| People | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Population:
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71,712,867 (July 2011 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
Population density:
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32 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 35% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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KINSHASA (capital) 8.401 million; Lubumbashi 1.543 million; Mbuji-Mayi 1.488 million; Kananga 878,000; Kisangani 812,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 44.4% (male 16,031,347/female 15,811,818)
15-64 years: 53% (male 18,919,942/female 19,116,204)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 767,119/female 1,066,437) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 17.4 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 17.6 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.614% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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37.74 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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11.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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670 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 78.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 82.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 74.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 55.33 years
male: 53.9 years
female: 56.8 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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5.24 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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11.2% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2004) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.8 beds/1,000 population (2006) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 80% of population
rural: 28% of population
total: 46% of population
unimproved:
urban: 20% of population
rural: 72% of population
total: 54% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 23% of population
rural: 23% of population
total: 23% of population
unimproved:
urban: 67% of population
rural: 67% of population
total: 67% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, plague, and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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28.2% (2007) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Congolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Congolese or Congo |
Ethnic groups:
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over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10% |
Languages:
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French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba
total population: 67.2%
male: 80.9%
female: 54.1% (2001 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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