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General Information

Region		Middle Africa
Population (000, 2020)		89 561
Pop. density (per km2, 2020)		39.5
Capital city		Kinshasa
Capital city pop. (000, 2020)		13 743.3^b
UN membership date		20-Sep-60
Surface area (km2)		2 344 858^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		99.7
National currency		Congolese Franc (CDF)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1 672.9^b

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	21 566	37 918	47 146^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	7.1	6.9	5.8^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	334	497.3	560.8^c
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	22.4	19.7	20^c
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	40.5	44.8	46^c
Economy: Services and other activity^d (% of GVA)	38.9	38.4	37.5^c
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	70	67	65.1
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	8.6	9.5	9.8
Employment in services^e (% employed)	21.4	23.5	25.1
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	4	4.4	4.2
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	63.9 / 68.7	61.0 / 66.8	60.4 / 66.0
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	130	134^f
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	104	110	109^f
International trade: exports^e (million current US$)	5 300	5 800	3 477^b
International trade: imports^e (million current US$)	4 500	6 200	5 159^b
International trade: balance^e (million current US$)	800	-400	- 1 682^b
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 2 174	- 1 484	- 2 169^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^g (average annual %)	3.3	3.3	3.2
Urban population (% of total population)	40	42.7	45^b
Urban population growth rate^g (average annual %)	4.6	4.6	...
Fertility rate, total^g (live births per woman)	6.6	6.4	6
Life expectancy at birth^g (females/males, years)	56.9 / 54.0	59.5 / 56.7	61.7 / 58.7
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	46.1 / 4.7	46.3 / 4.7	45.8 / 4.7
International migrant stock^h (000/% of total pop.)	589.0 / 0.9	824.5 / 1.1	963.8 / 1.1^b
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	2 363.9ⁱ	2 001.0	5 057.8^b
Infant mortality rate^g (per 1 000 live births)	83.8	73.1	64.9
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	4	3.9	4^a
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1^j	0.1^k	0.1^f
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	1.5	2.2	1.5^e,a
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	93.0 / 106.9	107.6 / 108.4	... / ...
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	30.1 / 52.2	36.0 / 56.3	... / ...
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	3.2 / 10.3^j	4.3 / 9.5^k	4.7 / 8.5^f
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	8.4	8.9	12.8^l

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	0.7	3.8	8.6^a
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.1^m,n,j	0.4^o,p,q	...
Threatened species (number)	296	333	497
Forested area^e (% of land area)	68	67.3	67.3^a
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.9 / ~0.0	2.7 / ~0.0	2.2 / ~0.0^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	856	1 218	1 264^a
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	13	16	15^a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	81^r	354	351^f
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	52.7	52.7	52.7^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	16.87	7.4	5.52^c

Footnotes

a		2017
b		2019
c		2018
d		Excludes hotels and restaurants.
e		Estimate.
f		2016
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		Including refugees.
i		Data as at the end of December.
j		2009
k		2013
l		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
m		Government only.
n		S&T budget instead of R&D expenditure.
o		Excluding business enterprise.
p		Overestimated or based on overestimated data.
q		Break in the time series.
r		Arrivals by air.