Democratic Republic of the Congo: flag, capital & map

Capital

Kinshasa

Region

Africa

Subregion

Middle Africa

Population (2025, World Bank)

112,832,473

Area

2,344,858 km²

Languages (REST Countries)

French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, Swahili

Currency (CLDR, October 2026)

Congolese Franc (CDF)

Land neighbours

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country in Central Africa. Its capital is Kinshasa.

Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →

Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo

The flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has a sky-blue field with a yellow-edged red diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. A large five-pointed yellow star is situated above the diagonal band on the upper hoist side of the field.

Where it is

Democratic Republic of the Congo is grouped in Middle Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 9 countries in this atlas: Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia. The source classifies it as not landlocked.

Democratic Republic of the Congo has a recorded area of 2,344,858 square kilometres. Among the 10 countries assigned to Middle Africa in this dataset, it ranks 1 by area, from largest to smallest. Chad is immediately below it, at 1,284,000 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.

The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.

People, languages and currency

The World Bank records 112,832,473 people for Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 48 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.

The language entries in the source are French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, and Swahili. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Congolese Franc (CDF). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.

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