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MIDDLE AFRICA

Democratic Republic of the Congo

CD

Kinshasa · pop. 113M · French, Kikongo, Lingala · Congolese franc

Metrics

  1. population
    113M
    13 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $70B
    85 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $660
    162 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $794M
    85 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    1.1%
    107 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    2.3M km²
    12 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    49 /km²
    111 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    61.9 yr
    162 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    31%
    144 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.1 t
    161 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanization
    45%
    125 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    6.0
    3 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    1.0%
    125 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    3.6%
    57 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    0.4%
    65 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    10
    117 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    243
    115 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    0%
    149 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. gini inequality
    45
    126 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  20. youth unemployment
    8%
    41 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  21. adult literacy
    68%
    89 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  22. democracy (v-dem)
    0.12
    120 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  23. cpi (clean gov)
    20
    147 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  24. press freedom
    48.6
    134 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  25. human development
    0.522
    142 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  26. refugees hosted
    517K
    15 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  27. refugees produced
    1.1M
    7 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

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