Capital

Mongolei

name: Ulaanbaatar

geographic coordinates: 47 55 N, 106 55 E

time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Saturday in March; ends last Saturday in September

time zone note: Mongolia has two time zones - Ulaanbaatar Time (8 hours in advance of UTC) and Hovd Time (7 hours in advance of UTC)

etymology: the name means "red hero" in Mongolian and honors national hero Damdin SUKHBAATAR, leader of the partisan army that with Soviet Red Army help, liberated Mongolia from Chinese occupation in the early 1920s

Demokratische Republik Kongo

name: Kinshasa geographic coordinates: 4 19 S, 15 18 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: founded as a trading post in 1881 and named Leopoldville in honor of King Leopold II of the Belgians, who controlled the Congo Free State, the vast central African territory that became the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960; in 1966, Leopoldville was renamed Kinshasa, after a village of that name that once stood near the site note: the DRC has two time zones

Citizenship

Mongolei

citizenship by birth: no

citizenship by descent only: both parents must be citizens of Mongolia; one parent if born within Mongolia

dual citizenship recognized: no

residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

Demokratische Republik Kongo

citizenship by birth: no citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo dual citizenship recognized: no residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

Demokratische Republik Kongo

semi-presidential republic

Legal system

Mongolei

civil law system influenced by Soviet and Romano-Germanic legal systems; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts

Demokratische Republik Kongo

civil law system primarily based on Belgian law, but also customary and tribal law

Suffrage

Mongolei

18 years of age; universal

Demokratische Republik Kongo

18 years of age; universal and compulsory

Area

Mongolei

total: 1,564,116 sq km

land: 1,553,556 sq km

water: 10,560 sq km

Demokratische Republik Kongo

total: 2,344,858 sq km land: 2,267,048 sq km water: 77,810 sq km

Land use

Mongolei

agricultural land: 73% (2018 est.)

arable land: 0.4% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 72.6% (2018 est.)

forest: 7% (2018 est.)

other: 20% (2018 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

agricultural land: 11.4% (2011 est.) arable land: 3.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 8% (2011 est.) forest: 67.9% (2011 est.) other: 20.7% (2011 est.)

Location

Mongolei

Northern Asia, between China and Russia

Demokratische Republik Kongo

Central Africa, northeast of Angola

Age structure

Mongolei

0-14 years: 26.16% (male 434,400/female 417,335)

15-64 years: 68.24% (male 1,076,692/female 1,144,759)

65 years and over: 5.6% (2023 est.) (male 73,245/female 109,037)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

0-14 years: 41.25% (male 17,735,697 /female 17,446,866) 15-24 years: 21.46% (male 9,184,871 /female 9,117,462) 25-54 years: 30.96% (male 13,176,714 /female 13,225,429) 55-64 years: 3.63% (male 1,472,758 /female 1,625,637) 65 years and over: 2.69% (male 974,293 /female 1,321,297) (2018 est.)

Birth rate

Mongolei

15.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

32.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Death rate

Mongolei

6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

9.40

Languages

Mongolei

Mongolian 90% (official) (Khalkha dialect is predominant), Turkic, Russian (1999)

major-language sample(s):
Дэлхийн баримтат ном, үндсэн мэдээллийн зайлшгүй эх сурвалж. (Mongolian)

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Demokratische Republik Kongo

French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba

Life expectancy at birth

Mongolei

total population: 71.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 67.5 years

female: 76 years

Demokratische Republik Kongo

58.10

Major urban areas - population

Mongolei

1.673 million ULAANBAATAR (capital) (2023)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

13.171 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.305 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.281 million Lubumbashi, 1.335 million Kananga, 1.167 million Kisangani, 973,000 Bukavu (2018)

Median age

Mongolei

total: 31.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 29.9 years

female: 32.2 years

Demokratische Republik Kongo

total: 18.8 years male: 18.6 years female: 19 years (2018 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

Mongolei

20.5 years (2008 est.)

note: data represents median age at first birth among women 20-24

Demokratische Republik Kongo

19.9 years (2013/14 est.)

Net migration rate

Mongolei

-0.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Population distribution

Mongolei

sparsely distributed population throughout the country; the capital of Ulaanbaatar and the northern city of Darhan support the highest population densities

Demokratische Republik Kongo

urban clusters are spread throughout the country, particularly in the northeast along the boarder with Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi; the largest city is the capital, Kinshasha, located in the west along the Congo River; the south is least densely populated

Population growth rate

Mongolei

0.83% (2023 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

2.33% (2018 est.)

Total fertility rate

Mongolei

1.89 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

4.54 children born/woman (2018 est.)

Urbanization

Mongolei

urban population: 69.1% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

rate of urbanization: 4.53% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Education expenditures

Mongolei

4.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

1.50

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Mongolei

total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 16 years (2019)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

female: 9 years (2013)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

3.40

Demokratische Republik Kongo

11.50

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

Mongolei

-6.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

-0.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

$68,600,000,000

Industrial production growth rate

Mongolei

-2.22% (2021 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

1.60

Demokratische Republik Kongo

8.7

Demokratische Republik Kongo

$800

Demokratische Republik Kongo

31,360,000

Labor force

Mongolei

1.331 million (2021 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

31,360,000

Population below poverty line

Mongolei

28.4% (2018 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

63% (2014 est.)

Unemployment rate

Mongolei

7.08% (2021 est.)

7.01% (2020 est.)

5.44% (2019 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

NA

Demokratische Republik Kongo

total: 8.7% male: 11.3% female: 6.8% (2012 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

18.10

Public debt

Mongolei

73.94% of GDP (2020 est.)

60.84% of GDP (2019 est.)

65.97% of GDP (2018 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

18.10

Demokratische Republik Kongo

41.50

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Mongolei

7.35% (2021 est.)

3.8% (2020 est.)

7.3% (2019 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

41.50

Demokratische Republik Kongo

20.00

Demokratische Republik Kongo

20.00

Demokratische Republik Kongo

$10,980,000,000

Exports

Mongolei

$8.95 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$7.646 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$8.416 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Demokratische Republik Kongo

$10,980,000,000

Exports - partners

Mongolei

China 73%, Switzerland 19%, Singapore 2%, South Korea 2%, Russia 1% (2021)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

China 41.4%, Zambia 22.7%, South Korea 7.2%, Finland 6.2% (2017)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

$10,820,000,000

Imports

Mongolei

$9.256 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$7.34 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$9.249 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Demokratische Republik Kongo

$10,820,000,000

Imports - partners

Mongolei

China 37%, Russia 27%, Japan 7%, South Korea 5%, Germany 3% (2021)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

China 19.9%, South Africa 18%, Zambia 10.4%, Belgium 9.1%, India 4.3%, Tanzania 4.2% (2017)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

9,046,000,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

7,430,000,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

422,000,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

20,000,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

19,160

Demokratische Republik Kongo

20,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

2015 est.

Demokratische Republik Kongo

2017 est.

Demokratische Republik Kongo

2017 est.

Demokratische Republik Kongo

2017 est.

Demokratische Republik Kongo

35,270,156

Demokratische Republik Kongo

3,016,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

1,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

198

Demokratische Republik Kongo

4,007

Demokratische Republik Kongo

152,373

Demokratische Republik Kongo

15,000

Airports

Mongolei

44 (2021)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

198

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

Mongolei

total: 307,166 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (2020 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

total: 1,000 (2017 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

20,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

0 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

19,160 bbl/day (2017 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

7,430,000,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

422,000,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

20,000,000

Demokratische Republik Kongo

9,046,000,000

Internet users

Mongolei

total: 2.772 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 84% (2021 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

total: 3.016 million (July 2016 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

0

Demokratische Republik Kongo

0 cu m (2017 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

0 cu m (2017 est.)

Railways

Mongolei

total: 1,815 km (2017)

broad gauge: 1,815 km (2017) 1.520-m gauge

note: national operator Ulaanbaatar Railway is jointly owned by the Mongolian Government and by the Russian State Railway

Demokratische Republik Kongo

total: 4,007 km (2014) narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified) (2014) 125 1.000-m gauge

Roadways

Mongolei

total: 113,200 km (2017)

paved: 10,600 km (2017)

unpaved: 102,600 km (2017)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

152,373

Telephones - fixed lines

Mongolei

total subscriptions: 399,237 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2021 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

total subscriptions: NA (2017 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: NA (2017 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

Mongolei

total subscriptions: 4,687,304 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 140 (2021 est.)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

35,270,156

Waterways

Mongolei

580 km (2010) (the only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol) (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers ice-free from May to September)

Demokratische Republik Kongo

15,000

Disputes - international

Mongolei

none identified

Demokratische Republik Kongo

heads of the Great Lakes states and UN pledged in 2004 to abate tribal, rebel, and militia fighting in the region, including northeast Congo, where the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), organized in 1999, maintains over 16,500 uniformed peacekeepers; members of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army forces continue to seek refuge in Congo's Garamba National Park as peace talks with the Uganda Government evolve; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area; Uganda and DRC dispute Rukwanzi Island in Lake Albert and other areas on the Semliki River with hydrocarbon potential; boundary commission continues discussions over Congolese-administered triangle of land on the right bank of the Lunkinda River claimed by Zambia near the DRC village of Pweto; DRC accuses Angola of shifting monuments