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] |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | .jpg)
|
| 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 | ,_2007.JPG)
|
| 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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References
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