Congo - Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo · RD Congo · Repubilika ya Kongo Demokratiki · Republiki ya Kongó Demokratiki · Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata · Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo
Congo - Kinshasa (CD, COD) is a country in Middle Africa, with Kinshasa as its capital. The currency is the Congolese Franc (CDF, CDF). The international dialling code is +243 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0991 234 567. There are 2 time zones: Africa/Kinshasa and Africa/Lubumbashi. Official language: French.
CurrencyCDFCDF
Dial code+243e.g. 0991 234 567
Time zone2 zonesUTC+01:00 … UTC+02:00
LanguageFrench
CapitalKinshasa
Population115.4M2.3M km²
Overview
- Official name
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Native name
- RD Congo · Repubilika ya Kongo Demokratiki · Republiki ya Kongó Demokratiki · Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata · Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- CD
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- COD
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 180
- IOC code
- COD
- Demonym
- Congolese
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Region
- Africa › Middle Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Middle Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .cd
- Coordinates
- 0, 25
- Area
- 2,344,858 km²
- Population
- 115,403,000
- GDP
- $154B ($1.3K per person)
- Literacy
- 66.8%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Congolese Franc CDF
- Symbol
- CDF
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- 1 234,50 FC
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| French fr | Official | 51% (58.9M) | |
| Swahili sw | Official (regional) | 50% (57.7M) | |
| Luba-Lulua lua | Official (regional) | 9.6% (11.1M) | |
| Lingala ln | Official (regional) | 3.1% (3.6M) | |
| Kongo kg | Official (regional) | 1.5% (1.7M) | |
| Luba-Katanga lu | 2.3% (2.7M) | ||
| Mongo lol | 0.61% (704K) | ||
| Kinyarwanda rw | 0.38% (438.5K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Kinshasa | UTC+01:00 | none | West Africa Time | |
| Africa/Lubumbashi | UTC+02:00 | none | Central Africa Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +243
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 7–10 digits
- Emergency number
- 113 pattern 1(?:1[348]|77|88)
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 012 34567 | +243 12 34567 | XXX XXXXX | [7-10] |
| Mobile | 0991 234 567 | +243 991 234 567 | XXXX XXX XXX | 7, 9 |
Show the 6 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{3}) | 88 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{5}) | [1-6] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{4}) | 2 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 1 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | [89] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 5 | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the French (Congo - Kinshasa) locale (fr-CD), amounts in CDF.
- Number
- 1 234 567,891
- Percent
- 45,7 %
- Currency (CDF)
- 1 234 567,89 FC
- Accounting
- (1 234 567,89 FC)
- Currency, name
- 1 234 567,89 francs congolais
- Compact short
- 1,2 M
- Compact long
- 1,2 million
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilomètres par heure
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- vendredi 27 mars 2026
- Date, long
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 mars 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- mars 2026
- Weekday
- vendredi
- Relative time
- hier · dans 3 jours · il y a 2 heures
- List: and
- A, B et C
- List: or
- A, B ou C