Administrative divisions
26 · First-level (ADM1)Boundaries shown do not imply endorsement.
Central KasaiHaut-KatangaHaut-LomamiIturiKasaiKasai-OrientalKinshasaKongo-CentralKwangoKwiluLomamiLower UeleLualabaMai-NdombeManiemaMongalaNord-UbangiNorth KivuSankuruSouth KivuSud-UbangiTanganyikaTshopoTshuapaUpper UeleÉquateur
Source: geoBoundaries CGAZ (ADM1)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Total area | 2,345,000 km²World Bank WDI [2023] |
| Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) | 13,370 km²Marine Regions [2024] |
| Administrative divisions (ADM1) | 26 divisionsgeoBoundaries [2026] |
| Location | Central Africa, northeast of AngolaCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Coastline | 37 kmCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Land boundaries | 11,027 kmCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Bordering countries | Angola 2,646 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province); Burundi 236 km; Central African Republic 1,747 km; Republic of the Congo 1,775 km; Rwanda 221 km; South Sudan 714 km; Tanzania 479 km; Uganda 877 km; Zambia 2,332 kmCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Terrain | vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in eastCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Climate | tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February); south of Equator - wet season (November to March), dry season (April to October)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Natural resources | cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber; note: note 1: coltan, the industrial name for a columbite–tantalite mineral from which niobium and tantalum are extracted, is mainly artisanal and small-scale; tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold extracted from central Africa are considered "conflict minerals" and as such are subject to international monitoringnote 2: the DROC is the World's leading producer of cobalt, accounting for as much as 70% of the World's supply; between 20-30% of this cobalt is produced in artisanal and small-scale mining operationsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Highest point | Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 mCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Lowest point | Atlantic Ocean 0 mCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Mean elevation | 726 mCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Area (comparative) | slightly less than one-fourth the size of the USCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Natural hazards | periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); active volcanoes in the east along the Great Rift Valley volcanism: the active volcano Nyiragongo (3,470 m) poses a major threat to the city of Goma, home to a quarter of a million people; it produces unusually fast-moving lava, known to travel up to 100 km/hr; Nyiragongo has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; its neighbor Nyamuragira is Africa's most active volcano; Visoke is the only other historically active volcanoCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm; exclusive economic zone: since 2011, the DRC has had a Common Interest Zone agreement with Angola for the mutual development of off-shore resourcesCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
