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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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eThekwini (Durban)
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
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