Congo, Republic of the
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Introduction - Congo, Republic of the: | Location - Congo, Republic of the: | People - Congo, Republic of the: | Population | 3,800,610
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 46.3% (male 885,039/female 873,753)
15-64 years: 50.8% (male 958,992/female 973,445)
65 years and over: 2.9% (male 44,994/female 64,387) (2007 est.) | | Median age | total: 16.7 years
male: 16.4 years
female: 17 years (2007 est.) | | Population growth rate | 2.639% (2007 est.) | | Birth rate | 42.16 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Death rate | 12.59 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Net migration rate | -3.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.013 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.985 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.699 male(s)/female
total population: 0.988 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | Infant mortality rate | total: 83.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 88.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 77.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 53.29 years
male: 52.1 years
female: 54.52 years (2007 est.) | | Total fertility rate | 5.99 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | 4.9% (2003 est.) | | Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | 90,000 (2003 est.) | | Hiv aids deaths | 9,700 (2003 est.) | | Nationality | noun: Congolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Congolese or Congo | | Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2007) | | Ethnic groups | Kongo 48%, Sangha 20%, MBochi 12%, Teke 17%, Europeans and other 3% | | Religions | Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2% | | Languages | French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread) | | Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.8%
male: 89.6%
female: 78.4% (2003 est.) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |