DR Congo vs Vietnam statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 11th vs. 67th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

DR Congo and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1960	$3,359,404,118	-
1961	$3,086,746,857	-
1962	$3,779,841,429	-
1963	$6,213,185,743	-
1964	$2,881,545,273	-
1965	$4,043,901,818	-
1966	$4,532,660,182	-
1967	$3,384,063,372	-
1968	$3,909,780,539	-
1969	$5,032,434,970	-
1970	$4,877,684,910	-
1971	$5,594,770,359	-
1972	$6,173,712,814	-
1973	$7,870,239,461	-
1974	$9,596,960,180	-
1975	$10,237,343,174	-
1976	$9,648,583,225	-
1977	$12,344,424,764	-
1978	$15,372,608,002	-
1979	$15,068,422,236	-
1980	$14,394,927,495	-
1981	$12,537,821,038	-
1982	$13,651,667,371	-
1983	$11,006,712,650	-
1984	$7,857,729,193	-
1985	$7,195,042,616	$14,094,687,821
1986	$8,095,367,168	$26,336,616,250
1987	$7,661,625,473	$36,658,108,850
1988	$8,861,299,977	$25,423,812,649
1989	$9,021,862,775	$6,293,304,975
1990	$9,349,764,580	$6,471,740,806
1991	$9,625,436,873	$9,613,369,520
1992	$8,227,343,907	$9,866,990,236
1993	$10,706,259,937	$13,180,953,598
1994	$5,820,382,248	$16,286,433,533
1995	$5,643,439,376	$20,736,164,459
1996	$5,771,456,952	$24,657,470,575
1997	$6,090,838,693	$26,843,700,442
1998	$6,217,805,821	$27,209,602,050
1999	$4,711,259,427	$28,683,659,007
2000	$19,088,046,306	$31,172,518,403
2001	$7,438,189,100	$32,685,198,809
2002	$8,728,038,525	$35,064,105,501
2003	$8,937,567,060	$39,552,513,232
2004	$10,297,483,481	$45,427,854,693
2005	$11,964,484,466	$57,633,255,738
2006	$14,451,901,696	$66,371,664,817
2007	$16,737,071,816	$77,414,425,532
2008	$19,788,515,590	$99,130,304,099
2009	$18,648,372,553	$106,014,659,565
2010	$21,565,721,045	$147,201,173,197
2011	$25,839,749,199	$172,595,049,184
2012	$29,306,235,285	$195,590,661,129
2013	$32,679,745,048	$213,708,811,665
2014	$35,909,040,926	$233,451,469,643
2015	$37,917,706,497	$239,258,328,382
2016	$37,134,801,555	$257,096,001,178
2017	$38,019,264,795	$281,353,605,987
2018	$47,568,210,010	$310,106,478,395
2019	$51,775,829,877	$334,365,270,497
2020	$48,716,961,860	$346,615,738,538
2021	$55,328,482,784	$366,474,752,771
2022	$65,801,547,756	$413,445,230,669
2023	$67,006,756,666	$433,857,681,378
2024	$70,749,355,652	$476,388,230,307

DR Congo and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1960	$220.1	-
1961	$197.1	-
1962	$235.1	-
1963	$376	-
1964	$169.9	-
1965	$232	-
1966	$252.8	-
1967	$183.3	-
1968	$205.6	-
1969	$257.1	-
1970	$242.2	-
1971	$270.3	-
1972	$290.5	-
1973	$361	-
1974	$428	-
1975	$445	-
1976	$408	-
1977	$509	-
1978	$615	-
1979	$582	-
1980	$539	-
1981	$456	-
1982	$482	-
1983	$376	-
1984	$259.8	-
1985	$230.1	$238.6
1986	$250.9	$436
1987	$230.1	$595
1988	$257.7	$405
1989	$254.2	$98.1
1990	$254.9	$98.8
1991	$253.8	$143.7
1992	$209.7	$144.5
1993	$263.3	$189.4
1994	$136.5	$229.9
1995	$127	$287.8
1996	$127.4	$337
1997	$132.3	$362
1998	$131.5	$361
1999	$96.3	$376
2000	$378	$404
2001	$142.7	$419
2002	$162.4	$445
2003	$161.5	$497
2004	$180.7	$565
2005	$203.6	$711
2006	$238.4	$808
2007	$267.9	$926
2008	$307	$1,164
2009	$280.8	$1,226
2010	$315	$1,683
2011	$365	$1,951
2012	$400	$2,185
2013	$431	$2,360
2014	$458	$2,546
2015	$468	$2,578
2016	$442	$2,735
2017	$437	$2,956
2018	$528	$3,222
2019	$557	$3,441
2020	$508	$3,534
2021	$558	$3,704
2022	$643	$4,148
2023	$633	$4,323
2024	$647	$4,717

DR Congo vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1950	38.2	48
1951	38.5	48.7
1952	38.9	49.4
1953	39.1	50
1954	39.4	52
1955	39.7	54.8
1956	39.9	55.5
1957	40.2	56.2
1958	40.5	56.8
1959	40.6	57.4
1960	40.8	58
1961	40.2	58.5
1962	40.4	58.2
1963	40.6	56.9
1964	40.1	57.5
1965	40.8	57
1966	42.2	56.9
1967	42.3	56.7
1968	42.7	52.7
1969	43	54.8
1970	43.3	54.9
1971	43.6	55.6
1972	43.9	51.9
1973	44.1	55.7
1974	44.3	54.8
1975	44.5	61.9
1976	44.7	63.7
1977	44.9	64.1
1978	44.6	64.5
1979	45.3	65
1980	45.5	65.3
1981	45.7	65.8
1982	45.9	66.2
1983	46.2	66.5
1984	46.5	66.9
1985	46.7	67.2
1986	47	67.6
1987	47.4	68
1988	47.8	68.6
1989	48.1	68.8
1990	48.5	69
1991	48.9	69.3
1992	49.3	69.6
1993	49.6	70
1994	49.9	70.4
1995	50.4	70.9
1996	49.4	71.3
1997	50.5	71.7
1998	49.7	72.3
1999	50.1	72.6
2000	51.9	72.7
2001	52.2	73
2002	52.4	73.1
2003	53	73.2
2004	53.5	73.1
2005	54	73.2
2006	54.5	73.3
2007	55	73.4
2008	55.4	73.5
2009	55.8	73.5
2010	56.4	73.6
2011	56.9	73.7
2012	57.4	73.8
2013	57.8	73.8
2014	58.2	73.9
2015	58.7	74
2016	59.1	74
2017	59.5	74
2018	59.9	74.1
2019	60.2	74.2
2020	60.4	75.4
2021	60	74.1
2022	61	74.5
2023	61.9	74.6
2024	62.1	74.7
2025	62.2	74.9

DR Congo and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1960	15,264,846	32,531,933
1961	15,662,374	33,409,059
1962	16,075,724	34,288,560
1963	16,507,599	35,249,101
1964	16,955,327	36,201,563
1965	17,427,802	37,129,656
1966	17,931,929	38,024,836
1967	18,462,782	38,895,080
1968	19,012,189	39,734,609
1969	19,570,445	40,582,096
1970	20,137,436	41,475,230
1971	20,695,569	42,449,276
1972	21,251,160	43,429,168
1973	21,827,665	44,409,861
1974	22,418,878	45,413,537
1975	23,021,101	46,482,903
1976	23,624,031	47,684,931
1977	24,229,061	48,954,872
1978	24,992,689	50,249,552
1979	25,886,782	51,378,211
1980	26,711,099	52,490,101
1981	27,500,515	53,738,141
1982	28,338,190	55,011,289
1983	29,250,963	56,337,921
1984	30,245,081	57,706,067
1985	31,264,816	59,060,622
1986	32,265,196	60,347,048
1987	33,298,904	61,584,651
1988	34,382,752	62,843,228
1989	35,486,866	64,147,348
1990	36,684,063	65,504,552
1991	37,925,817	66,891,775
1992	39,228,910	68,260,337
1993	40,656,336	69,586,384
1994	42,626,876	70,854,391
1995	44,433,704	72,049,940
1996	45,296,124	73,156,447
1997	46,029,902	74,226,889
1998	47,297,600	75,299,660
1999	48,912,971	76,287,452
2000	50,507,442	77,154,011
2001	52,132,646	77,969,361
2002	53,750,524	78,772,224
2003	55,343,867	79,563,777
2004	56,997,741	80,338,971
2005	58,775,724	81,088,313
2006	60,615,908	82,167,897
2007	62,477,752	83,633,375
2008	64,390,664	85,175,788
2009	66,412,044	86,460,018
2010	68,563,038	87,455,152
2011	70,849,311	88,468,314
2012	73,254,618	89,510,356
2013	75,789,395	90,573,104
2014	78,403,242	91,679,578
2015	81,035,531	92,823,254
2016	83,956,415	94,000,117
2017	87,083,398	95,176,977
2018	90,047,644	96,237,319
2019	92,947,442	97,173,776
2020	95,989,998	98,079,191
2021	99,148,932	98,935,098
2022	102,396,968	99,680,655
2023	105,789,731	100,352,192
2024	109,276,265	100,987,686

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Vietnam

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1960	6.11	6.27
1961	6.12	5.48
1962	6.14	6.26
1963	6.16	6.39
1964	6.19	6.29
1965	6.21	6.16
1966	6.24	5.97
1967	6.27	5.88
1968	6.29	6.03
1969	6.3	6.01
1970	6.33	6.02
1971	6.34	6.07
1972	6.37	6.1
1973	6.39	6.11
1974	6.4	5.78
1975	6.42	5.62
1976	6.44	5.46
1977	6.45	5.29
1978	6.46	5.1
1979	6.48	4.94
1980	6.5	4.8
1981	6.52	4.67
1982	6.54	4.59
1983	6.56	4.52
1984	6.59	4.41
1985	6.61	4.21
1986	6.63	3.96
1987	6.65	3.72
1988	6.66	3.62
1989	6.65	3.64
1990	6.65	3.6
1991	6.65	3.52
1992	6.64	3.35
1993	6.64	3.17
1994	6.64	2.94
1995	6.68	2.7
1996	6.67	2.47
1997	6.69	2.27
1998	6.7	2.1
1999	6.69	2
2000	6.7	2.03
2001	6.66	2.02
2002	6.61	2.01
2003	6.55	2
2004	6.53	1.97
2005	6.53	1.89
2006	6.55	1.87
2007	6.56	1.91
2008	6.58	1.93
2009	6.59	1.92
2010	6.59	1.91
2011	6.58	1.93
2012	6.56	1.97
2013	6.53	1.98
2014	6.48	2.09
2015	6.44	2.1
2016	6.39	2
2017	6.35	1.99
2018	6.3	1.88
2019	6.25	1.94
2020	6.21	1.96
2021	6.16	1.94
2022	6.11	1.93
2023	6.05	1.91

DR Congo and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1960	18.4	21.2
1961	18.4	20.7
1962	18.4	20.2
1963	18.5	19.7
1964	18.5	19.2
1965	18.5	18.9
1966	18.5	18.7
1967	18.5	18.5
1968	18.5	18.4
1969	18.5	18.4
1970	18.4	18.4
1971	18.3	18.4
1972	18.2	18.5
1973	18.1	18.5
1974	18	18.6
1975	17.9	18.7
1976	17.8	18.8
1977	17.8	19
1978	17.8	19.1
1979	17.9	19.3
1980	17.9	19.4
1981	17.9	19.5
1982	17.8	19.6
1983	17.9	19.7
1984	17.9	19.8
1985	17.9	19.9
1986	17.9	20
1987	17.9	20.1
1988	17.8	20.2
1989	17.8	20.4
1990	17.8	20.5
1991	17.8	20.7
1992	17.8	20.9
1993	17.8	21.1
1994	18	21.4
1995	18.1	21.7
1996	17.7	22
1997	17.4	22.4
1998	17.2	22.9
1999	17.2	23.3
2000	17.2	23.7
2001	17.1	24.2
2002	17.1	24.6
2003	17.1	25
2004	17	25.4
2005	17	25.8
2006	17	26.3
2007	17	26.9
2008	16.9	27.4
2009	16.9	27.9
2010	16.9	28.3
2011	16.9	28.7
2012	16.9	29
2013	16.9	29.4
2014	16.9	29.8
2015	16.9	30.2
2016	16.9	30.5
2017	17	30.8
2018	17	31.2
2019	16.9	31.6
2020	16.9	32.1
2021	16.9	32.5
2022	16.9	33
2023	16.9	33.4
2024	16.9	33.9

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