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Burkina Faso vs Congo - Kinshasa
How Burkina Faso and Congo - Kinshasa compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 61.9 years against 61.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Burkina Faso was higher: $787 against $568
- Population · In 2023, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 106 million people against 23 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Burkina Faso was higher: 3.3% of GDP against 1.38% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Burkina Faso was higher: 0.28 tonnes against 0.06 tonnes
- Life expectancyBurkina Faso: 61.1 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- PopulationBurkina Faso: 23 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- GDP per personBurkina Faso: $787 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025
- TemperatureBurkina Faso: 29.2 °C in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 24.9 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBurkina Faso: 61.1 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurkina Faso: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurkina Faso: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurkina Faso: 3.69% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurkina Faso: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurkina Faso: 23 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurkina Faso: 2.26% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurkina Faso: 4.19 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurkina Faso: 28.9% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageBurkina Faso: 17.3 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurkina Faso: 2.6% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurkina Faso: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personBurkina Faso: $787 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025
- GDP growthBurkina Faso: 5.3% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023
- InflationBurkina Faso: -0.6% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtBurkina Faso: 53.2% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurkina Faso: 3.3% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBurkina Faso: $844M in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personBurkina Faso: $37 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurkina Faso: 13.2% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurkina Faso: 11,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurkina Faso: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurkina Faso: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurkina Faso: 34 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
- CO₂ per personBurkina Faso: 0.28 tonnes in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 0.06 tonnes in 2024
- Internet usersBurkina Faso: 28.3% in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 19.7% in 2024
- Access to electricityBurkina Faso: 34% in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 22.5% in 2024
- Forest areaBurkina Faso: 12.3% in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 61.5% in 2024
Each country on its own
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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