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Congo

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Congo is a country. The capital city is Brazzaville, located in the Middle Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 341,500 km², a population of 6,182,885 people and uses the currency Central African CFA franc. The President is Denis Sassou Nguesso.

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currency: Central African CFA franc
capital city: Brazzaville
region: Middle Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 341,500 km²
population: 6,182,885 people
political leader: Denis Sassou Nguesso (President)

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central government debt: 25.48 % of GDP
expense: 16.13 % of GDP
GDP: 15,321,055,822.52 current US$
inflation: 4.30 annual %
self-employed workers: 75.62 % of total employment
tax revenue: 6.51 % of GDP
unemployment: 19.90 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 74.52 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 12,000 people
democracy score: 3.31
democracy type: Authoritarian
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 27,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 38.40 % of population
military expenditure: 2.00 % of GDP
net migration: -995 people
press freedom: 2.17
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 14.57 %
birth rate: 30.18 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.28 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 80.51 current US$
health expenditure: 3.88 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 2.89 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.60 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 63
suicide mortality rate: 6.50 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 106,780.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 1.43 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 7.25 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 50.60 % of population
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: 4.09 births per woman
forest area: 219,160 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 40.48 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 23.70 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 14.40
methane emissions: 15.50 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.62 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 3,091,656 people
male population: 3,091,229 people
renewable energy consumption: 71.40 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 340,340.84 km²
rural population: 1,905,071 people
urban land area: 420.26 km²
urban population: 4,277,814 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.71 % of total population

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