Congo

Capital city — Kinshasa

Country population
84,100,000
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.459
(179/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
13.3
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
20,550
estimated figure
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
29
estimated figure
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
120
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2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
3 %
estimated percent…
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2010
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
13.7 %
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2010
/ BICE, International Catholic Child Bureau
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
73 %
estimated percent…
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2015
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

3 %

estimated percentage

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2010

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

13.7 % (3,021)

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2010

/ BICE, International Catholic Child Bureau

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

73 % (15,000)

estimated percentage

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2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2015

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