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This is a list of the largest urban agglomerationsinAfrica. 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 - 2023[2] |
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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 | 9,401,288 (2006)[15][16]
16,253,549 (2023) |
3,999,000 | 5,200,000 | |
Casablanca | Morocco | 3,642,656 (2023)[17]
Préfecture |
3,752,000 | 4,700,000 | |
Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 3,859,999 (2022)[18] Astedader |
4,794,000 | 4,600,000 | |
Cape Town | South Africa | 4,772,846 (2022)[19] Metropolitan municipality |
4,618,000 | 4,450,000 | |
Dakar | Senegal | 3,896,564 (2022)[20] 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)[21] Federal Capital Territory |
3,278,000 | 4,100,000 | |
Pretoria | South Africa | 4,040,315 (2022)[22] Metropolitan municipality |
2,566,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | |
Bamako | Mali | 4,227,569 (2022)[23] Capital District |
2,618,000 | 3,975,000 | |
Kampala | Uganda | 1,680,600 (2020)[24] District |
3,298,000 | 3,975,000 | |
Ibadan | Nigeria | 2,559,853 | 3,552,000 | 3,925,000 | |
Douala | Cameroon | 2,768,400 (2015)[25] 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)[26] Municipality |
3,369,000 | 2,950,000 | |
Kumasi | Ghana | 443,981 (2022)[27] District (Kumasi Metropolitan) |
3,348,000 | 2,850,000 | |
Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 2,415,266 (2019)[28] Municipality |
2,780,000 | 2,800,000 | |
Tunis | Tunisia | 1,075,837 (2022)[29] Governorate |
2,365,000 | 2,775,000 | |
Conakry | Guinea | 1,660,973 (2014)[30] 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)[31] Province |
1,530,000 | 2,600,000 | |
Maputo | Mozambique | 1,080,277 (2017)[32] 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)[33] District |
2,774,000 | 2,250,000 | |
Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo | 2,145,783 (2023)[34] Capital District (Brazzaville) |
2,388,000[35] | 2,200,000 | |
Mogadishu | Somalia | 3,000,000 (2011) | 2,282,000 | 2,125,000 | |
Rabat | Morocco | 512,403 (2023)[36] 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)[37] 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)[38] 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)[39] Province |
1,132,000 | 1,330,000 | |
Fès | Morocco | 1,296,772 (2023)[40] Préfecture |
1,224,000 | 1,330,000 | |
Mombasa | Kenya | 1,208,333 (2019)[41] 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)[42] 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 |