Congo Basic Facts

Osso- kato school for the internally displaced persons picture LWF/WS Rwanda/DRC operations

Land Area:

2,345,410 square Kilometers

Population:

60,085,804 million

Rainfall:

wet season April to October, dry season December to February; south of Equator - wet season November to March, dry season April to October

Altitude:

Ranges from 0-5110m above sea level.

Life expectancy:  

49 years (female 51.13/ Male 47.19)

Highest point:

Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

Borders:

Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km