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 - 2020^[2]
Lagos	Nigeria	13,400,000 (2007)^[3]	14,368,000	23,400,000
Cairo	Egypt	9,539,673 (2017) ^[4] Governorate	20,901,000	21,000,000
Algiers	Algeria	2,988,145 (2008) Wilaya	2,768,000	4,025,000
Casablanca	Morocco	3,359,818 (2015)	3,752,000	4,475,000
Kinshasa-Brazzaville	Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo	5,528,000 (1998) Province (Kinshasa)^[5] 1,373,382 (2007) Capital District (Brazzaville)	16,730,000^[6]	14,650,000^[7]
Johannesburg	South Africa	4,434,827 (2011)^[8]	5,783,000	13,900,000^[9]^{[verification needed]}
Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	4,364,541 (2012)^[10]	6,702,000	6,450,000
Abidjan	Ivory Coast	4,210,200 (2002) Département	5,203,000	5,600,000
Khartoum-Omdurman	Sudan	2,919,773 (1993) 3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration	5,829,000	6,300,000
Alexandria	Egypt	4,110,015 (2006) Governorate	5,281,000	5,800,000
Nairobi	Kenya	4,397,023 (2019) Nairobi administrative area	6,547,547	10,400,076
Cape Town	South Africa	3,497,097 (2007) Metropolitan municipality	4,618,000	4,225,000
Kano	Nigeria	2,153,225 (2006) 6 local government areas of Kano proper	3,999,000	4,700,000
Dakar	Senegal	2,452,656 (2005) Région	3,140,000	3,725,000
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	2,738,248 (2007) Astedader	4,794,000	3,800,000
Ibadan	Nigeria	2,559,853	3,552,000	3,575,000
Douala	Cameroon	1,514,978 (2001) Wouri département	3,663,000	3,375,000
Durban	South Africa	3,468,086 (2007) Metropolitan municipality	3,158,000	3,425,000
Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	1,475,223 (2006) Municipality	2,780,000	2,625,000
Antananarivo	Madagascar		3,369,000	1,340,000
Accra	Ghana	2,076,546 (2010) District (Accra Metropolitan Area) ^[11]	2,514,000	5,100,000^{[verification needed]}
Luanda	Angola	1,823,282 (2002) Provincia	8,330,000	8,150,000
Bamako	Mali	1,215,335 (2005) District	2,618,000	3,525,000
Abuja	Nigeria	1,405,201 (2006) Federal Capital Territory	3,278,000	3,525,000
Port Harcourt	Nigeria	541,116 (2006) Local government area	3,020,000	2,350,000
Kumasi	Ghana	2,035,000 (2010) ^[12] District (Kumasi Metropolitan Area)	3,348,000	3,025,000
Lusaka	Zambia	1,742,979	2,774,000	2,675,000
Mogadishu	Somalia	3,000,000 (2011)	2,282,000	1,940,000
Pretoria	South Africa	2,345,908 (2007) Metropolitan municipality	2,566,000	see Greater Johannesburg
Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of the Congo		2,478,000	2,200,000
Mbuji-Mayi	Democratic Republic of the Congo		2,525,000	2,075,000
Tunis	Tunisia	911,643 (2005) Municipality	2,365,000	2,675,000
Rabat	Morocco	627,932 (2004) Préfecture	1,885,000	2,050,000
Conakry	Guinea	1,092,936 (1996) Région	1,938,000	2,525,000
Kampala	Uganda	1,337,900 (2005) District	3,298,000	3,525,000
Harare	Zimbabwe	1,903,510 (2002) Province	1,530,000	2,050,000
Benin City	Nigeria		1,727,000	1,650,000
Huambo	Angola		671,000	Not listed
Monrovia	Liberia	1,010,970 (2008) Municipality	1,517,000	1,590,000
Ndjamena	Chad		1,423,000	1,410,000
Kigali	Rwanda		1,132,000	1,180,000
Maputo	Mozambique	1,099,102 (2007) Province-level city	1,110,000	2,275,000
Bujumbura	Burundi	1,126,930 (2019)	1,013,000	not listed
Fès	Morocco	977,946 (2004) Préfecture	1,224,000	1,270,000
Kananga	Democratic Republic of the Congo		1,458,000	1,230,000
Vereeniging	South Africa	800,819 (2007) District municipality	774,000	see Greater Johannesburg
Marrakech	Morocco		1,003,000	1,120,000
Tripoli	Libya	1,126,000 (2006) Mutsarfiyah	1,165,000	1,250,000
Onitsha	Nigeria		1,415,000	1,200,000
Mombasa	Kenya		1,296,000	1,220,000
Niamey	Niger	2,100,000 (2013) Province	1,292,000	1,300,000
Kaduna	Nigeria	760,084 (2006) 2 local government areas of Kaduna	1,113,000	3,880,000^{[verification needed]}
Kisangani	Democratic Republic of the Congo		1,261,000	1,160,000
Hargeisa	Somaliland		not listed	not listed
Freetown	Sierra Leone	1,055,964 (2015) Western Area province	1,202,000	1,790,000
Oran	Algeria		899,000	1,480,000
Nouakchott	Mauritania		1,315,000	1,270,000
Maiduguri	Nigeria		786,000	1,210,000
Agadir	Morocco		924,000	1,190,000
Bangui	Central African Republic		889,000	1,190,000
Pointe-Noire	Republic of the Congo		1,214,000	1,180,000
Bosaso	Somalia		not listed	1,170,000^{[verification needed]}

References[]

^ "World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition". United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
^ Thomas Brinkoff, The Principal Agglomerations of the World
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2010-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ incl. Kinshasa (14,342,000) and Brazzaville (2,388,000)
^ incl. Kinshasa (12,400,000) and Brazzaville (2,250,000)
^ "Local Municipality, City of Johannesburg". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
^ incl. East Rand, Evaton, Pretoria, Soshanguve, Soweto, Vereeniging, West Rand
^ Basic Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile (PDF) (Report). The United Republic of Tanzania. April 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/613251468182958526/pdf/96449-WP-PUBLIC-GhanaRisingThroughCities-Overview-full.pdf
^ http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/613251468182958526/pdf/96449-WP-PUBLIC-GhanaRisingThroughCities-Overview-full.pdf

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[wup-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.

[cp-2] Thomas Brinkoff, The Principal Agglomerations of the World

[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] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2010-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] . Kinshasa (14,342,000) and Brazzaville (2,388,000)

[7] . Kinshasa (12,400,000) and Brazzaville (2,250,000)

[statssaPop-8] "Local Municipality, City of Johannesburg". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

[9] . East Rand, Evaton, Pretoria, Soshanguve, Soweto, Vereeniging, West Rand

[10] Basic Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile (PDF) (Report). The United Republic of Tanzania. April 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[11] ttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/613251468182958526/pdf/96449-WP-PUBLIC-GhanaRisingThroughCities-Overview-full.pdf

[12] ttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/613251468182958526/pdf/96449-WP-PUBLIC-GhanaRisingThroughCities-Overview-full.pdf

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