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General Statistics
General statistics
Total Population 67 million (U.N. 2010)
Capital Kinshasa
Area size 2,34 million sq km (905,354 sq miles) (Slightly larger than Western Europe)
Gross national income per capita : USD 160 per person per year (World Bank 2009)
Disasters, Conflict, and Migration
General statistics
Number of refugees originating here 476,693 (UNHCR, 2011)
Number of refugees residing here 180,000 (UNHCR, 2011)
Number of internally displaced people (IDP)\Estimate 1,700,000 (UNHCR, 2011)
Health
Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 199 (2009)
Life expectancy at birth (years) males 47 (2009)
Life expectancy at birth (years) females 51 (2009)
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) 126 (2009)
Neonatal mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) 51 (2009)
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) 670 (2009)
Source: WHO, www.who.int/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS2011_Full.pdf  
WASH
Population with sustainable access to improved drinking water sources (%) rural 28 (2008)
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation (%) rural 23 (2008)
Source: WHO, www.who.int/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS2011_Full.pdf  
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