List of cities in East Africa
The following is a list of the largest cities by population and of capital cities in the geographic region of East Africa. Because population counts in each country occur at different times, the list of numbers is meant as a rough indicator of relative size.
List of capital cities[]
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City | Country | Population (approximate)[1] | Year of approximation | Notes | Area | Image |
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Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 3,384,569 | 2008 | Capital | Horn of Africa | |
Alexandria | Egypt | 5,200,000 | 2018 | Nile Valley | ||
Antananarivo | Madagascar | 1,299,080 | 2013[2] | Capital | Indian Ocean islands | |
Asmara | Eritrea | 963,000 | 2020[citation needed] | Capital | Horn of Africa | |
Berbera | Somaliland | 60753 | 2005 | Horn of Africa | ||
Blantyre | Malawi | 994,500 | 2018 | Southeast Africa | ||
Bujumbura | Burundi | 1,056,169 | 2019 | Former capital | East African Community | |
Cairo | Egypt | 19,500,000 | 2018 | Capital | Nile Valley | |
Dakahlia | Egypt | 6,577,000 | 2018 | Nile Valley | ||
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 4,364,541 | 2012 | East African Community | ||
Dire Dawa | Ethiopia | 607,321 | 2008[citation needed] | Horn of Africa | ||
Djibouti City | Djibouti | 475,322 | 2009 | Capital | Horn of Africa | |
Dodoma | Tanzania | 410,956 | 2012 | Capital | East African Community | |
Gharbia Governorate | Egypt | 5,066,000 | 2018 | Nile Valley | ||
Gitega | Burundi | 125,989 | 2019[3] | Capital | East African Community | |
Giza | Egypt | 8,800,000 | 2018 | Nile Valley | ||
Harare | Zimbabwe | 1,606,000 | 2016 | Capital | Southeast Africa | |
Hargeisa | Somaliland | 1,960,000 | 2019 | Capital | Horn of Africa | |
Helwan | Egypt | 1,295,854 | 2010 | Nile Valley | ||
Hobyo | Somalia | 1,211,800 | N/A | Horn of Africa | ||
Juba | South Sudan | 525,953 | 2017 | Capital | Nile Valley | |
Kampala | Uganda | 1,507,114 | 2014 | Capital | East African Community | |
Keren | Eritrea | 146,483 | 2012 | Horn of Africa | ||
Khartoum | Sudan | 1,974,647 | Capital | Nile Valley | ||
Kigali | Rwanda | 1,132,686 | 2012 | Capital | East African Community | |
Kisumu | Kenya | 1,268,826 | 2017 | East African Community | ||
Kitwe | Zambia | 522,092 | 2010 | Southeast Africa | ||
Lilongwe | Malawi | 1,227,100 | 2018 | Capital | Southeast Africa | |
Lindi | Tanzania | 41,549 | 2002 | East African Community | ||
Lusaka | Zambia | 1,742,979 | 2009 | Capital | Southeast Africa | |
Mahajanga | Madagascar | 246022 | 2018 | Indian Ocean islands | ||
Malakal | South Sudan | 147,450 | 2014 | Nile Valley | ||
Mamoudzou | Mayotte | 71,437 | 2017 | Capital | Indian Ocean islands | |
Maputo | Mozambique | 1,101,170 | 2017 | Capital | Southeast Africa | |
Mbarara | Uganda | 195,013 | 2014 | East African Community | ||
Mogadishu | Somalia | 2,425,000 | 2017 | Capital | Horn of Africa | |
Mombasa | Kenya | 1,500,000 | 2017 | East African Community | ||
Muhanga | Rwanda | 87,613 | 2015 | East African Community | ||
Moroni | Comoros | 54,000 | 2011[citation needed] | Capital | Indian Ocean islands | |
Mutsamudu | Comoros | 25,471 | 2010 | Indian Ocean islands | ||
Muyinga | Burundi | 100,715 | 2012 | East African Community | ||
Mwanza | Tanzania | 706,543 | 2012 | East African Community | ||
Nacala | Mozambique | 225,034 | 2017 | Southeast Africa | ||
Nairobi | Kenya | 6,448,342 | 2017 | Capital | East African Community | |
Ngozi | Burundi | 86000 | 2017 | Southeast Africa | ||
Omdurman | Sudan | 1,200,000 | Nile Valley | |||
Port Louis | Mauritius | 149,194 | 2015 | Capital | Indian Ocean islands | |
Qalyubia | Egypt | 5,703,000 | 2018 | Nile Valley | ||
Saint-Denis | Réunion | 146,985 | 2015 | Capital | Indiban Ocean islands | |
Saint-Paul | Réunion | 104,646 | 2015 | Indian Ocean islands | ||
Sharkia | Egypt | 1,340,060 | 2010 | Nile Valley | ||
Victoria | Seychelles | 26,450 | 2010 | Capital | Indian Ocean islands |
See also[]
- List of metropolitan areas in Africa
- Lists of cities in Africa, mostly by country
- List of largest cities in the Arab world
- Urbanization in Africa
References[]
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
- ^ "Madagascar: Major cities and localities". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11.
Largest population centres of East African Community According to the most recent Censuses and Estimates[1][2][3] | |||||||||
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Rank | City name | State | Pop. | Rank | City name | State | Pop. | ||
Dar es Salaam |
1 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 4,364,541 | 11 | Arusha | Tanzania | 416,442 | Kampala |
2 | Nairobi | Kenya | 4,397,073 | 12 | Dodoma | Tanzania | 410,956 | ||
3 | Kampala | Uganda | 1,507,080 | 13 | Mbeya | Tanzania | 385,279 | ||
4 | Mombasa | Kenya | 1,208,333 | 14 | Ruiru | Kenya | 371,111 | ||
5 | Kisumu | Kenya | 1,155,574 | 15 | Nansana | Uganda | 365,124 | ||
6 | Kigali | Rwanda | 1,132,686 | 16 | Kira | Uganda | 317,157 | ||
7 | Mwanza | Tanzania | 706,453 | 17 | Morogoro | Tanzania | 305,840 | ||
8 | Nakuru | Kenya | 610,637 | 18 | Ssabagabo | Uganda | 283,272 | ||
9 | Zanzibar | Tanzania | 501,459 | 19 | Eldoret | Kenya | 228,219 | ||
10 | Bujumbura | Burundi | 497,166 | 20 | Tanga | Tanzania | 221,127 |
- ^ "Africa: Population Statistics in Maps and Charts for Cities, Agglomerations and Administrative Divisions of all Countries in Africa". citypopulation.de.
- ^ Trizer, Mwanyika (November 4, 2019). "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Results".
- ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County".
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