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Top 20 most populous cities · 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Haut-Katanga Province Kasaï-Central Tshopo

Why these 20

City population from Wikidata's preferred figure (usually the latest census or official estimate). City limits differ a lot between countries, so compare within a country first.

  1. 1

    Kananga

    capital city of the Kasai-Central Province in DRC and capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental Province

    1,971,704

  2. 2

    Lubumbashi

    second largest city in Democratic Republic of the Congo

    1,786,397

  3. 3

    Kisangani

    city in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    1,366,000

  4. 4

    Likasi

    town in the Haut-Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    422,535

How it is measured

Wikidata: cities and big cities with 300,000 people or more.

References

  1. Wikidata query: cities by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 19:22 UTC.

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