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Congo

1.0S 15.0E · 27 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE · 15 AUGUST 1960
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1992 – present · Democracy, civil war, and the return of Sassou Nguesso
5 EVENTS
August 1992 · Lissouba wins multiparty election 3 REFS
June–October 1997 · Civil war returns Sassou Nguesso to power 3 REFS
1960 – 1991 · Independence, Youlou, and the Marxist People's Republic
6 EVENTS
15 August 1960 · Independence under Fulbert Youlou 3 REFS
August 1963 · The Trois Glorieuses topple Youlou 3 REFS
1910 – 1958 · French Equatorial Africa, forced labour, and the Congo-Ocean Railway
5 EVENTS
1921–1934 · Building the Congo-Ocean Railway 3 REFS
1940 · Brazzaville, capital of Free France 3 REFS
1875 – 1910 · Brazza, Brazzaville, and the colony of Middle Congo
4 EVENTS
September 1880 · Brazza's treaty with Makoko 3 REFS
10 September 1880 · Founding of Brazzaville at Nkuna 3 REFS
c. 1600 – 1880 · Loango ports and the Atlantic slave trade
4 EVENTS
17th–18th centuries · Loango becomes a hub of the Atlantic trade 3 REFS
18th century · Peak of the slave trade through Loango 3 REFS
1st millennium CE – c. 1600 · Bantu peoples, Loango, and the Teke kingdom
3 EVENTS
1st millennium CE · Bantu peoples settle the region 3 REFS
c. 15th–16th centuries · The Teke (Anziku) kingdom inland 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Brazzaville
Population
5.0 m
Area
342,000 km²
Region
Middle Africa
Languages
French, Kikongo, Lingala
Currency
Central African CFA franc (Fr)
Demonym
Congolese
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$16 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$2,515’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.1%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
2.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
91.7%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
6.5 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
66.0 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
64.1%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
4.1’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
76.1%’05 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
33.8’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
61.5’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
29.7’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
36.7’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
36.7’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
19.0’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
3.3%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.17’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
39.1’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
72.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
45.9%’21 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
76.1%’05 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.3%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
87.9%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
50.5%’12 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
10.4%’23 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.4%’22 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
127’22 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
47.3%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
96’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
3.2%’23 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
341,500 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
64.1%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
31.2%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
1.3’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
71.4%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
37.7%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
34.4%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
3.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
53.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.2%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$182 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
12,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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