ACOG - Congo  - IBM

Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon

Area:
total area: 342,000 sq km
land area: 341,500 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Montana

Land boundaries: total 5,504 km, Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Gabon 1,903 km, Zaire 2,410 km

Coastline: 169 km


People

Population: 2,504,996 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 44% (female 543,324; male 548,840)
15-64 years: 53% (female 682,927; male 645,045)
65 years and over: 3% (female 49,879; male 34,981)

Population growth rate: 2.32% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 39.86 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 16.7 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 109.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 47.09 years
male: 45.23 years
female: 49 years

Total fertility rate: 5.23 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions:

Religions: Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%

Languages: French (official), African languages (Lingala and Kikongo are the most widely used)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1984)
total population: 60%
male: 71%
female: 49%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of the Congo
conventional short form: Congo

Type: republic

Capital: Brazzaville

Independence: 15 August 1960 (from France)

Constitution: new constitution approved by referendum March 1992


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.7 billion

National product real growth rate: -2.1%

National product per capita: $2,820

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.2%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 120,000 kW
production: 400 million kWh
consumption per capita: 201 kWh



Olympic Factoid
An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games.