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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 capital and largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Africa, is the nation's financial hub 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.
Skyline of Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania and in eastern Africa.
Johannesburg, the largest city and economic hub of South Africa and all of southern Africa.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast's largest city and economic centre, also the most populous one in French-speaking West 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 city of South Africa, also its legislative capital.
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 region.
A view of Kilindini Harbour in Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city and its historical gate to the Indian Ocean trade.

List

Bold represents largest city in country, Italic represents capital city.

City Rank Country Population Year of estimate
Kinshasa 1  Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,315,534 2023[1]
Lagos 2  Nigeria 15,300,000 2022[2]
Cairo 3  Egypt 10,100,166 2022[3]
Giza 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 7  Sudan 6,344,348 2023[7]
Johannesburg 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 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 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 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 29  Algeria 2,853,959 2022[29]
Bamako 30  Mali 2,816,943 2022[30]
Omdurman 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 37  Somalia 2,497,463 2022[37]
Tunis 38  Tunisia 2,435,961 2022[38]
Conakry 39  Guinea 2,048,525 2022[39]
Rabat 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 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 55  Morocco 1,277,242 2022[55]
Freetown 56  Sierra Leone 1,272,145 2022[56]
Fez 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 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 70  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 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 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]

Map

List of cities in Africa by population is located in Africa
Kinshasa
Lagos
Cairo
Giza
Dar es Salaam
Khartoum
Johannesburg
Luanda
Abidjan
Alexandria
Nairobi
Antananarivo
Cape Town
Yaoundé
Ekurhuleni
Casablanca
Douala
Ibadan
Kano
Kumasi
Abuja
Kampala
Dakar
Port Harcourt
Addis Ababa
Durban (eThekwini)
Ouagadougou
Lusaka
Algiers
Bamako
The 30 largest cities in Africa

See also

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