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🇨🇩 DR Congo vs 🇩🇪 Germany

DR Congo has 29.3M more people — 112,832,473 against 83,491,249. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇨🇩 DR Congo
112,832,473
Africa · rank #15 · +3.20%
World Bank, 2025
🇩🇪 Germany
83,491,249
Europe · rank #19 · −0.03%
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 CongoGermany
Population112,832,47315th of 24083,491,24919th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+3.20%11th of 240−0.03%190th of 240
Population Density/km²47/km²168th of 240238/km²63rd of 240
Land Areakm²2,267,050 km²11th of 240349,430 km²64th of 240
Urban Population45.1%177th of 24082.1%60th of 240
GDP per Capita$807230th of 240$60,49625th of 240
GDP Growth+5.8%40th of 210+0.2%190th of 210
Life Expectancyyears62.1 years228th of 24080.8 years56th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman5.98 births per woman3rd of 2401.36 births per woman205th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00040.9 per 1,0005th of 2138.1 per 1,000185th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0008.4 per 1,00072nd of 21312.1 per 1,00016th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births56.4 per 1,000 live births9th of 1943.1 per 1,000 live births166th of 194
Unemployment Rate4.4%114th of 1863.7%124th of 186
Inflation Rate2.9%98th of 1912.2%124th of 191
Poverty Rate56.2%10th of 16414.8%124th of 164
Gini Index44.720th of 17033.7101st of 170
Health Spendingof GDP3.7% of GDP162nd of 19212.3% of GDP9th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.21 per 1,000176th of 2064.53 per 1,00015th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.80 per 1,000167th of 1997.55 per 1,00010th of 199
Literacy Rate68.5%147th of 17599.0%29th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP159th of 2025.2% of GDP54th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary55.5% gross, secondary168th of 207100.2% gross, secondary63rd of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption96.3% of final consumption1st of 21117.6% of final consumption115th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area54.2% of land area41st of 21132.7% of land area100th of 211
Internet Penetration19.7%192nd of 21193.5%42nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people58.5 per 100 people197th of 212129.2 per 100 people61st of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births427 per 100,000 live births13th of 1934 per 100,000 live births172nd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.23% of GDP108th of 1631.89% of GDP74th of 163
Protected Areasof land area14.9% of land area125th of 21139.2% of land area18th of 211
Median Ageyears15.8 years235th of 24045.5 years20th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears4.9 years140th of 14813.1 years6th of 148
Human Development Index0.522170th of 1920.9595th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.76/ 10152nd of 1646.88/ 1017th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.05 tonnes per capita212th of 2126.77 tonnes per capita43rd of 212
Obesity Rate5.9%188th of 19824.5%99th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

DR CongoGermany
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
DR Congo and Germany 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
Germany195069.8M
Germany197578.7M
Germany200081.8M
Germany202584.1M
Germany205078.3M
Germany207572.8M
Germany210070.9M

Reading This Comparison

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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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