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Key facts
- Currency: Central African CFA franc
- Capital city: Brazzaville
- Region: Middle Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 341,500 km²
- Population: 5,970,424
- Political Leader: Denis Sassou Nguesso (President)
Latest news
Security in Congo's mineral-rich east is deteriorating with rebel group expanding territory, UN says
Read: The Star
2024-03-28
Congo reinstates the death penalty after more than 20 years as it struggles to deal with militants
Read: ABC News
2024-03-15
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General information
Business
Central government debt | 25.48 % of GDP |
Expense | 17.80 % of GDP |
GDP | 15,817,000,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 3.04 annual % |
Self-employed | 75.77 % of total employment |
Tax revenue | 8.32 % of GDP |
Unemployment | 20.48 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 74.54 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 106,780.00 km² |
Alternative and nuclear energy | 1.43 % of total energy use |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 7,153.90 kt |
Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from natural gas sources | 46.66 % of total |
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 53.34 % of total |
Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from oil sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.00 % of total |
Net energy imports | -496.60 % of energy use |
Fertility rate | 4.17 births per woman |
Forest area | 219,310 km² |
Fossil fuel energy consumption | 40.48 % of total |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -1,372.30 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 14.30 years |
Methane emissions | 9,957.26 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 1,610.02 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 2,988,624 |
Male Population | 2,981,800 |
Renewable energy consumption | 71.88 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 340,341.00 km² |
Rural population | 1,866,593 |
Urban land area | 420.26 km² |
Urban population | 4,103,831 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.71 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 30.69 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 7.06 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 80.81 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 4.47 % of GDP |
Incidence of HIV | 2.39 per 1,000 uninfected population |
Hospital beds | 1.60 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 64 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 6.50 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 49.66 % of population |
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 27,000 |
Individuals using the Internet | 8.65 % of population |
Net migration | -1,000 |
Press freedom | 2.17 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 12,000 |
Democracy score | 3.31 |
Democracy type | Authoritarian |
Military expenditure | 1.85 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 14.57 % |
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