Recognised as Country
DR Congo
- CD
- Africa
- CDF
- .cd
DR Congo (CD/COD) is a country in Africa with its capital at Kinshasa. It covers about 2,344,858 km² with a population of roughly 102,000,000, uses the CDF, dials on +243, owns the .cd internet domain and keeps its capital on Africa/Kinshasa. It borders 9 countries.
Identity
Official short nameDR Congo
CapitalKinshasa
ContinentAfrica
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3COD
Internet TLD.cd
Calling code+243
Currency codeCDF
Geography
Latitude4.0383° S
Longitude21.7587° E
HemisphereSouthern and Eastern
Area2,344,858 km²905,355 square miles
Land neighbours9
Distance from London6,516 kmto the approximate centre of DR Congo, not to Kinshasa. SSE, bearing 154.2°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAfrica/Kinshasathe IANA zone for Kinshasa; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+01:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+01:00
Offset in JulyUTC+01:00
Current offsetUTC+01:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 15:27
Hours ahead of UTC1
Population & scale
Population102,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density43.5 per km²≈
Share of world population1.259%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset11 of 196
Population rank in this dataset15 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Republic of the Congo783 km centre to centre
Central African Republic1,188 km centre to centre
South Sudan1,611 km centre to centre
Rwanda931 km centre to centre
Burundi908 km centre to centre
Tanzania1,477 km centre to centre
Angola904 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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