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Congo
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- currency: Central African CFA franc
- capital city: Brazzaville
- region: Middle Africa
- continent: Africa
- land area: 341,500 km²
- population: 6,106,869 people
- political leader: Denis Sassou Nguesso (President)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [-1°0′S, 15°0′E]
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Summary
Congo is a country. The capital city is Brazzaville, located in the Middle Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 341,500 km², a population of 6,106,869 people and uses the currency Central African CFA franc. The President is Denis Sassou Nguesso.
Environment
Congo is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Middle Africa and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 106,780.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 1.43 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 7.44 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 46.66 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 53.34 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
- Net energy imports: -496.60 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 4.09 births per woman
- Forest area: 219,310 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 40.48 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 25.96 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 14.40
- Methane emissions: 17.49 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.68 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 3,056,928 people
- Male population: 3,049,941 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 71.40 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 340,340.84 km²
- Rural population: 1,881,648 people
- Urban land area: 420.26 km²
- Urban population: 4,225,221 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.71 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Congo by population
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Congo
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Congo
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Congo
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Congo
Congo relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Congo relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Congo
Congo relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Congo
Congo relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Congo
Congo relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Congo relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Congo relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Congo
Evolution of historical internet access in Congo
Evolution of historical land area in Congo
Evolution of historical median age in Congo
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Congo
Congo relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Congo relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Congo relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Congo relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Congo relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Congo relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Congo
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Congo
Congo relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Congo relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Congo relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Congo
Congo relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in Congo
Evolution of historical male population in Congo
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Congo
Evolution of historical total rural land area in Congo
Evolution of historical rural population in Congo
Congo relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical total urban land in Congo
Congo relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Congo
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Congo
Congo relationship between date and population over time
Congo relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Congo
Congo relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Congo relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Congo
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Congo
Congo relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Congo relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Congo relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Congo relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Congo relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Congo
Congo relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Congo relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Congo relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Congo relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Congo relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Congo relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Congo
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Congo
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Congo
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Congo
Distribution of sites in Congo by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Congo by area
Distribution of transboundary sites in Congo
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Congo by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in Congo
Cities in Congo
Sites in Congo
Wildfires in Congo
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Business
- Central government debt: 25.48 % of GDP
- Expense: 16.13 % of GDP
- Gdp: 15,321,055,818.33 current US$
- Inflation: 4.30 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 75.77 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 6.51 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 20.05 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 74.54 % of total employment
Distribution of companies from Congo by foundation year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Congo
Evolution of historical expense in Congo
Evolution of historical GDP in Congo
Congo relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Congo
Evolution of historical self employed in Congo
Congo relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Congo
Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Congo
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Congo
Distribution of shops in Congo by country
Companies in Congo
Exchanges in Congo
Shops from Congo
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Health
- Birth rate: 30.18 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 7.28 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 80.51 current US$
- Health expenditure: 3.88 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 2.89 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 1.60 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 63
- Suicide mortality rate: 6.50 per 100,000 population
Distribution of diseases in Congo by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Congo by start date
Evolution of historical birth rate in Congo
Congo relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Congo relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Congo relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Congo relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Congo relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Congo
Congo relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Congo
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Congo
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Congo
Evolution of historical hospital beds in Congo
Evolution of historical life expectancy in Congo
Congo relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Congo relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide rate in Congo
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Congo
Evolution of historical covid cases in Congo
Evolution of historical covid deaths in Congo
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Congo
Diseases in Congo
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 12,000 people
- Democracy score: 3.31
- Democracy type: Authoritarian
- Military expenditure: 1.85 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 14.57 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Congo
Congo relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Congo relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Congo relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Congo relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Congo relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Congo relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Congo relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Congo
Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Congo
Distribution of politicians from Congo by birth date
Distribution of politicians from Congo by gender
Political parties in Congo
Politicians from Congo
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Congo by birth year
Distribution of athletes by gender in Congo
Distribution of competitions by city in Congo
Distribution of competitions by country in Congo
Distribution of competitions in Congo by start date
Distribution of medals won by Congo at the Olympics
Athletes from Congo
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Culture
Distribution of artists from Congo by birth date
Distribution of artists from Congo by gender
Geographical distribution of museums in Congo by visitors
Artists from Congo
Museums in Congo
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Congo by total students
Distribution of universities in Congo by foundation year
Universities in Congo
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In literature
There is no book written about Congo in the database
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