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Republic of the Congo: map and facts

The Republic of the Congo is in Middle Africa. It has about 6.48 million people (2025), the 109th largest population. It covers 342,000 km², the 64th largest by area. That is about 19 people per km². Its highest point is Mont Nabeba, at 1,020 m. The longest river on its map is the Congo, 4,700 km from source to mouth.

Facts

• Population: 6,484,437 (2025, World Bank)
• Area: 342,000 km² (2024, World Bank)
• Capital: Brazzaville
• Highest point: Mont Nabeba, 1,020 m (Wikidata)
• Forest: 64% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Rivers

The longest rivers on the map of the Republic of the Congo, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):

• Congo: 4,700 km
• Ogooué: 1,200 km
• Ubangi: 1,060 km
• Sangha: 785 km
• Dja: 720 km
• Alima: 500 km

Also on the map: Aina, Niari, Ngounie and Kouilou.

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

• Mont Nabeba: 1,020 m (its highest point)

Mountain ranges: Crystal Mountains.

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 63.9%, savanna 17.3%, grassland 10.1%, wooded savanna 7.4%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 64.3%, hills 29.2%, plains 6.2%.

Forests covered 64% of its land in 2024, down from 65.2% in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

The Republic of the Congo shares land borders with Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon 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
• Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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