Middle Africa
Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Core facts
- Capital
- Brazzaville
- Population
- 6,142,180
- Area
- 342,000 km^2
- Country code
- COG
- Flag emoji
- 🇨🇬
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 18.0 per km^2
- Calling code
- +242
Culture and society
- Languages
- French, Kikongo, Lingala
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- République du Congo, Repubilika ya Kongo, Republíki ya Kongó
- Demonyms (EN)
- Congolese / Congolese
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+01:00
- Alternative spellings
- CG, Congo, Congo-Brazzaville
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- -1.00, 15.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- AGO, CMR, CAF, COD, GAB
- Border countries count
- 5
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Central African CFA franc (Fr)
- Top-level domain
- .cg
- FIFA code
- CGO
- Capital coordinates
- -4.25, 15.28
- Postal code format
- N/A
- Gini index
- 48.9 (2011)
- Coat of arms
