List
| Urban area | Country | Administrative area according to local national census authorities | Urban agglomerations United Nations - 2020 [4] | Urban agglomerations citypopulation.de - 2023 [5] | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo |  Egypt | 10,044,894 (2022) [6] Governorate | 20,901,000 | 22,200,000 |  |
| Lagos |  Nigeria | 13,400,000 (2007) [7] [ needs update ] | 14,368,000 | 30,000,000 |  |
| Kinshasa |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16,316,000 (2023) Province (Kinshasa) [8] | 14,342,000 [9] | 15,000,000 |  |
| Johannesburg |  South Africa | 4,772,846 (2022) [10] | 5,783,000 | 14,800,000 |  |
| Luanda |  Angola | 9,079,811 (2022) [11] Provincia | 8,330,000 | 9,000,000 |  |
| Khartoum-Omdurman |  Sudan | 4,272,728 (2008) [12] 3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration | 5,829,000 | 6,850,000 |  |
| Abidjan |  Ivory Coast | 6,321,017 (2021) [13] District | 5,203,000 | 6,550,000 |  |
| Nairobi |  Kenya | 4,750,056 (2022) [14] Nairobi County | 6,547,547 | 6,550,000 |  |
| Accra |  Ghana | 284,124 (2021) [15] District (Accra Metropolitan District) | 2,514,000 | 6,350,000 |  |
| Dar es Salaam |  Tanzania | 5,383,728 (2022) [16] Region | 6,702,000 | 6,000,000 |  |
| Alexandria | Egypt | 5,441,866 (2021) [17] Governorate | 5,281,000 | 6,100,000 |  |
| Kano | Nigeria | 9,401,288 (2006) [18] [19] 16,253,549 (2023) | 3,999,000 | 5,200,000 |  |
| Casablanca |  Morocco | 3,642,656 (2023) [20] Préfecture | 3,752,000 | 4,700,000 | |
| Addis Ababa |  Ethiopia | 3,859,999 (2022) [21] Astedader | 4,794,000 | 4,600,000 |  |
| Cape Town | South Africa | 4,772,846 (2022) [10] Metropolitan municipality | 4,618,000 | 4,450,000 |  |
| Dakar |  Senegal | 3,896,564 (2022) [22] Région | 3,140,000 | 4,200,000 |  |
| Algiers |  Algeria | 2,988,145 (2008) Wilaya | 2,768,000 | 4,175,000 |  |
| Abuja | Nigeria | 3,067,500 (2022) [23] Federal capital territory | 3,278,000 | 4,100,000 |  |
| Pretoria | South Africa | 4,040,315 (2022) [24] Metropolitan municipality | 2,566,000 | see Greater Johannesburg |  |
| Bamako |  Mali | 4,227,569 (2022) [25] Capital district | 2,618,000 | 3,975,000 |  |
| Kampala |  Uganda | 1,680,600 (2020) [26] District | 3,298,000 | 3,975,000 |  |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 2,559,853 | 3,552,000 | 3,925,000 | |
| Douala |  Cameroon | 2,768,400 (2015) [27] Municipality | 3,663,000 | 3,650,000 |  |
| Durban | South Africa | 4,678,127 (2022) Metropolitan municipality | 4,130,000 | 3,575,000 |  |
| Antananarivo |  Madagascar | 1,274,225 (2018) [28] Municipality | 3,369,000 | 2,950,000 |  |
| Kumasi | Ghana | 443,981 (2022) [29] District (Kumasi Metropolitan) | 3,348,000 | 2,850,000 |  |
| Ouagadougou |  Burkina Faso | 2,415,266 (2019) [30] Municipality | 2,780,000 | 2,800,000 |  |
| Tunis |  Tunisia | 1,075,837 (2022) [31] Governorate | 2,365,000 | 2,775,000 |  |
| Conakry |  Guinea | 1,660,973 (2014) [32] Région | 1,938,000 | 2,775,000 |  |
| Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,478,000 | 2,650,000 |  | |
| Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 541,116 (2006) Local government area | 3,020,000 | 2,600,000 |  |
| Harare |  Zimbabwe | 2,427,231 (2022) [33] Province | 1,530,000 | 2,600,000 |  |
| Maputo |  Mozambique | 1,080,277 (2017) [34] Province-level city | 1,110,000 | 2,450,000 |  |
| Mbuji-Mayi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,525,000 | 2,325,000 |  | |
| Lusaka |  Zambia | 2,204,059 (2022) [35] District | 2,774,000 | 2,250,000 |  |
| Brazzaville |  Republic of the Congo | 2,145,783 (2023) [36] Capital district (Brazzaville) | 2,388,000 [37] | 2,200,000 | |
| Mogadishu |  Somalia | 3,000,000 (2011) | 2,282,000 | 2,125,000 |  |
| Rabat | Morocco | 512,403 (2023) [38] Préfecture | 1,885,000 | 2,125,000 |  |
| Kaduna | Nigeria | 760,084 (2006) 2 local government areas of Kaduna | 1,113,000 | 2,050,000 |  |
| Ndjamena |  Chad | 1,521,900 (2019) [39] Capital district | 1,423,000 | 1,810,000 | |
| Benin City | Nigeria | 1,727,000 | 1,790,000 |  | |
| Monrovia |  Liberia | 1,010,970 (2008) Municipality | 1,517,000 | 1,770,000 |  |
| Tripoli |  Libya | 1,126,000 (2006) Mutsarfiyah | 1,165,000 | 1,770,000 |  |
| Oran | Algeria | 899,000 | 1,570,000 | ||
| Bangui |  Central African Republic | 889,000 | 1,560,000 | ||
| Niamey |  Niger | 1,324,700 (2020) [40] Capital district | 1,292,000 | 1,430,000 |  |
| Nouakchott |  Mauritania | 1,315,000 | 1,350,000 | ||
| Freetown |  Sierra Leone | 1,055,964 (2015) Western Area province | 1,202,000 | 1,340,000 | |
| Maiduguri | Nigeria | 786,000 | 1,340,000 | ||
| Kigali |  Rwanda | 1,745,555 (2022) [41] Province | 1,132,000 | 1,330,000 |  |
| Fez | Morocco | 1,296,772 (2023) [42] Préfecture | 1,224,000 | 1,330,000 |  |
| Mombasa | Kenya | 1,208,333 (2019) [43] Municipality | 1,296,000 | 1,320,000 |  |
| Onitsha | Nigeria | 1,415,000 | 1,310,000 |  | |
| Kananga | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,458,000 | 1,290,000 |  | |
| Agadir | Morocco | 924,000 | 1,280,000 | ||
| Kisangani | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,261,000 | 1,220,000 |  | |
| Marrakesh | Morocco | 1,330,468 (2023) [44] Préfecture | 1,003,000 | 1,160,000 |  |
| Pointe-Noire | Republic of the Congo | 1,214,000 | 1,140,000 | ||
| Bujumbura |  Burundi | 1,126,930 (2019) | 1,013,000 | not listed | |
| Vereeniging | South Africa | 800,819 (2007) District municipality | 774,000 | see Greater Johannesburg |  |
| Huambo | Angola | 671,000 | Not listed |  | |
| Hargeisa | Somalia ( Somaliland) | not listed | not listed |  | |
| Bosaso | Somalia | not listed | not listed |  |
