^Tidak sama dengan negara tetangganya yang dikenal sebagai Republik Kongo, dulunya Kongo Prancis, dengan ibukotanya di Brazzaville. Nama negara tersebut diubah menjadi Republik Demokratik Kongo pada Agustus 1964.[5]
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