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🇨🇩 DR Congo vs 🇵🇭 Philippines

Philippines has 3.95M more people — 116,786,962 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
🇵🇭 Philippines
116,786,962
Asia · rank #14 · +0.81%
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 CongoPhilippines
Population112,832,47315th of 240116,786,96214th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+3.20%11th of 240+0.81%120th of 240
Population Density/km²47/km²168th of 240385/km²34th of 240
Land Areakm²2,267,050 km²11th of 240298,170 km²72nd of 240
Urban Population45.1%177th of 24055.8%156th of 240
GDP per Capita$807230th of 240$4,171172nd of 240
GDP Growth+5.8%40th of 210+4.4%67th of 210
Life Expectancyyears62.1 years228th of 24069.9 years176th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman5.98 births per woman3rd of 2401.89 births per woman119th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00040.9 per 1,0005th of 21315.9 per 1,00097th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0008.4 per 1,00072nd of 2136.4 per 1,000141st of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births56.4 per 1,000 live births9th of 19421.7 per 1,000 live births65th of 194
Unemployment Rate4.4%114th of 1862.2%166th of 186
Inflation Rate2.9%98th of 1911.7%136th of 191
Poverty Rate56.2%10th of 16415.5%121st of 164
Gini Index44.720th of 17039.354th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP3.7% of GDP162nd of 1925.1% of GDP123rd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.21 per 1,000176th of 2060.79 per 1,000134th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.80 per 1,000167th of 1990.97 per 1,000161st of 199
Literacy Rate68.5%147th of 17598.5%44th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP159th of 2024.0% of GDP110th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary55.5% gross, secondary168th of 20785.3% gross, secondary129th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption96.3% of final consumption1st of 21128.0% of final consumption84th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area54.2% of land area41st of 21124.5% of land area119th of 211
Internet Penetration19.7%192nd of 21167.3%139th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people58.5 per 100 people197th of 212115.3 per 100 people105th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births427 per 100,000 live births13th of 19384 per 100,000 live births71st of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.23% of GDP108th of 1631.32% of GDP100th of 163
Protected Areasof land area14.9% of land area125th of 21116.0% of land area117th of 211
Median Ageyears15.8 years235th of 24026.1 years164th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears4.9 years140th of 1489.4 years77th of 148
Human Development Index0.522170th of 1920.720116th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.76/ 10152nd of 1646.21/ 1058th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.05 tonnes per capita212th of 2121.51 tonnes per capita142nd of 212
Obesity Rate5.9%188th of 1989.7%171st of 198

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

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