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 - 2014[1] |
Urban agglomerations citypopulation.de - 2017[2] |
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Cairo | Egypt | 7,786,640 (2006) Governorate |
18,772,000 | 17,100,000 | |
Lagos | Nigeria | 13,400,000 (2007)[3] | 13,123,000 | 17,600,000 | |
Kinshasa-Brazzaville | Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo |
5,528,000 (1998) Province (Kinshasa)[4] 1,373,382 (2007) Capital District (Brazzaville) |
13,475,000[5] | 12,850,000[6] | |
Johannesburg | South Africa | 4,434,827 (2011)[7] | 9,399,000 | 13,100,000[8] | |
Luanda | Angola | 1,823,282 (2002) Provincia |
5,506,000 | 7,450,000 | |
Khartoum-Omdurman | Sudan | 2,919,773 (1993) 3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration |
5,129,000 | 5,700,000 | |
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 4,364,541 (2012) Mkoa |
5,116,000 | 5,550,000 | |
Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 4,210,200 (2002) Département |
4,860,000 | 5,200,000 | |
Alexandria | Egypt | 4,110,015 (2006) Governorate |
4,778,000 | 5,250,000 | |
Nairobi | Kenya | 3,138,295 (2009) Nairobi administrative area |
3,915,000 | 5,350,000 | |
Cape Town | South Africa | 3,497,097 (2007) Metropolitan municipality |
3,660,000 | 4,050,000 | |
Kano | Nigeria | 2,153,225 (2006) 6 local government areas of Kano proper |
3,587,000 | 4,275,000 | |
Dakar | Senegal | 2,452,656 (2005) Région |
3,520,000 | 3,400,000 | |
Casablanca | Morocco | 6,861,739(2016) Région |
3,515,000 | 4,225,000 | |
Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 2,738,248 (2007) Astedader |
3,238,000 | 3,550,000 | |
Ibadan | Nigeria | 1,338,659 (2006) 5 local government areas of Ibadan proper |
3,160,000 | 3,250,000 | |
Yaoundé | Cameroon | 1,248,235 (2001) Mfoundi département |
3,066,000 | 3,025,000 | |
Douala | Cameroon | 1,514,978 (2001) Wouri département |
2,943,000 | 3,000,000 | |
Durban | South Africa | 3,468,086 (2007) Metropolitan municipality |
2,901,000 | 3,275,000 | |
Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 1,475,223 (2006) Municipality |
2,741,000 | 2,150,000 | |
Antananarivo | Madagascar | 2,610,000 | 2,275,000 | ||
Kumasi | Ghana | 1,171,311 (2000) District (Kumasi Metropolitan Area) |
2,599,000 | 2,750,000 | |
Algiers | Algeria | 2,947,461 (2008) Wilaya |
2,594,000 | 3,725,000 | |
Bamako | Mali | 1,215,335 (2005) District |
2,515,000 | 3,050,000 | |
Abuja | Nigeria | 1,405,201 (2006) Federal Capital Territory |
2,440,000 | 2,950,000 | |
Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 541,116 (2006) Local government area |
2,343,000 | 2,125,000 | |
Accra | Ghana | 1,659,136 (2000) District (Accra Metropolitan Area) |
2,277,000 | 4,700,000 | |
Lusaka | Zambia | 1,742,979 | 2,179,000 | 2,375,000 | |
Mogadishu | Somalia | 3,00,000 (2011) | 2,138,000 | 1,770,000 | |
Pretoria | South Africa | 2,345,908 (2007) Metropolitan municipality |
2,059,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | |
Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,015,000 | 1,930,000 | ||
Mbuji-Mayi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,007,000 | 1,910,000 | ||
Tunis | Tunisia | 911,643 (2005) Municipality |
1,993,000 | 2,525,000 | |
Rabat | Morocco | 627,932 (2004) Préfecture |
1,967,000 | 1,890,000 | |
Conakry | Guinea | 1,092,936 (1996) Région |
1,936,000 | 2,300,000 | |
Kampala | Uganda | 1,337,900 (2005) District |
1,936,000 | 3,125,000 | |
Harare | Zimbabwe | 1,903,510 (2002) Province |
1,501,000 | 2,350,000 | |
Benin City | Nigeria | 1,496,000 | 1,520,000 | ||
Huambo | Angola | 1,269,000 | Not listed | ||
Monrovia | Liberia | 1,010,970 (2008) Municipality |
1,264,000 | 1,380,000 | |
Ndjamena | Chad | 1,260,000 | 1,250,000 | File:Chad,N'djamena2.JPG | |
Kigali | Rwanda | 1,257,000 | 1,040,000 | ||
Maputo | Mozambique | 1,099,102 (2007) Province-level city |
1,187,000 | 2,250,000 | |
Port Elizabeth | South Africa | 1,050,930 (2007) Metropolitan municipality (Nelson Mandela Bay) |
1,179,000 | 1,270,000 | |
Fès | Morocco | 977,946 (2004) Préfecture |
1,172,000 | 1,220,000 | |
Kananga | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,169,000 | not listed | ||
Vereeniging | South Africa | 800,819 (2007) District municipality |
1,155,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | |
Marrakech | Morocco | 1,134,000 | 1,080,000 | ||
Tripoli | Libya | 1,126,000 (2006) Mutsarfiyah |
1,126,000 | 1,140,000 | |
Onitsha | Nigeria | 1,109,000 | 1,100,000 | ||
Mombasa | Kenya | 1,104,000 | 1,150,000 | ||
Niamey | Niger | 2,100,000 (2013) Province |
1,090,000 | 2,111,000 | |
Kaduna | Nigeria | 760,084 (2006) 2 local government areas of Kaduna |
1,048,000 | 1,730,000 | |
Kisangani | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,040,000 | not listed | ||
Freetown | Sierra Leone | 947,122 (2004) Western Area province |
1,007,000 | 1,590,000 |
See also
- Lists of cities in Africa, mostly by country
- List of largest cities in Africa (German Wikipedia)
References
- ^ United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects (2014 revision)
- ^ Thomas Brinkoff, The Principal Agglomerations of the World
- ^ "The largest cities in the world by land area, population and density". City Mayors. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
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- ^ incl. Kinshasa (10,900,000) and Brazzaville (1,950,000)
- ^ "Local Municipality, City of Johannesburg". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ incl. East Rand, Evaton, Pretoria, Soshanguve, Soweto, Vereeniging, West Rand
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