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 |
Urban agglomerations citypopulation.de - 2023 |
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| Cairo | Egypt | 10,044,894 (2022) Governorate |
20,901,000 | 22,200,000 | |
| Lagos | Nigeria | 27,000,000 (2023) | 14,368,000 | 30,000,000 | |
| Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16,316,000 (2023) Province (Kinshasa) |
14,342,000 | 15,000,000 | |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | 4,772,846 (2022) | 5,783,000 | 14,800,000 | |
| Luanda | Angola | 9,079,811 (2022) Provincia |
8,330,000 | 9,000,000 | |
| Khartoum-Omdurman | Sudan | 4,272,728 (2008) 3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration |
5,829,000 | 6,850,000 | |
| Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 6,321,017 (2021) District |
5,203,000 | 6,550,000 | |
| Nairobi | Kenya | 4,750,056 (2022) Nairobi County |
6,547,547 | 6,550,000 | |
| Accra | Ghana | 284,124 (2021) District (Accra Metropolitan District) |
2,514,000 | 6,350,000 | |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 5,383,728 (2022)
Region |
6,702,000 | 6,000,000 | |
| Alexandria | Egypt | 5,441,866 (2021) Governorate |
5,281,000 | 6,100,000 | |
| Kano | Nigeria | 9,401,288 (2006)
16,253,549 (2023) |
3,999,000 | 5,200,000 | |
| Casablanca | Morocco | 3,642,656 (2023)
Préfecture |
3,752,000 | 4,700,000 | |
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 3,859,999 (2022) Astedader |
4,794,000 | 4,600,000 | |
| Cape Town | South Africa | 4,772,846 (2022) Metropolitan municipality |
4,618,000 | 4,450,000 | |
| Dakar | Senegal | 3,896,564 (2022) Région |
3,140,000 | 4,200,000 | |
| Algiers | Algeria | 2,988,145 (2008) Wilaya |
2,768,000 | 4,175,000 | |
| Abuja | Nigeria | 3,067,500 (2022) Federal capital territory |
3,278,000 | 4,100,000 | |
| Pretoria | South Africa | 4,040,315 (2022) Metropolitan municipality |
2,566,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | |
| Bamako | Mali | 4,227,569 (2022) Capital district |
2,618,000 | 3,975,000 | |
| Kampala | Uganda | 1,680,600 (2020) District |
3,298,000 | 3,975,000 | |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 2,559,853 | 3,552,000 | 3,925,000 | |
| Douala | Cameroon | 2,768,400 (2015) Municipality |
3,663,000 | 3,650,000 | |
| Durban | South Africa | 4,678,127 (2022) Metropolitan municipality |
4,130,000 | 3,575,000 | |
| Antananarivo | Madagascar | 1,274,225 (2018) Municipality |
3,369,000 | 2,950,000 | |
| Kumasi | Ghana | 443,981 (2022) District (Kumasi Metropolitan) |
3,348,000 | 2,850,000 | |
| Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 2,415,266 (2019) Municipality |
2,780,000 | 2,800,000 | |
| Tunis | Tunisia | 1,075,837 (2022) Governorate |
2,365,000 | 2,775,000 | |
| Conakry | Guinea | 1,660,973 (2014) Région |
1,938,000 | 2,775,000 | |
| Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,478,000 | 2,650,000 | ||
| Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 541,116 (2006) Local government area |
3,020,000 | 2,600,000 | |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | 2,427,231 (2022) Province |
1,530,000 | 2,600,000 | |
| Maputo | Mozambique | 1,080,277 (2017) Province-level city |
1,110,000 | 2,450,000 | |
| Mbuji-Mayi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,525,000 | 2,325,000 | ||
| Lusaka | Zambia | 2,204,059 (2022) District |
2,774,000 | 2,250,000 | |
| Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo | 2,145,783 (2023) Capital district (Brazzaville) |
2,388,000 | 2,200,000 | |
| Mogadishu | Somalia | 3,000,000 (2011) | 2,282,000 | 2,125,000 | |
| Rabat | Morocco | 512,403 (2023) Préfecture |
1,885,000 | 2,125,000 | |
| Kaduna | Nigeria | 760,084 (2006) 2 local government areas of Kaduna |
1,113,000 | 2,050,000 | |
| Ndjamena | Chad | 1,521,900 (2019) Capital district |
1,423,000 | 1,810,000 | |
| Benin City | Nigeria | 1,727,000 | 1,790,000 | ||
| Monrovia | Liberia | 1,010,970 (2008) Municipality |
1,517,000 | 1,770,000 | |
| Tripoli | Libya | 1,126,000 (2006) Mutsarfiyah |
1,165,000 | 1,770,000 | |
| Oran | Algeria | 899,000 | 1,570,000 | ||
| Bangui | Central African Republic | 889,000 | 1,560,000 | ||
| Niamey | Niger | 1,324,700 (2020) Capital district |
1,292,000 | 1,430,000 | |
| Nouakchott | Mauritania | 1,315,000 | 1,350,000 | ||
| Freetown | Sierra Leone | 1,055,964 (2015) Western Area province |
1,202,000 | 1,340,000 | |
| Maiduguri | Nigeria | 786,000 | 1,340,000 | ||
| Kigali | Rwanda | 1,745,555 (2022) Province |
1,132,000 | 1,330,000 | |
| Fès | Morocco | 1,296,772 (2023) Préfecture |
1,224,000 | 1,330,000 | |
| Mombasa | Kenya | 1,208,333 (2019) Municipality |
1,296,000 | 1,320,000 | |
| Onitsha | Nigeria | 1,415,000 | 1,310,000 | ||
| Kananga | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,458,000 | 1,290,000 | ||
| Agadir | Morocco | 924,000 | 1,280,000 | ||
| Kisangani | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,261,000 | 1,220,000 | ||
| Marrakech | Morocco | 1,330,468 (2023) Préfecture |
1,003,000 | 1,160,000 | |
| Pointe-Noire | Republic of the Congo | 1,214,000 | 1,140,000 | ||
| Bujumbura | Burundi | 1,126,930 (2019) |
1,013,000 | not listed | |
| Vereeniging | South Africa | 800,819 (2007) District municipality |
774,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | |
| Huambo | Angola | 671,000 | Not listed | ||
| Hargeisa | Somaliland | not listed | not listed | ||
| Bosaso | Somalia | not listed | not listed |
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