List of cities in Africa by population

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

Cairo, Egypt is largest city in Africa.
Kinshasa, the capital and largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Africa, is the nation's financial hub and economic center.
Lagos, Nigeria is the second-largest city in Africa and one of the primary economic hubs for the continent.
Riverside of Giza, a mega-suburb of Cairo and the second-largest city in Egypt with over 9 million inhabitants.
Skyline of Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania and the second largest in eastern Africa.
Johannesburg, the largest city and economic hub of South Africa and all of southern Africa.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast's largest city and economic center, also the most populous one in French-speaking West Africa.
Seaside of Egypt's third-largest city and its ancient capital: Alexandria, the largest port in this bicontinental country.
East Africa's central business hub and Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
Cape Peninsula of Cape Town, Africa's southernmost city and the second largest city of South Africa, also its legislative capital.
View of Algiers: Algeria's metropolis is one of the most important economic and traditional centers in North Africa.
Tunis, the Tunisian capital as well as a major commercial and logistic turntable of the Maghreb region.
A view of Kilindini Harbour in Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city and its historical gate to the Indian Ocean trade.

List of cities in Africa by their population[edit]

Bold represents largest city in country, Italics represents capital city.

Rank City Country Population Year of estimate
1 Cairo  Egypt 22,183,200 2023[1]
2 Kinshasa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,315,534 2023[2]
3 Lagos  Nigeria 15,387,639 2022[3]
4 Giza  Egypt 9,200,000 2021
5 Luanda  Angola 8,952,496 2022[4]
6 Dar es Salaam  Tanzania 7,404,689 2022[5]
7 Khartoum  Sudan 6,160,327 2022[6]
8 Johannesburg  South Africa 6,065,354 2022[7]
9 Abidjan  Côte d'Ivoire 5,515,790 2022[8]
10 Alexandria  Egypt 5,483,605 2022[9]
11 Addis Ababa  Ethiopia 5,227,794 2022[10]
12 Nairobi  Kenya 5,118,844 2022[11]
13 Cape Town  South Africa 4,800,954 2022[12]
14 Yaoundé  Cameroon 4,336,670 2022[13]
15 Kano  Nigeria 4,219,209 2022[14]
16 East Rand (Ekurhuleni)  South Africa 4,045,000 2022[15]
17 Douala  Cameroon 3,926,645 2022[16]
18 Casablanca  Morocco 3,840,396 2022[17]
19 Ibadan  Nigeria 3,756,445 2022[18]
20 Antananarivo  Madagascar 3,699,900 2022[19]
21 Abuja  Nigeria 3,652,029 2022[20]
22 Kampala  Uganda 3,651,919 2022[21]
23 Kumasi  Ghana 3,630,326 2022[22]
24 Dakar  Senegal 3,326,001 2022[23]
25 Port Harcourt  Nigeria 3,324,694 2022[24]
26 Durban (eThekwini)  South Africa 3,199,329 2022[25]
27 Ouagadougou  Burkina Faso 3,055,788 2022[26]
28 Lusaka  Zambia 3,041,789 2022[27]
29 Algiers  Algeria 2,853,959 2022[28]
30 Bamako  Mali 2,816,943 2022[29]
31 Omdurman  Sudan 2,805,396 2022[30]
32 Mbuji-Mayi  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,765,002 2022[31]
33 Pretoria (Tshwane)  South Africa 2,739,768 2022[32]
34 Lubumbashi  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,695,331 2022[33]
35 Accra  Ghana 2,605,402 2022[34]
36 Brazzaville  Republic of the Congo 2,552,813 2022[35]
37 Mogadishu  Somalia 2,497,463 2022[36]
38 Tunis  Tunisia 2,435,961 2022[37]
39 Conakry  Guinea 2,048,525 2022[38]
40 Rabat  Morocco 1,931,930 2022[39]
41 Lomé  Togo 1,925,517 2022[40]
42 Benin City  Nigeria 1,841,084 2022[41]
43 Matola  Mozambique 1,796,872 2022[42]
44 Monrovia  Liberia 1,622,582 2022[43]
45 Kananga  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,592,924 2022[44]
46 Harare  Zimbabwe 1,557,740 2022[45]
47 Onitsha  Nigeria 1,552,630 2022[46]
48 N'Djamena  Chad 1,532,588 2022[47]
49 Nouakchott  Mauritania 1,431,539 2022[48]
50 Mombasa  Kenya 1,388,979 2022[49]
51 Niamey  Niger 1,383,909 2022[50]
52 Kisangani  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,366,342 2022[51]
53 Pointe-Noire  Republic of the Congo 1,294,612 2022[52]
54 Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)  South Africa 1,280,550 2022[53]
55 Tangier  Morocco 1,277,242 2022[54]
56 Freetown  Sierra Leone 1,272,145 2022[55]
57 Fez  Morocco 1,267,317 2022[56]
58 Uyo  Nigeria 1,264,636 2022[57]
59 Mwanza  Tanzania 1,245,444 2022[58]
60 Lilongwe  Malawi 1,222,325 2022[59]
61 Kigali  Rwanda 1,208,296 2022[60]
62 Bukavu  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,190,367 2022[61]
63 Abomey-Calavi  Benin 1,188,736 2022[62]
64 Nnewi  Nigeria 1,176,550 2022[63]
65 Tripoli  Libya 1,175,830 2022[64]
66 Kaduna  Nigeria 1,158,048 2022[65]
67 Aba  Nigeria 1,150,116 2022[66]
68 Bujumbura  Burundi 1,139,265 2022[67]
69 Maputo  Mozambique 1,138,960 2022[68]
70 Hargeisa  Somalia 1,079,377 2022[69]
71 Bobo Dioulasso  Burkina Faso 1,074,309 2022[70]
72 Shubra el-Kheima  Egypt 1,072,951 2022[71]
73 Ikorodu  Nigeria 1,041,166 2022[72]
74 Asmara  Eritrea 1,034,872 2022[73]
75 Marrakesh  Morocco 1,033,050 2022[74]
76 Tshikapa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,023,575 2022[75]
77 Nyala  Sudan 1,012,312 2022[76]
78 Ilorin  Nigeria 1,000,477 2022[77]
79 Blantyre  Malawi 994,911 2022[78]
80 Agadir  Morocco 960,438 2022[79]
81 Misratah  Libya 953,472 2022[80]
82 Owerri  Nigeria 945,046 2022[81]
83 Warri  Nigeria 942,683 2022[82]
84 Jos  Nigeria 942,167 2022[83]
85 Bangui  Central African Republic 933,176 2022[84]
86 Nampula  Mozambique 927,472 2022[85]
87 Oran  Algeria 922,302 2022[86]
88 West Rand  South Africa 921,524 2022[87]
89 Lubango  Angola 914,456 2022[88]
90 Cabinda  Angola 861,878 2022[89]
91 Umuahia  Nigeria 860,555 2022[90]
92 Libreville  Gabon 856,854 2022[91]
93 Benghazi  Libya 847,790 2022[92]
94 Maiduguri  Nigeria 822,337 2022[93]
95 Enugu  Nigeria 819,791 2022[94]
96 Lokoja  Nigeria 790,742 2022[95]
97 Vereeniging (Emfuleni)  South Africa 786,127 2022[96]
98 Benguela  Angola 776,832 2022[97]
99 Bunia  Democratic Republic of the Congo 767,645 2022[98]
100 Zanzibar  Tanzania 766,392 2022[99]

Map[edit]

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The 25 largest cities in Africa

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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