DR Congo
Africa · Middle Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Population (2025)
- 113 million (112,832,473) · rank 15 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 2,345,410 km² · rank 11 of 193
- People per km²
- 48 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always DR Congo, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with DR Congo in the map data: 9.
- Angola capitals 550 km apart
- Burundi capitals 1,620 km apart
- Central African Republic capitals 1,030 km apart
- Republic of the Congo capitals 7 km apart
- Rwanda capitals 1,660 km apart
- South Sudan capitals 2,080 km apart
- Tanzania capitals 2,270 km apart
- Uganda capitals 1,990 km apart
- Zambia capitals 1,880 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Kazakhstan, Marshall Islands, Somalia, Micronesia.
In the quizzes
The levels on which DR Congo is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Africa | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium |
| Giants by area | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Giants by population | Medium · Hard | Hard | Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | DR Congo | Kinshasa |
| Italiano | Repubblica Democratica del Congo | Kinshasa |
| Magyar | Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság | Kinshasa |
| Suomi | Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta | Kinshasa |