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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo, and formerly named Zaire (see Zaire for more information), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the eleventh-largest in the world. With a population of about 124 million people, the…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Calling code | +243 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Capitaland largest city | Kinshasa .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Currency | Congolese franc (CDF) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Date format | dd/mm/yyyy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Demonym | Congolese | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | GDP (nominal) | 2025 estimate | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | GDP .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(PPP) | 2025 estimate | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Gini (2020) | 44.7 @media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-them… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | HDI (2023) | 0.522 low (171st) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Internet TLD | .cd | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | ISO 3166 code | CD | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Legislature | Parliament | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Official languages | French | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Recognised national languages | Kikongo ya leta[a] | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Recognised national languages | Lingala | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Recognised national languages | Swahili | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Recognised national languages | Luba-Kasai | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Religion (2021) | 95.4% Christianity | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Religion (2021) | 2.6% traditional faiths | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Religion (2021) | 1.5% Islam | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Religion (2021) | 0.5% others / none | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Time zone | UTC+1 to +2 (WAT and CAT) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | • 2026 estimate | 116,452,000 (12th) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | • Admitted to the United Nations | 20 September 1960 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | • Belgian Congo | 15 November 1908 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | • Colonised by Leopold II of Belgium | 17 November 1879 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | • Congo Free State | 1 July 1885 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | • Current constitution | 18 February 2006 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | • Democratic Republic | 1 August 1964 | 1.00 | infobox |
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