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List of cities in Africa by population

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.

List of cities in Africa by population

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.

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.

Bold represents largest city in country.

Italic represents capital city.

RankCityCountryPopulationYear of estimate
1CairoEgypt23,200,0002026
2LagosNigeria21,900,0002026
3KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo16,900,0002026
4JohannesburgSouth Africa15,100,0002026
5LuandaAngola10,400,0002026
6KhartoumSudan7,400,0002026
7AbidjanIvory Coast7,300,0002026
8NairobiKenya7,150,0002026
9AccraGhana7,050,0002026
10Dar es SalaamTanzania6,900,0002026
11AlexandriaEgypt6,350,0002026
12BamakoMali5,950,0002026
13KanoNigeria5,550,0002026
14KampalaUganda5,350,0002026
15Cape TownSouth Africa5,200,0002026
16Addis AbabaEthiopia4,950,0002026
17CasablancaMorocco4,500,0002026
18GizaEgypt4,458,1352023
19AlgiersAlgeria4,400,0002026
20DakarSenegal4,375,0002026
21EkurhuleniSouth Africa4,066,6912022
22PretoriaSouth Africa4,040,3152022
23ConakryGuinea4,000,0002026
24DurbanSouth Africa3,975,0002026
25DoualaCameroon3,950,0002026
26YaoundéCameroon3,900,0002026
27OuagadougouBurkina Faso3,550,0002026
28IbadanNigeria3,475,0002026
29AntananarivoMadagascar3,250,0002026
30AbujaNigeria3,175,0002026
31LusakaZambia3,100,0002026
32LubumbashiDemocratic Republic of the Congo2,975,0002026
33KumasiGhana2,950,0002026
34OmdurmanSudan2,805,3962022
35TunisTunisia2,775,0002026
36LoméTogo2,725,0002026
37HarareZimbabwe2,700,0002026
38MaputoMozambique2,650,0002026
39Mbuji-MayiDemocratic Republic of the Congo2,600,0002026
40BrazzavilleRepublic of the Congo2,550,0002026
41MogadishuSomalia2,325,0002026
42Port HarcourtNigeria2,300,0002026
43CotonouBenin2,225,0002026
44RabatMorocco2,150,0002026
45KigaliRwanda2,050,0002026
46KadunaNigeria2,025,0002026
47N'DjamenaChad2,025,0002026
48MonroviaLiberia2,000,0002026
49TripoliLibya1,930,0002026
50Benin CityNigeria1,840,0002026
51MatolaMozambique1,796,8722022
52BanguiCentral African Republic1,740,0002026
53OranAlgeria1,670,0002026
54NiameyNiger1,580,0002026
55NouakchottMauritania1,550,0002026
56Pointe-NoireRepublic of the Congo1,530,0002026
57FreetownSierra Leone1,460,0002026
58TangierMorocco1,460,0002026
59KanangaDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,420,0002026
60MombasaKenya1,400,0002026
61MwanzaTanzania1,390,0002026
62BenguelaAngola1,370,0002026
63ToubaSenegal1,370,0002026
64KisanganiDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,340,0002026
65FezMorocco1,330,0002026
66BujumburaBurundi1,320,0002026
67AbaNigeria1,310,0002026
68AgadirMorocco1,300,0002026
69Shubra el-KheimaEgypt1,275,7002023
70OnitshaNigeria1,250,0002026
71LilongweMalawi1,250,0002026
72ArushaTanzania1,230,0002026
73MaiduguriNigeria1,220,0002026
74BanjulGambia1,210,0002026
75GqeberhaSouth Africa1,200,0002026
76SousseTunisia1,200,0002026
77IlorinNigeria1,190,0002026
78Abomey-CalaviBenin1,188,7362022
79SokotoNigeria1,180,0002026
80NnewiNigeria1,176,5502022
81MarrakeshMorocco1,150,0002026
82JosNigeria1,140,0002026
83BukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,140,0002026
84Bobo DioulassoBurkina Faso1,130,0002026
85AsmaraEritrea1,120,0002026
86ZariaNigeria1,080,0002026
87ZanzibarTanzania1,080,0002026
88HargeisaSomalia ( Somaliland)1,079,3772022
89GomaDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,050,0002026
90EnuguNigeria1,040,0002026
91TshikapaDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,023,5752022
92NyalaSudan1,012,3122022
93BlantyreMalawi994,9112022
94MisratahLibya953,4722022
95NampulaMozambique927,4722022
96WarriNigeria910,0002022
97Port SaidEgypt790,0002024
98IkoroduNigeria781,5002022
99SuezEgypt690,0002024
100Mansoura, EgyptEgypt600,0002024
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