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Congo - Kinshasa vs Somalia
How Congo - Kinshasa and Somalia compare on 34 measures, from 1900 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 61.9 years against 58.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: $568 against $465
- Population · In 2023, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 106 million people against 18.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Somalia was higher: 1.54% of GDP against 1.38% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 0.06 tonnes against 0.05 tonnes
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Somalia: 58.8 years in 2023
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Somalia: 18.4 million people in 2023
- GDP per personCongo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025Somalia: $465 in 2025
- TemperatureCongo - Kinshasa: 24.9 °C in 2025Somalia: 27.1 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Somalia: 58.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Somalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Somalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Somalia: 3.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Somalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Somalia: 18.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Somalia: 3.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Somalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Somalia: 55.1% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Somalia: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Somalia: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Somalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Somalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Somalia: $193M in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Somalia: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Somalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Somalia: 14,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Somalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Somalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Somalia: 2 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, 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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