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Burundi vs Congo - Kinshasa
How Burundi and Congo - Kinshasa compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Burundi was higher: 63.7 years against 61.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: $568 against $273
- Population · In 2023, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 106 million people against 13.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Burundi was higher: 3.24% of GDP against 1.38% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Burundi was higher: 0.07 tonnes against 0.06 tonnes
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| Measure | Burundi | Congo - Kinshasa | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 63.7 | 61.9 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 4.7 | 9 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 35.4 | 49.3 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.72 | 3.96 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 12.6 | 11.6 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 13.7 million | 106 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.71 | 3.26 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 4.88 | 6.05 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 25.7 | 45.1 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 15.9 | 15.8 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.5 | 3.1 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $273 | $568 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 4.2 | 8.52023 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 34 | 7.4 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 42 | 17.22023 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 5.2 | 4.5 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2023 | 71.32020 | 68.5 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 94.1 | 35.91999 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.19 | 0.31 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.27 | 0.42 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 77 | 5,228 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 3.24 | 1.38 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $169M | $1.08B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $16 | $11 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 14.9 | 8.1 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 31,000 | 134,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.06 | 0.59 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.59 | 0.41 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 2 million2019 | 44 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 21.1 | 24.9 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 28.5 | 248.5 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.07 | 0.06 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 8.6 | 19.7 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 20.1 | 22.5 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 10.9 | 61.5 | |
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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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