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Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo's best placing is 13th of 194 for forest per person.

Best placing: #13Forest per person
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 6.5 million
Land area: 341,500 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking the Republic of the Congo is.

Forest per person

#13 of 194

0.0338 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#19 of 194

64.1 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#25 of 194

0.053 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#28 of 194

219,010 km² of forest

8th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#49 of 179

1,646 mm of precipitation per year

9th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Land area

#64 of 194

341,500 km² of land

27th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#75 of 192

8.64 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports

#81 of 193

56 airports

17th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population

#109 of 195

6,484,437 people

36th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#83 of 134

78.65 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports by area

#137 of 191

1.64 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#135 of 182

16,306,633,779 US$ (current prices)

32nd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

GDP per person

#144 of 182

2,515 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways

#111 of 135

510 km of railway

31st in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Coastline

#129 of 151

169 km of coastline

34th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Population by area

#170 of 194

18.99 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#120 of 133

1.49 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Republic of the Congo

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