COUNTRY & TERRITORY REFERENCE

Democratic Republic of the Congo country codes

République démocratique du CongoAfrica

Flag shown for Democratic Republic of the Congo
ISO alpha-2
CD
2 letters
ISO alpha-3
COD
3 letters
ISO numeric
180
3 digits
Calling prefix
+243
Telephone reference

Democratic Republic of the Congo at a glance

The ISO country identifiers for Democratic Republic of the Congo are CD, COD, and 180. Select the format your form or system requests.

Namename
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native name in sourcenative_name
République démocratique du Congo
Capital / administrative centrecapital
Kinshasa
Continentcontinent
Africa (AF)
Regionregion
Africa
Sub-regionsub_region
Sub-Saharan Africa

Calling prefixes, currency & internet domain

International calling prefixdial_code
+243
Currency referencecurrency_code
CDFCongolese Franc
Country-code domaintld
.cd

A listed telephone prefix may combine a shared country calling code with an area code. It is not a complete phone number.

Languages & native names

Languages listed for Democratic Republic of the Congo in the reference source, with native language names where available. This is not an exhaustive list of the languages spoken or a statement of their legal status.

FrenchFrançaisfr-CD
LingalaLingálaln
ktuktu
KongoKiKongokg
SwahiliKiswahilisw
Luba-Lulualua

The small codes are source language tags. A tag such as en-US includes a language and a regional variant; it is different from an ISO country code on its own.

Democratic Republic of the Congo time zones

2 identifiers are listed for CD in IANA zone.tab, release 2026d. Time-zone identifiers describe clock-rule locations, not fixed UTC offsets.

  • Africa/Kinshasa
  • Africa/Lubumbashi

UTC offsets and daylight-saving rules depend on the date and location. Use the time-zone converter to compare local times for a chosen date.

ISO, sporting & legacy identifiers

These code systems serve different purposes. Similar-looking codes can refer to different places or organisations.

ISO alpha-2iso_alpha_2
CD
ISO alpha-3iso_alpha_3
COD
ISO numericiso_numeric
180
FIFA referencefifa
COD
IOC referenceioc
COD
Legacy FIPS-style referencefips
CG

FIFA and IOC values are source references, not confirmation of current membership or event participation. FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn in 2008; legacy FIPS-style values are for interpreting older datasets and must not replace current ISO codes.

Sources & reference notes

The base record is from ListBase.org v2026.08. English and native country names use Annexare Countries, language names use Annexare and runtime display-name data, time zones use IANA 2026d, and the locally hosted flag is from flag-icons.