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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.

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.

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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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The 30 largest cities in Africa

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