🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.

Kinshasa

Africa

Low income

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Population

112.8M

3.3%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

5.98

births/woman

Life Expectancy

62.1y

GDP / capita

$806.8

Pop. Growth

3.20%

Net Migration

-27.3K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Congo, Dem. Rep. by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇫Central African Republic368.1K(35.2%)

🇷🇼Rwanda286.2K(27.3%)

+131%

🇦🇴Angola201.6K(19.3%)

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male56MTotal 112.8M56.8MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇸🇸South Sudan103.6K(9.9%)

23×

🇧🇮Burundi67.4K(6.4%)

+79%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.7.1K(0.7%)

+359%

🇺🇬Uganda6.8K(0.6%)

205×

🇸🇩Sudan6.1K(0.6%)

+144%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Congo, Dem. Rep. diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Congo, Dem. Rep. who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇬Uganda637.2K(30.4%)

+294%

🇷🇼Rwanda236.4K(11.3%)

+14%

🇧🇮Burundi224.1K(10.7%)

+52%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.168.4K(8.0%)

−33%

🇫🇷France120.2K(5.7%)

+79%

🇸🇸South Sudan97.4K(4.6%)

+60%

🇦🇴Angola93.2K(4.4%)

+199%

🇧🇪Belgium88.9K(4.2%)

+13%

🇹🇿Tanzania76.8K(3.7%)

+23%

🇿🇲Zambia67.2K(3.2%)

+221%

🇿🇦South Africa57.5K(2.7%)

+68%

🇰🇪Kenya41.2K(2.0%)

+351%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024