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🇨🇩 DR Congo vs 🇮🇳 India

India has 1.35B more people — 1,463,865,525 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
🇮🇳 India
1,463,865,525
Asia · rank #1 · +0.89%
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 CongoIndia
Population112,832,47315th of 2401,463,865,5251st of 240
Annual Growth Rate+3.20%11th of 240+0.89%116th of 240
Population Density/km²47/km²168th of 240484/km²28th of 240
Land Areakm²2,267,050 km²11th of 2402,973,190 km²7th of 240
Urban Population45.1%177th of 24035.7%200th of 240
GDP per Capita$807230th of 240$2,702191st of 240
GDP Growth+5.8%40th of 210+7.6%16th of 210
Life Expectancyyears62.1 years228th of 24072.2 years157th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman5.98 births per woman3rd of 2401.96 births per woman113th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00040.9 per 1,0005th of 21316.0 per 1,00095th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0008.4 per 1,00072nd of 2136.6 per 1,000133rd of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births56.4 per 1,000 live births9th of 19423.3 per 1,000 live births61st of 194
Unemployment Rate4.4%114th of 1864.2%116th of 186
Inflation Rate2.9%98th of 1912.4%112th of 191
Poverty Rate56.2%10th of 16421.9%77th of 164
Gini Index44.720th of 17025.5166th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP3.7% of GDP162nd of 1923.3% of GDP170th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.21 per 1,000176th of 2060.72 per 1,000141st of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.80 per 1,000167th of 1991.59 per 1,000132nd of 199
Literacy Rate68.5%147th of 17578.2%129th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP159th of 2024.1% of GDP102nd of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary55.5% gross, secondary168th of 20779.6% gross, secondary141st of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption96.3% of final consumption1st of 21134.9% of final consumption69th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area54.2% of land area41st of 21124.5% of land area118th of 211
Internet Penetration19.7%192nd of 21170.0%132nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people58.5 per 100 people197th of 21279.4 per 100 people167th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births427 per 100,000 live births13th of 19380 per 100,000 live births73rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.23% of GDP108th of 1632.27% of GDP53rd of 163
Protected Areasof land area14.9% of land area125th of 2117.7% of land area167th of 211
Median Ageyears15.8 years235th of 24028.8 years147th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears4.9 years140th of 1487.8 years106th of 148
Human Development Index0.522170th of 1920.685129th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.76/ 10152nd of 1644.54/ 10124th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.05 tonnes per capita212th of 2122.20 tonnes per capita128th of 212
Obesity Rate5.9%188th of 1988.0%180th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

DR CongoIndia
0200M400M600M800M1B1.2B1.4B1.6B19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
DR Congo and India 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
India1950346.3M
India1975611.3M
India20001.06B
India20251.46B
India20501.68B
India20751.67B
India21001.51B

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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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