What is the difference in number of stillbirths between Democratic Republic of Congo and Sub-Saharan Africa?

832,057, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Sub-Saharan Africa?

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of stillbirths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Number of stillbirths

Democratic Republic of Congo

116,021

in 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa

948,078

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

5th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

7th

Number of stillbirths over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 948,078 against 116,021 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 832,057.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 8.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th of 197 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
2000s	92,363	916,462	824,098	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	101,796	935,163	833,367	Sub-Saharan Africa
2020s	113,594	941,046	827,452	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of stillbirths, Democratic Republic of Congo or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 948,078 against 116,021 in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of stillbirths between Democratic Republic of Congo and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 832,057, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for number of stillbirths?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of stillbirths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of stillbirths
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 5,760 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Number of fetal deaths at 28 weeks or more of gestation