Dem. Rep. Congo
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Key facts
- Currency: Congolese franc
- Capital city: Kinshasa
- Region: Middle Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 2,267,050 km²
- Population: 99,010,212
- Political Leader: Félix Tshisekedi (President)
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General information
Business
Central government debt | 152.19 % of GDP |
Expense | 11.50 % of GDP |
GDP | 64,718,600,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 2.89 annual % |
Self-employed | 86.40 % of total employment |
Tax revenue | 10.70 % of GDP |
Unemployment | 4.50 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 82.84 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 338,980.00 km² |
Alternative and nuclear energy | 2.36 % of total energy use |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 3,025.60 kt |
Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from natural gas sources | 0.04 % of total |
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 99.71 % of total |
Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from oil sources | 0.13 % of total |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.11 % of total |
Net energy imports | 1.96 % of energy use |
Fertility rate | 6.16 births per woman |
Forest area | 1,250,540 km² |
Fossil fuel energy consumption | 5.36 % of total |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -2,774.77 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 11.70 years |
Methane emissions | 35,684.20 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 14,960.60 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 49,892,177 |
Male Population | 49,118,035 |
Renewable energy consumption | 96.16 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 2,295,900.00 km² |
Rural population | 52,636,799 |
Urban land area | 7,232.35 km² |
Urban population | 46,373,413 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.00 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 42.05 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 9.70 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 21.25 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 4.05 % of GDP |
Incidence of HIV | 0.18 per 1,000 uninfected population |
Hospital beds | 0.80 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 59 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 6.70 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 20.77 % of population |
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 5,686,000 |
Individuals using the Internet | 22.90 % of population |
Net migration | -14,999 |
Press freedom | 1.51 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 134,000 |
Democracy score | 1.49 |
Democracy type | Authoritarian |
Military expenditure | 0.58 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 12.80 % |
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 2 days ago