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People
70,916,439
country comparison to the world: 
19
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 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 46.9% (male 16,161,301/female 16,038,024)
15-64 years: 50.6% (male 17,289,453/female 17,483,027)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 699,667/female 1,021,070) (2010 est.)
total: 16.5 years
male: 16.3 years
female: 16.7 years (2010 est.)
3.165% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
42.26 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 9
11.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
0.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
urban population: 34% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 5.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 79.36 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 15
male: 87.13 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 71.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 54.73 years
country comparison to the world: 198
male: 52.93 years
female: 56.59 years (2010 est.)
6.11 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
4.2% (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 16
1.1 million (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
100,000 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, plague, and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
noun: Congolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Congolese or Congo
over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%
French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba
total population: 67.2%
male: 80.9%
female: 54.1% (2001 est.)
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 6 years (2008)
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