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List of urban areas in Africa by population

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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.

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City	Country	Administrative area according to local national census authorities	Urban agglomerations United Nations - 2020^[1]	Urban agglomerations citypopulation.de - 2023^[2]
Cairo	Egypt	10,044,894 (2022)^[3] Governorate	20,901,000	22,200,000
Lagos	Nigeria	15,388,000 (2023)^[4]	14,368,000	21,400,000
Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16,316,000 (2023) Province (Kinshasa)^[5]	14,342,000^[6]	15,000,000
Johannesburg	South Africa	4,772,846 (2022)^[7]	5,783,000	14,800,000
Luanda	Angola	9,079,811 (2022)^[8] Provincia	8,330,000	9,000,000
Khartoum-Omdurman	Sudan	4,272,728 (2008)^[9] 3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration	5,829,000	6,850,000
Abidjan	Ivory Coast	6,321,017 (2021)^[10] District	5,203,000	6,550,000
Nairobi	Kenya	4,750,056 (2022)^[11] Nairobi County	6,547,547	6,550,000
Accra	Ghana	284,124 (2021)^[12] District (Accra Metropolitan District)	2,514,000	6,350,000
Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	5,383,728 (2022)^[13] Region	6,702,000	6,000,000
Alexandria	Egypt	5,441,866 (2021)^[14] Governorate	5,281,000	6,100,000
Kano	Nigeria	2,153,225 (2006) 6 local government areas of Kano proper	3,999,000	5,200,000
Casablanca	Morocco	3,642,656 (2023)^[15] Préfecture	3,752,000	4,700,000
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	3,859,999 (2022)^[16] Astedader	4,794,000	4,600,000
Cape Town	South Africa	4,772,846 (2022)^[17] Metropolitan municipality	4,618,000	4,450,000
Dakar	Senegal	3,896,564 (2022)^[18] 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)^[19] Federal Capital Territory	3,278,000	4,100,000
Pretoria	South Africa	4,040,315 (2022)^[20] Metropolitan municipality	2,566,000	see Greater Johannesburg
Bamako	Mali	4,227,569 (2022)^[21] Capital District	2,618,000	3,975,000
Kampala	Uganda	1,680,600 (2020)^[22] District	3,298,000	3,975,000
Ibadan	Nigeria	2,559,853	3,552,000	3,925,000
Douala	Cameroon	2,768,400 (2015)^[23] 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)^[24] Municipality	3,369,000	2,950,000
Kumasi	Ghana	443,981 (2022)^[25] District (Kumasi Metropolitan)	3,348,000	2,850,000
Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	2,415,266 (2019)^[26] Municipality	2,780,000	2,800,000
Tunis	Tunisia	1,075,837 (2022)^[27] Governorate	2,365,000	2,775,000
Conakry	Guinea	1,660,973 (2014)^[28] 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)^[29] Province	1,530,000	2,600,000
Maputo	Mozambique	1,080,277 (2017)^[30] 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)^[31] District	2,774,000	2,250,000
Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	2,145,783 (2023)^[32] Capital District (Brazzaville)	2,388,000^[33]	2,200,000
Mogadishu	Somalia	3,000,000 (2011)	2,282,000	2,125,000
Rabat	Morocco	512,403 (2023)^[34] 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)^[35] 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)^[36] 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)^[37] Province	1,132,000	1,330,000
Fès	Morocco	1,296,772 (2023)^[38] Préfecture	1,224,000	1,330,000
Mombasa	Kenya	1,208,333 (2019)^[39] 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)^[40] 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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List of urban areas in Africa by population

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