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Democratic Republic of the Congo

General information
NameDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Long nameDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Population (source)estimate
Population (people)77,433,744 (2014)
Constitutional formRepublic
Drives onRight
Head of state authorityExecutive
Main continentAfrica
Number of airports201
Airports - with paved runways26
Airports - with unpaved runways175
Area (m²)2,344,858
Birth rate (births/1,000 population)37
Calling code
Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%)28
Current Account Balance (US$)-419,000,000
Death rate (deaths/1,000 population)11
Debt - external (Billion US$)15
Economic aid donor (Billion $)
Electricity consumption (billion kWh)6
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person)82
Electricity exports (million kWh)674
Electricity imports (million kWh)591
Electricity production (billion kWh)7
Exports (Billion $)11
GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$)400
GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $)26
GDP real growth rate (%)7
Gross national income (US$)44
Human Development Index0
Health expenditures (% of GDP)11
Heliports1
HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%)
HIV AIDS deaths
HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS
Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population)1
Capital cityKinshasa
CurrencyCongolese franc
Imports (Billion $)9
Industrial production growth rate (%)
Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)77
Inflation rate consumer prices (%)17
Internet hosts2,514
Internet tld.cd
Internet users290,000
Investment (gross fixed) (%)
Iso 3166 codeCD
ISO CODECOD
Labor force34,790,000
Life expectancy at birth (years)56
Literacy (%)67
Manpower available for military service15,980,106
Manpower fit for military service10,168,258
Manpower reaching militarily age annually877,684
Is democracyYes
Market value of publicly traded shares (US$)
Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births)540
Merchant marine1
Military expenditures percent of GDP3
Natural gas consumption (cubic meters)0
Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person)0
Natural gas exports (cubic meters)0
Natural gas imports (cubic meters)0
Natural gas production (cubic meters)0
Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters)991,100,032
Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population)0
Obesity adult prevalence rate (%)
Oil consumption (bbl/day)13,000
Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people)0
Oil exports (bbl/day)11,090
Oil imports (bbl/day)13,100
Oil production (bbl/day)21,000
Oil proved reserves (bbl)180,000,000
Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population)0
Population below poverty line (%)71
Population census (people)
Population density (Number of people per square kilometer)31
Population estimate (people)77,433,744 (2014)
Population growth rate (%)3
Public debt (% of GDP)
Railways (km)4,007
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$)755,699,968
Roadways (km)153,497
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$)
Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$)
Telephones main lines in use42,000
Telephones main lines in use per capita0
Telephones mobile cellular15,673,000
Telephones mobile cellular per capita22
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)5
Unemployment rate (%)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%)
Waterways (km)15,000
Valley
Helicopter
Canyon
Artillery
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Religion
ContinentAfrica
BorderFrontière entre l'Ouganda et la République démocratique du Congo
Plateau
Marsh
Demonymcongolese
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