as of 2009, representing 77,000 people living with the disease and 5,100 deaths. The Republic of Congo is considered to have a high degree of risk of infectious diseases, particularly bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and typhoid fever (all food- or waterborne), and malaria (vectorborne). Education As of 2003, 83.8% of the adult population was considered literate, consisting 89.3% of males and 78.4% of females. Other demographic statistics Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022. One birth every 3 minutes One death every 14 minutes One net migrant every 206 minutes Net gain of one person every 4 minutes The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook. Population 5,546,307 (2022 est.) 5,062,021 (July 2018 est.) Religions Roman Catholic 33.1%, Awakening Churches/Christian Revival 22.3%, Protestant 19.9%, Salutiste 2.2%, Muslim 1.6%, Kimbanguiste 1.5%, other 8.1%, none 11.3% (2007 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 41.57% (male 1,110,484/female 1,089,732) 15-24 years: 17.14% (male 454,981/female 452,204) 25-54 years: 33.5% (male 886,743/female 886,312) 55-64 years: 4.59% (male 125,207/female 117,810) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 75,921/female 93,676) (2020 est.) 0-14 years: 41.75% (male 1,066,474 /female 1,046,924) 15-24 years: 16.99% (male 431,279 /female 428,999) 25-54 years: 33.77% (male 857,596 /female 851,712) 55-64 years: 4.39% (male 112,669 /female 109,429) 65 years and over: 3.1% (male 69,621 /female 87,318) (2018 est.) 0-14 years: 41.67% (male 1,041,761/female 1,022,763) 15-24 years: 17.1% (male 424,521/female 422,755) 25-54 years: 33.89% (male 843,856/female 835,041) 55-64 years: 4.29% (male 106,776/female 105,573) 65 years and over: 3.06% (male 66,962/female 84,666) (2017 est.) Median age total: 19.5 years. Country comparison to the world: 202nd male: 19.3 years female: 19.7 years (2020 est.) total: 19.6 years. Country comparison to the world: 199th male: 19.4 years female: 19.8 years (2018 est.) total: 19.7 years male: 19.5 years female: 19.8 years (2017 est.) Birth rate 31.82 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 26th 33.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 26th 34.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.) Death rate 8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 76th 9.2 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 58th 9.5 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.) Total fertility rate 4.36 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 21st 4.26 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 28th Population growth rate 2.34% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 30th 2.17% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: