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DRC
semi-presidential republic
Bantu, Sudanic, and other migrants from West and Northeastern Africa arrived in the Congo River Basin between 2000 B.C. and A.D. 500.
Profile
CapitalKinshasa
Population119.0M
GDP$164.4B
Area2,344,858 km²
LanguageFrench (official), Lingala (a trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
CurrencyCongolese francs (CDF) per US dollar -
Leadership
Head of State
Félix Tshisekedi
Since 2019
Head of Government
Ilunga Ilunkamba Sylvestre
Since 2019
At a Glance
Population
119.0M
GDP (PPP)
$164B
