Democratic Republic of the Congo

Location of Congo, Democratic Republic within the continent of Africa

Map of Congo, Democratic Republic

Flag Description of Congo, Democratic Republic: sky blue field divided diagonally from the lower hoist corner to upper fly corner by a red stripe bordered by two narrow yellow stripes; a yellow, five-pointed star appears in the upper hoist corner; blue represents peace and hope, red the blood of the country's martyrs, and yellow the country's wealth and prosperity; the star symbolizes unity and the brilliant future for the country

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About Democratic Republic of the Congo

Established as a Belgian colony in 1908, the then-Republic of the Congo gained its independence in 1960, but its early years were marred by political and social instability. Col. Joseph MOBUTU seized power and declared himself president in a November 1965 coup. He subsequently changed his name - to MOBUTU Sese Seko - as well as that of the country - to Zaire. MOBUTU retained his position for 32 years through several sham elections, as well as through brutal force. Ethnic strife and civil war, touched off by a massive inflow of refugees in 1994 from fighting in Rwanda and Burundi, led in May 1997 to the toppling of the MOBUTU regime by a rebellion backed by Rwanda and Uganda and fronted by Laurent KABILA.

He renamed the country the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but in August 1998 his regime was itself challenged by a second insurrection again backed by Rwanda and Uganda. Troops from Angola, Chad, Namibia, Sudan, and Zimbabwe intervened to support KABILA's regime. In January 2001, KABILA was assassinated and his son, Joseph KABILA, was named head of state. In October 2002, the new president was successful in negotiating the withdrawal of Rwandan forces occupying the eastern DRC; two months later, the Pretoria Accord was signed by all remaining warring parties to end the fighting and establish a government of national unity. A transitional government was set up in July 2003; it held a successful constitutional referendum in December 2005 and elections for the presidency, National Assembly, and provincial legislatures took place in 2006. In 2009, following a resurgence of conflict in the eastern DRC, the government signed a peace agreement with the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), a primarily Tutsi rebel group. An attempt to integrate CNDP members into the Congolese military failed, prompting their defection in 2012 and the formation of the M23 armed group - named after the 23 March 2009 peace agreements.

Renewed conflict has lead to the displacement of large numbers of persons and significant human rights abuses. As of February 2013, peace talks between the Congolese government and the M23 were on-going. In addition, the DRC continues to experience violence committed by other armed groups including the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and Mai Mai groups. In the most recent national elections, held in November 2011, disputed results allowed Joseph KABILA to be reelected to the presidency.

Geography of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Geography Profile 2014

• Location: Central Africa, northeast of Angola
• Geographic coordinates: 0 00 N, 25 00 E
• Map references: Africa

• Area

total: 2,344,858 sq km

land: 2,267,048 sq km

water: 77,810 sq km

• Area - comparative: slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US

• Land boundaries

total: 10,481 km

border countries: Angola 2,646 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 236 km, Central African Republic 1,747 km, Republic of the Congo 1,229 km, Rwanda 221 km, South Sudan 714 km, Tanzania 479 km, Uganda 877 km, Zambia 2,332 km

• Coastline: 37 km

• Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 nm

exclusive economic zone: boundaries with neighbors

• Climate: tropical; 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)

• Terrain: vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east

• Elevation extremes

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

• Natural resources: cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber

• Land use

arable land: 2.9%

permanent crops: 0.32%

other: 96.78% (2011)

• Irrigated

land 105 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources 1,283 cu km (2011)

• Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)

total: 0.68 cu km/yr (68%/21%/11%)

per capita: 11.25 cu m/yr (2005)

• Natural hazards

periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); active volcanoes in the east along the Great Rift Valley

volcanism: Nyiragongo (elev. 3,470 m), which erupted in 2002 and is experiencing ongoing activity, poses a major threat to the city of Goma, home to a quarter million people; the volcano produces unusually fast-moving lava, known to travel up to 100 km /hr; Nyiragongo has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; its neighbor, Nyamuragira, which erupted in 2010, is Africa's most active volcano; Visoke is the only other historically active volcano

• Environment - current issues poaching threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; deforestation; refugees responsible for significant deforestation, soil erosion, and wildlife poaching; mining of minerals (coltan - a mineral used in creating capacitors, diamonds, and gold) causing environmental damage

• Environment - international agreements party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification

• Geography - note second largest country in Africa (after Algeria) and largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa; straddles the equator; has narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River and is only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands

Demographics of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Demographics Profile 2014

• Population: 77,433,744

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 2014 est.)

• Age structure

0-14 years: 43.1% (male 16,810,549/female 16,552,685)

15-24 years: 21.4% (male 8,292,444/female 8,248,326)

25-54 years: 29.4% (male 11,359,385/female 11,405,442)

55-64 years

3.5% (male 1,287,895/female 1,457,499)

65 years and over: 2.6% (male 849,840/female 1,169,679) (2014 est.)

• Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 91.1 %

youth dependency ratio: 85.6 %

elderly dependency ratio: 5.5 %

potential support ratio: 18.3 (2014 est.)

• Medianage

total: 17.9 years

male: 17.7 years

female: 18.1 years (2014 est.)

• Population

growth rate 2.5% (2014 est.)

Birth rate 35.62 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Death rate 10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Net migration rate -0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)

• Urbanization

urban population: 34.3% of total population (2011)

rate of urbanization: 4.19% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

• Major cities - population KINSHASA (capital) 8.798 million; Lubumbashi 1.556 million; Mbuji-Mayi 1.504 million; Kananga 888,000; Kisangani 820,000 (2011)

• Sex ratio

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female

total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

• Mother's mean age at first birth: 20.2

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)

• Infant mortality rate

total: 73.15 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 76.8 deaths/1,000 live births

female

69.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

• Life expectancy at birth

total population: 56.54 years

male: 55.03 years

female: 58.09 years (2014 est.)

• Total fertility rate: 4.8 children born/woman (2014 est.)
• Contraceptive prevalence rate: 17.7% (2010)
• HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.1% (2012 est.)
• HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 481,500 (2012 est.)
• HIV/AIDS - deaths: 31,700 (2012 est.)

• Drinking water source

improved:

urban: 79.1% of population

rural: 29% of population

total: 46.5% of population

unimproved:

urban: 20.9% of population

rural: 71% of population

total: 53.5% of population (2012 est.)

• Sanitation facility access

improved:

urban: 29.1% of population

rural: 32.6% of population

total: 31.4% of population

unimproved:

urban: 70.9% of population

rural: 67.4% of population

total: 68.6% of population (2012 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, dengue fever, and trypanosomiasis-gambiense (African sleeping sickness)

water contact disease: schistosomiasis

animal contact disease: rabies (2013)

• Nationality

noun: Congolese (singular and plural)

adjective: Congolese or Congo

• Ethnic groups- 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

• Religions- Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%

• Languages- French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba

• Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba

total population: 66.8%

male: 76.9%

female: 57% (2010 est.)

• School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 10 years

male: 11 years

female: 8 years (2012)

• Child labor - children ages 5-14

total number: 8,284,395

percentage: 42 % (2010 est.)

• Education expenditures: 2.5% of GDP (2010)
• Maternal mortality rate: 540 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
• Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 28.2% (2007)
• Health expenditures: 8.5% of GDP (2011)
• Physicians density: 0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2004)
• Hospital bed density: 0.8 beds/1,000 population (2006)
• Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 1.7% (2008)

Government of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Government Profile 2014

• Country name

conventional long form: Democratic Republic of the Congo

conventional short form: DRC

local long form: Republique Democratique du Congo

local short form: RDC

former: Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo/Leopoldville, Congo/Kinshasa, Zaire

abbreviation: DRC

&Government type: republic

• Capital

name: Kinshasa

geographic coordinates: 4 19 S, 15 18 E

time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

• Administrative divisions- 10 provinces (provinces, singular - province) and 1 city* (ville); Bandundu, Bas-Congo (Lower Congo), Equateur, Kasai-Occidental (West Kasai), Kasai-Oriental (East Kasai), Katanga, Kinshasa*, Maniema, Nord-Kivu (North Kivu), Orientale, Sud-Kivu (South Kivu)

note: according to the Constitution adopted in December 2005, the current administrative divisions were to be subdivided into 26 new provinces by 2009 but this has yet to be implemented

• Independence: 30 June 1960 (from Belgium)
• National holiday: Independence Day, 30 June (1960)

• Constitution: several previous; latest adopted 13 May 2005, approved by referendum 18-19 December 2005, promulgated 18 February 2006; revised 2011 (2011)

• Legal system: civil legal system based on Belgian version of French civil law

International law organization participation accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

• Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory

• Executive branch

chief of state: President Joseph KABILA (since 17 January 2001)

head of government: 12) Prime Minister Augustin MATATA PONYO Mapon (since 18 April 20

cabinet: Ministers of State appointed by the president

elections: under the new constitution, the president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 28 November 2011 (next to be held in November 2016); prime minister appointed by the president

election results: Joseph KABILA reelected president; percent of vote - Joseph KABILA 49%, Etienne TSHISEKEDI 32.3%, other 18.7%; note - election marred by serious voting irregularities

• Legislative branch

bicameral legislature consists of a Senate (108 seats; members elected by provincial assemblies to serve five-year terms) and a National Assembly (500 seats; 61 members elected by majority vote in single-member constituencies, 439 members elected by open list proportional-representation in multi-member constituencies to serve five-year terms)

elections: Senate - last held on 19 January 2007 (next scheduled for 5 June 2013; though likely to be delayed); National Assembly - last held on 28 November 2011 (next to be held in 2016)

election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPRD 22, MLC 14, FR 7, RCD 7, PDC 6, CDC 3, MSR 3, PALU 2, independents 26, others 18 (political parties that won a single seat); National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPRD 62, UDPS 41, PPPD 29, MSR 27, MLC 22, PALU 19, UNC 17, ARC 16, AFDC 15, ECT 11, RRC 11, independents 16, others 214 (includes numerous political parties that won 10 or fewer seats and 2 constituencies where voting was halted); note - the November 2011 elections were married by violence including the destruction of ballots in two constituencies resulting in the closure of polling sites; election results were delayed three months, stongly contested, and continue to be unresolved

• Judicial branch-

highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice (organized into legislative and judiciary sections and consists of 26 justices); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)

judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court of Justice judges nominated by the Judicial Service Council, an independent body of public prosecutors and selected judges of the lower courts; judges tenure NA; Constitutional Court judges - 3 nominated by the president, 3 by the Judicial Service Council, and 3 by the legislature; judges appointed by the president to serve 9-year non-renewable terms

subordinate courts: State Security Court; Court of Appeals (organized into administrative and judiciary sections); Tribunal de Grande; magistrates' courts; customary courts

• Political parties and leaders Christian Democrat Party or PDC [Jose ENDUNDO]

Congolese Rally for Democracy or RCD [Azarias RUBERWA]

Convention of Christian Democrats or CDC

Forces of Renewal or FR [Mbusa NYAMWISI]

Movement for the Liberation of the Congo or MLC [Jean-Pierre BEMBA]

People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy or PPRD [Evariste BOSHAB]

Social Movement for Renewal or MSR [Pierre LUMBI]

Unified Lumumbist Party or PALU [Antoine GIZENGA]

Union for the Congolese Nation or UNC [Vital KAMERHE]

Union for Democracy and Social Progress or UDPS [Etienne TSHISEKEDI]

Union of Mobutuist Democrats or UDEMO [MOBUTU Nzanga]

• Political pressure groups and leaders

FARDC (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo) - Army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which commits atrocities on citizens

FDLR (Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda) - Rwandan militia group made up of some of the perpetrators of Rwanda's Genocide in 1994

CNDP (National Congress for the Defense of the People) - mainly Congolese Tutsis who want refugees returned and more representation in government

M23 - rebel group comprised largely from ex-CNDP forces

• International organization participation- ACP, AfDB, AU, CEPGL, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

• Diplomatic representation in the US

chief of mission: Ambassador Faida Maramuke MITIFU (since 3 February 2000)

chancery: Suite 601, 1726 M Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 234-7690 through 7691

FAX: [1] (202) 234-2609

consulate(s) general: New York

• Diplomatic representation from the US

chief of mission: Ambassador James C. SWAN (since 5 September 2013)

embassy: 310 Avenue des Aviateurs, Kinshasa

mailing address: Unit 2220, DPO AE 09828

telephone: [243] (081) 556-0151

FAX: [243] (081) 556-0175

• Flag description- sky blue field divided diagonally from the lower hoist corner to upper fly corner by a red stripe bordered by two narrow yellow stripes; a yellow, five-pointed star appears in the upper hoist corner; blue represents peace and hope, red the blood of the country's martyrs, and yellow the country's wealth and prosperity; the star symbolizes unity and the brilliant future for the country

• National anthem

name: "Debout Congolaise" (Arise Congolese)

lyrics/music: Joseph LUTUMBA/Simon-Pierre BOKA di Mpasi Londi

note: adopted 1960; the anthem was replaced during the period in which the country was known as Zaire, but was readopted in 1997

Economy of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Economy Profile 2014

• Economy - overview

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - is slowly recovering after decades of decline. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined with country-wide instability and conflict that began in the mid-90s has dramatically reduced national output and government revenue and increased external debt. With the installation of a transitional government in 2003 after peace accords, economic conditions slowly began to improve as the transitional government reopened relations with international financial institutions and international donors, and President KABILA began implementing reforms. Progress has been slow to reach the interior of the country although clear changes are evident in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. An uncertain legal framework, corruption, and a lack of transparency in government policy are long-term problems for the mining sector and for the economy as a whole. Much economic activity still occurs in the informal sector and is not reflected in GDP data. Renewed activity in the mining sector, the source of most export income, has boosted Kinshasa's fiscal position and GDP growth in recent years. The global recession cut economic growth in 2009 to less than half its 2008 level, but growth returned to around 7% per year in 2010-12. The DRC signed a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility with the IMF in 2009 and received $12 billion in multilateral and bilateral debt relief in 2010, but the IMF at the end of 2012 suspended the last three payments under the loan facility - worth $240 million - because of concerns about the lack of transparency in mining contracts. In 2012, the DRC updated its business laws by adhering to OHADA, the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa. The country marked its tenth consecutive year of positive economic expansion in 2012.

• GDP (purchasing power parity)

$29.39 billion (2013 est.)

$27.66 billion (2012 est.)

$25.82 billion (2011 est.)

note: data are in 2013 US dollars

• GDP (official exchange rate): $18.56 billion (2013 est.)

• GDP - real growth

rate 6.2% (2013 est.)

7.2% (2012 est.)

6.9% (2011 est.)

• GDP - per capita (PPP)

$400 (2013 est.)

$400 (2012 est.)

$400 (2011 est.)

note: data are in 2013 US dollars

• GDP - composition, by end use

household consumption: 65.9%

government consumption: 12.5%

investment in fixed capital: 27.9%

investment in inventories: 1%

exports of goods and services: 49.9%

imports of goods and services: -56.3%

(2013 est.)

• GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 44.3%

industry: 21.7%

services: 34% (2013 est.)

• Population below poverty line: 71% (2006 est.)

• Labor force: 35.18 million (2013 est.)

• Labor force - by occupation

agriculture: NA%

industry: NA%

services: NA%

• Unemployment rate: NA%

• Household income or consumption by percentage share

lowest 10%: 2.3%

highest 10%: 34.7% (2006)

• Budget

revenues: $5.817 billion

expenditures: $6.472 billion (2013 est.)

• Taxes and other revenues: 31.3% of GDP (2013 est.)
• Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): -3.5% of GDP (2013 est.)

• Inflation rate (consumer prices)

7.1% (2013 est.)

9.5% (2012 est.)

• Central bank discount rate

4% (31 December 2012 est.)

20% (31 December 2011 est.)

• Commercial bank prime lending rate

18.6% (31 December 2013 est.)

28.45% (31 December 2012 est.)

• Stock of narrow money

$1.06 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

$986.6 million (31 December 2012 est.)

• Stock of broad money

$3.502 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

$3.042 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

• Stock of domestic credit

$1.862 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

$1.708 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

• Market value of publicly traded shares: $NA

• Agriculture - products coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, cotton, cocoa, quinine, cassava (manioc), bananas, plantains, peanuts, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products

• Industries- mining (copper, cobalt, gold, diamonds, coltan, zinc, tin, tungsten), mineral processing, consumer products (textiles, plastics, footwear, cigarettes), metal products, processed foods and beverages, timber, cement, commercial ship repair

• Industrial production growth rate 12% (2013 est.)

Current Account Balance -$2.544 billion (2013 est.) -$2.254 billion (2012 est.)

• Exports

$9.936 billion (2013 est.)

$8.872 billion (2012 est.)

• Exports - commodities diamonds, copper, gold, cobalt, wood products, crude oil, coffee

• Exports - partners China 54.3%, Zambia 22.6%, Belgium 5.7% (2012)

• Imports

$8.924 billion (2013 est.)

$8.187 billion (2012 est.)

• Imports - commodities foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels
• Imports - partners South Africa 22.3%, China 15.3%, Belgium 8%, Zambia 6.9%, Zimbabwe 5.6%, France 4.9%, Kenya 4.7% (2012)

• Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

$1.582 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

$1.633 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

• Debt - external

$6.874 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

$6.087 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

• Exchange rates Congolese francs (CDF) per US dollar -

918 (2013 est.)

920.25 (2012 est.)

905.91 (2010 est.)

472.19 (2009)

559 (2008)

• Fiscal year- calendar year

Energy of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Energy Profile 2014

• Electricity - production: 7.804 billion kWh (2010 est.)
• Electricity - consumption: 6.197 billion kWh (2010 est.)
• Electricity - exports: 916 million kWh (2010 est.)
• Electricity - imports: 161 million kWh (2010 est.)
• Electricity - installed generating capacity: 2.437 million kW (2010 est.)
• Oil - production: 20,000 bbl/day (2012 est.)
• Oil - exports: 22,240 bbl/day (2010 est.)
• Oil - imports: 0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
• Oil - proved reserves: 180 million bbl (1 January 2013 est.)
• Refined petroleum products - production: 0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
• Refined petroleum products - consumption: 10,240 bbl/day (2011 est.)
• Refined petroleum products - exports: 0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
• Refined petroleum products - imports: 16,200 bbl/day (2010 est.)
• Natural gas - production: 0 cu m (2011 est.)
• Natural gas - consumption: 0 cu m (2010 est.)
• Natural gas - exports: 0 cu m (2011 est.)
• Natural gas - imports: 0 cu m (2011 est.)
• Natural gas - proved reserves: 991.1 million cu m (1 January 2013 est.)
• Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy: 2.721 million Mt (2011 est.)

Telecommunications of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Telecommunications Profile 2014

• Telephones - main lines in use 58,200 (2012)
• Telephones - mobile cellular 19.487 million (2012)

• Telephone system

general assessment: barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations; inadequate fixed line infrastructure

domestic: state-owned operator providing less than 1 fixed-line connection per 100 persons; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of mobile-cellular services has surged and mobile teledensity is roughly 20 per 100 persons

international: country code - 243; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)

• Broadcast media state-owned TV broadcast station with near national coverage; more than a dozen privately owned TV stations with 2 having near national coverage; 2 state-owned radio stations are supplemented by more than 100 private radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2007)

• Internet country code .cd
• Internet hosts 2,515 (2012)
• Internet users 290,000 (2008)

Transportation of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Transportation Profile 2014

• Railways

total: 4,007 km

narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

• Roadways

total: 153,497 km

paved: 2,794 km

unpaved: 150,703 km (2004)

• Waterways 15,000 km (including the Congo, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2011)

Pipelines gas 62 km; oil 77 km; refined products 756 km (2013)

• Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Banana

river or lake port(s): Boma, Bumba, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka (Congo); Kindu (Lualaba); Bukavu, Goma (Lake Kivu); Kalemie (Lake Tanganyika)

• Merchant marine

total: 1

by type: petroleum tanker 1

foreign-owned: 1 (Republic of the Congo 1) (2010)

• Airports- 198 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways total: 26 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2013) Airports - with unpaved runways total: 172 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20 914 to 1,523 m: 87 under 914 m: 65 (2013) Heliports 1 (2013)

Environment of Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Health Democratic Republic of the Congo

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