Congo - Kinshasa vs Myanmar (Burma)
Congo - Kinshasa vs Myanmar (Burma): Internet users
Internet users: 19.7% in Congo - Kinshasa in 2024 and 45.5% in Myanmar (Burma) in 2020, by ITU estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 30.9 percentage points, or 3.13 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- The world as a whole: 60.1% in 2020.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 19.7 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 19 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 18 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 16.2 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 14.5 | 45.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 13 | 36.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 11.7 | 29.4 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | – | 23.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 10.1 | 16 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 3.8 | 10.9 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 3 | 7.4 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 1.2 | 1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Congo - Kinshasa vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCongo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthCongo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationCongo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtCongo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025