The DR Congo is Africa's second-largest country. The Congo River basin contains the world's second-largest rainforest. Despite immense mineral wealth, political instability has hindered development.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 45 people per km² rank 140 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 1.3 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Africa | 7.2% of its people, 7.8% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 905,354 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Algeria (2,381,741 km²) |
| Closest in population | Vietnam (100,352,192 people) |
Congo (DR) is the only country in our list that uses CDF.