Flag of DR Congo

🎨 What the flag means

The flag of DR Congo is sky blue with a yellow star in the top corner and a red diagonal stripe edged in yellow. Blue stands for peace, red honours people who gave their lives for the country, yellow stands for the country's wealth, and the star stands for a bright future.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

105.8 million (2023)

🏙️ Capital

Kinshasa14.6 million people (2020)

🗣️ Main language

SwahiliAlso official: French, Kongo, Lingala, Luba-Lulua

✨ 3 fun facts

1. The Congo River is the deepest river in the world.
2. DR Congo is the only country in the world where bonobos, a kind of great ape, live in the wild.
3. The okapi, a forest animal with zebra-like stripes on its legs, is a relative of the giraffe found only in DR Congo.