Democratic Republic of Congo vs Tanzania: Drinking water usage in urban areas

Democratic Republic of Congo

448,001 people

in 2024

Tanzania

522,756 people

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

7th

Tanzania rank

5th

Drinking water usage in urban areas over time

Tanzania currently reports 522,756 people against 448,001 people in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 74,755 people.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 7th and Tanzania ranks 5th of 188 countries.

Indicator: Drinking water usage in urban areas
Unit: people
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 188 places, 4,613 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.