Largest population centres of the East African Community
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
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.
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