🇨🇬Congo, Rep.

Brazzaville

Africa

Lower middle income

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Population

6.5M

2.4%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

4.11

births/woman

Life Expectancy

66.0y

GDP / capita

$2.5K

Pop. Growth

2.36%

Net Migration

-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, Rep. by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.168.4K(44.6%)

−33%

🇦🇴Angola40.8K(10.8%)

+31%

🇲🇱

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

Male3.2MTotal 6.5M3.2MFemale

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

🇷🇼Rwanda24.8K(6.6%)

+31%

🇧🇯Benin15K(4.0%)

+31%

🇸🇳Senegal13.1K(3.5%)

+31%

🇨🇲Cameroon11.2K(3.0%)

+31%

🇹🇩Chad10.4K(2.8%)

+31%

🇫🇷France10.2K(2.7%)

+31%

🇬🇦Gabon3.1K(0.8%)

+31%

🇲🇷Mauritania3.1K(0.8%)

+31%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Congo, Rep. diaspora lives

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

🇫🇷France94.9K(41.1%)

+40%

🇿🇦South Africa29.1K(12.6%)

+20%

🇹🇿Tanzania24.2K(10.5%)

−1%

🇬🇦Gabon17.7K(7.7%)

+66%

🇿🇲Zambia13.9K(6.0%)

+64%

🇲🇱Mali13.8K(6.0%)

+62%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.7.1K(3.1%)

+359%

🇧🇯Benin4.3K(1.9%)

+47%

🇧🇪Belgium4K(1.7%)

−6%

🇨🇲Cameroon3.8K(1.7%)

+61%

🇮🇹Italy2.8K(1.2%)

+7%

🇦🇺Australia2.7K(1.2%)

+163%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024