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Geographical location
Economy and finance
Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$ 225 (2025)
Inflation rate
3.1% (2024)
Unemployment rate
19.7% (2024)
Gini coefficient
40.2 (2022)
Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)
Total quantity
5.74
Beer
5.11
Wine
0.1
Spirits
0.52
Other alcohol
0.01
Current as of
2019
Population and society
Population size
6 097 665 (2024)
Male population
3 045 973
Female population
3 051 692
Population growth rate
2.38% (2024)
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
28.7 (2024)
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
4.8 (2024)
Urbanization
69.2% (2023)
Credit ratings
Fitch
CCC (2019)
Moody's
Caa2 (2018)
Standard & Poors
CCC+ (2020)
Age-sex pyramid
Phone operating systems
Android
84.75
iOS
14.82%
Current as of
2025
Internet and telecommunications
Telephone code
+242
Internet domain
.cg
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
97 (2021)
Internet user penetration
38% (2023)
Fixed internet penetration
>1% (2022)
General information
Сontinent
Africa
Time zone
UTC+1
Tier
Tier-3
ISO code
CG
Capital
Brazzaville
Official language
French
Tobacco consumption
Total tobacco consumption
15.8%
Smoking men
30%
Smoking women
1.7%
Current as of
2025
Area (sq. km)
Total area
342 000
Land area
341 500
Water area
500
Popular payment systems
- PayPal
- Visa
- Mastercard
Popular social networks and messengers
- Facebook
- Instagram
- TikTok
Age structure
0-14 years
37.8%
15-64 years
57.8%
65+ years
4.3%
Current as of
2024
Religion
Main religion
Catholicism
Non-religious
11.3%
Not specified
8.1%
Current as of
2007
Last update: 2025-08-14