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People
4,125,916
country comparison to the world: 
126
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: 45.9% (male 927,599/female 915,540)
15-64 years: 51.2% (male 1,021,975/female 1,034,119)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 46,687/female 66,889) (2010 est.)
total: 16.9 years
male: 16.7 years
female: 17.2 years (2010 est.)
2.807% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
41.01 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
11.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
-1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161
urban population: 61% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.7% 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: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 77.93 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 17
male: 83.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 72.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 54.54 years
country comparison to the world: 199
male: 53.27 years
female: 55.84 years (2010 est.)
5.77 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11
3.5% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
79,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
6,400 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
animal contact disease: rabies
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2009)
noun: Congolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Congolese or Congo
Kongo 48%, Sangha 20%, M’Bochi 12%, Teke 17%, Europeans and other 3%
Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%
French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.8%
male: 89.6%
female: 78.4% (2003 est.)
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2003)
1.9% of GDP (2005)
country comparison to the world: 174
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