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Capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo
The capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo is Kinshasa. The largest, Kinshasa, has around 14,565,700 residents in the city proper — a mega-capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALKinshasa
POPULATION14,565,700
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Kinshasa14,565,700 people
In context
Where Kinshasasits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+Kinshasa is here
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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