List of cities in Africa by population

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Cairo, Egypt is the largest polis of Africa, the Middle East and the Arab world. Kairo 001.jpg
Cairo, Egypt is the largest polis of Africa, the Middle East and the Arab world.
Lagos, Nigeria is one of the primary logistical turntables in West Africa. Aerial Vegetation View of Snake Island Integrated Free Zone.jpg
Lagos, Nigeria is one of the primary logistical turntables in West Africa.
Oceanside of Luanda, the Angolan metropolis and a major commercial hub for Africa's fossil fuel industries. Bay of Luanda.jpg
Oceanside of Luanda, the Angolan metropolis and a major commercial hub for Africa's fossil fuel industries.
Seaside of Egypt's second largest city and its ancient capital: Alexandria, the largest port in this bicontinental country. Coast of Alexandria, A view From Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt.jpg
Seaside of Egypt's second largest city and its ancient capital: Alexandria, the largest port in this bicontinental country.
Addis Ababa is the core of Ethiopia and seat of the African Union. Addis Abeba City.jpg
Addis Ababa is the core of Ethiopia and seat of the African Union.
East Africa's central business hub and Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Nairobi.jpg
East Africa's central business hub and Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
Cape Peninsula of Cape Town, Africa's southernmost city and the second largest one in South Africa, also its legislative capital. Dsc 0134 Jpg (136541529).jpeg
Cape Peninsula of Cape Town, Africa's southernmost city and the second largest one in South Africa, also its legislative capital.
Aerial view of the pyramid complex and the city of Giza, Cairo's mega-suburb. Giza-pyramids.JPG
Aerial view of the pyramid complex and the city of Giza, Cairo's mega-suburb.
Great Mosque in the city of Kano, the historical centre and trans-Saharan trade focus in Northern Nigeria. The Kano Central Mosque.jpg
Great Mosque in the city of Kano, the historical centre and trans-Saharan trade focus in Northern Nigeria.
The ancient royal Rovan'i Manjakamiadana overlooking Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo. Rova Manjakamiadana, Antananarivo Madagascar.jpg
The ancient royal Rovan'i Manjakamiadana overlooking Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo.
Kampala is the hub of Uganda. Kampala old taxi park.jpg
Kampala is the hub of Uganda.
View of Algiers: Algeria's metropolis is one of the most important economic and traditional centres in North Africa. Alger ljm` lkbyr w ljm` ljdyd bljzy'r.jpg
View of Algiers: Algeria's metropolis is one of the most important economic and traditional centres in North Africa.
Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis, the Tunisian capital as well as another turntable of the Maghreb region. TunisAveHabibBourguiba.jpg
Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis, the Tunisian capital as well as another turntable of the Maghreb region.
Harare, the centre of Zimbabwe. Harare aerial view.jpg
Harare, the centre of Zimbabwe.
Kilindini Harbour in Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city, is its gate to the Indian Ocean trade. A general view of Mombasa Port on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.jpg
Kilindini Harbour in Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city, is its gate to the Indian Ocean trade.
The Jemaa el-Fnaa marketplace in the Moroccan Imperial city of Marrakesh is an old key to the trans-Saharan trade. Morocco Oriental Marrakech Orient Architecture.jpg
The Jemaa el-Fnaa marketplace in the Moroccan Imperial city of Marrakesh is an old key to the trans-Saharan trade.

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

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List

Bold represents largest city in country.

Italic represents capital city.

RankCityCountryPopulationYear of estimate
1 Cairo (al-Qāhirah)Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 22,800,0002025 [1]
2 Lagos Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 21,300,0002025 [1]
3 Kinshasa Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,300,0002025 [1]
4 Johannesburg (eGoli)Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 14,800,0002025 [1]
5 Luanda Flag of Angola.svg Angola 9,650,0002025 [1]
6 Khartoum (al-Khurṭūm)Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 7,200,0002025 [1]
7 Abidjan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire 7,050,0002025 [1]
8 Nairobi Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 6,900,0002025 [1]
9 Accra Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 6,800,0002025 [1]
10 Dar es Salaam Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 6,650,0002025 [1]
11 Alexandria Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 6,250,0002025 [1]
12 Bamako Flag of Mali.svg Mali 5,700,0002025 [1]
13 Kano Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 5,350,0002025 [1]
14 Cape Town (iKapa, Kaapstad)Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5,100,0002025 [1]
15 Addis Ababa Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 4,825,0002025 [1]
16 Giza (al-Jīzah)Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 4,458,1352023 [2]
17 Casablanca (al-Dār al-Bayḍā)Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 4,450,0002025 [1]
18 Algiers (al-Jazāʾir)Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 4,325,0002025 [1]
19 Kampala Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 4,300,0002025 [1]
20 Dakar (Ndakaaru)Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 4,225,0002025 [1]
21 Ekurhuleni (East Rand)Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 4,045,0002022 [3]
22 Yaoundé Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 3,975,0002025 [1]
23 Durban (eThekwini) Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3,900,0002025 [1]
24 Douala Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 3,900,0002025 [1]
25 Ouagadougou Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 3,425,0002025 [1]
26 Ibadan Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3,400,0002025 [1]
27 Antananarivo (Tananarive)Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 3,150,0002025 [1]
28 Abuja Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3,050,0002025 [1]
29 Lusaka Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 3,000,0002025 [1]
30 Conakry Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 2,975,0002025 [1]
31 Kumasi Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 2,900,0002025 [1]
32 Lubumbashi Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,875,0002025 [1]
33 Omdurman (Umm Durmān)Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 2,805,3962022 [4]
34 Pretoria (Tshwane) Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2,739,7682022 [5]
35 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 2,725,0002025 [1]
36 Harare Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2,675,0002025 [1]
37 Lomé Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 2,625,0002025 [1]
38 Maputo Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 2,575,0002025 [1]
39 Mbuji-Mayi Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,500,0002025 [1]
40 Brazzaville Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 2,475,0002025 [1]
41 Port Harcourt Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2,250,0002025 [1]
42 Mogadishu (Muqdisho, Xamar)Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 2,250,0002025 [1]
43 Cotonou Flag of Benin.svg Benin 2,150,0002025 [1]
44 Rabat (ar-Ribāṭ)Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 2,125,0002025 [1]
45 Kaduna Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,980,0002025 [1]
46 Kigali Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 1,960,0002025 [1]
47 N'Djamena Flag of Chad.svg Chad 1,950,0002025 [1]
48 Monrovia Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 1,940,0002025 [1]
49 Tripoli (Ṭarābulus al-Gharb)Flag of Libya.svg Libya 1,870,0002025 [1]
50 Matola Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 1,796,8722022 [6]
51 Benin City Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,790,0002025 [1]
52 Bangui Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 1,680,0002025 [1]
53 Oran (Wahrān)Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 1,640,0002025 [1]
54 Niamey Flag of Niger.svg Niger 1,530,0002025 [1]
55 Nouakchott (Nwākshūṭ)Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 1,500,0002025 [1]
56 Pointe-Noire Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 1,480,0002025 [1]
57 Benguela Flag of Angola.svg Angola 1,420,0002025 [1]
58 Freetown Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 1,420,0002025 [1]
59 Tangier (Ṭanjah)Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1,410,0002025 [1]
60 Mombasa Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1,370,0002025 [1]
61 Kananga Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,370,0002025 [1]
62 Touba Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1,320,0002025 [1]
63 Fez (Fās)Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1,310,0002025 [1]
64 Kisangani Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,300,0002025 [1]
65 Aba Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,280,0002025 [1]
66 Shubra el-Kheima Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1,275,7002023 [7]
67 Agadir Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1,270,0002025 [1]
68 Uyo Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,264,6362022 [8]
69 Mwanza Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1,245,4442022 [9]
70 Onitsha Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,230,0002025 [1]
71 Lilongwe Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 1,210,0002025 [1]
72 Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1,200,0002025 [1]
73 Arusha Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1,190,0002025 [1]
74 Maiduguri Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,190,0002025 [1]
75 Abomey-Calavi Flag of Benin.svg Benin 1,188,7362022 [10]
76 Sousse Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1,180,0002025 [1]
77 Nnewi Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,176,5502022 [11]
78 Banjul Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 1,170,0002025 [1]
79 Ilorin Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,160,0002025 [1]
80 Marrakesh (Murrākuš)Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1,140,0002025 [1]
81 Sokoto (city) Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,140,0002025 [1]
82 Bujumbura Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 1,139,2652022 [12]
83 Jos Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,110,0002025 [1]
84 Bukavu Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,100,0002025 [1]
85 Bobo Dioulasso Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 1,100,0002025 [1]
86 Asmara Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea 1,090,0002025 [1]
87 Hargeisa (Harjīsā)Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia (Flag of Somaliland.svg Somaliland)1,079,3772022 [13]
88 Zaria Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,050,0002025 [1]
89 Ikorodu Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,041,1662022 [14]
90 Zanzibar Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1,030,0002025 [1]
91 Tshikapa Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,023,5752022 [15]
92 Nyala Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 1,012,3122022 [16]
93 Enugu Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1,010,0002025 [1]
94 Goma Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,010,0002025 [1]
95 Blantyre Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 994,9112022 [17]
96 Misratah Flag of Libya.svg Libya 953,4722022 [18]
97 Owerri Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 945,0462022 [19]
98 Warri Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 942,6832022 [20]
99 Nampula Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 927,4722022 [21]
100 West Rand Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 921,5242022 [22]

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The 30 largest cities in Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 "Major Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  3. ↑ "Ekurhuleni, South Africa Metro Area Population 1950-2022". macrotrends. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Population of Omdurman". all-populations.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Pretoria Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Matola Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Uyo Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Mwanza Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Abomey Calavi Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Nnewi Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Bujumbura Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Hargeisa Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  14. ↑ "Ikorodu Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Tshikapa Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "Nyala Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Blantyre Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  18. ↑ "Misratah Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Owerri Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "Warri Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  21. ↑ "Nampula Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  22. ↑ "West Rand Population 2022". worldpopulationreview. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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