Congo March 16, 2020 Africa , African Union , Atlantic , Atlantic Ocean , Bas Congo , Brazzaville , CEEAC , CEMAC , Central Africa , CFCO , chemin de fer Congo-Océan , colony , Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique centrale , Communauté économique et monétaire de l’Afrique centrale , Congo , Congo-Brazzaville , dictatorship , fleuve Congo , fleuve Zaïre , forest , Francophonie , French , French colony , French language , Gulf of Guinea , Mont Nabemba , natural resources , oil , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , Oubangui , Ouesso , Pointe-Noire , Pygmy peoples , Zaïre Official name Republic of the Congo Name in local language République du Congo (fr) ; Repubilika ya Kongo (kg) ; Republiki ya Kongó (ln) Continent Africa Subcontinent Sub-Saharan Africa Population (ranking: 122e ) 5,279,517 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 3.68 % / year Area 341,821 km² Density 15.45 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 148e )11.264 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 2,148 $USD (2018) GDP growth 1.00 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 64.30 years (2018) Birth rate 35.10 ‰ (2016) Fertility rate 4.68 children / woman (2015) Death rate (ranking ) 9.70 ‰ (2016) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 56.40 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 80.91 % (2015) Official languages French (Kikongo and Lingala are recognised regional languages) Currency Central African CFA franc (XAF) HDI (ranking: 176e )0.608 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )42.39 (2018) Government Unitary semi-presidential republic (dictatorship de facto) Head of State President Denis Sassou-Nguesso National Day 15 August (independence from France in 1960) ISO Codes CG, COG Demonym Congolese Tourists (ranking ) 211,000 people (2016)
Corrupt central authorities who practices nepotism on a large scale Congo (called Congo-Brazzaville to differentiate it from the Democratic Republic of the Congo , its big neighbor) is a country of Central Africa located on the equator, sparsely populated despite an honorable size. The country reaches an estimated 5.3 million inhabitants in 2018. And its annual population growth remains very high, at +3.68% per year on average between 2010 and 2017. Its neighbors are Gabon , Cameroon , the Central African Republic , the Democratic Republic of Congo – from which it is separated by the Congo River and Oubangui – and Angola , in the region of Cabinda .
Brazzaville, capitale of Congo Brazzaville, capitale of Congo. Photo: Yann Arthus-Bertrand Pointe-Noire, Congo Houses in the swamps, Congo. Photo: Yann Arthus-Bertrand Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Brazzaville 1,838,348 inhabitants Pointe-Noire 1,158,331 inhabitants Dolisie 171,773 inhabitants Nkayi 73,478 inhabitants Ouesso 37,102 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Departments Population Area Bouenza 357,168 inhabitants 12,265 km² Brazzaville 1,373,382 inhabitants 264 km² Cuvette 172,876 inhabitants 48,250 km² Cuvette-Ouest 72,999 inhabitants 26,600 km² Kouilou 92,542 inhabitants 13,650 km² Lékoumou 96,393 inhabitants 20,950 km² Likouala 154,115 inhabitants 66,044 km² Niari 289,198 inhabitants 25,942 km² Plateaux 217,864 inhabitants 38,400 km² Pointe-Noire 715,334 inhabitants 44 km² Pool 529,649 inhabitants 33,955 km² Sangha 93,921 inhabitants 55,795 km²
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