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Democratic Republic of the Congo
President: Laurent Kabila (1997)
Area: 905,365 sq. mi. (2,345,410 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 50,481,305 (average annual rate of natural increase: 3.14%); birth rate: 46.4/1000; infant mortality rate: 99.5/1000; density per sq. mi.: 56
Capital and largest city (1994 est.): Kinshasa, 4,655,313
Other large cities: Lubumbashi, 851,381; Mbuji-Mayi, 806,475; Kisangani, 417,517; Kolwezi, 417,810
Monetary unit: Congolese franc
Languages: French (official), English, Bantu dialects, mainly Swahili, Lingala, Ishiluba, and Kikongo
Ethnicity/race: over 200 African ethnic groups, 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%, Islam 10%; syncretic and traditional, 10%
Literacy rate: 72%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $34.9 billion; $710 per capita. Real growth rate: –3.5%. Inflation: 147%. Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 3%. Agriculture: coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products. Labor force: 14.51 million (1993 est.); agriculture 65%, industry 16%, services 19% (1991 est.). Industry: mining, mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement, diamonds. Natural resources: copper, cobalt, cadmium, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, managenese, tin, germanium, uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore, coal, hydropower potential, timber. Exports: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): diamonds, copper, coffee, cobalt, crude oil. Imports: $819 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.): consumer goods, foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels. Major trading partners: Benelux, U.S., South Africa, France, Germany, Italy, U.K., Japan, China, The Netherlands.
