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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 84,068,091 (2018)
Population Growth Rate 3.227 annual % (2018)
Age Dependency Ratio 96.786 % of working-age population (2018)
Urban Population 44.46 % of total (2018)
Infant Mortality Rate 68.2 per 1,000 live births (2018)
Life Expectancy at Birth 60.368 years (2018)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2018)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 9.425 billion kWh (2017) #105
Consumption 8.588 billion kWh (2017) #102
Exports 0.062 billion kWh (2017) #86
Imports 0.668 billion kWh (2017) #74
Renewable Electricity Generation 9.414 billion kWh (2017) #61

Oil

Ranking
Production 17 thousand bbl/day (2018) #82
Consumption 20.972 thousand bbl/day (2017) #132
Exports (Refined) [3] 20 thousand bbl/day (2013) #57
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0.18 billion bbl (2019) #56

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 9.182 billion cu ft (2015) #75
Consumption (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #115
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #56
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #79
Proved Reserves 0.035 trillion cu ft (2019) #95

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 198 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 36,470,600 (2018 est.)
Highways 152,373 km (2015)
Internet Users 3,000,016 (2016 est.)
Railways 510 km (2014)

Geography & Environment

LocationCentral Africa, northeast of Angola
Total Area2,344,858 sq. km
Land Area2,267,048 sq. km
Water Area77,810 sq. km
Coastline37 km
Climatetropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February); south of Equator - wet season (November to March), dry season (April to October)
Terrainvast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east
Lowest PointAtlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest Point Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/6/2019
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020