DR Congo
Kinshasa · Central Africa
DR Congo is a country in Africa. Its capital city is Kinshasa, the official currency is the Congolese Franc, and the main language is French.
With a population of roughly 102.3 million people spread over 2,344,858 km², DR Congo is the 15th most populous country in the world and the 11th largest by area. That works out at about 44 people per square kilometre.
DR Congo shares land borders with Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola — 9 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Mbuji-Mayi. The highest point in the country is Mount Stanley, at 5,109 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Algeria, while its population is closest to that of Vietnam.
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Region
- Central Africa
- Population
- 102,300,000
- Area
- 2,344,858 km²
- Currency
- Congolese Franc
- Main language
- French
- Highest point
- Mount Stanley
5,109 m - Land borders
- 9
DR Congo: things worth knowing
- DR Congo is the second largest country in Africa and holds most of the Congo Basin rainforest.
- It produces the majority of the world's cobalt, essential to rechargeable batteries.
- The Congo River is the deepest river in the world, exceeding 220 metres in places.
DR Congo in context
Africa has 54 sovereign countries in total. DR Congo ranks 4th among them by population.
See the full list of Africa countries, or browse all 195 countries.