Congo - Kinshasa
Urban population in Congo - Kinshasa
Urban population in Congo - Kinshasa: 18.8% in 1950 and 45.1% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 45.1%
- Since 1950
- +26.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 168 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 53.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 53.5% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.1 |
| 2024 | 44.8 |
| 2023 | 44.4 |
| 2022 | 44 |
| 2021 | 43.6 |
| 2020 | 43.3 |
| 2019 | 42.9 |
| 2018 | 42.5 |
| 2017 | 42.1 |
| 2016 | 41.7 |
| 2015 | 41.3 |
| 2014 | 41 |
| 2013 | 40.6 |
| 2012 | 40.2 |
| 2011 | 39.8 |
| 2010 | 39.4 |
| 2009 | 39 |
| 2008 | 38.6 |
| 2007 | 38.2 |
| 2006 | 37.8 |
| 2005 | 37.4 |
| 2004 | 37 |
| 2003 | 36.5 |
| 2002 | 35.9 |
| 2001 | 35.4 |
| 2000 | 34.9 |
| 1999 | 34.4 |
| 1998 | 33.9 |
| 1997 | 33.4 |
| 1996 | 32.9 |
| 1995 | 32.5 |
| 1994 | 32 |
| 1993 | 31.6 |
| 1992 | 31.1 |
| 1991 | 30.7 |
| 1990 | 30.3 |
| 1989 | 29.9 |
| 1988 | 29.5 |
| 1987 | 29.1 |
| 1986 | 28.8 |
| 1985 | 28.4 |
| 1984 | 28.1 |
| 1983 | 27.8 |
| 1982 | 27.5 |
| 1981 | 27.2 |
| 1980 | 26.9 |
| 1979 | 26.5 |
| 1978 | 26.2 |
| 1977 | 25.9 |
| 1976 | 25.6 |
| 1975 | 25.4 |
| 1974 | 25.1 |
| 1973 | 24.8 |
| 1972 | 24.5 |
| 1971 | 24.3 |
| 1970 | 24 |
| 1969 | 23.8 |
| 1968 | 23.6 |
| 1967 | 23.4 |
| 1966 | 23.2 |
| 1965 | 23 |
| 1964 | 22.8 |
| 1963 | 22.7 |
| 1962 | 22.5 |
| 1961 | 22.4 |
| 1960 | 22.3 |
| 1959 | 22.2 |
| 1958 | 22.2 |
| 1957 | 22.1 |
| 1956 | 22.1 |
| 1955 | 22 |
| 1954 | 21.7 |
| 1953 | 21.3 |
| 1952 | 20.6 |
| 1951 | 19.8 |
| 1950 | 18.8 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 45.5 |
| 2027 | 45.8 |
| 2028 | 46.2 |
| 2029 | 46.6 |
| 2030 | 46.9 |
| 2031 | 47.3 |
| 2032 | 47.6 |
| 2033 | 48 |
| 2034 | 48.3 |
| 2035 | 48.7 |
| 2036 | 49 |
| 2037 | 49.4 |
| 2038 | 49.7 |
| 2039 | 50 |
| 2040 | 50.4 |
| 2041 | 50.7 |
| 2042 | 51 |
| 2043 | 51.3 |
| 2044 | 51.6 |
| 2045 | 52 |
| 2046 | 52.3 |
| 2047 | 52.6 |
| 2048 | 52.9 |
| 2049 | 53.2 |
| 2050 | 53.5 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Congo - Kinshasa in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per person$11 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel134,000 people in 2020
- National power0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports22 million TIV in 1997