Congo - Kinshasa
Congo-Kinshasa
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.1%
- people aged 65 or older
- 3.5M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 3.5%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.2 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 7%
- women 8.3%, men 5.7%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2023
Languages
230 languages, 57 of them endangered
- Mongoba-KazibatiCritically endangered
- NgbindaCritically endangered
- SereCritically endangered
- Nyanga-liSeverely endangered
- BeekeDefinitely endangered
- BembeDefinitely endangered
- BomboliDefinitely endangered
- DzandoDefinitely endangered
- GuruDefinitely endangered
- KanuDefinitely endangered
- KariDefinitely endangered
- LokiDefinitely endangered
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- LondoDefinitely endangered
- MfinuDefinitely endangered
- MokpaDefinitely endangered
- NubiDefinitely endangered
- YangoDefinitely endangered
- YuluDefinitely endangered
- AmbaVulnerable
- BalaVulnerable
- BamweVulnerable
- BangiVulnerable
- BarambuVulnerable
- BiraVulnerable
- Boma NkuuVulnerable
- Boma NordVulnerable
- BombomaVulnerable
- BwileVulnerable
- Central TekeVulnerable
- EgbutaVulnerable
- FuumuVulnerable
- GbanziliVulnerable
- HoloholoVulnerable
- HunganaVulnerable
- JobaVulnerable
- Kango-SuaVulnerable
- KempeeVulnerable
- KomoVulnerable
- KpalaVulnerable
- KwamiVulnerable
- Luba-KatangaVulnerable
- MangbutuVulnerable
- MbalaVulnerable
- MbuunVulnerable
- MoingiVulnerable
- MonoVulnerable
- MonzomboVulnerable
- MoyeVulnerable
- MvubaVulnerable
- NdungaVulnerable
- NgongoVulnerable
- NsongVulnerable
- NzadiVulnerable
- SebaVulnerable
- TalingaVulnerable
- Wuumu-MpuonoVulnerable
- ZambaVulnerable
- Ali
- Alur
- American Sign Language
- Asoa
- Aushi
- Avokaya
- Baali
- Baka
- Banda-Banda
- Bangala
- Bangba
- Bango
- Bangubangu
- Bemba
- Bendi
- Bhele
- Bila
- Binji
- Binza
- Boko
- Boma
- Budu
- Budza
- Bushong
- Buyu
- Bwa
- Bwela
- Chokwe
- Congo Swahili
- Dendi
- Dengese
- Ding
- Dongo
- Doondo
- East Teke
- Eastern Kikongo
- Efe
- Enya
- Enya-Kindu
- Fuliiru
- Furu
- Gendza
- Gilima
- Gobu
- Hamba
- Havu
- Hema
- Hemba
- Hendo
- Holu
- Hunde
- Kabwari
- Kaiku
- Kakwa
- Kango
- Kanyok
- Kaonde
- Kela-Yela
- Kele
- Keliko
- Kete
- Kiga
- Kimbundu
- Kinyarwanda
- Kirundi
- Kisongye
- Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Kiyombe
- Konjo
- Koongo
- Kuba
- Kusu
- Kwese
- Laari
- Lala-Bisa
- Lamba
- Langbashe
- Lega-Mwenga
- Lega-Shabunda
- Lele
- Lendu
- Lengola
- Lese
- Lika
- Likila
- Lingala
- Logoti
- Loi
- Lombi
- Lombo
- Losengo
- Luba-Kasai
- Lugbarati
- luna
- Lunda
- Lwalu
- Lwel
- Ma
- Mabaale
- Mamvu
- Mangbetu
- Mayogo
- Mba
- Mbaka
- Mbandja
- Mbesa
- Mbo
- Mbole
- Mid-Southern Banda
- Mituku
- Mongo
- Mpama
- Mündü
- Nande
- Ndaka
- Ndo
- Ndobo
- Ndolo
- Ndrulo
- Ngando
- Ngbaka Gbaya
- Ngbundu
- Ngelima
- Ngiti
- Ngombe
- Ngwii
- Nkutu
- Northern Ngbandi
- Northwestern Lingala
- Ntomba
- Ntomba-Bolia
- Nyali
- Nyanga
- Nyindu
- Nzakara
- Ombo
- Omi
- Pagibete
- Pende
- Poke
- Riverain Sango
- Ruund
- Sakata
- Salampasu
- Samba
- San Salvador Kongo
- Sanga
- Sango
- Sengele
- Shi
- Soko
- Sonde
- Songola
- South Central Banda
- Southern Ngbandi
- Suku
- Suundi
- Tabwa
- Tembo
- Tembo (Kitembo)
- Tetela
- Tiene
- Togbo-Vara Banda
- Tooro
- Vanuma
- Wongo
- Yaka
- Yakoma
- Yansi
- Zande
- Zimba
- Zula
- Langue des Signes Zairoise
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Congolese rumba2021
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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