Urban areas in Africa by population

This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa.[1] Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from citypopulation.de. Figures for administrative areas are also given.[2][3]

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] 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

See also

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