,406
1997	$132.3	$26,766
1998	$131.5	$28,275
1999	$96.3	$28,762
2000	$378	$28,281
2001	$142.7	$27,907
2002	$162.4	$30,078
2003	$161.5	$34,443
2004	$180.7	$40,367
2005	$203.6	$42,105
2006	$238.4	$44,512
2007	$267.9	$50,398
2008	$307	$47,396
2009	$280.8	$38,744
2010	$315	$39,599
2011	$365	$42,110
2012	$400	$42,490
2013	$431	$43,419
2014	$458	$47,427
2015	$468	$44,984
2016	$442	$40,988
2017	$437	$40,629
2018	$528	$43,315
2019	$557	$42,794
2020	$508	$40,405
2021	$558	$46,926
2022	$643	$46,063
2023	$633	$49,201
2024	$647	$52,637

DR Congo vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	United Kingdom
1950	38.2	68.6
1951	38.5	68.2
1952	38.9	69.5
1953	39.1	69.8
1954	39.4	70.2
1955	39.7	70.1
1956	39.9	70.4
1957	40.2	70.5
1958	40.5	70.7
1959	40.6	70.8
1960	40.8	71
1961	40.2	70.8
1962	40.4	70.9
1963	40.6	70.8
1964	40.1	71.5
1965	40.8	71.5
1966	42.2	71.4
1967	42.3	72.1
1968	42.7	71.7
1969	43	71.7
1970	43.3	71.9
1971	43.6	72.2
1972	43.9	72
1973	44.1	72.2
1974	44.3	72.4
1975	44.5	72.7
1976	44.7	72.6
1977	44.9	73.1
1978	44.6	73
1979	45.3	73.2
1980	45.5	73.6
1981	45.7	73.9
1982	45.9	74
1983	46.2	74.3
1984	46.5	74.7
1985	46.7	74.5
1986	47	74.8
1987	47.4	75.1
1988	47.8	75.3
1989	48.1	75.4
1990	48.5	75.7
1991	48.9	75.9
1992	49.3	76.3
1993	49.6	76.2
1994	49.9	76.7
1995	50.4	76.6
1996	49.4	76.9
1997	50.5	77.1
1998	49.7	77.3
1999	50.1	77.4
2000	51.9	77.8
2001	52.2	78.1
2002	52.4	78.2
2003	53	78.3
2004	53.5	78.9
2005	54	79.1
2006	54.5	79.3
2007	55	79.5
2008	55.4	79.7
2009	55.8	80.2
2010	56.4	80.4
2011	56.9	80.8
2012	57.4	80.9
2013	57.8	80.9
2014	58.2	81.2
2015	58.7	80.9
2016	59.1	81.1
2017	59.5	81.2
2018	59.9	81.1
2019	60.2	81.4
2020	60.4	80.4
2021	60	80.7
2022	61	81.1
2023	61.9	81.3
2024	62.1	81.4
2025	62.2	81.6

DR Congo and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	United Kingdom
1960	15,264,846	52,400,000
1961	15,662,374	52,800,000
1962	16,075,724	53,250,000
1963	16,507,599	53,650,000
1964	16,955,327	54,000,000
1965	17,427,802	54,348,050
1966	17,931,929	54,648,500
1967	18,462,782	54,943,600
1968	19,012,189	55,211,700
1969	19,570,445	55,441,750
1970	20,137,436	55,663,250
1971	20,695,569	55,896,223
1972	21,251,160	56,086,065
1973	21,827,665	56,194,527
1974	22,418,878	56,229,974
1975	23,021,101	56,225,800
1976	23,624,031	56,211,968
1977	24,229,061	56,193,492
1978	24,992,689	56,196,504
1979	25,886,782	56,246,951
1980	26,711,099	56,314,216
1981	27,500,515	56,333,829
1982	28,338,190	56,313,641
1983	29,250,963	56,332,848
1984	30,245,081	56,422,072
1985	31,264,816	56,550,268
1986	32,265,196	56,681,396
1987	33,298,904	56,802,050
1988	34,382,752	56,928,327
1989	35,486,866	57,076,711
1990	36,684,063	57,247,586
1991	37,925,817	57,424,897
1992	39,228,910	57,580,402
1993	40,656,336	57,718,614
1994	42,626,876	57,865,745
1995	44,433,704	58,019,030
1996	45,296,124	58,166,950
1997	46,029,902	58,316,954
1998	47,297,600	58,487,141
1999	48,912,971	58,682,466
2000	50,507,442	58,892,514
2001	52,132,646	59,119,673
2002	53,750,524	59,370,479
2003	55,343,867	59,647,577
2004	56,997,741	59,987,905
2005	58,775,724	60,401,206
2006	60,615,908	60,846,820
2007	62,477,752	61,322,463
2008	64,390,664	61,806,995
2009	66,412,044	62,276,270
2010	68,563,038	62,766,365
2011	70,849,311	63,258,810
2012	73,254,618	63,711,000
2013	75,789,395	64,139,000
2014	78,403,242	64,620,000
2015	81,035,531	65,088,000
2016	83,956,415	65,607,000
2017	87,083,398	65,966,000
2018	90,047,644	66,289,000
2019	92,947,442	66,631,000
2020	95,989,998	66,744,000
2021	99,148,932	66,984,000
2022	102,396,968	67,604,000
2023	105,789,731	68,492,000
2024	109,276,265	69,226,000

Fertility rates in DR Congo and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

DR Congo

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	United Kingdom
1960	6.11	2.69
1961	6.12	2.78
1962	6.14	2.86
1963	6.16	2.88
1964	6.19	2.93
1965	6.21	2.86
1966	6.24	2.78
1967	6.27	2.68
1968	6.29	2.6
1969	6.3	2.51
1970	6.33	2.44
1971	6.34	2.41
1972	6.37	2.2
1973	6.39	2.04
1974	6.4	1.92
1975	6.42	1.81
1976	6.44	1.74
1977	6.45	1.69
1978	6.46	1.75
1979	6.48	1.86
1980	6.5	1.9
1981	6.52	1.82
1982	6.54	1.78
1983	6.56	1.77
1984	6.59	1.77
1985	6.61	1.79
1986	6.63	1.78
1987	6.65	1.81
1988	6.66	1.82
1989	6.65	1.79
1990	6.65	1.83
1991	6.65	1.82
1992	6.64	1.79
1993	6.64	1.76
1994	6.64	1.74
1995	6.68	1.71
1996	6.67	1.73
1997	6.69	1.72
1998	6.7	1.71
1999	6.69	1.68
2000	6.7	1.64
2001	6.66	1.63
2002	6.61	1.63
2003	6.55	1.7
2004	6.53	1.75
2005	6.53	1.76
2006	6.55	1.82
2007	6.56	1.86
2008	6.58	1.91
2009	6.59	1.89
2010	6.59	1.92
2011	6.58	1.91
2012	6.56	1.92
2013	6.53	1.83
2014	6.48	1.81
2015	6.44	1.8
2016	6.39	1.79
2017	6.35	1.74
2018	6.3	1.68
2019	6.25	1.63
2020	6.21	1.57
2021	6.16	1.58
2022	6.11	1.56
2023	6.05	1.56

DR Congo and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	United Kingdom
1960	18.4	35.5
1961	18.4	35.4
1962	18.4	35.3
1963	18.5	35.3
1964	18.5	35.2
1965	18.5	35.1
1966	18.5	34.9
1967	18.5	34.8
1968	18.5	34.6
1969	18.5	34.4
1970	18.4	34.2
1971	18.3	34.1
1972	18.2	34
1973	18.1	34
1974	18	34
1975	17.9	34
1976	17.8	34
1977	17.8	34.1
1978	17.8	34.2
1979	17.9	34.3
1980	17.9	34.4
1981	17.9	34.5
1982	17.8	34.8
1983	17.9	35
1984	17.9	35.2
1985	17.9	35.3
1986	17.9	35.4
1987	17.9	35.4
1988	17.8	35.7
1989	17.8	35.9
1990	17.8	36
1991	17.8	36.1
1992	17.8	36.2
1993	17.8	36.3
1994	18	36.5
1995	18.1	36.6
1996	17.7	36.8
1997	17.4	37
1998	17.2	37.2
1999	17.2	37.4
2000	17.2	37.7
2001	17.1	37.9
2002	17.1	38.1
2003	17.1	38.2
2004	17	38.4
2005	17	38.5
2006	17	38.6
2007	17	38.8
2008	16.9	38.9
2009	16.9	39
2010	16.9	39.2
2011	16.9	39.3
2012	16.9	39.5
2013	16.9	39.6
2014	16.9	39.7
2015	16.9	39.8
2016	16.9	39.8
2017	17	39.9
2018	17	40
2019	16.9	40.1
2020	16.9	40.2
2021	16.9	40.3
2022	16.9	40.5
2023	16.9	40.8
2024	16.9	41

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