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🇨🇩 DR Congo vs 🇵🇭 Philippines

Population difference
3,954,489
112.8M
DR Congo
116.8M
Philippines
3.5%
Philippines is larger by

35 indicators below, published by both countries and set side by side. They differ most on co₂ emissions, where Philippines’s figure is 28.0× higher.

Indicators compared
35
Published by both countries
DR Congo
by population · Africa
Philippines
by population · Asia

Side by Side

Each bar is scaled against the larger of the two values, so the gap is visible rather than only stated.

Population
DR Congo112,832,473
Philippines116,786,962
Land Areakm²
DR Congo2,267,050 km²
Philippines298,170 km²
Population Density/km²
DR Congo47/km²
Philippines385/km²
Life Expectancyyears
DR Congo62.1 years
Philippines69.9 years
GDP per Capita
DR Congo$807
Philippines$4,171
Urban Population
DR Congo45.1%
Philippines55.8%

Bars compare magnitude only. A larger value is not a better one — several of these indicators have no better direction, and for others the lower figure is the favourable one.

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Bold marks the larger of the two values — larger is not always better. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Every indicator published for both DR Congo and Philippines, side by side
IndicatorDR CongoPhilippinesDR Congo vs Philippines
Population112,832,47315th of 240116,786,96214th of 2403% lower
Annual Growth Rate+3.20%11th of 240+0.81%120th of 2403.9× higher
Population Density/km²47/km²168th of 240385/km²34th of 2408.3× lower
Land Areakm²2,267,050 km²11th of 240298,170 km²72nd of 2407.6× higher
Urban Population45.1%177th of 24055.8%156th of 24019% lower
GDP per Capita$807230th of 240$4,171172nd of 2405.2× lower
GDP Growth+5.8%40th of 210+4.4%67th of 21031% higher
Life Expectancyyears62.1 years228th of 24069.9 years176th of 24011% lower
Fertility Ratebirths per woman5.98 births per woman3rd of 2401.89 births per woman119th of 2403.2× higher
Birth Rateper 1,00040.9 per 1,0005th of 21315.9 per 1,00097th of 2132.6× higher
Death Rateper 1,0008.4 per 1,00072nd of 2136.4 per 1,000141st of 21333% higher
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births56.4 per 1,000 live births186th of 19421.7 per 1,000 live births130th of 1942.6× higher
Unemployment Rate4.4%73rd of 1862.2%21st of 1862.0× higher
Inflation Rate2.9%98th of 1911.7%136th of 1911.7× higher
Poverty Rate56.2%154th of 16415.5%44th of 1643.6× higher
Gini Index44.7150th of 17039.3117th of 17014% higher
Health Spendingof GDP3.7% of GDP162nd of 1925.1% of GDP123rd of 19228% lower
Physiciansper 1,0000.21 per 1,000176th of 2060.79 per 1,000134th of 2063.8× lower
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.80 per 1,000167th of 1990.97 per 1,000161st of 19918% lower
Literacy Rate68.5%147th of 17598.5%44th of 17530% lower
Education Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP159th of 2024.0% of GDP110th of 20228% lower
School Enrollmentgross, secondary55.5% gross, secondary168th of 20785.3% gross, secondary129th of 20735% lower
Renewable Energyof final consumption96.3% of final consumption1st of 21128.0% of final consumption84th of 2113.4× higher
Forest Coverageof land area54.2% of land area41st of 21124.5% of land area119th of 2112.2× higher
Internet Penetration19.7%192nd of 21167.3%139th of 2113.4× lower
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people58.5 per 100 people197th of 212115.3 per 100 people105th of 21249% lower
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births427 per 100,000 live births181st of 19384 per 100,000 live births122nd of 1935.1× higher
Military Spendingof GDP1.23% of GDP108th of 1631.32% of GDP100th of 1637% lower
Protected Areasof land area14.9% of land area125th of 21116.0% of land area117th of 2117% lower
Median Ageyears15.8 years235th of 24026.1 years164th of 24040% lower
Mean Years of Schoolingyears4.9 years140th of 1489.4 years77th of 14849% lower
Human Development Index0.522170th of 1920.720116th of 19227% lower
Happiness Index/ 103.76/ 10152nd of 1646.21/ 1058th of 16439% lower
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.05 tonnes per capita212th of 2121.51 tonnes per capita142nd of 2121.46 tonnes per capita apart
Obesity Rate5.9%188th of 1989.7%171st of 19839% lower

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. Bold marks the larger of the two, which is not always the better one.

Population, 1950–2100

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

DR CongoPhilippines
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
DR Congo and Philippines 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
Philippines195018.8M
Philippines197542.1M
Philippines200079.6M
Philippines2025116.8M
Philippines2050134.4M
Philippines2075131.1M
Philippines2100114.2M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

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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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