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Democratic Republic of the Congo Flags

Flag Colors and Description

The flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo depicts a sky blue field divided diagonally from the lower hoist corner to upper fly corner by a red stripe bordered by two narrow yellow stripes. A yellow, five-pointed star appears in the upper hoist corner.

People

Population: 62660551 (July 2006 est)

Population Growth Rate: 3.07% (2006 estimate)

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

Government

Government Type: transitional government

Capital: Kinshasa

Economics

GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $40.67 billion (2005 estimate)

GDP per capita: $700 (2005 estimate)