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Argentina vs Congo - Kinshasa
How Argentina and Congo - Kinshasa compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Argentina was higher: 77.4 years against 61.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Argentina was higher: $13,290 against $568
- Population · In 2023, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 106 million people against 45.5 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 1.38% of GDP against 0.56% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Argentina was higher: 4.01 tonnes against 0.06 tonnes
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- GDP per personArgentina: $13,290 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025
- TemperatureArgentina: 15.4 °C in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 24.9 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personArgentina: $13,290 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025
- GDP growthArgentina: 4.5% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023
- InflationArgentina: 41.9% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtArgentina: 80.1% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- 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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