ation (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 99 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 52 years male, 56 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 6.2 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Zairian(s); adjective--Zairian

_#_Ethnic divisions: over 200 African ethnic groups, the majority are
Bantu; four largest tribes--Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the
Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population

_#_Religion: Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%,
Muslim 10%, other syncretic sects and traditional beliefs 10%

_#_Language: French (official), Lingala, Swahili, Kingwana, Kikongo,
Tshiluba

_#_Literacy: 72% (male 84%, female 61%) age 15 and over can
read and write (1990 est.)

_#_Labor force: 15,000,000; agriculture 75%, industry 13%, services
12%; wage earners 13% (1981); population of working age 51% (1985)

_#_Organized labor: National Union of Zairian Workers (UNTZA) was
the only officially recognized trade union until April 1990; other unions
are now in process of seeking official recognition

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: Republic of Zaire

_#_Type: republic with a strong presidential system

_#_Capital: Kinshasa

_#_Administrative divisions: 10 regions (regions,
singular--region) and 1 town* (ville); Bandundu, Bas-Zaire,
Equateur, Haut-Zaire, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Kinshasa*,
Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Shaba, Sud-Kivu

_#_Independence: 30 June 1960 (from Belgium; formerly Belgian Congo,
then Congo/Leopoldville, then Congo/Kinshasa)

_#_Constitution: 24 June 1967, amended August 1974, revised 15
February 1978; amended 1990; new constitution to be promulgated in
1991

_#_Legal system: based on Belgian civil law system and tribal law;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

_#_National holiday: Anniversary of the Regime (Second Republic),
24 November (1965)

_#_Executive branch: president, prime minister, Executive Council
(cabinet)

_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Council (Conseil
Legislatif)

_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State--President Marshal MOBUTU Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa
Za Banga (since 24 November 1965);

Head of Government--Prime Minister Bernadin MUNGUL DIAKA
(since 23 October 1991)

_#_Political parties and leaders: sole legal pa