Democratic Republic of the Congo country code

To call to Democratic Republic of the Congo use the international country calling code +243 followed by the national phone number you want to call. Democratic Republic of the Congo is located in Africa and uses Franc. It has around 74 877 030 inhabitants, 58 200 landlines and 19 487 000 cell phone users.

⁺243 Country code

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Local time

Kinshasa

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Local time

Kinshasa

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Country code location

The country code +243 indicates that the phone number you are about to dial is to Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa. Before you call to Democratic Republic of the Congo you should be aware of that they speak French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba. You can see the exact location of this country code on the maps below.

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Country Codes

Country Code is a prefix used when calling to country member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The prefixes enable direct dialing to the country that has been dedicated the specific prefix. Country codes are only necessary when making a phone call to another country and used before the national number. When making international calls country codes are prefixed with a plus sign (+).