Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)

Official name:
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Name in native language:
République démocratique du Congo (la)
Capital:
Kinshasa
ISO country code
CD
Nat. statistical agency:
l'Institut National de la Statistique (INS)
Region:
Middle Africa

Census Results

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)

Administrative units

administrative unitscapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1994
estimate		population
1998
estimate
source: http://www.cd.undp.org
source: Congonline.
Province de BandunduBandundu295,6584,907,6735,201,000
Province du Bas-CongoMatadi53,9202,578,2992,835,000
Province de l' ÉquateurMbandaka403,2924,789,3074,820,000
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

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.