List of the largest cities in Africa
This is a list of the 50 largest cities or agglomerations in Africa . The population figures refer to the actual city and are, if such figures are available, including the suburban belt.
Location of the first 25 cities on this list |
rank | city | country | Residents | was standing | Survey type |
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1 | Cairo | Egypt | 20,485,000 | 2019 | estimate |
2 | Lagos | Nigeria | 13,904,000 | 2019 | estimate |
3 | Kinshasa | Congo, DR | 13,743,000 | 2019 | estimate |
4th | Luanda | Angola | 6,542,944 | 2014 | census |
5 | Khartoum | Sudan | 5,274,321 | 2008 | census |
6th | Alexandria | Egypt | 5,163,750 | 2017 | census |
7th | Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 4,707,404 | 2014 | census |
8th | Johannesburg | South Africa | 4,424,827 | 2011 | census |
9 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 4,400,000 | 2018 | estimate |
10 | Nairobi | Kenya | 4,397,073 | 2019 | census |
11 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 4,364,541 | 2012 | census |
12 | Kano | Nigeria | 3,906,000 | 2019 | estimate |
13 | Cape Town | South Africa | 3,740,026 | 2011 | census |
14th | Douala | Cameroon | 3,656,000 | 2018 | estimate |
15th | Casablanca | Morocco | 3,615,903 | 2014 | census |
16 | Dakar | Senegal | 3,520,000 | 2015 | estimate |
17th | Ibadan | Nigeria | 3,464,000 | 2019 | estimate |
18th | eThekwini | South Africa | 3,442,361 | 2011 | census |
19th | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 3,412,000 | 2018 | estimate |
20th | Kumasi | Ghana | 3,348,000 | 2020 | estimate |
21st | Ekurhuleni | South Africa | 3,178,470 | 2011 | census |
22nd | Abuja | Nigeria | 3,095,000 | 2019 | estimate |
23 | Maputo | Mozambique | 2,947,967 | 2017 | census |
24 | Algiers | Algeria | 2,947,461 | 2008 | census |
25th | Tshwane | South Africa | 2,921,488 | 2011 | census |
26th | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 2,873,000 | 2019 | estimate |
27 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 2,741,000 | 2015 | estimate |
28 | Antananarivo | Madagascar | 2,610,000 | 2015 | estimate |
29 | Lusaka | Zambia | 2,524,000 | 2018 | estimate |
30th | Accra | Ghana | 2,514,000 | 2020 | estimate |
31 | Tunis | Tunisia | 2,429,800 | 2014 | census |
32 | Mbuji-Mayi | Congo, DR | 2,413,000 | 2019 | estimate |
33 | Lubumbashi | Congo, DR | 2,377,000 | 2019 | estimate |
34 | Rabat | Morocco | 2,349,202 | 2014 | census |
35 | Brazzaville | Congo, Republic | 2,230,000 | 2018 | estimate |
36 | Mogadishu | Somalia | 2,138,000 | 2015 | estimate |
37 | Harare | Zimbabwe | 2,098,199 | 2012 | census |
38 | Huambo | Angola | 1,896,147 | 2014 | census |
39 | Bamako | Mali | 1,809,106 | 2009 | census |
40 | Benin city | Nigeria | 1,676,000 | 2019 | estimate |
41 | Conakry | Guinea | 1,675,069 | 2014 | census |
42 | Lomé | Togo | 1,570,283 | 2010 | census |
43 | Fez | Morocco | 1,567,846 | 2014 | census |
44 | Monrovia | Liberia | 1,517,000 | 2020 | estimate |
45 | Kampala | Uganda | 1,516,210 | 2014 | census |
46 | Freetown | Sierra Leone | 1,500,234 | 2015 | census |
47 | Kananga | Congo, DR | 1,395,000 | 2019 | estimate |
48 | N'Djamena | Chad | 1,323,000 | 2018 | estimate |
49 | Mombasa | Kenya | 1,296,000 | 2020 | estimate |
50 | Niamey | Niger | 1,292,000 | 2020 | estimate |
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See also
- List of megacities
- List of the largest metropolitan areas in the world
- List of the largest cities in Europe
- List of the largest cities in the European Union
- List of the largest cities in the world (historical)
- List of the largest cities in Asia
- List of the largest cities in South America
- List of the largest cities in North America
- List of the largest cities in Oceania
- List of city lists by country
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2019 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ a b c d e f 2019 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ a b c d 2019 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ a b Census 2014, Portal Oficial do Censo 2014 do INE de Angola
- ↑ 2008 Census, Central Bureau of Statistics, Republic of The Sudan ( Memento of the original dated August 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2017 Census, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
- ↑ 2014 Census, institute national de la statistique, Cote d'Ivoire
- ↑ a b c d e Census 2011 Municipal Fact Sheet (English; PDF)
- ↑ 2018 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ 2019 Census, Kenya Bureau of National Statistics ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2012 Census, Population Distribution by Administrative Areas, National Bureau of Statistics ( Memento of the original dated May 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 7.2 MB)
- ↑ a b 2018 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ a b c 2014 Census, Haut Commissariat au Plan, Royaume du Maroc
- ↑ 2015 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ a b 2020 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ 2017 Census, Instituto Nacional de EstatísticaN, Mozambique
- ↑ 2008 estimate, Office National de Statistiques, Algérie
- ↑ 2015 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ 2009, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ 2018 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ 2014 Census, Institut National de la Statistique, République Tunisienne (Aggloberation Tunis consists of Tunis, Ariana, Ben Arous and Manouba) ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2018 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ 2015 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ 2012 Census, NewsDay: Zimbabwe population census results released
- ↑ 2009 Census, Institut National de la Statistique, République du Mali (PDF; 831 kB)
- ↑ 2014 Census, Institut National de la Statistique, Republique de Guinée
- ↑ 2010 Census, Republique Togolaise: Recensemenr General de la Population et de L´Habitat ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2020 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ Census 2014, Uganda Bureau of Statistics
- ↑ Census 2015, Statistics Sierra Leone
- ↑ 2018 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ 2020 estimate, CIA World Factbook
- ↑ 2020 estimate, CIA World Factbook