Key demographics
- Population
- 114.4M
- Density
- 45.1/km²
- HDI
- 0.522 (Low)
- Gini index (2012)
- 42.1
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 62.1 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 5.98
- Urban population (2025)
- 45.1%
- Literacy rate (2023)
- 68.5%
- Labor force (2025)
- 64.6%
- Gender wage gap (2016)
- -17.0%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 96.2%
- Profile
- Very Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 45.1%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 40.9 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 8.4 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 34.9%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 5.98
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 56.4 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 78.4%
- Tourism (2016)
- 351.0K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| French | français |
| Kikongo | Kikongo |
| Lingala | Lingála |
| Tshiluba | - |
| Swahili | Kiswahili |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 95.4% |
| Traditional faiths | 2.6% |
| Islam | 1.5% |
| Others | 0.5% |
- Demonym (male)
- Congolese
- Demonym (female)
- Congolese
- National anthem
- Debout Congolais
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 62.1 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 53.2 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 3.7% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 56.4/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 41/100
- Hospital beds (2006)
- 0.8/1000
- Physicians (2022)
- 0.21/1000
- Nurses (2022)
- 1.17/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $23
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 38.0%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2023)
- 68.5%
- Education spending (2022)
- 2.8% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 310
- Internet users (2024)
- 19.7%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 58.5/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 0.0/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 10/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 0.0
Geography and practical
- Area
- 2,344,858 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
- Calling codes
- +243
- TLD
- .cd
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- 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.
- National anthem
- Debout Congolais