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Congo - Kinshasa vs India
How Congo - Kinshasa and India compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, India was higher: 72 years against 61.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, India was higher: $2,523 against $568
- Population · In 2023, India was higher: 1.44 billion people against 106 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, India was higher: 2.3% of GDP against 1.38% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, India was higher: 2.17 tonnes against 0.06 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997India: 81 million TIV in 2025
Climate
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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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