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General Information

Region		Middle Africa
Population (000, 2024)		109 276^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		48.2^a
Capital city		Kinshasa
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		13 743.3^c
UN membership date		20 September 1960
Surface area (km2)		2 345 410^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.5^a
National currency		Congolese Franc (CDF)
Exchange rate (per US$)		2 000.0^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	37 918	45 308	62 552^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.9	1.7	8.5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	482.1	487.9	631.8^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	19.7	21.6	17.9^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	44.8	40.7	49.8^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e (% of GVA)	35.5	37.7	32.3^b
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	59.2	56.9	56.1^b
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	9.3	10	10.2^b
Employment in services^f (% employed)	31.5	33.1	33.7^b
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	4.4	5.5	4.5
Labour force participation rate^f (female/male pop. %)	62.5 / 69.7	62.0 / 68.8	62.6 / 68.9
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	130	134^g	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	113	123^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	8 685	14 230	14 971^f,h
International trade: imports (million current US$)	8 068	6 938	13 525^f,h
International trade: balance (million current US$)	617	7 292	1 446^f,h
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 484	- 1 052	-587^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3.3	3.3	3.2^a
Urban population (% of total population)	42.7	45^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	4.6ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	6.4	6.2	6^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	60.4 / 56.9	62.5 / 58.4	64.2 / 60.0^a
Population age distribution^j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	46.0 / 4.9	46.1 / 4.8	46.0 / 4.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	810.0 / 1.1^k	952.9 / 1.1^k	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	2 001.0	6 229.7	6 925.6^h
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	95.7	80.8	72.4^a
Health: Current expenditure^l (% of GDP)	3.7	4.1	3.8^d
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1^m	0.2^c	0.2^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.2	2.6	2.7^d
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.6 / 105.9	114.0 / 122.3	118.6 / 126.1^d
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	45.4 / 69.1	... / ...	57.9 / 88.2^d
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	27.7 / 45.0	... / ...	36.4 / 59.2^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	8.9	12.8ⁿ	12.8^n,o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	3.8	19.8	27.2^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4^p,q,r	...	...
Threatened species (number)	333	497	764^h
Forested area (% of land area)	58.1	55.6	55.2^d
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.8 / ~0.0	3.4 / ~0.0	3.3 / ~0.0^d
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1 218	1 370	1 413^d
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	15	15	15^d
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	354^s	202	382^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	48.2	50.5	50.5^h
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	26.6 / 0.6	23.9 / 0.5	24.2 / 0.5^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	16.6 / 14.2	15.4 / 11.2	15.2 / 11.2^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	7.4	7.13	6.94^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2019
d		2021
e		Including restaurants and hotels.
f		Estimate.
g		2016
h		2023
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		Including refugees.
l		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		2013
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Data reflects the composition of the new legislature elected on 20 December 2023
p		Overestimated or based on overestimated data.
q		Excluding business enterprise.
r		Break in the time series.
s		The arrivals data relate only to three border posts (N'Djili airport in Kinshasa, the Luano airport in Lubumbashi, and the land border-crossing of Kasumbalesa in Katanga province).