DR Congo vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

The DR Congo has a population of 109M (ranked 15/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). The DR Congo's land area is 875,313 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 11th vs. 60th).

By GDP, The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

DR Congo and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

DR Congo and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

DR Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	DR Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	$3,359,404,118	$1,052,990,485
1961	$3,086,746,857	$1,096,646,688
1962	$3,779,841,429	$1,117,601,690
1963	$6,213,185,743	$1,159,511,793
1964	$2,881,545,273	$1,217,138,098
1965	$4,043,901,818	$1,311,435,906
1966	$4,532,660,182	$1,281,749,603
1967	$3,384,063,372	$1,397,002,112
1968	$3,909,780,539	$1,479,600,019
1969	$5,032,434,970	$1,747,998,941
1970	$4,877,684,910	$1,884,206,452
1971	$5,594,770,359	$2,178,716,475
1972	$6,173,712,814	$2,677,729,616
1973	$7,870,239,461	$3,309,353,866
1974	$9,596,960,180	$3,982,161,721
1975	$10,237,343,174	$4,371,301,052
1976	$9,648,583,225	$4,318,372,348
1977	$12,344,424,764	$4,364,382,451
1978	$15,372,608,002	$4,351,600,850
1979	$15,068,422,236	$5,177,459,817
1980	$14,394,927,495	$6,678,868,738
1981	$12,537,821,038	$8,011,374,445
1982	$13,651,667,371	$8,539,701,388
1983	$11,006,712,650	$7,764,067,625
1984	$7,857,729,193	$6,352,126,411
1985	$7,195,042,616	$5,637,259,754
1986	$8,095,367,168	$6,217,524,201
1987	$7,661,625,473	$6,741,215,643
1988	$8,861,299,977	$7,814,784,729
1989	$9,021,862,775	$8,286,323,367
1990	$9,349,764,580	$8,783,817,407
1991	$9,625,436,873	$8,641,482,396
1992	$8,227,343,907	$6,751,472,744
1993	$10,706,259,937	$6,563,813,829
1994	$5,820,382,248	$6,890,675,555
1995	$5,643,439,376	$7,111,271,273
1996	$5,771,456,952	$8,553,147,289
1997	$6,090,838,693	$8,529,572,287
1998	$6,217,805,821	$6,401,968,715
1999	$4,711,259,427	$6,858,013,652
2000	$19,088,046,306	$6,689,958,139
2001	$7,438,189,100	$6,777,385,246
2002	$8,728,038,525	$6,342,116,911
2003	$8,937,567,060	$5,727,592,261
2004	$10,297,483,481	$5,805,598,867
2005	$11,964,484,466	$5,755,215,663
2006	$14,451,901,696	$5,443,896,938
2007	$16,737,071,816	$5,291,950,526
2008	$19,788,515,590	$4,415,703,156
2009	$18,648,372,553	$9,665,815,601
2010	$21,565,721,045	$12,041,602,762
2011	$25,839,749,199	$14,101,801,031
2012	$29,306,235,285	$17,114,762,914
2013	$32,679,745,048	$19,091,004,042
2014	$35,909,040,926	$19,495,547,523
2015	$37,917,706,497	$19,963,058,858
2016	$37,134,801,555	$20,548,759,858
2017	$38,019,264,795	$51,074,726,484
2018	$47,568,210,010	$34,156,057,417
2019	$51,775,829,877	$25,715,657,177
2020	$48,716,961,860	$26,868,564,055
2021	$55,328,482,784	$27,240,507,842
2022	$65,801,547,756	$32,789,657,378
2023	$67,006,756,666	$35,231,369,343
2024	$70,749,355,652	$44,187,704,410

DR Congo and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

DR Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	DR Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	$220.1	$276.4
1961	$197.1	$279
1962	$235.1	$275.5
1963	$376	$277
1964	$169.9	$281.7
1965	$232	$294.1
1966	$252.8	$278.6
1967	$183.3	$294.2
1968	$205.6	$302
1969	$257.1	$346
1970	$242.2	$361
1971	$270.3	$405
1972	$290.5	$483
1973	$361	$579
1974	$428	$674
1975	$445	$717
1976	$408	$687
1977	$509	$677
1978	$615	$665
1979	$582	$779
1980	$539	$949
1981	$456	$1,068
1982	$482	$1,095
1983	$376	$959
1984	$259.8	$757
1985	$230.1	$649
1986	$250.9	$692
1987	$230.1	$726
1988	$257.7	$815
1989	$254.2	$840
1990	$254.9	$866
1991	$253.8	$831
1992	$209.7	$631
1993	$263.3	$604
1994	$136.5	$634
1995	$127	$648
1996	$127.4	$767
1997	$132.3	$750
1998	$131.5	$552
1999	$96.3	$582
2000	$378	$563
2001	$142.7	$566
2002	$162.4	$525
2003	$161.5	$468
2004	$180.7	$469
2005	$203.6	$461
2006	$238.4	$431
2007	$267.9	$413
2008	$307	$341
2009	$280.8	$735
2010	$315	$902
2011	$365	$1,037
2012	$400	$1,239
2013	$431	$1,362
2014	$458	$1,372
2015	$468	$1,386
2016	$442	$1,407
2017	$437	$3,448
2018	$528	$2,272
2019	$557	$1,684
2020	$508	$1,730
2021	$558	$1,724
2022	$643	$2,041
2023	$633	$2,156
2024	$647	$2,656

DR Congo vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

DR Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	DR Congo	Zimbabwe
1950	38.2	49.4
1951	38.5	49.8
1952	38.9	50.2
1953	39.1	50.6
1954	39.4	51
1955	39.7	51.4
1956	39.9	51.8
1957	40.2	52.2
1958	40.5	52.6
1959	40.6	53
1960	40.8	53.5
1961	40.2	54
1962	40.4	54.5
1963	40.6	54.9
1964	40.1	55.4
1965	40.8	55.9
1966	42.2	56.4
1967	42.3	56.8
1968	42.7	57.1
1969	43	57.5
1970	43.3	57.8
1971	43.6	58
1972	43.9	58.2
1973	44.1	58.1
1974	44.3	58.2
1975	44.5	58.2
1976	44.7	57.6
1977	44.9	57
1978	44.6	54.7
1979	45.3	54.9
1980	45.5	59.1
1981	45.7	59.4
1982	45.9	59.9
1983	46.2	60
1984	46.5	60.6
1985	46.7	60.9
1986	47	61
1987	47.4	60.7
1988	47.8	60.2
1989	48.1	59.4
1990	48.5	58.3
1991	48.9	57
1992	49.3	55.6
1993	49.6	54
1994	49.9	52.5
1995	50.4	51.1
1996	49.4	49
1997	50.5	48.5
1998	49.7	47.6
1999	50.1	46.4
2000	51.9	46
2001	52.2	44.5
2002	52.4	45.9
2003	53	45.4
2004	53.5	46
2005	54	46.6
2006	54.5	47.1
2007	55	47.6
2008	55.4	48.5
2009	55.8	49.7
2010	56.4	51.9
2011	56.9	53.9
2012	57.4	55.4
2013	57.8	56.8
2014	58.2	58.1
2015	58.7	59
2016	59.1	59.8
2017	59.5	60.3
2018	59.9	60.9
2019	60.2	61.1
2020	60.4	61.5
2021	60	60.1
2022	61	62.4
2023	61.9	62.8
2024	62.1	63.1
2025	62.2	63.3

DR Congo and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

DR Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	DR Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	15,264,846	3,809,389
1961	15,662,374	3,930,401
1962	16,075,724	4,055,959
1963	16,507,599	4,185,877
1964	16,955,327	4,320,006
1965	17,427,802	4,458,462
1966	17,931,929	4,601,217
1967	18,462,782	4,748,307
1968	19,012,189	4,900,440
1969	19,570,445	5,058,181
1970	20,137,436	5,215,918
1971	20,695,569	5,374,712
1972	21,251,160	5,542,445
1973	21,827,665	5,720,404
1974	22,418,878	5,908,328
1975	23,021,101	6,098,658
1976	23,624,031	6,287,105
1977	24,229,061	6,449,512
1978	24,992,689	6,543,575
1979	25,886,782	6,647,556
1980	26,711,099	7,041,303
1981	27,500,515	7,498,635
1982	28,338,190	7,796,496
1983	29,250,963	8,098,404
1984	30,245,081	8,391,488
1985	31,264,816	8,686,813
1986	32,265,196	8,982,578
1987	33,298,904	9,284,644
1988	34,382,752	9,583,094
1989	35,486,866	9,864,798
1990	36,684,063	10,137,281
1991	37,925,817	10,404,816
1992	39,228,910	10,702,700
1993	40,656,336	10,860,288
1994	42,626,876	10,873,148
1995	44,433,704	10,974,599
1996	45,296,124	11,158,360
1997	46,029,902	11,369,827
1998	47,297,600	11,594,297
1999	48,912,971	11,783,458
2000	50,507,442	11,892,055
2001	52,132,646	11,971,901
2002	53,750,524	12,087,653
2003	55,343,867	12,232,323
2004	56,997,741	12,365,896
2005	58,775,724	12,483,432
2006	60,615,908	12,636,445
2007	62,477,752	12,804,058
2008	64,390,664	12,959,149
2009	66,412,044	13,142,790
2010	68,563,038	13,356,548
2011	70,849,311	13,595,424
2012	73,254,618	13,817,887
2013	75,789,395	14,013,808
2014	78,403,242	14,207,359
2015	81,035,531	14,399,013
2016	83,956,415	14,600,294
2017	87,083,398	14,812,482
2018	90,047,644	15,034,452
2019	92,947,442	15,271,368
2020	95,989,998	15,526,888
2021	99,148,932	15,797,210
2022	102,396,968	16,069,056
2023	105,789,731	16,340,822
2024	109,276,265	16,634,373

Fertility rates in DR Congo and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

DR Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	DR Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	6.11	7.2
1961	6.12	7.21
1962	6.14	7.23
1963	6.16	7.23
1964	6.19	7.23
1965	6.21	7.23
1966	6.24	7.2
1967	6.27	7.16
1968	6.29	7.11
1969	6.3	7.04
1970	6.33	6.98
1971	6.34	6.94
1972	6.37	6.94
1973	6.39	6.94
1974	6.4	6.88
1975	6.42	6.83
1976	6.44	6.77
1977	6.45	6.71
1978	6.46	6.66
1979	6.48	6.59
1980	6.5	6.52
1981	6.52	6.45
1982	6.54	6.33
1983	6.56	6.2
1984	6.59	6.04
1985	6.61	5.87
1986	6.63	5.69
1987	6.65	5.5
1988	6.66	5.28
1989	6.65	5.07
1990	6.65	4.88
1991	6.65	4.72
1992	6.64	4.57
1993	6.64	4.39
1994	6.64	4.28
1995	6.68	4.15
1996	6.67	4.11
1997	6.69	4.08
1998	6.7	4.07
1999	6.69	4.06
2000	6.7	4.01
2001	6.66	3.98
2002	6.61	3.93
2003	6.55	3.86
2004	6.53	3.78
2005	6.53	3.69
2006	6.55	3.64
2007	6.56	3.68
2008	6.58	3.78
2009	6.59	3.95
2010	6.59	4.04
2011	6.58	4.13
2012	6.56	4.13
2013	6.53	4.11
2014	6.48	4.01
2015	6.44	3.91
2016	6.39	3.83
2017	6.35	3.77
2018	6.3	3.74
2019	6.25	3.75
2020	6.21	3.75
2021	6.16	3.77
2022	6.11	3.77
2023	6.05	3.72

DR Congo and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

DR Congo

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	DR Congo	Zimbabwe
1960	18.4	16.4
1961	18.4	16.2
1962	18.4	16
1963	18.5	15.8
1964	18.5	15.7
1965	18.5	15.7
1966	18.5	15.7
1967	18.5	15.7
1968	18.5	15.7
1969	18.5	15.7
1970	18.4	15.7
1971	18.3	15.8
1972	18.2	15.8
1973	18.1	15.8
1974	18	15.9
1975	17.9	15.9
1976	17.8	15.8
1977	17.8	15.8
1978	17.8	15.7
1979	17.9	15.6
1980	17.9	15.6
1981	17.9	15.7
1982	17.8	15.8
1983	17.9	15.8
1984	17.9	15.8
1985	17.9	15.9
1986	17.9	15.9
1987	17.9	15.9
1988	17.8	15.9
1989	17.8	16.1
1990	17.8	16.3
1991	17.8	16.5
1992	17.8	16.4
1993	17.8	16.3
1994	18	16.4
1995	18.1	16.6
1996	17.7	16.9
1997	17.4	17.2
1998	17.2	17.5
1999	17.2	17.7
2000	17.2	17.8
2001	17.1	18
2002	17.1	18.1
2003	17.1	18.2
2004	17	18.3
2005	17	18.3
2006	17	18.5
2007	17	18.5
2008	16.9	18.5
2009	16.9	18.4
2010	16.9	18.3
2011	16.9	18.2
2012	16.9	18.1
2013	16.9	18
2014	16.9	18
2015	16.9	18
2016	16.9	18
2017	17	18.1
2018	17	18.2
2019	16.9	18.3
2020	16.9	18.5
2021	16.9	18.6
2022	16.9	18.7
2023	16.9	18.9
2024	16.9	19

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