Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Background

Location

Geographic coordinates

Map references

Area

comparison ranking: total 12

Area - comparative

Land boundaries

Coastline

Maritime claims

Climate

Terrain

Elevation

Natural resources

Land use

Irrigated land

Major lakes (area sq km)

Major rivers (by length in km)

Major watersheds (area sq km)

Major aquifers

Population distribution

Natural hazards

Geography - note

Population

comparison rankings: total 14; female 14; male 14

Nationality

Ethnic groups

Languages

Religions

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

comparison ranking: total 224

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 7

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 6

Death rate

comparison ranking: 98

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 127

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas - population

Sex ratio

Mother's mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 13

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 11

Life expectancy at birth

comparison ranking: total population 215

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 3

Gross reproduction rate

Drinking water source

Health expenditure

Physician density

Sanitation facility access

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

comparison ranking: 164

Alcohol consumption per capita

comparison ranking: total 161

Tobacco use

comparison ranking: total 125

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

comparison ranking: 6

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

Child marriage

Education expenditure

comparison ranking: Education expenditure (% GDP) 164

Literacy

Environmental issues

International environmental agreements

Climate

Land use

Urbanization

Carbon dioxide emissions

comparison ranking: total emissions 132

Particulate matter emissions

Methane emissions

Waste and recycling

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Country name

Government type

Capital

Administrative divisions

Legal system

Constitution

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage

Executive branch

Legislative branch

Legislative branch - lower chamber

Legislative branch - upper chamber

Judicial branch

Political parties

Diplomatic representation in the US

Diplomatic representation from the US

International organization participation

Independence

National holiday

Flag

National symbol(s)

National color(s)

National anthem(s)

National heritage

Economic overview

Real GDP (purchasing power parity)

comparison ranking: 81

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 18

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 212

GDP (official exchange rate)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

comparison ranking: 202

GDP - composition, by sector of origin

comparison rankings: services 204; industry 11; agriculture 45

GDP - composition, by end use

Agricultural products

Industries

Industrial production growth rate

comparison ranking: 8

Labor force

comparison ranking: 17

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 76

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)

comparison ranking: total 134

Population below poverty line

Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income

comparison ranking: 18

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Remittances

Budget

Public debt

comparison ranking: 188

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 122

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 165

Exports

comparison ranking: 83

Exports - partners

Exports - commodities

Imports

comparison ranking: 77

Imports - partners

Imports - commodities

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

comparison ranking: 98

Debt - external

comparison ranking: 57

Exchange rates

Electricity access

Electricity

comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 112; imports 72; exports 92; consumption 84; installed generating capacity 107

Electricity generation sources

Coal

Petroleum

Natural gas

Energy consumption per capita

comparison ranking: 192

Telephones - fixed lines

comparison ranking: total subscriptions 226

Telephones - mobile cellular

comparison ranking: total subscriptions 38

Broadcast media

Internet country code

Internet users

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

comparison ranking: total 158

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports

comparison ranking: 25

Heliports

comparison ranking: 160

Railways

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 143

Ports

Military and security forces

Military expenditures

Military and security service personnel strengths

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

Military service age and obligation

Military - note

Terrorist group(s)

Refugees and internally displaced persons