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DR Congo vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 11th vs. 197th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

DR Congo Vatican
Population
115740092
949
Population rank 15/197 197/197
GDP
$70.7B
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 87/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$647
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 189/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,710
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$13.7B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
16.3%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$125
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 183/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,758
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
875,313 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
124.8 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
6.05
2023
n/a
Median age
16.9 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
62.2 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

DR Congo and Vatican: Comparison Charts

DR Congo vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
DR Congo

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
DR Congo Vatican
1950 38.2 65.9
1951 38.5 65.3
1952 38.9 65.7
1953 39.1 66.3
1954 39.4 67.5
1955 39.7 67.8
1956 39.9 67.3
1957 40.2 67.5
1958 40.5 68.7
1959 40.6 69.2
1960 40.8 69.2
1961 40.2 69.8
1962 40.4 69.2
1963 40.6 69.3
1964 40.1 70.3
1965 40.8 70.1
1966 42.2 70.9
1967 42.3 70.9
1968 42.7 70.7
1969 43 70.7
1970 43.3 71.5
1971 43.6 71.7
1972 43.9 72
1973 44.1 71.9
1974 44.3 72.7
1975 44.5 72.6
1976 44.7 72.9
1977 44.9 73.3
1978 44.6 73.7
1979 45.3 74
1980 45.5 74.1
1981 45.7 74.3
1982 45.9 74.8
1983 46.2 74.7
1984 46.5 75.1
1985 46.7 75.5
1986 47 75.7
1987 47.4 76.2
1988 47.8 76.4
1989 48.1 76.8
1990 48.5 76.9
1991 48.9 76.9
1992 49.3 77.3
1993 49.6 77
1994 49.9 77.7
1995 50.4 77.8
1996 49.4 78.5
1997 50.5 78.2
1998 49.7 78.3
1999 50.1 78.7
2000 51.9 79.3
2001 52.2 79.9
2002 52.4 80
2003 53 79.8
2004 53.5 80.2
2005 54 80.6
2006 54.5 81.2
2007 55 81.3
2008 55.4 81.4
2009 55.8 81.3
2010 56.4 81.5
2011 56.9 81.7
2012 57.4 82
2013 57.8 82.5
2014 58.2 82.6
2015 58.7 82.5
2016 59.1 82.9
2017 59.5 82.7
2018 59.9 83.3
2019 60.2 83.6
2020 60.4 83
2021 60 82.9
2022 61 83.3
2023 61.9 83
2024 62.1 83.1
2025 62.2 83.3

DR Congo and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
DR Congo

Vatican
Year Population
DR Congo Vatican
1960 15,264,846 -
1961 15,662,374 -
1962 16,075,724 -
1963 16,507,599 -
1964 16,955,327 -
1965 17,427,802 -
1966 17,931,929 -
1967 18,462,782 -
1968 19,012,189 -
1969 19,570,445 -
1970 20,137,436 -
1971 20,695,569 -
1972 21,251,160 -
1973 21,827,665 -
1974 22,418,878 -
1975 23,021,101 -
1976 23,624,031 -
1977 24,229,061 -
1978 24,992,689 -
1979 25,886,782 -
1980 26,711,099 -
1981 27,500,515 -
1982 28,338,190 -
1983 29,250,963 -
1984 30,245,081 -
1985 31,264,816 -
1986 32,265,196 -
1987 33,298,904 -
1988 34,382,752 -
1989 35,486,866 -
1990 36,684,063 -
1991 37,925,817 -
1992 39,228,910 -
1993 40,656,336 -
1994 42,626,876 -
1995 44,433,704 -
1996 45,296,124 -
1997 46,029,902 -
1998 47,297,600 -
1999 48,912,971 -
2000 50,507,442 880
2001 52,132,646 890
2002 53,750,524 900
2003 55,343,867 911
2004 56,997,741 921
2005 58,775,724 921
2006 60,615,908 932
2007 62,477,752 821
2008 64,390,664 824
2009 66,412,044 826
2010 68,563,038 829
2011 70,849,311 832
2012 73,254,618 836
2013 75,789,395 839
2014 78,403,242 842
2015 81,035,531 1,000
2016 83,956,415 -
2017 87,083,398 1,000
2018 90,047,644 -
2019 92,947,442 1,000
2020 95,989,998 -
2021 99,148,932 -
2022 102,396,968 -
2023 105,789,731 -
2024 109,276,265 -

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GDP

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National statistics comparison

Finance

DR Congo Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$70.4B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
17.4%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.84%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.16%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
134,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.58%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
1.47%
2020
n/a
Services, % of GDP
33%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
46.6%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
47.3
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
35.7%
2020
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$5.1B
2023
n/a
Personal remittances received
$2B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
351,000
2016
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
0.38%
2018
n/a
Banked people share
39.2%
2024
n/a

Energy

DR Congo Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
391 kg
2022
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$3.8
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.8 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
0.04 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
3.97%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
96.3%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.84%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
1.6%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
130.7 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
90.4%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
99.6%
2022
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
22.1%
2023
n/a

Society

DR Congo Vatican
% of world population
1.34%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
-26,968
2024
n/a
Urban population
48.1%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.53 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.13 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
8.32
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
20
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
39
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
13.6
2015
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
34.9
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
53
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
80.5%
2022
100%
2013
English speaking
1%
2025
20%
2025
People using the Internet
30.5%
2023
n/a

Health

DR Congo Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$24.4
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$9.04
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
62.2 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
38.6%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.19
2022
n/a
Age at first childbirth
19.9 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
427
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
73.2
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
6.89%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
7.7%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
5
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12.2%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.92 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

DR Congo Vatican
% of world land
1.52%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
8,010 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
135,505 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
474,331 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
94,680 mi
2015
5.59 mi
2003

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