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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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General information

 Congo (Dem. Republic)United States
Region:Central AfricaNorth America
Area:2,344,860 km²9,831,510 km²
Official language:FrenchEnglish
Government form:Semi-presidential republicFederal presidential republic
Independent since:1960 n.Chr.1776 n.Chr.
Capital:KinshasaWashington, D.C.

Population

 Congo (Dem. Republic)United States
Population:86,791,000328,240,000
Inhabitants/km²:37.033.4
Life expectancy males:Ø 59 yearsØ 76 years
Life expectancy females:Ø 62 yearsØ 81 years
Average age:Ø 17.4 yearsØ 37.4 years
Birthrate:40.64 ‰11.40 ‰
Deathrate:9.29 ‰8.70 ‰
Migrationrate:-0.78 ‰3.03 ‰

Quality of life

Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)
Visit also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life (in german only)

 Congo (Dem. Republic)United States
Political stability:3173
Civil rights:683
Health:574
Climate:4964
Cost of Living:5835
Popularity:3672

Economy

 Congo (Dem. Republic)United States
Currency:Congolais Franc
(1 CDF = 100 Centimes)		US Dollar
(1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:4.6 %8.3 %
Inflation rate:2.89 %1.23 %
Cost of Living:37.76 %110.95 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:50.70 %36.60 %
Average income:530 US$65,850 US$
Corruption index:18 (very bad)67 (moderate)


 COD:
total		per 1000
inh.		USA:
total		per 1000
inh.
Gross domestic product:50,401 M US$0.58 M US$21,433,226 M US$65.30 M US$
Gross national product:46,313 M US$0.53 M US$21,615,818 M US$65.85 M US$
Exported goods:15,173 M US$0.17 M US$2,528,267 M US$7.70 M US$
Imported goods:16,892 M US$0.19 M US$3,105,132 M US$9.46 M US$

Infrastructure

 COD:
total		per 1000
inh.		USA:
total		per 1000
inh.
Roadways:152,373 km1.76 km6,586,610 km20.07 km
Railways:4,007 km0.05 km293,564 km0.89 km
Waterways:15,000 km0.17 km41,009 km0.12 km
Harbours:210.0003,6730.011
Airports:1980.00213,5130.041

Energy balance

 COD:
total		per 1000
inh.		USA:
total		per 1000
inh.
Energy consumption:7.43 bn kWh85,608.38 kWh3,902.00 bn kWh11.89 m kWh
Energy production:9.05 bn kWh104,227.92 kWh4,095.00 bn kWh12.48 m kWh
Energy export:422.00 m kWh4,862.28 kWh9.70 bn kWh29,536.36 kWh
Energy imports:20.00 m kWh230.44 kWh72.72 bn kWh221,545.53 kWh
CO2 emissions:2.02 m t23.28 t5.01 bn t15,251.98 t

Telecommunication

 Congo (Dem. Republic)United States
International dialing:+242+1
Internet domain:.cd.us

 COD
total		COD
per 1000
inh.		USA
total		USA
per 1000
inh.
Mobile phones:37,123,200428404,577,0001233
Internet server:2,5150505,000,0001539
Internet users:7,481,26086286,441,830873

Healthcare system

 Congo (Dem. Republic)United States
Hospital beds per 1000 pop.:0.802.90
Physicians per 1000 inh.:0.092.59
Diabetes:6.0 %10.8 %
HIV:0.31 %0.22 %
Tuberculosis:3.2 %0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:93.0 %79.0 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Congo (Dem. Republic) and United States

 Congo (Dem. Republic)United States
Daytime temperatures:30.1 °C18.8 °C
Nighttime temperatures:19.8 °C7.3 °C
Rel. humidity:81 %67 %
Rain days:9.07.1
Sunshine hours per day:5.57.2

Native languages

 Congo (Dem. Republic)United States
English:n/a82.1 %
Luba:18.0 %n/a
Kongo:16.0 %n/a
Mongo:13.5 %n/a
Spanish:n/a10.7 %
Kinyarwanda:10.3 %n/a
Zande:6.1 %n/a
Ngala and Bangi:5.8 %n/a
French:4.3 %0.7 %
Rundi:3.8 %n/a
Teke:2.7 %n/a
Boa:2.3 %n/a
Chokwe:1.8 %n/a
Chinese:n/a0.9 %
German:n/a0.6 %
Italian:n/a0.6 %
Tagalog:n/a0.4 %
Korean:n/a0.3 %
Polish:n/a0.3 %
Vietnamese:n/a0.2 %
Japanese:n/a0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a0.2 %
Russian:n/a0.2 %
other:15.4 %2.6 %

Religions

 Congo (Dem. Republic)United States
Christianity:80.0 %78.5 %
Islam:10.0 %1.1 %
Jewry:n/a1.8 %
Sikhism:n/a1.6 %
Hinduism:n/a1.0 %
Buddhism:n/a0.7 %
other:10.0 %15.3 %