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🇨🇩 DR Congo vs 🇷🇺 Russia

Russia has 30.7M more people — 143,513,328 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
🇷🇺 Russia
143,513,328
Europe · rank #9 · −0.11%
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 CongoRussia
Population112,832,47315th of 240143,513,3289th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+3.20%11th of 240−0.11%198th of 240
Population Density/km²47/km²168th of 2409/km²221st of 240
Land Areakm²2,267,050 km²11th of 24016,376,870 km²1st of 240
Urban Population45.1%177th of 24075.3%86th of 240
GDP per Capita$807230th of 240$17,547100th of 240
GDP Growth+5.8%40th of 210+1.0%172nd of 210
Life Expectancyyears62.1 years228th of 24073.4 years141st of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman5.98 births per woman3rd of 2401.42 births per woman193rd of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00040.9 per 1,0005th of 2138.4 per 1,000176th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0008.4 per 1,00072nd of 21312.4 per 1,00015th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births56.4 per 1,000 live births9th of 1944.1 per 1,000 live births152nd of 194
Unemployment Rate4.4%114th of 1862.1%169th of 186
Inflation Rate2.9%98th of 1918.7%29th of 191
Poverty Rate56.2%10th of 1647.2%149th of 164
Gini Index44.720th of 17033.0111th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP3.7% of GDP162nd of 1927.0% of GDP85th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.21 per 1,000176th of 2065.11 per 1,0008th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.80 per 1,000167th of 1996.81 per 1,00012th of 199
Literacy Rate68.5%147th of 17599.9%4th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP159th of 2024.2% of GDP100th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary55.5% gross, secondary168th of 20792.5% gross, secondary95th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption96.3% of final consumption1st of 2113.5% of final consumption172nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area54.2% of land area41st of 21149.8% of land area53rd of 211
Internet Penetration19.7%192nd of 21194.4%35th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people58.5 per 100 people197th of 212186.1 per 100 people9th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births427 per 100,000 live births13th of 1939 per 100,000 live births150th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.23% of GDP108th of 1637.05% of GDP6th of 163
Protected Areasof land area14.9% of land area125th of 21111.5% of land area147th of 211
Median Ageyears15.8 years235th of 24040.3 years59th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears4.9 years140th of 14811.6 years36th of 148
Human Development Index0.522170th of 1920.83263rd of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.76/ 10152nd of 1645.83/ 1082nd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.05 tonnes per capita212th of 21212.30 tonnes per capita19th of 212
Obesity Rate5.9%188th of 19821.2%117th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

DR CongoRussia
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
DR Congo and Russia 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
Russia1950103.4M
Russia1975134.1M
Russia2000146.7M
Russia2025144M
Russia2050136.1M
Russia2075128.6M
Russia2100126.4M

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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