List of cities in Africa by population
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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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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] |
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