List of urban areas in Africa by population Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 - 2020[1] |
Urban agglomerations citypopulation.de - 2022[2] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagos |  Nigeria
|
13,400,000 (2007)[3] | 14,368,000 | 20,100,000 | 
|
| Cairo |  Egypt
|
9,539,673 (2017) [4] Governorate |
20,901,000 | 21,500,000 | 
|
| Kinshasa |  Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
5,528,000 (1998) Province (Kinshasa)[5] | 14,342,000[6] | 17,239,463 | 
|
| Algiers |  Algeria
|
2,988,145 (2008) Wilaya |
2,768,000 | 4,025,000 | |
| Casablanca |  Morocco
|
3,359,818 (2015) | 3,752,000 | 4,550,000 | |
| Brazzaville |  Republic of the Congo
|
1,373,382 (2007) Capital District (Brazzaville) | 2,388,000[7] | 2,350,000[2] | |
| Johannesburg |  South Africa
|
4,434,827 (2011)[8] | 5,783,000 | 14,200,000[2] | 
|
| Dar es Salaam |  Tanzania
|
4,364,541 (2012)[9] | 6,702,000 | 6,450,000 | 
|
| Abidjan |  Ivory Coast
|
4,210,200 (2002) Département |
5,203,000 | 5,750,000 | 
|
| Khartoum-Omdurman |  Sudan
|
2,919,773 (1993) 3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration |
5,829,000 | 6,500,000 | 
|
| Alexandria | Egypt
|
4,110,015 (2006) Governorate |
5,281,000 | 5,950,000 | 
|
| Nairobi |  Kenya
|
4,397,023 (2019) Nairobi administrative area |
6,547,547 | 6,100,000 | 
|
| Cape Town | South Africa
|
3,497,097 (2007) Metropolitan municipality |
4,618,000 | 4,300,000 | 
|
| Kano | Nigeria
|
2,153,225 (2006) 6 local government areas of Kano proper |
3,999,000 | 4,850,000 | 
|
| Dakar |  Senegal
|
2,452,656 (2005) Région |
3,140,000 | 3,925,000 | 
|
| Addis Ababa |  Ethiopia
|
2,738,248 (2007) Astedader |
4,794,000 | 3,900,000 | 
|
| Ibadan | Nigeria
|
2,559,853 | 3,552,000 | 3,675,000 | |
| Douala |  Cameroon
|
1,514,978 (2001) Wouri département |
3,663,000 | 3,450,000 | 
|
| Durban | South Africa
|
3,468,086 (2007) Metropolitan municipality |
3,158,000 | 3,475,000 | 
|
| Ouagadougou |  Burkina Faso
|
1,475,223 (2006) Municipality |
2,780,000 | 2,650,000 | 
|
| Antananarivo |  Madagascar
|
3,369,000 | 2,750,000 | 
| |
| Accra |  Ghana
|
2,076,546 (2010) District (Accra Metropolitan Area) [10] |
2,514,000 | 5,200,000 | 
|
| Luanda |  Angola
|
1,823,282 (2002) Provincia |
8,330,000 | 8,450,000 | 
|
| Bamako |  Mali
|
1,215,335 (2005) District |
2,618,000 | 3,675,000 | 
|
| Abuja | Nigeria
|
1,405,201 (2006) Federal Capital Territory |
3,278,000 | 3,725,000 | 
|
| Port Harcourt | Nigeria
|
541,116 (2006) Local government area |
3,020,000 | 2,425,000 | 
|
| Kumasi | Ghana
|
2,035,000 (2010) [10] District (Kumasi Metropolitan Area) |
3,348,000 | 3,075,000 | 
|
| Lusaka |  Zambia
|
1,742,979 | 2,774,000 | 2,800,000 | 
|
| Mogadishu |  Somalia
|
3,000,000 (2011) | 2,282,000 | 2,000,000 | .jpg)
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| Pretoria | South Africa
|
2,345,908 (2007) Metropolitan municipality |
2,566,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | 
|
| Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
2,478,000 | 2,450,000 | 
| |
| Mbuji-Mayi | Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
2,525,000 | 2,175,000 | 
| |
| Tunis |  Tunisia
|
911,643 (2005) Municipality |
2,365,000 | 2,725,000 | 
|
| Rabat | Morocco
|
627,932 (2004) Préfecture |
1,885,000 | 2,075,000 | 
|
| Conakry |  Guinea
|
1,092,936 (1996) Région |
1,938,000 | 2,600,000 | 
|
| Kampala |  Uganda
|
1,337,900 (2005) District |
3,298,000 | 3,675,000 | 
|
| Harare |  Zimbabwe
|
1,903,510 (2002) Province |
1,530,000 | 2,075,000 | 
|
| Benin City | Nigeria
|
1,727,000 | 1,700,000 | 
| |
| Huambo | Angola
|
671,000 | Not listed | 
| |
| Monrovia |  Liberia
|
1,010,970 (2008) Municipality |
1,517,000 | 1,650,000 | 
|
| Ndjamena |  Chad
|
1,423,000 | 1,610,000 | ||
| Kigali |  Rwanda
|
1,132,000 | 1,230,000 | 
| |
| Maputo |  Mozambique
|
1,099,102 (2007) Province-level city |
1,110,000 | 2,350,000 | 
|
| Bujumbura |  Burundi
|
1,126,930 (2019) |
1,013,000 | not listed | |
| Fès | Morocco
|
977,946 (2004) Préfecture |
1,224,000 | 1,290,000 | 
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| Kananga | Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
1,458,000 | 1,210,000 | 
| |
| Vereeniging | South Africa
|
800,819 (2007) District municipality |
774,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | 
|
| Marrakech | Morocco
|
1,003,000 | 1,130,000 | 
| |
| Tripoli |  Libya
|
1,126,000 (2006) Mutsarfiyah |
1,165,000 | 1,290,000 | 
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| Onitsha | Nigeria
|
1,415,000 | 1,240,000 | 
| |
| Mombasa | Kenya
|
1,296,000 | 1,250,000 | 
| |
| Niamey |  Niger
|
2,100,000 (2013) Province |
1,292,000 | 1,350,000 | 
|
| Kaduna | Nigeria
|
760,084 (2006) 2 local government areas of Kaduna |
1,113,000 | 1,940,000 | ,_2007.JPG)
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| Kisangani | Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
1,261,000 | 1,150,000 | 
| |
| Hargeisa |  Somaliland
|
not listed | not listed | 
| |
| Freetown |  Sierra Leone
|
1,055,964 (2015) Western Area province |
1,202,000 | 1,860,000 | |
| Oran | Algeria
|
899,000 | 1,510,000 | ||
| Nouakchott |  Mauritania
|
1,315,000 | 1,310,000 | ||
| Maiduguri | Nigeria
|
786,000 | 1,250,000 | ||
| Agadir | Morocco
|
924,000 | 1,220,000 | ||
| Bangui |  Central African Republic
|
889,000 | 1,230,000 | ||
| Pointe-Noire | Republic of the Congo
|
1,214,000 | 1,220,000 | ||
| Bosaso | Somalia
|
not listed | not listed | 
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See also[edit]
- Lists of cities in Africa, mostly by country
- List of cities in Africa by population
Africa portal
Cities portal
Geography portal
References[edit]
- ^ "World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition". United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b c 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. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Population distribution by selected age groups, sex and governorate according to final results of 2017 Pop.Census (201993091923pop.pdf)". Capmas.gov.eg. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ incl. Kinshasa (14,342,000)
- ^ incl. Brazzaville
- ^ "Local Municipality, City of Johannesburg". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Basic Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile (PDF) (Report). The United Republic of Tanzania. April 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/613251468182958526/pdf/96449-WP-PUBLIC-GhanaRisingThroughCities-Overview-full.pdf[bare URL PDF]
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