DRC Health Zone Population Statistics by Age and Sex

Population statistics disaggregated by age and sex for all health zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The dataset is provided by OCHA DRC and was last updated on May 22, 2026. It includes data files in both spreadsheet and shapefile formats.

Use Cases

• Modeling healthcare resource allocation based on age and sex demographics.
• Mapping population density and structure for epidemiological studies.
• Planning humanitarian interventions using geographically disaggregated population data.

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated by age and sex, a key feature for demographic analysis.
• Covers all health zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Available in both tabular (XLSX) and geospatial (SHP) formats for flexibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 10:51:25.729918; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo