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	the Congo > General information
FAO Representative: Mr. Dieudonné KOGUIYAGDA \| e-mail: FAO-CG@fao.org

Country codes

ISO3:	COG	ISO2:	CG
UN:	178	GAUL:	59
UNDP:	PRC	FAOSTAT:	46

Key statistics

Country area: 34200 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Land area: 34150 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Agricultural area: 10560 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Population: 4043 (1000)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2010.

GDP: 9580 (millions of US dollars)
Source: World Bank. Estimated, 2009.

Human development index: 0.489
Source: UNDP - HDRO. Calculated, 2010.

Global hunger index: 13.2
Source: IFPRI. Calculated, 2011.

Maps

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Thematic profiles and systems:

FAO Country briefs - Brief overview of country's people, agriculture and FAO's major in-country development activities.

FAO Projects in the country - from the Field Programme Management Information System (FPMIS). The content is coordinated by the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO.

Country Profiles and International Human Development Indicators - Human Development Report Office (HDRO) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Rural poverty country profiles - Produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

FAO related information sources in the country:

Ministère de l'Économie Forestière et de l'Environnement