| Population: 65.751.512 (+/-2007) |
| Surface: 2.344.860 km² |
| Capital: Kinshasa |
| President: Joseph Kabila |
| GNP per head : $700 (+/- 2006) |
| Child mortality: 65,5 per 1000 (2006) - 205 out of 1000 children < 5 years (+/- 2007) |
| Life expectancy: men: 54,97 years - women: 59,5 years (+/- 2007) |
| Infections with AIDS: 4,2% (+/- 2003) |
| Access to drinking water: urban: 82% - rural: 29% - average: 46% (2004) |
| Access to sanitation facilities: urban: 42% - rural: 25% - average: 30% (2004) |
| Illiteracy: men: 23,8 % - women: 44,9 % (+/- 2003) |
| Natural resources and export products: coffee, cobalt, copper, cadmium, petrol, diamond, gold, silver, zinc, magnesium, tin and other minerals |
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