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Dem. Rep. Congo

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Key facts

  • currency: Congolese franc
  • capital city: Kinshasa
  • region: Middle Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 2,267,050 km²
  • population: 102,262,808 people
  • political leader: Félix Tshisekedi (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [0°0′N, 25°0′E]

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Summary

Dem. Rep. Congo is a country. The capital city is Kinshasa, located in the Middle Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 2,267,050 km², a population of 102,262,808 people and uses the currency Congolese franc. The President is Félix Tshisekedi.

Environment

Dem. Rep. Congo is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Middle Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 338,980.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 2.36 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 3.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 21.50 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.04 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 99.71 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 0.13 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.11 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 1.96 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 6.11 births per woman
  • Forest area: 1,250,538 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 5.36 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 61.57 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 11.70
  • Methane emissions: 49.81 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 5.87 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 51,530,330 people
  • Male population: 50,732,478 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 96.30 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 2,295,898.51 km²
  • Rural population: 53,745,241 people
  • Urban land area: 7,232.35 km²
  • Urban population: 48,517,567 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Dem. Rep. Congo by population

Cities in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. 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 Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical land area in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical median age in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical male population in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical rural land area in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical rural population in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between date and population over time

Dem. Rep. 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 Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Distribution of sites in Dem. Rep. Congo by inscription year

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Dem. Rep. Congo

Geographical distribution of sites in Dem. Rep. Congo by area

Sites in Dem. Rep. Congo

Proportion of transboundary sites in Dem. Rep. Congo

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Dem. Rep. Congo by mean width

Wildfires in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Dem. Rep. Congo

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 134,000 people
  • Democracy score: 1.49
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 6,734,000 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 27.24 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 0.58 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -14,999 people
  • Press freedom: 1.51
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 12.80 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical net migration in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Dem. Rep. Congo

Political parties in Dem. Rep. Congo

Distribution of politicians from Dem. Rep. Congo by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Dem. Rep. Congo

Politicians from Dem. Rep. Congo

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Business

  • Central government debt: 15.99 % of GDP
  • Expense: 13.32 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 66,383,287,003.00 current US$
  • Inflation: 2.89 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 86.40 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 11.41 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 4.54 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 82.84 % of total employment

Proportion of revenue types by company in Dem. Rep. Congo

Distribution of companies founded in Dem. Rep. Congo by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Dem. Rep. Congo

Companies from Dem. Rep. Congo

Proportion of employee types in companies from Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical central government debt in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical expense in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical GDP in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical inflation in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical unemployment in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Dem. Rep. Congo

Exchanges in Dem. Rep. Congo

Proportion of shops per country in Dem. Rep. Congo

Shops in Dem. Rep. Congo

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Health

  • Birth rate: 41.74 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 9.35 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 22.32 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 3.79 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.13 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 0.80 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 60
  • Suicide mortality rate: 6.70 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical death rate in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical birth rate in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Dem. Rep. Congo

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Dem. Rep. Congo relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Dem. Rep. Congo

Diseases in Dem. Rep. Congo

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Dem. Rep. Congo

Proportion of diseases in Dem. Rep. Congo by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Dem. Rep. Congo by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical deaths in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Dem. Rep. Congo

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Dem. Rep. Congo by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Dem. Rep. Congo

Athletes from Dem. Rep. Congo

Proportion of competitions per city in Dem. Rep. Congo

Competitions in Dem. Rep. Congo

Proportion of competitions per country in Dem. Rep. Congo

Distribution of competitions in Dem. Rep. Congo by start date

Proportion of medals won by Dem. Rep. Congo in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Dem. Rep. Congo

Distribution of artists from Dem. Rep. Congo by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Dem. Rep. Congo

Geographical distribution of museums in Dem. Rep. Congo by visitors

Museums in Dem. Rep. Congo

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Dem. Rep. Congo by total students

Distribution of universities in Dem. Rep. Congo per foundation year

Universities in Dem. Rep. Congo

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In literature

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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