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Congo, Republic of the People 2015
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Congo, Republic of the People 2015
SOURCE: 2015 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on June 22, 2014

Nationality:
noun: Congolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Congolese or Congo

Ethnic groups:
Kongo 48%, Sangha 20%, M'Bochi 12%, Teke 17%, Europeans and other 3%

Languages:
French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)

Religions:
Roman Catholic 33.1%, Awakening Churches/Christian Revival 22.3%, Protestant 19.9%, Salutiste 2.2%, Muslim 1.6%, Kimbanguiste 1.5%, other 8.1%, none 11.3% (2010 est.)

Population:
4,662,446
country comparison to the world: 125
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 (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 41.1% (male 966,852/female 950,411)
15-24 years: 17.7% (male 411,263/female 413,594)
25-54 years: 34.2% (male 808,181/female 787,554)
55-64 years: 4% (male 90,795/female 94,837)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 60,400/female 78,559) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:
population pyramid

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 85 %
youth dependency ratio: 78.7 %
elderly dependency ratio: 6.3 %
potential support ratio: 16 (2014 est.)

Median age:
total: 19.8 years
male: 19.7 years
female: 20 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.94% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 55
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Birth rate:
36.59 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
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Death rate:
10.17 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47
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Net migration rate:
-7.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 204
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Urbanization:
urban population: 63.7% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 2.84% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
BRAZZAVILLE (capital) 1.611 million; Pointe-Noire 834,000 (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
19.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011-12 est.)
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Maternal mortality rate:
560 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 16
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Infant mortality rate:
total: 59.34 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 24
male: 64.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 54.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 58.52 years
country comparison to the world: 198
male: 57.38 years
female: 59.7 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
4.73 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Contraceptive prevalence rate:
44.7% (2011/12)
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Health expenditures:
2.5% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 186
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Physicians density:
0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
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Hospital bed density:
1.6 beds/1,000 population (2005)
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Drinking water source:
improved:

urban: 95.7% of population
rural: 38.8% of population
total: 75.3% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4.3% of population
rural: 61.2% of population
total: 24.7% of population (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
improved:

urban: 19.6% of population
rural: 5.6% of population
total: 14.6% of population
unimproved:
urban: 80.4% of population
rural: 94.4% of population
total: 85.4% of population (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
2.8% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
74,500 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
5,200 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria and dengue fever
animal contact disease: rabies
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2013)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
4.7% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 163
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
11.8% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 61
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
6.2% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 39
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.8%
male: 89.6%
female: 78.4% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2012)

Child labor - children ages 5-14:
total number: 252,171
percentage: 25 % (2005 est.)


NOTE: 1) The information regarding Congo, Republic of the on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Congo, Republic of the People 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Congo, Republic of the People 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
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  b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order




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