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Congo - Kinshasa vs South Sudan
How Congo - Kinshasa and South Sudan compare on 36 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 61.9 years against 57.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2015, South Sudan was higher: $1,080 against $496
- Population · In 2023, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 106 million people against 11.5 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, South Sudan was higher: 3.43% of GDP against 1.38% of GDP
- Electoral democracy · In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa was higher: 0.31 of 1 against 0.13 of 1
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023South Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023South Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023
- GDP per personCongo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025South Sudan: $1,080 in 2015
- TemperatureCongo - Kinshasa: 24.9 °C in 2025South Sudan: 28.1 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023South Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024South Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017South Sudan: 3.7% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017South Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023South Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023South Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023South Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025South Sudan: 21.7% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023South Sudan: 18 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023South Sudan: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023South Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCongo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025South Sudan: $1,080 in 2015
- GDP growthCongo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023South Sudan: 41.4% a year in 2025
- InflationCongo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025South Sudan: 97.6% a year in 2025
- Government debtCongo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023South Sudan: 64.2% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025South Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025South Sudan: $103M in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025South Sudan: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025South Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020South Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022South Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020South Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025South Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022
Climate
Technology and environment
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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, 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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