Map of Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo is located in Africa. Its territory lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres, centred near 1.0° S, 15.0° E. It shares land borders with 5 countries — Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo and Gabon — and also has its own coastline. Within Africa, a continent of 54 countries bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, Republic of the Congo is mapped here in full with its borders, capital and key facts.

Republic of the Congo shares land frontiers with the following 5 countries. Select any neighbour to open its own map.

Republic of the Congo covers about 342,000 km² (132,047 sq mi). That makes it the 65th-largest country in the world by area and the 27th-largest in Africa, larger by area than 27 of the continent’s 54 countries.

It is home to a population of roughly 6,142,180, the 111th-largest in the world and the 37th-largest in Africa, accounting for about 0.4% of the continent’s people. With that land area, Republic of the Congo has an average population density of about 18 people per km². Among the 54 countries of Africa it stands 37th by population and 27th by area.

The seat of government is Brazzaville, and the official currency is the Central African CFA franc (XAF, Fr), and the main official languages are French, Kikongo and Lingala. Traffic drives on the right, and the country observes the time zone UTC+01:00.

Republic of the Congo carries the ISO country codes CG and COG, dials on the international calling code +242 and uses the .cg internet domain.

Republic of the Congo shares its land borders with 5 countries, each of which is mapped in full on this site. Listed from the most to the least populous, here is how they compare.

Its neighbours are DR Congo (capital Kinshasa, about 112,832,000 people), Angola (capital Luanda, about 36,170,961 people), Cameroon (capital Yaoundé, about 29,442,327 people), Central African Republic (capital Bangui, about 6,470,307 people) and Gabon (capital Libreville, about 2,469,296 people).

By area, Republic of the Congo is larger than 1 of these neighbours and smaller than 4 of them, which places its size in context along its own frontiers. Open any neighbour above to see its capital, borders and full set of facts on its own map.

The interactive map above is centred on 1.0° S, 15.0° E and opens at zoom level 5, framing Republic of the Congo within Africa. A marker pin sits at the country’s approximate geographic centre; drag the map or use scroll and pinch to move from a regional overview down to the streets of Brazzaville. The map is drawn from OpenStreetMap data, the same open dataset used across this site, so place names, roads and coastlines stay consistent from one country to the next.

Republic of the Congo lies about 111 km from the equator, in the southern and eastern hemispheres of the globe. Zoom out to see how its coastline and land borders meet the wider region.

Republic of the Congo keeps a single standard time zone, UTC+01:00. That figure is the country’s offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the modern reference that for everyday purposes matches Greenwich Mean Time, so local clocks sit +01:00 relative to UTC before any seasonal daylight saving change.

The official currency is the Central African CFA franc (XAF, Fr).

The official languages are French, Kikongo and Lingala, which is what appears on signs, documents and many of the place labels you will see on the map.

For practical reference, vehicles drive on the right-hand side of the road, the international dialling code is +242 and websites commonly use the .cg internet domain.

In short, Republic of the Congo is a coastal country in Africa, sharing land borders with 5 countries. Its capital is Brazzaville. Republic of the Congo has a population of about 6,142,180 and covers around 342,000 km² (132,047 sq mi), ranking it 111th in the world by population and 65th by area. The interactive map, facts table and questions on this page bring those details together in one place for Republic of the Congo.

The flag of the Republic of the Congo features a yellow diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a green and red triangle respectively.

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