The twentieth century was the setting for the most explosive growth of human population.
Population
1. Total :68,692,542
2. Annual Growth Rate: 3.208%
3. Rural/urban population ration:68/32
4. Ethnic make up :Bantu majority; more than 200 African groups
Source: Global Studies Africa
Urbanization
urban population is 35% total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization:4.5% annual rate of change (2010-15est)
Source:CIA World Facebook
AIDS
The Democratic Republic of the Congo was tone of the first sub-Sahara African country to recognize HIV/AIDS. When its first cases were registered in 1983. Presently, the country has a generalized epidemic,through data form surveillance studies show cases are concentrated among most -at- risk populations in numerous hot spots across the country. The joint United Nations program in HIV/AIDS estimated there were between 400.000 and 500.000 people living with HIV/AIDS and 1.3 percent prevalence among adults at the end of 2007.
Source: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/Countries/africa/congo.html
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