Template:East African Population Centers

 
Largest population centres of the East African Community
According to the most recent Censuses and Estimates[t 1][t 2][t 3][t 4]
Rank City name State Pop. Rank City name State Pop.

Kinshasa


Dar es Salaam

1 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo 15,628,000 11 Mwanza Tanzania 1,245,000
Nairobi


Kampala

2 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 7,405,000 12 Kigali Rwanda 1,208,000
3 Nairobi Kenya 5,119,000 13 Bukavu Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,190,000
4 Kampala Uganda 3,652,000 14 Bujumbura Burundi 1,139,000
5 Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,765,000 15 Tshikapa Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,024,000
6 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,695,000 16 Bunia Democratic Republic of the Congo 768,000
7 Mogadishu Somalia 2,610,000 17 Zanzibar Tanzania 766,000
8 Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,593,000 18 Goma Democratic Republic of the Congo 707,000
9 Mombasa Kenya 1,389,000 19 Uvira Democratic Republic of the Congo 657,000
10 Kisangani Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,366,000 20 Mbeya Tanzania 620,000
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  2. ^ Trizer, Mwanyika (4 November 2019). "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Results".
  3. ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County".
  4. ^ "Africa Population (2022)". populationstat.com.

The EAC contains 15 cities with populations of over one million (half of which are in Democratic Republic of the Congo alone), the largest being Kinshasa. Kampala is the largest urban centre located on Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater lake in the world and Mwanza coming in second and Kisumu third.