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Disputes - international:Congo hosts about 63,000 refugees from neighboring states, primarily from the Pool border area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Democratic Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area
Refugees and internally displaced persons:refugees (country of origin): 56,380 (Democratic Republic of Congo), 6,478 (Rwanda)
IDPs: 48,000 (multiple civil wars since 1992; most IDPs are ethnic Lari) (2006)

Congo Republic Quickstats

  • Population: 3,800,610
  • Area: 342,000 sq km
  • Density: 12 /km² (204th)
  • GDP (total): $4.585 billion (154th)
  • GDP (per capita): $1,369 (161st)
  • Literacy: 83.8%

Languages of Congo Republic

  • French
  • Lingala and Monokutuba
  • Other

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  • Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)
  • Dial code: +242

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