Dem. Rep. Congo

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currency: Congolese franc
capital city: Kinshasa
region: Middle Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 2,267,050 km²
population: 105,789,731 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 105,789,731 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: 1,239,524 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: 11.90
Methane emissions: 49.81 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 5.87 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 53,305,848 people
Male population: 52,483,883 people
Renewable energy consumption: 96.30 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 2,295,898.51 km²
Rural population: 55,598,851 people
Urban land area: 7,232.35 km²
Urban population: 50,190,880 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

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Evolution of historical forest area in Dem. Rep. Congo

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

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

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Dem. Rep. Congo

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Dem. Rep. Congo

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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

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Dem. Rep. Congo

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Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Dem. Rep. Congo

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

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

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Evolution of historical population in Dem. Rep. Congo

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Evolution of historical female population in Dem. Rep. Congo

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

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

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

Relationship between population and date in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Dem. Rep. Congo

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

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

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Dem. Rep. Congo

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Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Dem. Rep. Congo

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

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Dem. Rep. Congo

Sites in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Dem. Rep. Congo

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

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth 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 mean length and mean width of wildfires 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: -14,992 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

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Dem. Rep. Congo

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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: 66,383,287,002.99 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

Shops in Dem. Rep. Congo

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Dem. Rep. Congo

Companies from Dem. Rep. Congo

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

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

Proportion of revenue types by company in 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

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Dem. Rep. Congo

Evolution of historical inflation in Dem. Rep. Congo

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

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Dem. Rep. Congo

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

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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 birth rate in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Dem. Rep. Congo

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Evolution of historical death rate in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Dem. Rep. Congo

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

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Dem. Rep. Congo

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Dem. Rep. Congo

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 cases and deaths 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

There is no book written about Dem. Rep. Congo in the database

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

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