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List of cities in Africa by population

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Cairo, Egypt is the largest metropolis in Africa, the Middle East and the Arab world. Kairo 001.jpg
Cairo, Egypt is the largest metropolis in Africa, the Middle East and the Arab world.
Lagos, Nigeria is one of the primary economic and logistical turntables in West Africa. Aerial Vegetation View of Snake Island Integrated Free Zone.jpg
Lagos, Nigeria is one of the primary economic and logistical turntables in West Africa.
Oceanside of Luanda, the Angolan metropolis and a major commercial hub for Africa's fossil fuel industries. Bay of Luanda.jpg
Oceanside of Luanda, the Angolan metropolis and a major commercial hub for Africa's fossil fuel industries.
East Africa's central place of business and Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Nairobi.jpg
East Africa's central place of business and Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
Great Mosque in the city of Kano, the historical centre and trans-Saharan trade focus in Northern Nigeria. The Kano Central Mosque.jpg
Great Mosque in the city of Kano, the historical centre and trans-Saharan trade focus in Northern Nigeria.
Cape Peninsula of Cape Town, Africa's southernmost city and the second largest one in South Africa, also its legislative capital. Dsc 0134 Jpg (136541529).jpeg
Cape Peninsula of Cape Town, Africa's southernmost city and the second largest one in South Africa, also its legislative capital.
Addis Ababa is the core of Ethiopia and seat of the African Union. Addis Abeba City.jpg
Addis Ababa is the core of Ethiopia and seat of the African Union.
Aerial view of the pyramid complex and the city of Giza, Egypt, forming part of the Cairo agglomeration. Giza-pyramids.JPG
Aerial view of the pyramid complex and the city of Giza, Egypt, forming part of the Cairo agglomeration.
View of Algiers: Algeria's metropolis is one of the most important economic and traditional centres in the Maghreb and North Africa. Alger ljm` lkbyr w ljm` ljdyd bljzy'r.jpg
View of Algiers: Algeria's metropolis is one of the most important economic and traditional centres in the Maghreb and North Africa.
Kampala is the capital and hub of Uganda. Kampala old taxi park.jpg
Kampala is the capital and hub of Uganda.
The ancient royal Rovan'i Manjakamiadana overlooking Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo. Rova Manjakamiadana, Antananarivo Madagascar.jpg
The ancient royal Rovan'i Manjakamiadana overlooking Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo.
Aerial view of Harare, the centre of Zimbabwe. Harare aerial view.jpg
Aerial view of Harare, the centre of Zimbabwe.
Kilindini Harbour in Mombasa, Kenya's historical, second largest city, is its gate to the Indian Ocean trade. A general view of Mombasa Port on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.jpg
Kilindini Harbour in Mombasa, Kenya's historical, second largest city, is its gate to the Indian Ocean trade.
The Jemaa el-Fnaa marketplace in the Moroccan Imperial city of Marrakesh is an old key to the trans-Saharan trade. Morocco Oriental Marrakech Orient Architecture.jpg
The Jemaa el-Fnaa marketplace in the Moroccan Imperial city of Marrakesh is an old key to the trans-Saharan trade.

The following is a list of the 100 largest cities in Africa by urban population using the most recent official estimate. This reflects only cities located geographically in Africa including related islands.

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List

Bold represents largest city in country.

Italic represents capital city.

RankCityCountryPopulationYear of estimate
1 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 23,200,0002026 [1]
2 Lagos Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 21,900,0002026 [1]
3 Kinshasa Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,900,0002026 [1]
4 Johannesburg Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 15,100,0002026 [1]
5 Luanda Flag of Angola.svg Angola 10,400,0002026 [1]
6 Khartoum Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 7,400,0002026 [1]
7 Abidjan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 7,300,0002026 [1]
8 Nairobi Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 7,150,0002026 [1]
9 Accra Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 7,050,0002026 [1]
10 Dar es Salaam Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 6,900,0002026 [1]
11 Alexandria Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 6,350,0002026 [1]
12 Bamako Flag of Mali.svg Mali 5,950,0002026 [1]
13 Kano Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 5,550,0002026 [1]
14 Kampala Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 5,350,0002026 [1]
15 Cape Town Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5,200,0002026 [1]
16 Addis Ababa Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 4,950,0002026 [1]
17 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 4,500,0002026 [1]
18 Giza Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 4,458,1352023 [2]
19 Algiers Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 4,400,0002026 [1]
20 Dakar Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 4,375,0002026 [1]
21 Ekurhuleni Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 4,066,6912022 [3]
22 Pretoria Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 4,040,3152022 [4]
23 Conakry Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 4,000,0002026 [1]
24 Durban Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3,975,0002026 [1]
25 Douala Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 3,950,0002026 [1]
26 Yaoundé Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 3,900,0002026 [1]
27 Ouagadougou Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 3,550,0002026 [1]
28 Ibadan Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3,475,0002026 [1]
29 Antananarivo Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 3,250,0002026 [1]
30 Abuja Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3,175,0002026 [1]
31 Lusaka Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 3,100,0002026 [1]
32 Lubumbashi Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,975,0002026 [1]
33 Kumasi Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 2,950,0002026 [1]
34 Omdurman Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 2,805,3962022 [5]
35 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 2,775,0002026 [1]
36 Lomé Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 2,725,0002026 [1]
37 Harare Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2,700,0002026 [1]
38 Maputo Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 2,650,0002026 [1]
39 Mbuji-Mayi Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,600,0002026 [1]
40 Brazzaville Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 2,550,0002026 [1]
41 Mogadishu Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 2,325,0002026 [1]
42 Port Harcourt Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2,300,0002026 [1]
43 Cotonou Flag of Benin.svg Benin 2,225,0002026 [1]
44 Rabat Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 2,150,0002026 [1]
45 Kigali Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 2,050,0002026 [1]
46 Kaduna Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2,025,0002026 [1]
47 N'Djamena Flag of Chad.svg Chad 2,025,0002026 [1]
48 Monrovia Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 2,000,0002026 [1]
49 Tripoli Flag of Libya.svg Libya 1,930,0002026 [1]
50 Benin City Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,840,0002026 [1]
51 Matola Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 1,796,8722022 [6]
52 Bangui Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 1,740,0002026 [1]
53 Oran Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 1,670,0002026 [1]
54 Niamey Flag of Niger.svg Niger 1,580,0002026 [1]
55 Nouakchott Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 1,550,0002026 [1]
56 Pointe-Noire Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 1,530,0002026 [1]
57 Freetown Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 1,460,0002026 [1]
58 Tangier Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1,460,0002026 [1]
59 Kananga Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,420,0002026 [1]
60 Mombasa Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1,400,0002026 [1]
61 Mwanza Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1,390,0002026 [1]
62 Benguela Flag of Angola.svg Angola 1,370,0002026 [1]
63 Touba Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1,370,0002026 [1]
64 Kisangani Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,340,0002026 [1]
65 Fez Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1,330,0002026 [1]
66 Bujumbura Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 1,320,0002026 [1]
67 Aba Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,310,0002026 [1]
68 Agadir Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1,300,0002026 [1]
69 Shubra el-Kheima Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1,275,7002023 [2]
70 Onitsha Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,250,0002026 [1]
71 Lilongwe Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 1,250,0002026 [1]
72 Arusha Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1,230,0002026 [1]
73 Maiduguri Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,220,0002026 [1]
74 Banjul Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 1,210,0002026 [1]
75 Gqeberha Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1,200,0002026 [1]
76 Sousse Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1,200,0002026 [1]
77 Ilorin Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,190,0002026 [1]
78 Abomey-Calavi Flag of Benin.svg Benin 1,188,7362022 [7]
79 Sokoto Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,180,0002026 [1]
80 Nnewi Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,176,5502022 [8]
81 Marrakesh Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1,150,0002026 [1]
82 Jos Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,140,0002026 [1]
83 Bukavu Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,140,0002026 [1]
84 Bobo Dioulasso Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 1,130,0002026 [1]
85 Asmara Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea 1,120,0002026 [1]
86 Zaria Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,080,0002026 [1]
87 Zanzibar Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1,080,0002026 [1]
88 Hargeisa Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia (Flag of Somaliland.svg Somaliland)1,079,3772022 [9]
89 Goma Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,050,0002026 [1]
90 Enugu Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,040,0002026 [1]
91 Tshikapa Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,023,5752022 [10]
92 Nyala Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 1,012,3122022 [11]
93 Blantyre Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 994,9112022 [12]
94 Misratah Flag of Libya.svg Libya 953,4722022 [13]
95 Nampula Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 927,4722022 [14]
96 Warri Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 910,0002022 [15]
97 Port Said Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 791,7492023 [2]
98 Ikorodu Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 781,5002022 [16]
99 Suez Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 716,4582023 [2]
100 Mansoura, Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 632,3302023 [2]

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The 30 largest cities in Africa (those with over 5 million inhabitants highlighted)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 "Major Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Ekurhuleni (Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "City of Tshwane (Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Population of Omdurman". all-populations.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Matola Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Abomey Calavi Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Nnewi Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Hargeisa Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Tshikapa Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Nyala Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Blantyre Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Misratah Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  14. ↑ "Nampula Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Nigeria: States & Agglomerations - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "Ikorodu (Local Government Area, Nigeria) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
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