Congo
Republic of the Congo
- Region
- Africa · Middle Africa
- Capital
- Brazzaville
- Population
- 6,484,437 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
- Official languages
- French, Kikongo, Lingala
- Spoken languages
- French (official), French Lingala and Monokutuba (trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 342,000 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, IMF, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Angola , Cameroon , Central African Republic , DR Congo , Gabon
Political stability
61 / 100
Economic stability
51 / 100
Population stability
50 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- crude petroleum, refined copper, gold, wood, refined petroleum (2023)
- Key imports
- ships, poultry, garments, iron pipes, refined petroleum (2023)
- Natural resources
- petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower
- Primary route
- Gulf of Guinea and Congo-basin gateways to Europe
- Secondary route
- Cape-routed services to Asia
xin.bz coverage
Africa Is Building a Continental Trade System in Real Time: AfCFTA Moves From Treaty to Customs Gates, Payment Rails and Freight Corridors
AfCFTA's implementation era in 2026 — customs modernization, PAPSS payment expansion, the Abidjan-Lagos and Lobito corridors, and the regional manufacturing buildout reshaping intra-African trade.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.