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🇨🇩 DR Congo vs 🇹🇷 Turkey

DR Congo has 27M more people — 112,832,473 against 85,878,556. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇨🇩 DR Congo
112,832,473
Africa · rank #15 · +3.20%
World Bank, 2025
🇹🇷 Turkey
85,878,556
Asia · rank #18 · +0.42%
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 CongoTurkey
Population112,832,47315th of 24085,878,55618th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+3.20%11th of 240+0.42%158th of 240
Population Density/km²47/km²168th of 240111/km²104th of 240
Land Areakm²2,267,050 km²11th of 240769,630 km²36th of 240
Urban Population45.1%177th of 24089.5%37th of 240
GDP per Capita$807230th of 240$18,59997th of 240
GDP Growth+5.8%40th of 210+3.6%93rd of 210
Life Expectancyyears62.1 years228th of 24077.4 years97th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman5.98 births per woman3rd of 2401.48 births per woman176th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00040.9 per 1,0005th of 21311.0 per 1,000135th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0008.4 per 1,00072nd of 2135.7 per 1,000169th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births56.4 per 1,000 live births9th of 1948.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 194
Unemployment Rate4.4%114th of 1868.5%50th of 186
Inflation Rate2.9%98th of 19134.9%7th of 191
Poverty Rate56.2%10th of 16413.0%132nd of 164
Gini Index44.720th of 17043.725th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP3.7% of GDP162nd of 1924.3% of GDP147th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.21 per 1,000176th of 2062.24 per 1,00082nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.80 per 1,000167th of 1993.05 per 1,00070th of 199
Literacy Rate68.5%147th of 17597.3%61st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP159th of 2023.1% of GDP148th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary55.5% gross, secondary168th of 207118.4% gross, secondary20th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption96.3% of final consumption1st of 21112.0% of final consumption135th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area54.2% of land area41st of 21129.5% of land area109th of 211
Internet Penetration19.7%192nd of 21189.8%62nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people58.5 per 100 people197th of 212107.8 per 100 people128th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births427 per 100,000 live births13th of 19315 per 100,000 live births133rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.23% of GDP108th of 1631.92% of GDP71st of 163
Protected Areasof land area14.9% of land area125th of 2117.0% of land area172nd of 211
Median Ageyears15.8 years235th of 24033.5 years117th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears4.9 years140th of 1488.5 years93rd of 148
Human Development Index0.522170th of 1920.85351st of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.76/ 10152nd of 1645.30/ 10100th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.05 tonnes per capita212th of 2125.87 tonnes per capita55th of 212
Obesity Rate5.9%188th of 19830.5%66th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

DR CongoTurkey
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
DR Congo and Turkey 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
Turkey195021M
Turkey197541.1M
Turkey200065.4M
Turkey202587.7M
Turkey205091.3M
Turkey207581.6M
Turkey210065.3M

Reading This Comparison

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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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