City profile · DR Congo · Africa
Mbandaka
Equateur · DR Congo
City population
455,011
#12
in DR Congo
#1
in Equateur
#1,266
worldwide
0.049, 18.260 · 586 km from Kinshasa
About Mbandaka
Mbandaka is a city in Equateur, DR Congo with a population of 455,011. It is the 12th largest of the 114 cities of 15,000 or more listed in DR Congo, and the 1,266th largest worldwide. It lies 586 km from Kinshasa.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Equateur
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
315 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Kinshasa
Coordinates
0.049, 18.260
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 114 in DR CongoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.