1. Diverging pathsIndia and DR Congo

   India and DR Congo: similar GDP per person in 1990, 6.1 times apart in 2025

   IndiaDR Congo

   Output per person a year, in 2021 dollars adjusted for price differences: $2,100 in India and $2,400 in DR Congo in 1990; $10,000 and $1,600 in 2025. India grew 4.7-fold; DR Congo fell 32%.

   Source: World Bank (WDI, ITU and UNESCO data); UN WPP 2024Open on the chart →

More findings

• DR Congo: more babies born than in the US
• DR Congo now has more people than Germany
• India: 18.5M natives live abroad, 3.9 times as many as the foreign-born living there
• India: stock prices have risen 21% since December 2022
• China generates more electricity than the US, the EU and India combined
• DR Congo: more babies are born than in the whole EU

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