Congo, Dem. Rep.'s population ages 75-79, female (% of female population) was 0.6% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.00227 percentage points from 0.6% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.6% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 0.61% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.6% | 2015 |
| Highest | 0.61% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 0.53% | 1986 |
| Average since 2016 | 0.61% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 0.57% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s population ages 75-79, female (% of female population) fell 0.01 percentage points on 2024 (from 0.61% to 0.6%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.01 percentage points in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.01 percentage points in 1961. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep. had the 190th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 0.6% | 2025 |
| World | 2.16% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.61% | 2025 |
| Low income | 0.66% | 2025 |
Closest to Congo, Dem. Rep. in the 2025 ranking
- Tajikistan — 186th of 217: 0.6%
- Mozambique — 187th of 217: 0.6%
- Madagascar — 188th of 217: 0.6%
- Mauritania — 190th of 217: 0.59%
- Saudi Arabia — 191st of 217: 0.59%
- Liberia — 192nd of 217: 0.59%
What this measures
Female population between the ages 75 to 79 as a percentage of the total female population.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 75-79, female (% of female population) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.5984 |
| 2024 | 0.6054 |
| 2023 | 0.61 |
| 2022 | 0.6117 |
| 2021 | 0.6113 |
| 2020 | 0.6095 |
| 2019 | 0.6061 |
| 2018 | 0.6024 |
| 2017 | 0.5998 |
| 2016 | 0.5982 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 75-79, female (% of female population) in nearby economies
- Angola — 0.53% (2025)
- Benin — 0.61% (2025)
- Botswana — 0.84% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 0.54% (2025)
- Burundi — 0.48% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 1.59% (2025)
- Cameroon — 0.52% (2025)
- Central African Republic — 0.32% (2025)
- Chad — 0.36% (2025)
- Comoros
More health data for Congo, Dem. Rep.
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 17.76% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 18.23% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 25.86 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 45.48% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 25.99 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 46.42% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 51.85 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 45.95% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 15.08% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Congo, Dem. Rep.'s population ages 75-79, female (% of female population)?
- 0.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 0.03 percentage points from 0.57% in 1960. The highest value was 0.61% in 2022 and the lowest 0.53% in 1986.
- How does Congo, Dem. Rep. rank?
- 190th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in population ages 75-79, female (% of female population) unusual for Congo, Dem. Rep.?
- In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s population ages 75-79, female (% of female population) fell 0.01 percentage points on 2024 (from 0.61% to 0.6%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.7579.FE.5Y, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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