POPULATION: 67.51 million DENSITY: 33.02 people per km2 NET MIGRATION RATE: -0.33 per 1000 BIRTH RATE: 35.62 per 1000 DEATH RATE: 10.3 per 1000 RATE OF NATURAL INCREASE: 31.91% POPULATION GROWTH RATE: 2.5% INFANT MORTALITY RATE: 73.15% TOTAL FERTILITY RATE: 4.8 per women POPULATION <15%: 43.1% POPULATION AGES 65+: 2.6% DEPENDENCY RATE: 91.1% LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH(TOTAL): 56.54 years LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH FEMALES: 58.09 years LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH MALES: 55.03 years PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE FEMALES: 65% PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE MALES: 80% SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT NET FEMALES: 71% SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT NET MALES: 73% GNI PPP PER CAPITA IN US$: N/A ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE FEMALE 15+: 86% ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE MALES 15+: 57% MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS: 53 per 100 MOTOR VEHICLES: 5 per 1000 UNDERNOURISHED POPULATION: 69% UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNDER AGE 5: 28.2 HIV/AIDS AMONG 15-49: 1.0%
the dem. republic of congo is in stage 2. the rate of natural increase has increased tremendously. each year, the population continues to grow faster and faster. birth rates are increasing as well. this country is still developing, and the death rates are somewhat little compared to the birth rate. and despite the infant mortality rate high, congo expands.
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i CHOSE "NEWBORN MORTALITY RATE" FOR THE Y-AXIS BECAUSE THERE HAS ABNORMALLY HIGH RATE WITHIN THE YEARS. i CHOSE "CHILDREN PER WOMEN" BECAUSE THERE IS CURRENTLY A LARGE BIRTH RATE WITHIN THE DRC. THEY ARE COMBINED TOGETHER, BECAUSE THEIR INFANT MORTALITY RATE IS AT LEAST 73%. tHIS DEPICTS THE IMPROVING, YET HIGH DEATH RATE OF NEWBORNS.