Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)

Census Results


1984-07-01 29,916,800
2011-06-30

General Information


Official name the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Official name [native] la République démocratique du Congo «French»
Capital Kinshasa
Capital [native] Kinshasa «French»
Region Middle Africa
ISO code CD
Statistical agency l'Institut National de la Statistique (INS)

Name in Chinese 刚果民主共和国
Name in Arabic جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية
Name in Spanish la República Democrática del Congo
Name in Russian Демократическая Республика Конго
Name in French la République démocratique du Congo

Administrative units

administrative unitscapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1994
estimate		population
1998
estimate
Province de BandunduBandundu295,6584,907,6735,201,000
Province du Bas-CongoMatadi53,9202,578,2992,835,000
Province de l' EquateurMbandaka403,2924,789,3074,820,000
Province du Kasai-OccidentalKananga154,7423,117,3053,337,000
Province du Kasai-OrientalMbuji-Mayi170,3023,778,1513,830,000
Province du KatangaLubumbashi496,8775,602,1784,125,000
Ville de KinshasaKinshasa9,9654,657,0614,787,000
Province du ManiemaKindu132,2501,048,0001,246,787
Province du Nord-KivuGoma59,4833,546,0003,564,434
Province OrientaleKisangani503,2395,426,7155,566,000
Province du Sud-KivuBukavu69,1303,093,0002,837,779
total 2,344,79842,545,00042,150,000
source: http://www.cd.undp.org
source: Congonline.

Main cities

namepopulation
1994
estimate
Kinshasa4,655,313
Lubumbashi851,381
Mbuji-Mayi806,475
Kolwezi417,810
Kisangani417,517
Kananga393,030
Likasi299,118
Bukavu201,569
Kikwit182,142
Tshikapa180,860
Matadi172,730
Mbandaka169,841
Mwene-Ditu137,459
Boma135,284
Uvira115,590
Butembo109,406
Goma109,094
Kalemi101,309
source: "Book of the Year, 2000", Encyclopedia Britannica.