Africa · Central Africa
Capital: Kinshasa
DR Congo
Explore the facts and rankings that shape DR Congo in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #64
DR Congo's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
112.8M
#15 of 196
93rd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
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$91.03B
#80 of 196
59th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
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$899.2M
#92 of 196
53rd percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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$163.3M
#81 of 196
59th percentile
2015 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
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$7.19B
#87 of 196
56th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Central Africa
- Country code
- COD
Three interesting facts
DR Congo shares land borders with 9 countries: Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
DR Congo spans roughly 2,344,858 square kilometers, placing it around 11th by area in this factbook.
Its 9 land neighbors give DR Congo one of the most connected positions on its regional map.
Geography
DR Congo on the map
DR Congo is located in Central Africa, northeast of Angola. Its terrain is vast central basin is a low-lying plateau, mountains in east. The climate is tropical, hot and humid in equatorial river basin, cooler and drier in southern highlands, cooler and wetter in eastern highlands, north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February), south of Equator - wet season (November to March), dry season (April to October). In area, the country is slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US.
Economy
Economic profile
DR Congo's economy is characterized by very poor, large, natural resource-rich sub-Saharan country, possesses the world&rsquo, s second largest rainforest, increasing Chinese extractive sector trade, massive decrease in government investments, increasing current account deficit and public debts. Major industries include mining (copper, cobalt, gold, diamonds, coltan, zinc, tin, tungsten), mineral processing, consumer products (textiles, plastics, footwear, cigarettes), metal products, processed foods and beverages, timber, cement, commercial ship repair. Important agricultural products include cassava, plantains, sugarcane, maize, oil palm fruit, rice, root vegetables, bananas, sweet potatoes, groundnuts (2023). Notable exports include refined copper, cobalt, copper ore, raw copper, crude petroleum (2023).
Demographics
People and population
DR Congo has an estimated population of 112,832,000. Language and cultural traditions vary across DR Congo. The population includes more than 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu, the four largest groups - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) - make up about 45% of the population. The urban population represents 47.4% of total population (2023).
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