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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: Congo, Dem. Rep. · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
112,832,473
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 112832473 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$91.03 billion
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 91030531316.9936 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$807
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 806.776000708534 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Democratic Republic of the Congo at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Population
total: 119,038,825 (2025 est.) male: 59,509,076 female: 59,529,749
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$164.367 billion (2024 est.) $154.081 billion (2023 est.) $141.867 billion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$70.749 billion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
6.7% (2024 est.) 8.6% (2023 est.) 8.9% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$1,500 (2024 est.) $1,500 (2023 est.) $1,400 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
41.5% (2017 est.) 2.9% (2016 est.) 0.7% (2015 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Unemployment rate
4.6% (2024 est.) 4.5% (2023 est.) 4.6% (2022 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Labor force
38.546 million (2024 est.) note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
Public debt
16% of GDP (2022 est.) note: central government debt as a % of GDP
Budget
revenues: $11.568 billion (2022 est.) expenditures: $13.026 billion (2022 est.) note: central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Current account balance
-$3.883 billion (2023 est.) -$3.148 billion (2022 est.) -$587.407 million (2021 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$29.65 billion (2023 est.) $28.753 billion (2022 est.) $22.354 billion (2021 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$33.68 billion (2023 est.) $31.699 billion (2022 est.) $22.193 billion (2021 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
$5.104 billion (2023 est.) $4.378 billion (2022 est.) $3.467 billion (2021 est.) note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
Debt - external
$7.926 billion (2023 est.) note: present value of external debt in current US dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 21.5% (2022 est.) electrification - urban areas: 45.3% electrification - rural areas: 1%
Internet users
percent of population: 31% (2023 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Explore the country in detail
Browse the economy, population, resources and infrastructure. These archived descriptions keep their original wording and dates; they have not been updated to describe current conditions.
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Location
Central Africa, northeast of Angola
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Kinshasa geographic coordinates: 4 19 S, 15 18 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) time zone note: the DRC has two time zones etymology: founded as a trading post in 1881 and named Leopoldville in honor of King LEOPOLD II of the Belgians; in 1966, Leopoldville was renamed Kinshasa, a Bantu name of unknown meaning
1966 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
very poor, large, natural resource-rich sub-Saharan country; possesses the world s second largest rainforest; increasing Chinese extractive sector trade; massive decrease in government investments; increasing current account deficit and public debts
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber note 1: coltan, the industrial name for a columbite tantalite mineral from which niobium and tantalum are extracted, is mainly artisanal and small-scale; tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold extracted from central Africa are considered "conflict minerals" and as such are subject to international monitoring note 2: the DROC is the World's leading producer of cobalt, accounting for as much as 70% of the World's supply; between 20-30% of this cobalt is produced in artisanal and small-scale mining operations
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
cassava, plantains, sugarcane, maize, oil palm fruit, rice, root vegetables, bananas, sweet potatoes, groundnuts (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
mining (copper, cobalt, gold, diamonds, coltan, zinc, tin, tungsten), mineral processing, consumer products (textiles, plastics, footwear, cigarettes), metal products, processed foods and beverages, timber, cement, commercial ship repair
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
China 69%, UAE 7%, India 3%, Spain 3%, Egypt 3% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
refined copper, cobalt, copper ore, raw copper, crude petroleum (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
China 35%, Zambia 12%, South Africa 12%, India 5%, Belgium 4% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
trucks, refined petroleum, stone processing machines, plastic products, sulphur (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February); south of Equator - wet season (November to March), dry season (April to October)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 15.5% (2023 est.) arable land: 6.6% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 0.9% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 8% (2023 est.) forest: 61.6% (2023 est.) other: 22.9% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); active volcanoes in the east along the Great Rift Valley volcanism: the active volcano Nyiragongo (3,470 m) poses a major threat to the city of Goma, home to a quarter of a million people; it produces unusually fast-moving lava, known to travel up to 100 km/hr; Nyiragongo has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; its neighbor Nyamuragira is Africa's most active volcano; Visoke is the only other historically active volcano
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
French (official), Lingala (a trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba major-language sample(s): Buku oyo ya bosembo ya Mokili Mobimba Ezali na Makanisi ya Liboso Mpenza. (Lingala) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Christian 93/1% (Roman Catholic 29.9%, Protestant 26.7%, other Christian 36.5%), Kimbanguist 2.8%, Muslim 1.3%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 1.2%, none 1.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2014 est.)
2014 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 45.7% (male 26,584,268/female 26,208,891) 15-64 years: 51.8% (male 29,845,450/female 29,884,958) 65 years and over: 2.5% (2024 est.) (male 1,258,442/female 1,621,018)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 47.4% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 4.33% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 62.6 years (2024 est.) male: 60.7 years female: 64.6 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Literacy
total population: 73.6% (2018 est.) male: 87.5% (2018 est.) female: 61.6% (2018 est.)
2018 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 3.229 million kW (2023 est.) consumption: 16.069 billion kWh (2023 est.) exports: 62 million kWh (2023 est.) imports: 1.473 billion kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 1.242 billion kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
solar: 13.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) hydroelectricity: 86% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) biomass and waste: 0.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
total petroleum production: 19,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) refined petroleum consumption: 35,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) crude oil estimated reserves: 180 million barrels (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural gas
production: 380,000 cubic meters (2019 est.) consumption: 380,000 cubic meters (2019 est.) proven reserves: 991.09 million cubic meters (2021 est.)
2019, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
5.883 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 731,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 5.152 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 56.3 million (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 53 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 33,000 (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (2022 est.) less than 1
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
273 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Railways
total: 4,007 km (2014) narrow gauge: 3,882 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified) 125 1.000-mm gauge
2014 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 3 (2024) large: 0 medium: 0 small: 2 very small: 1 ports with oil terminals: 2 key ports: Banana, Boma, Matadi
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 17.1% (2024 est.) industry: 46.6% (2024 est.) services: 33% (2024 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
4.9% of GDP (2023 est.) 5% of GDP (2022 est.) 2.4% of GDP (2021 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2023, 2022, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
Congolese Franc
CDF per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 CDF = US$0.0004362336
2,281.03–2,302.76 CDF per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | CDF per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 2,292.35 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 2,292.79 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 2,294.71 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2,297.75 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2,295.45 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2,294.02 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 2,291.42 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 2,294.17 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 2,293.11 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 2,295.6 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 2,296.72 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 2,293.02 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 2,289 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 2,290.18 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 2,293.74 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 2,298.15 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 2,302.76 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 2,294.05 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 2,287.91 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 2,290.96 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 2,288.48 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 2,290.74 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 2,289.29 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 2,288.03 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 2,283.58 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 2,281.03 |
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