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🇨🇩 DR Congo

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3COD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CD
UN M49 numeric180
IOC codeCOD
Official nameDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Native name(s)fra: official: République démocratique du Congo; common: RD Congo; kon: official: Repubilika ya Kongo Demokratiki; common: Repubilika ya Kongo Demokratiki; lin: official: Republiki ya Kongó Demokratiki; common: Republiki ya Kongó Demokratiki; lua: official: Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata; common: Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata; swa: official: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo; common: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo
Alt spellingsCD, DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionMiddle Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalKinshasa
Area (km²)2,344,858
Lat / Lng0.0000, 25.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)AGO, BDI, CAF, COG, RWA, SSD, TZA, UGA, ZMB
Top-level domain.cd
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 43

Demographics

Population (World Bank)112,832,473 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)62.074 (2024)
Languagesfra: French; kon: Kikongo; lin: Lingala; lua: Tshiluba; swa: Swahili
Demonymseng: f: Congolese; m: Congolese; fra: f: Congolaise; m: Congolais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)91,030,531,316.994 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)806.776 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)4.434 (2025)
CurrenciesCDF: name: Congolese franc; symbol: FC

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195012,294,287
195112,542,644
195212,803,639
195313,069,450
195413,343,031
195513,630,351
195613,929,951
195714,242,279
195814,557,796
195914,891,582
196015,264,846
196115,662,374
196216,075,724
196316,507,599
196416,955,327
196517,427,802
196617,931,929
196718,462,782
196819,012,189
196919,570,445
197020,137,436
197120,695,569
197221,251,160
197321,827,665
197422,418,878
197523,021,101
197623,624,031
197724,229,061
197824,992,689
197925,886,782
198026,711,099
198127,500,515
198228,338,190
198329,250,963
198430,245,081
198531,264,816
198632,265,196
198733,298,904
198834,382,752
198935,486,866
199036,684,063
199137,925,817
199239,228,910
199340,656,336
199442,626,876
199544,433,704
199645,296,124
199746,029,902
199847,297,600
199948,912,971
200050,507,442
200152,132,646
200253,750,524
200355,343,867
200456,997,741
200558,775,724
200660,615,908
200762,477,752
200864,390,664
200966,412,044
201068,563,038
201170,849,311
201273,254,618
201375,789,395
201478,403,242
201581,035,531
201683,956,415
201787,083,398
201890,047,644
201992,947,442
202095,989,998
202199,148,932
2022102,396,968
2023105,789,731

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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