Urban geography
- Five Largest Cities: Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Mbuji-Mayi, Kinanga, Kisangani
- Largest City Population: 7,273,947
- Rank Size Rule: 2nd City-3,636,974, 3rd City-2,424,649, 4th City-1,818,487, 5th City-1,454,790
- Actual Populations of Next Four Cities: 2nd City-1,283,380, 3rd City-1,213,786, 4th City-720,362, 5th City-682,599
- The Rank Size Rule is not accurate at all in this case. The DRC completely varies from it. The numbers do not even near each other in value. There is over a 2 million difference in the first city alone. The DRC disproves the Rank Size Rule greatly.
- Population: 71,128,009
- Population Density: 30
- % Urban Population: 34%
- % Urban Population Living in Slums: 74%
- Average % Change in Urban Populations: 5.1%
- % with Improved Urban Sanitation: 29%
- % with Improved Urban Water Supply: 80%