List of urban areas in Africa by population
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This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa. Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from citypopulation.de. Figures for administrative areas are also given.
City | Country | Administrative area according to local national census authorities |
Urban agglomerations United Nations - 2020[1] |
Urban agglomerations citypopulation.de - 2023[2] |
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Cairo | Egypt | 10,044,894 (2022)[3] Governorate |
20,901,000 | 22,200,000 | |
Lagos | Nigeria | 27,000,000 (2023)[4] | 14,368,000 | 30,000,000 | |
Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16,316,000 (2023) Province (Kinshasa)[5] |
14,342,000[6] | 15,000,000 | |
Johannesburg | South Africa | 4,772,846 (2022)[7] | 5,783,000 | 14,800,000 | |
Luanda | Angola | 9,079,811 (2022)[8] Provincia |
8,330,000 | 9,000,000 | |
Khartoum-Omdurman | Sudan | 4,272,728 (2008)[9] 3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration |
5,829,000 | 6,850,000 | |
Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 6,321,017 (2021)[10] District |
5,203,000 | 6,550,000 | |
Nairobi | Kenya | 4,750,056 (2022)[11] Nairobi County |
6,547,547 | 6,550,000 | |
Accra | Ghana | 284,124 (2021)[12] District (Accra Metropolitan District) |
2,514,000 | 6,350,000 | |
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 5,383,728 (2022)[13]
Region |
6,702,000 | 6,000,000 | |
Alexandria | Egypt | 5,441,866 (2021)[14] Governorate |
5,281,000 | 6,100,000 | |
Kano | Nigeria | 9,401,288 (2006)[15][16]
16,253,549 (2023) |
3,999,000 | 5,200,000 | |
Casablanca | Morocco | 3,642,656 (2023)[17]
Préfecture |
3,752,000 | 4,700,000 | |
Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 3,859,999 (2022)[18] Astedader |
4,794,000 | 4,600,000 | |
Cape Town | South Africa | 4,772,846 (2022)[19] Metropolitan municipality |
4,618,000 | 4,450,000 | |
Dakar | Senegal | 3,896,564 (2022)[20] Région |
3,140,000 | 4,200,000 | |
Algiers | Algeria | 2,988,145 (2008) Wilaya |
2,768,000 | 4,175,000 | |
Abuja | Nigeria | 3,067,500 (2022)[21] Federal Capital Territory |
3,278,000 | 4,100,000 | |
Pretoria | South Africa | 4,040,315 (2022)[22] Metropolitan municipality |
2,566,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | |
Bamako | Mali | 4,227,569 (2022)[23] Capital District |
2,618,000 | 3,975,000 | |
Kampala | Uganda | 1,680,600 (2020)[24] District |
3,298,000 | 3,975,000 | |
Ibadan | Nigeria | 2,559,853 | 3,552,000 | 3,925,000 | |
Douala | Cameroon | 2,768,400 (2015)[25] Municipality |
3,663,000 | 3,650,000 | |
Durban | South Africa | 4,678,127 (2022) Metropolitan municipality |
4,130,000 | 3,575,000 | |
Antananarivo | Madagascar | 1,274,225 (2018)[26] Municipality |
3,369,000 | 2,950,000 | |
Kumasi | Ghana | 443,981 (2022)[27] District (Kumasi Metropolitan) |
3,348,000 | 2,850,000 | |
Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 2,415,266 (2019)[28] Municipality |
2,780,000 | 2,800,000 | |
Tunis | Tunisia | 1,075,837 (2022)[29] Governorate |
2,365,000 | 2,775,000 | |
Conakry | Guinea | 1,660,973 (2014)[30] Région |
1,938,000 | 2,775,000 | |
Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,478,000 | 2,650,000 | ||
Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 541,116 (2006) Local government area |
3,020,000 | 2,600,000 | |
Harare | Zimbabwe | 2,427,231 (2022)[31] Province |
1,530,000 | 2,600,000 | |
Maputo | Mozambique | 1,080,277 (2017)[32] Province-level city |
1,110,000 | 2,450,000 | |
Mbuji-Mayi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,525,000 | 2,325,000 | ||
Lusaka | Zambia | 2,204,059 (2022)[33] District |
2,774,000 | 2,250,000 | |
Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo | 2,145,783 (2023)[34] Capital District (Brazzaville) |
2,388,000[35] | 2,200,000 | |
Mogadishu | Somalia | 3,000,000 (2011) | 2,282,000 | 2,125,000 | |
Rabat | Morocco | 512,403 (2023)[36] Préfecture |
1,885,000 | 2,125,000 | |
Kaduna | Nigeria | 760,084 (2006) 2 local government areas of Kaduna |
1,113,000 | 2,050,000 | |
Ndjamena | Chad | 1,521,900 (2019)[37] Capital District |
1,423,000 | 1,810,000 | |
Benin City | Nigeria | 1,727,000 | 1,790,000 | ||
Monrovia | Liberia | 1,010,970 (2008) Municipality |
1,517,000 | 1,770,000 | |
Tripoli | Libya | 1,126,000 (2006) Mutsarfiyah |
1,165,000 | 1,770,000 | |
Oran | Algeria | 899,000 | 1,570,000 | ||
Bangui | Central African Republic | 889,000 | 1,560,000 | ||
Niamey | Niger | 1,324,700 (2020)[38] Capital District |
1,292,000 | 1,430,000 | |
Nouakchott | Mauritania | 1,315,000 | 1,350,000 | ||
Freetown | Sierra Leone | 1,055,964 (2015) Western Area province |
1,202,000 | 1,340,000 | |
Maiduguri | Nigeria | 786,000 | 1,340,000 | ||
Kigali | Rwanda | 1,745,555 (2022)[39] Province |
1,132,000 | 1,330,000 | |
Fès | Morocco | 1,296,772 (2023)[40] Préfecture |
1,224,000 | 1,330,000 | |
Mombasa | Kenya | 1,208,333 (2019)[41] Municipality |
1,296,000 | 1,320,000 | |
Onitsha | Nigeria | 1,415,000 | 1,310,000 | ||
Kananga | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,458,000 | 1,290,000 | ||
Agadir | Morocco | 924,000 | 1,280,000 | ||
Kisangani | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,261,000 | 1,220,000 | ||
Marrakech | Morocco | 1,330,468 (2023)[42] Préfecture |
1,003,000 | 1,160,000 | |
Pointe-Noire | Republic of the Congo | 1,214,000 | 1,140,000 | ||
Bujumbura | Burundi | 1,126,930 (2019) |
1,013,000 | not listed | |
Vereeniging | South Africa | 800,819 (2007) District municipality |
774,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | |
Huambo | Angola | 671,000 | Not listed | ||
Hargeisa | Somaliland | not listed | not listed | ||
Bosaso | Somalia | not listed | not listed |
See also
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