Where is Republic of the Congo?

Republic of the Congo is grouped in the World Bank's Sub-Saharan Africa region. Its listed capital is Brazzaville. The profile's representative coordinates are 4.28° S, 15.27° E; they are orientation points, not geometric centroids or boundary claims.

How large is Republic of the Congo?

EqualAtlas calculates a consistent spherical area from the same Natural Earth boundary geometry used for the map. For Republic of the Congo, that mapped area is approximately 346,858 square kilometres, ranking #66 among 238 mapped country and territory profiles. It may differ slightly from figures published by national statistical offices because coastlines, inland water and territorial definitions vary by dataset.

People and place

Republic of the Congo had a World Bank population value of 6,484,437 in 2025. Using the displayed mapped area, that is about 18.7 people per square kilometre. Area and population answer different questions, so EqualAtlas keeps their reference methods visible rather than combining them into an unexplained ranking.

Between the fixed comparison years 2000 and 2024, the imported population series changed from 3,151,345 to 6,332,961—a rise of 101%. This describes net population change, not its demographic causes.

For wider context, the latest imported World Bank GDP value is $16.3B for 2025, ranking #144 among 211 profiles with data. This current-dollar measure should not be read as a cost-of-living or household-income comparison.

The latest imported GDP per capita value is $2.5K for 2025, ranking #169 among 211 profiles with data. It is average economic output per person, not median household income or a direct measure of living standards.

The latest imported life expectancy at birth value is 66 years for 2024, ranking #186 among 215 profiles with data. It is a period estimate based on prevailing mortality rates, not a prediction for an individual person.

Population and economic data: World Bank Open Data. Boundary geometry: Natural Earth via world-atlas. Data and methods are explained on the data sources page.

Countries and territories closest in mapped area

These are the three profiles whose mapped areas are nearest to Republic of the Congo under the same geometry and spherical calculation.

Germany356,164 km² →Finland330,482 km² →Vietnam328,960 km² →

Explore Republic of the Congo in the global data

Mapped area ranking#66 →Population ranking#110 →Population change+101% →GDP ranking#144 →GDP per capita ranking#169 →Life expectancy ranking#186 →