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Angola vs Congo - Brazzaville
How Angola and Congo - Brazzaville compare on 37 measures, from 1900 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Congo - Brazzaville was higher: 65.8 years against 64.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Angola was higher: $2,801 against $1,683
- Population · In 2023, Angola was higher: 36.8 million people against 6.18 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Angola was higher: 1.4% of GDP against 1.31% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Congo - Brazzaville was higher: 1.34 tonnes against 0.74 tonnes
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| Measure | Angola | Congo - Brazzaville | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 64.6 | 65.8 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 4.9 | 3.9 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 48.6 | 28.8 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 4.16 | 4.01 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 12 | 14 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 36.8 million | 6.18 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 3.06 | 2.42 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 5.12 | 4.16 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 71.5 | 64.1 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 16.5 | 18.3 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.8 | 2.9 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0 | -0.2 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $2,801 | $1,683 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 3.1 | 0.82022 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 20.2 | 2.6 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 52.9 | 100.4 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 4.2 | 5.3 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2023 | 68.2 | 76.12005 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2012 | 67.32011 | 91.7 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.34 | 0.24 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.62 | 0.33 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 19 | 22 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 1.4 | 1.31 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $1.26B | $190M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $38 | $32 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 5.9 | 6 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 117,000 | 12,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.29 | 0.05 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.87 | 0.55 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 84 million | 9 million2024 | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 22.3 | 25.3 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 6.8 | 0.4 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 61.1 | 327.9 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.74 | 1.34 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 40.7 | 47.3 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 55.5 | 53 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 51.2 | 64 | |
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- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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