DR Congo
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 112.8M (2025). World rank 15 of 216; in Africa, 4 of 54. Area: 2,344,858 km². World rank 12 of 249; in Africa, 2 of 59. GDP per person: $807 (2025). World rank 202 of 210 (1 = best); in Africa, 45 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 81M → 112.8M, GDP $40.2B → $91B, and GDP per person $496 → $807.
State
- Official name
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Local name
- RD Congo
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Semi-presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Félix Tshisekedi
- Head of government
- Ilunga Ilunkamba Sylvestre
- Independence
- June 30, 1960
- Women in parliament
- 12.8% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 112,832,473 2025
- Area
- 2,344,858 km²
- GDP
- $91B 2025
- GDP per person
- $807 2025
- Life expectancy
- 62.1 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, Swahili
- Currency
- Congolese Franc (CDF)
- Time zones
- UTC+1, UTC+2
- Calling code
- +243
- Emergency numbers
- 113, 114, 118
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 37
- Neighbours
- Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
- Agricultural land
- 16.2% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Stanley, 5,110 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 726
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 25
- Warmest month in the capital
- September, 26°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 24°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,543 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 48.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +3.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 45.1% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -27.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 46% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 51% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.1% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 64.2 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 60 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 40.9 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8.4 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 2.8%, Muslim 1.3%, no religion 1.3%, and other 1.2% (2014)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 31.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 18 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 18.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 33 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 35.6 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $1,920 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +5.8% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Low income
- Gross national income per person
- $720 2025
- Inflation
- +2.9% 2016
- Price level, USA = 100
- 42 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 8.9% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 39.7% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 48% 2025
- Unemployment
- 4.4% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 7.9% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 61.9% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 43.4% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 43.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -4.3% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 3.7% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 10.7% 2022
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 44.7 2020
- Living on under $3 a day
- 85.3% 2020
Education
- Adult literacy
- 68.5% 2023
- Primary school enrolment
- 118% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 55.5% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 6.4% 2020
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.8% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 3.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $23 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 38% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 1.2 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.8 2006
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 55% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 56.4 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 89.7 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 427 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.7% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7.7% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 21.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 12.3% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 35.7% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 16.3% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 5% 2024
Safety
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 34.9 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 8.8 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 28.3 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes, floods, and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 35.8 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.1 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 0.5 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 61.5% 2024
- Protected areas
- 14.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 8,789 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 0.2% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 19.7% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 59 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0 2024
- Internet domain
- .cd
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 22.5% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 127 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 96.3% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 90.4% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 1.1% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 1,150,170 2023
- Airports
- 273 2025
- Railways, km
- 4,007 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2015
- Researchers per million people
- 10 2015
- Scientific articles per year
- 243 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 72 2020
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0.2% 2023