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Population: |
62,660,551 |
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 47.4% (male 14,906,488/female 14,798,210)
15-64 years: 50.1% (male 15,597,353/female 15,793,350)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 632,143/female 933,007) (2006 est.) |
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Median age: |
total: 16.2 years
male: 16 years
female: 16.4 years
(2006 est.) |
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Population growth rate: |
3.07% (2006 est.) |
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Birth rate: |
43.69 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
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Death rate: |
13.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
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Net migration rate: |
0.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: fighting between the Congolese Government and Uganda- and Rwanda-backed Congolese
rebels spawned a regional war in DRC in August 1998, which left 2.33 million Congolese
internally displaced and caused 412,000 Congolese refugees to flee to surrounding
countries (2006 est.) |
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Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2006 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 88.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 96.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 51.46 years
male: 50.01 years
female: 52.94 years (2006 est.) |
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Total fertility rate: |
6.45 children born/woman (2006 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
4.2% (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
1.1 million (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
100,000 (2003 est.) |
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GDP - per capita (PPP): |
$700 (2005 est.) |
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GDP - composition by sector: |
agriculture: 55%
industry: 11%
services: 34% (2000 est.)
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Labor force: |
NA
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Labor force - by occupation: |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
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Unemployment rate: |
NA%
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Population below poverty line: |
NA%
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Household income or consumption by percentage share: |
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
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Inflation rate (consumer prices): |
9% (2004 est.) |
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Budget: |
revenues: $700 million
expenditures: $750 million; including capital expenditures of $24 million (2004
est.) |
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Agriculture - products: |
coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products |
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Industries: |
mining (diamonds, copper, zinc), mineral processing, consumer products (including
textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement, commercial
ship repair |