Median age:
total: 15.8 years
female: 16.2 years (2004 est.)
male: 15.4 years
Population growth rate:
2.99% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
44.73 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
14.64 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: fighting between the Congolese Government and Uganda- and
Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels spawned a regional war in DROC in
August 1998, which left 1.8 million Congolese internally displaced
and caused 300,000 Congolese refugees to flee to surrounding
countries (2004 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 94.69 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 85.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 103.18 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 49.14 years
male: 47.06 years
female: 51.28 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.62 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
4.2% (2003 est.)