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🇨🇩 DR Congo vs 🇪🇬 Egypt

Egypt has 5.53M more people — 118,365,995 against 112,832,473. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇨🇩 DR Congo
112,832,473
Africa · rank #15 · +3.20%
World Bank, 2025
🇪🇬 Egypt
118,365,995
Africa · rank #13 · +1.56%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorDR CongoEgypt
Population112,832,47315th of 240118,365,99513th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+3.20%11th of 240+1.56%73rd of 240
Population Density/km²47/km²168th of 240115/km²101st of 240
Land Areakm²2,267,050 km²11th of 240995,450 km²29th of 240
Urban Population45.1%177th of 24042.9%183rd of 240
GDP per Capita$807230th of 240$3,086185th of 240
GDP Growth+5.8%40th of 210+4.4%68th of 210
Life Expectancyyears62.1 years228th of 24071.8 years160th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman5.98 births per woman3rd of 2402.74 births per woman65th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00040.9 per 1,0005th of 21320.9 per 1,00068th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0008.4 per 1,00072nd of 2135.5 per 1,000174th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births56.4 per 1,000 live births9th of 19420.8 per 1,000 live births67th of 194
Unemployment Rate4.4%114th of 1866.8%65th of 186
Inflation Rate2.9%98th of 19114.1%16th of 191
Poverty Rate56.2%10th of 16433.5%46th of 164
Gini Index44.720th of 17028.5148th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP3.7% of GDP162nd of 1924.9% of GDP128th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.21 per 1,000176th of 2060.67 per 1,000144th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.80 per 1,000167th of 1991.06 per 1,000151st of 199
Literacy Rate68.5%147th of 17579.5%125th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP159th of 2023.8% of GDP117th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary55.5% gross, secondary168th of 20784.8% gross, secondary131st of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption96.3% of final consumption1st of 2116.1% of final consumption164th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area54.2% of land area41st of 2110.0% of land area205th of 211
Internet Penetration19.7%192nd of 21174.6%122nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people58.5 per 100 people197th of 21297.1 per 100 people145th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births427 per 100,000 live births13th of 19317 per 100,000 live births127th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.23% of GDP108th of 1630.67% of GDP144th of 163
Protected Areasof land area14.9% of land area125th of 21113.1% of land area138th of 211
Median Ageyears15.8 years235th of 24024.5 years174th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears4.9 years140th of 1488.0 years103rd of 148
Human Development Index0.522170th of 1920.75499th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.76/ 10152nd of 1643.86/ 10149th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.05 tonnes per capita212th of 2122.22 tonnes per capita127th of 212
Obesity Rate5.9%188th of 19842.8%14th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

DR CongoEgypt
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
DR Congo and Egypt population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
DR Congo195012.3M
DR Congo197523M
DR Congo200050.5M
DR Congo2025112.8M
DR Congo2050218.2M
DR Congo2075337.1M
DR Congo2100430.7M
Egypt195021.1M
Egypt197538.9M
Egypt200073.1M
Egypt2025118.4M
Egypt2050161.6M
Egypt2075190.5M
Egypt2100201.9M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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