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Democratic Republic of the Congo: map and facts
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in Middle Africa. It has about 113 million people (2025), the 15th largest population. It covers 2,345,410 km², the 11th largest by area. That is about 48 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Stanley, at 5,109 m. The longest river on its map is the Congo, 4,700 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 112,832,473 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 2,345,410 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Kinshasa
- Highest point: Mount Stanley, 5,109 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 61.5% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Congo: 4,700 km
- Kasai: 2,272 km
- Kwango: 1,770 km
- Aruwimi: 1,300 km
- Uele: 1,210 km
- Sankuru: 1,200 km
- Ubangi: 1,060 km
- Tshuapa: 1,000 km
- Kwilu: 965 km
- Luapula: 560 km
Also on the map: Busira, Semliki, Rusizi, Ruki, Lualaba, Kibali, Lomami, Bomu, Ituri and Lukenie.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mount Stanley: 5,109 m (its highest point)
- Volcan Karisimbi: 4,507 m
- Mont Mohi: 3,475 m
- Kabobo: 2,725 m
Mountain ranges: Mitumba Mountains and Ruwenzori Range.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Congo Basin and Katanga Plateau.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 51.1%, savanna 26.2%, wooded savanna 15.6%, grassland 2.5%, deciduous broadleaf forest 1.7%, mixed forest 1.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 73.8%, hills 22.2%, mountains 3.2%.
Forests covered 61.5% of its land in 2024, down from 70.8% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #1 in cobalt among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #2 in copper among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #3 in niobium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #5 in tin among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
The Democratic Republic of the Congo shares land borders with Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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