History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - aspect of history. Article “History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo” in English Wikipedia has 94 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 181 references and 24 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. However, the most popular language version of this article is German.

In June 2026 the article “History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo”, its content was written by 292 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1033 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 478 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2204 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #620 in July 2001
• Global: #849 in July 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #94664 in September 2016
• Global: #14159 in February 2015

There are 21 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo		93.9984
2	Georgian (ka) კონგოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკის ისტორია		86.7532
3	Dutch (nl) Geschiedenis van Congo-Kinshasa		79.5449
4	German (de) Geschichte der Demokratischen Republik Kongo		65.813
5	Swedish (sv) Kongo-Kinshasas historia		64.7469
6	Serbian (sr) Историја Демократске Републике Конго		61.1735
7	French (fr) Histoire de la république démocratique du Congo		59.406
8	Catalan (ca) Història de la República Democràtica del Congo		54.7735
9	Spanish (es) Historia de la República Democrática del Congo		41.2576
10	Basque (eu) Kongoko Errepublika Demokratikoko historia		38.2486

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	French (fr) Histoire de la république démocratique du Congo		1 416 840
2	English (en) History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo		1 216 632
3	German (de) Geschichte der Demokratischen Republik Kongo		1 090 912
4	Spanish (es) Historia de la República Democrática del Congo		290 055
5	Portuguese (pt) História da República Democrática do Congo		279 697
6	Russian (ru) История ДР Конго		128 589
7	Chinese (zh) 剛果民主共和國歷史		28 967
8	Swedish (sv) Kongo-Kinshasas historia		23 251
9	Hebrew (he) היסטוריה של הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו		15 455
10	Arabic (ar) تاريخ جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية		12 435

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) Geschichte der Demokratischen Republik Kongo		6 663
2	English (en) History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo		5 183
3	French (fr) Histoire de la république démocratique du Congo		2 999
4	Russian (ru) История ДР Конго		985
5	Spanish (es) Historia de la República Democrática del Congo		979
6	Portuguese (pt) História da República Democrática do Congo		948
7	Chinese (zh) 剛果民主共和國歷史		437
8	Persian (fa) تاریخ جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو		261
9	Dutch (nl) Geschiedenis van Congo-Kinshasa		178
10	Swedish (sv) Kongo-Kinshasas historia		106

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Geschichte der Demokratischen Republik Kongo		305
2	English (en) History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo		292
3	French (fr) Histoire de la république démocratique du Congo		162
4	Spanish (es) Historia de la República Democrática del Congo		64
5	Russian (ru) История ДР Конго		58
6	Hebrew (he) היסטוריה של הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו		37
7	Portuguese (pt) História da República Democrática do Congo		30
8	Catalan (ca) Història de la República Democràtica del Congo		13
9	Ukrainian (uk) Історія Демократичної Республіки Конго		12
10	Serbian (sr) Историја Демократске Републике Конго		10

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Història de la República Democràtica del Congo		1
2	English (en) History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo		1
3	French (fr) Histoire de la république démocratique du Congo		1
4	Portuguese (pt) História da República Democrática do Congo		1
5	Tamil (ta) காங்கோ ஜனநாயக குடியரசின் வரலாறு		1
6	Arabic (ar) تاريخ جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية		0
7	German (de) Geschichte der Demokratischen Republik Kongo		0
8	Spanish (es) Historia de la República Democrática del Congo		0
9	Basque (eu) Kongoko Errepublika Demokratikoko historia		0
10	Persian (fa) تاریخ جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	German (de) Geschichte der Demokratischen Republik Kongo		503
2	English (en) History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo		478
3	French (fr) Histoire de la république démocratique du Congo		309
4	Ukrainian (uk) Історія Демократичної Республіки Конго		156
5	Hebrew (he) היסטוריה של הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו		138
6	Russian (ru) История ДР Конго		98
7	Arabic (ar) تاريخ جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية		79
8	Dutch (nl) Geschiedenis van Congo-Kinshasa		67
9	Chinese (zh) 剛果民主共和國歷史		64
10	Catalan (ca) Història de la República Democràtica del Congo		59

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تاريخ جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية
ca	Catalan Història de la República Democràtica del Congo
de	German Geschichte der Demokratischen Republik Kongo
en	English History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
es	Spanish Historia de la República Democrática del Congo
eu	Basque Kongoko Errepublika Demokratikoko historia
fa	Persian تاریخ جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو
fr	French Histoire de la république démocratique du Congo
he	Hebrew היסטוריה של הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו
hi	Hindi कांगो लोकतांत्रिक गणराज्य का इतिहास
ka	Georgian კონგოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკის ისტორია
ko	Korean 콩고 민주 공화국의 역사
lt	Lithuanian Kongo Demokratinės Respublikos istorija
nl	Dutch Geschiedenis van Congo-Kinshasa
pt	Portuguese História da República Democrática do Congo
ru	Russian История ДР Конго
sr	Serbian Историја Демократске Републике Конго
sv	Swedish Kongo-Kinshasas historia
ta	Tamil காங்கோ ஜனநாயக குடியரசின் வரலாறு
uk	Ukrainian Історія Демократичної Республіки Конго
zh	Chinese 剛果民主共和國歷史

Best Rank

English: #94664 09.2016

Global: #14159 02.2015

Best Rank

English: #620 07.2001

Global: #849 07.2001

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