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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), located astride the Equator, shares nearly 9,000 km of borders with nine countries (South Sudan and the Central African Republic to the north, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania to the east, Zambia and Angola to the south, the Republic of Congo and the Angolan province of Cabinda to the west).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Official name:<\/strong> Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/p>\n

Nature of the regime:<\/strong> Republic, semi-presidential regime<\/p>\n

Head of State:<\/strong> F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (since January 24, 2019)<\/p>\n

Head of Government:<\/strong> Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge (since April 26, 2021)<\/p>\n

Area:<\/strong> 2,345,410 km2 (80 times the size of Belgium and 4 times the size of France). The DRC is the most populous country in Central Africa and the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, with an area equivalent to that of Western Europe.<\/p>\n

Capital:<\/strong> Kinshasa<\/p>\n

Other major cities:<\/strong> Lubumbashi, Mbuji-Mayi, Goma, Kananga, Kisangani, Bukavu, Matadi<\/p>\n

Official language:<\/strong> French<\/p>\n

National languages:<\/strong> Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba and Swahili<\/p>\n

Cash :<\/strong> Congolese franc (1 EUR = 2214 CDF; 1 $ = 2044 CDF in December 2022)<\/p>\n

National holiday:<\/strong> June 30<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Population :<\/strong> 97.388 million inhabitants (2022). <\/span>Projection:<\/strong> 278 million inhabitants by 2050.<\/span><\/p>

Density :<\/strong> 38 inhabitants\/km\u00b2<\/p>

Population growth:<\/strong> + 3.2% (World Bank, 2019) with a young population of which those under fifteen constitute 46%.\u00a0<\/p>

Life expectancy at birth:<\/strong> 60.7 years (UNDP, 2019)<\/p>

Literacy rate (15 years and over):<\/strong> 77% (UNDP, 2019)<\/p>

Religions:<\/strong> 95.9% Christianity, 1.8% agnosticism and atheism, 1.5% Islam, 0.7% popular religion (Source: Pew Research Center. The Global Religious Landscape 2023)<\/p>

Human Development Index:<\/strong> 179th out of 191 countries in the world (UNDP 2021)<\/p>

Ratification of the AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area) agreement:<\/strong> June 22, 2021<\/p>

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI):<\/strong> accepted as a candidate country in February 2008 and declared a compliant country in July 2014. (Sources: AfDB, UN, World Bank)<\/p>

Territorial organization:<\/strong> The DRC has 26 provinces (25 ordinary provinces and the city-province of Kinshasa). Each province includes decentralized territorial entities: the city, the commune, the sector and the chiefdom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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