Republic of the Congo: People & Society#
Population | 4,852,412 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Congolese (singular and plural) adjective: Congolese or Congo |
Ethnic groups | Kongo 48%, Sangha 20%, M'Bochi 12%, Teke 17%, Europeans and other 3% |
Languages | French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread) |
Religions | Roman Catholic 33.1%, Awakening Churches/Christian Revival 22.3%, Protestant 19.9%, Salutiste 2.2%, Muslim 1.6%, Kimbanguiste 1.5%, other 8.1%, none 11.3% (2010 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 41.53% (male 1,016,677/female 998,331) 15-24 years: 17.26% (male 419,248/female 418,397) 25-54 years: 34% (male 831,091/female 818,853) 55-64 years: 4.18% (male 101,118/female 101,879) 65 years and over: 3.03% (male 64,519/female 82,299) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 86.2% youth dependency ratio: 79.4% elderly dependency ratio: 6.8% potential support ratio: 14.7% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 19.7 years male: 19.6 years female: 19.9 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 2.06% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 35.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 9.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | -4.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Urbanization | urban population: 65.4% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 3.22% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | BRAZZAVILLE (capital) 1.888 million; Pointe-Noire 969,000 (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 19.8 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 442 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 56.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 59.3 years male: 58.1 years female: 60.6 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 4.63 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 44.7% (2011/12) |
Health expenditures | 5.2% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 95.8% of population rural: 40% of population total: 76.5% of population unimproved: urban: 4.2% of population rural: 60% of population total: 23.5% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 20% of population rural: 5.6% of population total: 15% of population unimproved: urban: 80% of population rural: 94.4% of population total: 85% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 2.75% (2014 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 80,700 (2014 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | 4,400 (2014 est.) |
Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever animal contact disease: rabies water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2016) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 9.7% (2014) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 12.3% (2015) |
Education expenditures | 6.2% of GDP (2010) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.3% male: 86.4% female: 72.9% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2012) |
Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 252,171 percentage: 25% (2005 est.) |