List of urban areas in Africa by population

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

City Country Administrative area
according to local national census authorities		 Urban agglomerations
United Nations - 2020[1]		 Urban agglomerations
citypopulation.de - 2023[2]		 Image
Lagos  Nigeria 15,388,000 (2023)[3] 14,368,000 21,400,000
Cairo  Egypt 9,539,673 (2017) [4]
Governorate		 20,901,000 22,200,000
Kinshasa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,316,000 (2023)
Province (Kinshasa)[5]		 14,342,000[6] 15,000,000
Algiers  Algeria 2,988,145 (2008)
Wilaya		 2,768,000 4,175,000
Casablanca  Morocco 3,359,818 (2015) 3,752,000 4,700,000
Brazzaville  Republic of the Congo 1,373,382 (2007) Capital District (Brazzaville) 2,388,000[7] 2,200,000
Johannesburg  South Africa 4,434,827 (2011)[8] 5,783,000 14,800,000
Dar es Salaam  Tanzania 4,364,541 (2012)[9] 6,702,000 6,000,000
Abidjan  Ivory Coast 4,210,200 (2002)
Département		 5,203,000 6,550,000
Khartoum-Omdurman  Sudan 2,919,773 (1993)
3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration		 5,829,000 6,850,000
Alexandria  Egypt 4,110,015 (2006)
Governorate		 5,281,000 6,100,000
Nairobi  Kenya 4,397,023 (2019)
Nairobi administrative area		 6,547,547 6,550,000
Cape Town  South Africa 3,497,097 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality		 4,618,000 4,450,000
Kano  Nigeria 2,153,225 (2006)
6 local government areas of Kano proper		 3,999,000 5,200,000
Dakar  Senegal 2,452,656 (2005)
Région		 3,140,000 4,200,000
Addis Ababa  Ethiopia 2,738,248 (2007)
Astedader		 4,794,000 4,600,000
Ibadan  Nigeria 2,559,853 3,552,000 3,925,000
Douala  Cameroon 1,514,978 (2001)
Wouri département		 3,663,000 3,650,000
Durban  South Africa 4,678,127 (2022)
Metropolitan municipality		 4,130,000 3,575,000
Ouagadougou  Burkina Faso 1,475,223 (2006)
Municipality		 2,780,000 2,800,000
Antananarivo  Madagascar 3,369,000 2,950,000
Accra  Ghana 2,076,546 (2010)
District (Accra Metropolitan Area) [10]		 2,514,000 6,350,000
Luanda  Angola 1,823,282 (2002)
Provincia		 8,330,000 9,000,000
Bamako  Mali 1,215,335 (2005)
District		 2,618,000 3,975,000
Abuja  Nigeria 1,405,201 (2006)
Federal Capital Territory		 3,278,000 4,100,000
Port Harcourt  Nigeria 541,116 (2006)
Local government area		 3,020,000 2,600,000
Kumasi  Ghana 2,035,000 (2010) [10]
District (Kumasi Metropolitan Area)		 3,348,000 2,850,000
Lusaka  Zambia 1,742,979 2,774,000 2,250,000
Mogadishu  Somalia 3,000,000 (2011) 2,282,000 2,125,000
Pretoria  South Africa 2,345,908 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality		 2,566,000 see Greater Johannesburg
Lubumbashi  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,478,000 2,650,000
Mbuji-Mayi  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,525,000 2,325,000
Tunis  Tunisia 911,643 (2005)
Municipality		 2,365,000 2,775,000
Rabat  Morocco 627,932 (2004)
Préfecture		 1,885,000 2,125,000
Conakry  Guinea 1,092,936 (1996)
Région		 1,938,000 2,775,000
Kampala  Uganda 1,337,900 (2005)
District		 3,298,000 3,975,000
Harare  Zimbabwe 1,903,510 (2002)
Province		 1,530,000 2,600,000
Benin City  Nigeria 1,727,000 1,790,000
Huambo  Angola 671,000 Not listed
Monrovia  Liberia 1,010,970 (2008)
Municipality		 1,517,000 1,770,000
Ndjamena  Chad 1,423,000 1,810,000
Kigali  Rwanda 1,132,000 1,330,000
Maputo  Mozambique 1,099,102 (2007)
Province-level city		 1,110,000 2,450,000
Bujumbura  Burundi 1,126,930 (2019)
 1,013,000 not listed
Fès  Morocco 977,946 (2004)
Préfecture		 1,224,000 1,330,000
Kananga  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,458,000 1,290,000
Vereeniging  South Africa 800,819 (2007)
District municipality		 774,000 see Greater Johannesburg
Marrakech  Morocco 1,003,000 1,160,000
Tripoli  Libya 1,126,000 (2006)
Mutsarfiyah		 1,165,000 1,770,000
Onitsha  Nigeria 1,415,000 1,310,000
Mombasa  Kenya 1,296,000 1,320,000
Niamey  Niger 2,100,000 (2013)
Province		 1,292,000 1,430,000
Kaduna  Nigeria 760,084 (2006)
2 local government areas of Kaduna		 1,113,000 2,050,000
Kisangani  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,261,000 1,220,000
Hargeisa  Somaliland not listed not listed
Freetown  Sierra Leone 1,055,964 (2015)
Western Area province		 1,202,000 1,340,000
Oran  Algeria 899,000 1,570,000
Nouakchott  Mauritania 1,315,000 1,350,000
Maiduguri  Nigeria 786,000 1,340,000
Agadir  Morocco 924,000 1,280,000
Bangui  Central African Republic 889,000 1,560,000
Pointe-Noire  Republic of the Congo 1,214,000 1,140,000
Bosaso  Somalia not listed not listed

See also

References
  1. "World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition". United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. Brinkoff, Thomas (2023-01-01). "Major Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. "The largest cities in the world by land area, population and density". City Mayors. 6 January 2007. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. "Population distribution by selected age groups, sex and governorate according to final results of 2017 Pop.Census (201993091923pop.pdf)". Capmas.gov.eg. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. "CONGO KINSHASA - statistiques-mondiales.com - Statistiques et carte". Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  6. incl. Kinshasa (14,342,000)
  7. incl. Brazzaville
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