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🇨🇩 DR Congo vs 🇮🇷 Iran

DR Congo has 20.4M more people — 112,832,473 against 92,417,681. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇨🇩 DR Congo
112,832,473
Africa · rank #15 · +3.20%
World Bank, 2025
🇮🇷 Iran
92,417,681
Asia · rank #17 · +0.92%
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 CongoIran
Population112,832,47315th of 24092,417,68117th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+3.20%11th of 240+0.92%112th of 240
Population Density/km²47/km²168th of 24056/km²161st of 240
Land Areakm²2,267,050 km²11th of 2401,622,500 km²17th of 240
Urban Population45.1%177th of 24077.4%82nd of 240
GDP per Capita$807230th of 240$3,924177th of 240
GDP Growth+5.8%40th of 210−2.8%206th of 210
Life Expectancyyears62.1 years228th of 24077.9 years90th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman5.98 births per woman3rd of 2401.68 births per woman145th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00040.9 per 1,0005th of 21312.6 per 1,000112th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0008.4 per 1,00072nd of 2134.8 per 1,000196th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births56.4 per 1,000 live births9th of 19410.3 per 1,000 live births112th of 194
Unemployment Rate4.4%114th of 1868.3%54th of 186
Inflation Rate2.9%98th of 19142.2%6th of 191
Poverty Rate56.2%10th of 1648.3%147th of 164
Gini Index44.720th of 17035.980th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP3.7% of GDP162nd of 1926.0% of GDP104th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.21 per 1,000176th of 2061.81 per 1,00094th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.80 per 1,000167th of 1991.85 per 1,000122nd of 199
Literacy Rate68.5%147th of 17588.9%107th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP159th of 2022.8% of GDP161st of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary55.5% gross, secondary168th of 20785.1% gross, secondary130th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption96.3% of final consumption1st of 2110.9% of final consumption192nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area54.2% of land area41st of 2116.6% of land area173rd of 211
Internet Penetration19.7%192nd of 21185.3%85th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people58.5 per 100 people197th of 212174.1 per 100 people16th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births427 per 100,000 live births13th of 19316 per 100,000 live births130th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.23% of GDP108th of 1632.01% of GDP66th of 163
Protected Areasof land area14.9% of land area125th of 2117.8% of land area166th of 211
Median Ageyears15.8 years235th of 24034.0 years114th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears4.9 years140th of 1489.8 years72nd of 148
Human Development Index0.522170th of 1920.79974th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.76/ 10152nd of 1645.15/ 10104th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.05 tonnes per capita212th of 2128.66 tonnes per capita31st of 212
Obesity Rate5.9%188th of 19825.7%93rd of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

DR CongoIran
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
DR Congo and Iran 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
Iran195016.5M
Iran197533.8M
Iran200066.4M
Iran202592.4M
Iran2050101.9M
Iran207593.8M
Iran210080M

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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