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DR Congo

The DR Congo is a country in Middle Africa. Its official name is Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the languages of the place it is called RD Congo, Repubilika ya Kongo Demokratiki, Republiki ya Kongó Demokratiki, Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata. The capital is Kinshasa.

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Key facts

Capital
Kinshasa
Region
Africa, Middle Africa
Population
112,832,473 (2025)
Area
2,345,410 km²
Currency
Congolese franc (CDF)
Languages
French, Lingala, Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo), Kongo, Swahili (macrolanguage)
Calling code
+243
Internet domain
.cd
ISO codes
CD, COD, 180
Time zone
UTC+1:00 to UTC+2:00
United Nations
Member state
Postal code pattern
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Land and position

The DR Congo covers about 2,345,410 square kilometres. By area it ranks 12th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Algeria and a little larger than Greenland. It shares a land border with 9 neighbours: Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia. Its centre lies at about 0° north, 25° east, in the northern hemisphere.

Neighbours

People

About 113 million people live in the DR Congo (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 15th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 1.4 percent of the world's people. On average there are 48 people to each square kilometre. About 45 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 62 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: French, Lingala, Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo), Kongo, Swahili (macrolanguage), Luba-Lulua. A person from the DR Congo is called Congolese.

Money and economy

The currency is the Congolese franc (code CDF, symbol FC). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 91 billion (2025), which is about US$ 807 for each person (2025).

Time

The DR Congo spans 2 time zone areas, from UTC+1:00 to UTC+2:00. Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

Time now in Kinshasa: loading

Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

CityPeople
Kinshasa16,000,000
Lubumbashi2,221,925
Mbuji-Mayi2,101,332
Kisangani1,602,144
Kananga1,271,704
Bukavu816,811

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Middle Africa

Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.