🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo CD / COD #11

Nomad Score 34.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency CDF

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 114.4M

Density 45.1/km²

HDI 0.522 (Low)

Gini Index (2012) 42.1

Life Expectancy (2024) 62.1 yrs

Fertility Rate (2024) 5.98

Urban Population (2024) 44.8%

Literacy Rate (2023) 68.5%

Labor Force (2025) 64.6%

Gender Wage Gap (2016) -17.0%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
French	français
Kikongo	Kikongo
Lingala	Lingála
Tshiluba	-
Swahili	Kiswahili

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	95.4%
Traditional faiths	2.6%
Islam	1.5%
Others	0.5%

Demonym (male) Congolese

Demonym (female) Congolese

National Anthem Debout Congolais

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		46.0%
15-64 Working		50.9%
65+ Elderly		3.1%

Dependency Ratio 96.5%

Profile Very Young

Urban Pop. (2024) 44.8%

Birth Rate (2024) 40.9 /1000

Death Rate (2024) 8.4 /1000

Largest City (2025) 34.9%

Fertility Rate (2024) 5.98

Infant Mortality (2024) 56.4 /1000

Slum Pop. (2022) 78.4%

Tourism (2016) 351.0K

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2024) 62.1 yrs

HALE (2021) 53.2 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 3.7% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2024) 56.4/1000

UHC Index (2021) 42/100

Hospital Beds (2006) 0.8/1000

Physicians (2022) 0.21/1000

Nurses (2022) 1.17/1000

Health Spending/cap (2023) $23

Out-of-Pocket (2023) 38.0%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2023) 68.5%

Education Spending (2022) 2.8% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 310

Internet Users (2024) 19.7%

Mobile Subscriptions (2024) 58.5/100

Broadband (2023) 0.0/100

Secure Servers (2024) 10/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 0.0

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 2,344,858 km²

Capital Kinshasa 📍

Continent Africa

Region Africa

Subregion Middle Africa

Landlocked No

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

Calling Codes +243

TLD .cd

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇦🇴 Angola, 🇧🇮 Burundi, 🇨🇫 Central African Republic, 🇨🇬 Congo, 🇷🇼 Rwanda, 🇸🇸 South Sudan, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇺🇬 Uganda, 🇿🇲 Zambia

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has a sky-blue field with a yellow-edged red diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. A large five-pointed yellow star is situated above the diagonal band on the upper hoist side of the field.

National Anthem Debout Congolais

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