General info

Entity:
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
Capital:
Kinshasa
Population (2008-07-01):
66,514,504 (CIA)
Area:
2,345,410 sq.km.
Country code:
cd
Region:
Middle Africa

Congo, Dem. Rep. of the

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
1994
estimate		 population
1998
estimate
source: Congonline.
Province de Bandundu Bandundu 295,658 4,907,673 5,201,000
Province du Bas-Congo Matadi 53,920 2,578,299 2,835,000
Province de l' Équateur Mbandaka 403,292 4,789,307 4,820,000
Province du Kasai-Occidental Kananga 154,742 3,117,305 3,337,000
Province du Kasai-Oriental Mbuji-Mayi 170,302 3,778,151 3,830,000
Province du Katanga Lubumbashi 496,877 5,602,178 4,125,000
Ville de Kinshasa Kinshasa 9,965 4,657,061 4,787,000
Province du Maniema Kindu 132,250 1,048,000 1,246,787
Province du Nord-Kivu Goma 59,483 3,546,000 3,564,434
Province Orientale Kisangani 503,239 5,426,715 5,566,000
Province du Sud-Kivu Bukavu 65,070 3,093,000 2,837,779
total   2,344,798 42,545,000 42,150,000

Main cities

name population
1994
estimate
Kinshasa 4,655,313
Lubumbashi 851,381
Mbuji-Mayi 806,475
Kolwezi 417,810
Kisangani 417,517
Kananga 393,030
Likasi 299,118
Bukavu 201,569
Kikwit 182,142
Tshikapa 180,860
Matadi 172,730
Mbandaka 169,841
Mwene-Ditu 137,459
Boma 135,284
Uvira 115,590
Butembo 109,406
Goma 109,094
Kalemi 101,309
source: "Book of the Year, 2000", Encyclopedia Britannica.