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.

Kinshasa, the largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as in Africa, is the nation's financial and economic centre.

Lagos, Nigeria is the second largest city in Africa and one of the primary economic hubs for the continent.

Cairo, Egypt is the third largest city in Africa and the largest one in the Arab world.

Riverside of Giza, a mega-suburb of Cairo and the second-largest city in Egypt with over 9 million inhabitants.

Oceanside of Luanda, the Angolan metropolis and a major hub for Africa's fossil fuel industries.

Skyline of Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania and in eastern Africa.

Seaside of Egypt's third-largest city and its ancient capital: Alexandria, the largest port in this bicontinental country.

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.

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.

Tunis, the Tunisian capital as well as a major commercial and logistic turntable of the Maghreb.

Aerial view of Harare, the capital and centre of Zimbabwe.

Kilindini Harbour in Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city and its historical gate to the Indian Ocean trade.

The Jemaa el-Fnaa marketplace in the Moroccan Imperial city of Marrakech is an old commercial key to the Sahara.

List

Bold represents largest city in country. Italic represents capital city.

City	Rank	Country	Population	Year of estimate
Kinshasa	1	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17,032,322	2024[1]
Lagos	2	Nigeria	16,536,018	2024[2]
Cairo (al-Qāhirah)	3	Egypt	10,100,166	2022[3]
Giza (al-Jīzah)	4	Egypt	9,250,791	2021[4]
Luanda	5	Angola	8,952,496	2022[5]
Dar es Salaam	6	Tanzania	7,404,689	2022[6]
Khartoum (al-Khurṭūm)	7	Sudan	6,344,348	2023[7]
Johannesburg (eGoli)	8	South Africa	6,065,354	2022[8]
Abidjan	9	Côte d'Ivoire	5,515,790	2022[9]
Alexandria	10	Egypt	5,483,605	2022[10]
Addis Ababa	11	Ethiopia	5,227,794	2022[11]
Nairobi	12	Kenya	5,118,844	2022[12]
Cape Town (iKapa)	13	South Africa	4,800,954	2022[13]
Yaoundé	14	Cameroon	4,336,670	2022[14]
Kano	15	Nigeria	4,219,209	2022[15]
Ekurhuleni (East Rand)	16	South Africa	4,045,000	2022[16]
Durban (eThekwini)	17	South Africa	4,034,678	2022[17]
Douala	18	Cameroon	3,926,645	2022[18]
Casablanca (al-Dār al-Bayḍā)	19	Morocco	3,840,396	2022[19]
Ibadan	20	Nigeria	3,756,445	2022[20]
Antananarivo	21	Madagascar	3,699,900	2022[21]
Abuja	22	Nigeria	3,652,029	2022[22]
Kampala	23	Uganda	3,651,919	2022[23]
Kumasi	24	Ghana	3,630,326	2022[24]
Dakar (Ndakaaru)	25	Senegal	3,326,001	2022[25]
Port Harcourt	26	Nigeria	3,324,694	2022[26]
Ouagadougou	27	Burkina Faso	3,055,788	2022[27]
Lusaka	28	Zambia	3,041,789	2022[28]
Algiers (al-Jazāʾir)	29	Algeria	2,853,959	2022[29]
Bamako	30	Mali	2,816,943	2022[30]
Omdurman (Umm Durmān)	31	Sudan	2,805,396	2022[31]
Mbuji-Mayi	32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,765,002	2022[32]
Pretoria (Tshwane)	33	South Africa	2,739,768	2022[33]
Lubumbashi	34	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,695,331	2022[34]
Accra	35	Ghana	2,605,402	2022[35]
Brazzaville	36	Republic of the Congo	2,552,813	2022[36]
Mogadishu (Xamar)	37	Somalia	2,497,463	2022[37]
Tunis	38	Tunisia	2,435,961	2022[38]
Conakry	39	Guinea	2,048,525	2022[39]
Rabat (ar-Ribāṭ)	40	Morocco	1,931,930	2022[40]
Lomé	41	Togo	1,925,517	2022[41]
Benin City	42	Nigeria	1,841,084	2022[42]
Matola	43	Mozambique	1,796,872	2022[43]
Monrovia	44	Liberia	1,622,582	2022[44]
Kananga	45	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,592,924	2022[45]
Harare	46	Zimbabwe	1,557,740	2022[46]
Onitsha	47	Nigeria	1,552,630	2022[47]
N'Djamena	48	Chad	1,532,588	2022[48]
Nouakchott (Nwākshūṭ)	49	Mauritania	1,431,539	2022[49]
Mombasa	50	Kenya	1,388,979	2022[50]
Niamey	51	Niger	1,383,909	2022[51]
Kisangani	52	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,366,342	2022[52]
Pointe-Noire	53	Republic of the Congo	1,294,612	2022[53]
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)	54	South Africa	1,280,550	2022[54]
Tangier (Ṭanjah)	55	Morocco	1,277,242	2022[55]
Freetown	56	Sierra Leone	1,272,145	2022[56]
Fez (Fās)	57	Morocco	1,267,317	2022[57]
Uyo	58	Nigeria	1,264,636	2022[58]
Mwanza	59	Tanzania	1,245,444	2022[59]
Lilongwe	60	Malawi	1,222,325	2022[60]
Kigali	61	Rwanda	1,208,296	2022[61]
Bukavu	62	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,190,367	2022[62]
Abomey-Calavi	63	Benin	1,188,736	2022[63]
Nnewi	64	Nigeria	1,176,550	2022[64]
Tripoli (Ṭarābulus al-Gharb)	65	Libya	1,175,830	2022[65]
Kaduna	66	Nigeria	1,158,048	2022[66]
Aba	67	Nigeria	1,150,116	2022[67]
Bujumbura	68	Burundi	1,139,265	2022[68]
Maputo	69	Mozambique	1,138,960	2022[69]
Hargeisa (Harjīsā)	70	Somalia ( Somaliland)	1,079,377	2022[70]
Bobo Dioulasso	71	Burkina Faso	1,074,309	2022[71]
Shubra el-Kheima	72	Egypt	1,072,951	2022[72]
Ikorodu	73	Nigeria	1,041,166	2022[73]
Asmara	74	Eritrea	1,034,872	2022[74]
Marrakesh (Murrākuš)	75	Morocco	1,033,050	2022[75]
Tshikapa	76	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,023,575	2022[76]
Nyala	77	Sudan	1,012,312	2022[77]
Ilorin	78	Nigeria	1,000,477	2022[78]
Blantyre	79	Malawi	994,911	2022[79]
Agadir	80	Morocco	960,438	2022[80]
Misratah	81	Libya	953,472	2022[81]
Owerri	82	Nigeria	945,046	2022[82]
Warri	83	Nigeria	942,683	2022[83]
Jos	84	Nigeria	942,167	2022[84]
Bangui	85	Central African Republic	933,176	2022[85]
Nampula	86	Mozambique	927,472	2022[86]
Oran (Wahrān)	87	Algeria	922,302	2022[87]
West Rand	88	South Africa	921,524	2022[88]
Lubango	89	Angola	914,456	2022[89]
Cabinda	90	Angola	861,878	2022[90]
Umuahia	91	Nigeria	860,555	2022[91]
Libreville	92	Gabon	856,854	2022[92]
Benghazi	93	Libya	847,790	2022[93]
Maiduguri	94	Nigeria	822,337	2022[94]
Enugu	95	Nigeria	819,791	2022[95]
Lokoja	96	Nigeria	790,742	2022[96]
Vereeniging (Emfuleni)	97	South Africa	786,127	2022[97]
Benguela	98	Angola	776,832	2022[98]
Bunia	99	Democratic Republic of the Congo	767,645	2022[99]
Zanzibar	100	Tanzania	766,392	2022[100]

Map

Kinshasa

Lagos

Cairo

Giza

Dar es Salaam

Khartoum

Johannesburg

Luanda

Abidjan

Alexandria

Nairobi

Antananarivo

Cape Town

Yaoundé

Ekurhuleni

Casablanca

Douala

Ibadan

Kano

Kumasi

Abuja

Kampala

Dakar

Port Harcourt

Addis Ababa

Durban (eThekwini)

Ouaga-dougou

Lusaka

Algiers

Bamako

The 30 largest cities in Africa

See also

• List of urban areas in Africa by population
• List of European cities by population within city limits
• Africa portal
• Cities portal

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