Ethnic symbols
| Name: | Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
| Local name (French): | Congo (République Démocratique du Congo) |
| Former name: | Zaire (Zaïre) – 1971-1997 |
| Bordering countries: | Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 2 345.4 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 56 625 ths. |
| Capital: | Kinshasa |
| Official language: | French |