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Age structure > 0-14 years
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48.1 |
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[3rd of 226]
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Age structure > 15-64 years
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49.4 |
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[224th of 226]
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Age structure > 65 years and over
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2.5 %
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[213rd of 225]
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Birth rate
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43 births/1,000 population |
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[10th of 226]
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Chinese population
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200 |
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[91st of 127]
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Death rate
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11.88 deaths/1,000 population |
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[39th of 226]
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Ethnic groups
over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population |
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Gender development
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0.506 |
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[110th of 141]
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Percentage living in urban areas
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32% |
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[168th of 199]
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Population
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66,514,504 |
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[19th of 242]
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Population growth rate
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3.236% |
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[10th of 235]
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Population in 2015
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78,016 |
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[19th of 225]
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Projected population growth
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245.47% |
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[3rd of 141]
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Sex ratio > 15-64 years
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0.96 |
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[177th of 223]
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Sex ratio > Total population
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0.99 male(s)/female |
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[100th of 224]
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Sex ratio > Under 15 years
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1.01 male(s)/female |
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[188th of 224]
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Total fertility rate
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6.28 children born/woman |
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[9th of 225]
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Total Population
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62,660,551 |
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[20th of 227]
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Urban population
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18,473,150
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[35th of 195]
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Urbanization
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31 |
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[170th of 204]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center
Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo, congo (drc), congo (kinshasa), congo dr, congo-kinshasa, dem. rep. of the congo, zaire, Congo, Democratic Republic, Congo, Dem. Republic, Congo (Kinsasha), Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Dem. Rep. of the, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dem Rep. of the Congo, DRC Congo, DR Congo, Congo, Dem. Rep.
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