Republic of the Congo
Africa · Middle Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Brazzaville
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Population (2025)
- 6.5 million (6,484,437) · rank 109 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 342,000 km² · rank 64 of 193
- People per km²
- 19 (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 Republic of the Congo, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Republic of the Congo in the map data: 5.
- Angola capitals 560 km apart
- Cameroon capitals 1,000 km apart
- Central African Republic capitals 1,030 km apart
- DR Congo capitals 7 km apart
- Gabon capitals 830 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: Benin, Mali, Portugal, Senegal.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Republic of the Congo is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville |
| Italiano | Repubblica del Congo | Brazzaville |
| Magyar | Kongói Köztársaság | Brazzaville |
| Suomi | Kongon tasavalta | Brazzaville |