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Democratic Republic of the Congo: cities by population

Democratic Republic of the Congo has a population of 84,068,091, with Kinshasa as its capital. The 50 largest of its 118 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Kinshasa	Kinshasa	16,000,000
2	Lubumbashi	Haut-Katanga	2,221,925
3	Mbuji-Mayi	East Kasai	2,101,332
4	Kananga	Kasai-Central	1,247,168
5	Kisangani	Tshopo	1,181,788
6	Bukavu	South Kivu	816,811
7	Kolwezi	Lualaba	790,248
8	Likasi	Haut-Katanga	635,768
9	Tshikapa	Kasai	634,529
10	Kikwit	Kwilu	509,367
11	Masina	Kinshasa	485,167
12	Mbandaka	Équateur	455,011
13	Goma	North Kivu	432,587
14	Matadi	Bas-Congo	425,662
15	Uvira	South Kivu	407,092
16	Bunia	Ituri	399,282
17	Boma	Bas-Congo	297,009
18	Mwene	Lualaba	295,683
19	Butembo	North Kivu	286,242
20	Isiro	Haut-Uele	255,409
21	Kindu	Maniema	234,651
22	Kabinda	Lomami	219,396
23	Gandajika	Lomami	208,051
24	Bandundu Province	Kwilu	202,904
25	Kamina	Haut-Lomami	200,184
26	Gemena	Sud-Ubangi	197,159
27	Mwene-Ditu	Lomami	189,177
28	Kipushi	Haut-Katanga	169,635
29	Kalemie	Tanganyika	160,961
30	Bumba	Mongala	154,586
31	Mbanza-Ngungu	Bas-Congo	142,773
32	Beni	North Kivu	140,731
33	Moanda	Bas-Congo	128,804
34	Lisala	Mongala	117,464
35	Ilebo	Kasai	117,245
36	Tshilenge	Lualaba	116,073
37	Inkisi	Bas-Congo	115,317
38	Bukama	Haut-Lomami	105,530
39	Bakwa	Haut-Uele	100,575
40	Kambove	Haut-Katanga	99,884
41	Binga	Mongala	96,790
42	Lodja	Sankuru	91,409
43	Katwa	North Kivu	89,352
44	Mulongo	Haut-Lomami	89,340
45	Idiofa	Kwilu	87,882
46	Kongolo	Tanganyika	86,932
47	Rutshuru	North Kivu	82,680
48	Manono	Tanganyika	82,465
49	Babamba	Tshopo	81,740
50	Kasongo	Maniema	81,629