Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the 193 UN member states, in Middle Africa. UN Tourism counted 351,000 international arrivals there in 2016, rarer than 81% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 351,000in 2016, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 161st of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 81%
- Area
- 2,335,417 km² (901,709 sq mi)
- Population
- 86.8 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 11in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 20with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 5on Globestamp’s list
Does the Democratic Republic of the Congo count as a country?
Yes. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
| List | Counts the Democratic Republic of the Congo? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Democratic Republic of the Congo stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 351,000 international arrivals in 2016, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is rarer than 81% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts the Democratic Republic of the Congo when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo you can collect
Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 5 World Heritage Sites to 7 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 5
Virunga National Park (1979) · Okapi Wildlife Reserve (1996) · Garamba National Park (1980) · Salonga National Park (1984) · Kahuzi-Biéga National Park (1980). On the bucket list →
National parks 4
Virunga National Park · Garamba National Park · Salonga National Park · Kahuzi-Biéga National Park. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 7
Mount Nyiragongo · Nyamuragira · Mount Bisoke · Mount Mikeno · Tshibinda · May-Ya-Moto and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Jardin zoologique de Kinshasa. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 3
Kinshasa botanical garden · Eala Botanical Garden · Kisantu Botanical garden. On the bucket list →
Events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Total solar eclipses over the Democratic Republic of the Congo that the app knows: 3 November 2013. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Kinshasa | 7,843,000 |
| Lubumbashi | 1,352,000 |
| Mbuji-Mayi | 1,295,000 |
| Kananga | 765,000 |
| Kikwit | 637,736 |
| Kisangani | 578,470 |
| Bukavu | 436,779 |
| Likasi | 434,408 |
Airports
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has 20 airports with scheduled flights, 4 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
11 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits the Democratic Republic of the Congo into 11 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 11
Bandundu · Équateur · Kasaï-Occidental · Kasaï-Oriental · Katanga · Kinshasa · Kongo Central · Maniema · North Kivu · Orientale · South Kivu
Questions people ask
Is the Democratic Republic of the Congo a country?
Yes. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
How many tourists visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 351,000 international arrivals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2016, the 161st most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.
How rare is a Democratic Republic of the Congo stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 81% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does the Democratic Republic of the Congo count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa)”, one of its 330 destinations.
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Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.