Middle Africa
DR Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Core facts
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Population
- 112,832,000
- Area
- 2,344,858 km^2
- Country code
- COD
- Flag emoji
- 🇨🇩
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 48.1 per km^2
- Calling code
- +243
Culture and society
- Languages
- French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, Swahili
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- RD Congo, Repubilika ya Kongo Demokratiki, Republiki ya Kongó Demokratiki, Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo
- Demonyms (EN)
- Congolese / Congolese
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
- Alternative spellings
- CD, DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the, DRC
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- 0.00, 25.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- AGO, BDI, CAF, COG, RWA, SSD, TZA, UGA, ZMB
- Border countries count
- 9
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Congolese franc (FC)
- Top-level domain
- .cd
- FIFA code
- COD
- Capital coordinates
- -4.32, 15.30
- Postal code format
- N/A
- Gini index
- 42.1 (2012)