1. Diverging pathsDR Congo and Rwanda

   DR Congo and Rwanda: about 6.65 children per woman each in 1990, 6.05 and 3.70 in 2023

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   In 1990 women had 6.65 and 6.80 children on average; in 2023, 6.05 and 3.70. For comparison, 44% and 29% of people live in towns and cities (2023 and 2023, respectively).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• DR Congo: more babies born than in the US
• DR Congo now has more people than Germany
• DR Congo: more babies are born than in the whole EU
• DR Congo: 2.1M natives live abroad, 1.9 times as many as the foreign-born living there
• DR Congo: all its electricity is made without coal, gas or oil, but there is 14 times less of it per person than in a typical country
• DR Congo: the economy “grew” 62% in six months, retroactively

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