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Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from ''citypopulation.de''. Figures for administrative areas are also given. , 3,497,097 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality , 4,618,000 , 4,300,000 , , - , Kano , , data-sort-value=2153225, 2,153,225 (2006)
6 local government areas of Kano proper , 3,999,000 , 4,850,000 , , - ,
Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...
, , data-sort-value=2452656, 2,452,656 (2005)
Région , 3,140,000 , 3,925,000 , , - ,
Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
, , data-sort-value=2738248, 2,738,248 (2007)
Astedader , 4,794,000 , 3,900,000 , , - ,
Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...
, , data-sort-value=1338659, 2,559,853 , 3,552,000 , 3,675,000 , , - , Douala , , data-sort-value=1514978, 1,514,978 (2001)
Wouri département , 3,663,000 , 3,450,000 , , - ,
Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...
, , data-sort-value=3468086, 3,468,086 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality , 3,158,000 , 3,475,000 , , - ,
Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...
, , data-sort-value=1475223, 1,475,223 (2006)
Municipality , 2,780,000 , 2,650,000 , , - ,
Antananarivo Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...
, , data-sort-value=1000000, , 3,369,000 , 2,750,000 , , - ,
Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...
, , data-sort-value=1659136, 2,076,546 (2010)
District (Accra Metropolitan Area) http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/613251468182958526/pdf/96449-WP-PUBLIC-GhanaRisingThroughCities-Overview-full.pdf , 2,514,000 , 5,200,000 , , - ,
Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...
, , data-sort-value=1823282, 1,823,282 (2002)
Provincia , 8,330,000 , 8,450,000 , , - ,
Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...
, , data-sort-value=1215335, 1,215,335 (2005)
District , 2,618,000 , 3,675,000 , , - ,
Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...
, , data-sort-value=1405201, 1,405,201 (2006)
Federal Capital Territory , 3,278,000 , 3,725,000 , , - , Port Harcourt , , data-sort-value=541116, 541,116 (2006)
Local government area , 3,020,000 , 2,425,000 , , - ,
Kumasi Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the ...
, , data-sort-value=1171311, 2,035,000 (2010)
District (Kumasi Metropolitan Area) , 3,348,000 , 3,075,000 , , - ,
Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ...
, , data-sort-value=1742979, 1,742,979 , 2,774,000 , 2,800,000 , , - ,
Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...
, , data-sort-value=2855800, 3,000,000 (2011) , 2,282,000 , 2,000,000 , , - ,
Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...
, , data-sort-value=2345908, 2,345,908 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality , 2,566,000 , see Greater Johannesburg , , - ,
Lubumbashi Lubumbashi (former names: ( French), (Dutch)) is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katanga ...
, , data-sort-value=1000000, , 2,478,000 , 2,450,000 , , - , Mbuji-Mayi , , data-sort-value=1000000, , 2,525,000 , 2,175,000 , , - ,
Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...
, , data-sort-value=911643, 911,643 (2005)
Municipality , 2,365,000 , 2,725,000 , , - ,
Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
, , 627,932 (2004)
Préfecture , 1,885,000 , 2,075,000 , , - ,
Conakry Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...
, , 1,092,936 (1996)
Région , 1,938,000 , 2,600,000 , , - ,
Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
, , 1,337,900 (2005)
District , 3,298,000 , 3,675,000 , , - ,
Harare Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...
, , 1,903,510 (2002)
Province , 1,530,000 , 2,075,000 , , - ,
Benin City Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, Edo State, Nigeria. It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano (city), Kano, and Ibadan, with a population estimate of about 3,500,000 as of ...
, , data-sort-value=750000, , 1,727,000 , 1,700,000 , , - , Huambo , , data-sort-value=630000, , 671,000 , Not listed , , - ,
Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As the ...
, , 1,010,970 (2008)
Municipality , 1,517,000 , 1,650,000 , , - , Ndjamena , , , 1,423,000 , 1,610,000 , , - ,
Kigali Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
, , data-sort-value=620000, , 1,132,000 , 1,230,000 , , - ,
Maputo Maputo (), formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, is the Capital city, capital, and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a popul ...
, , 1,099,102 (2007)
Province-level city , 1,110,000 , 2,350,000 , , - ,
Bujumbura Bujumbura (; ), formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's normal capital. In late ...
, , 1,126,930 (2019)
, 1,013,000 , not listed , - ,
Fès Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...
, , 977,946 (2004)
Préfecture , 1,224,000 , 1,290,000 , , - ,
Kananga Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital city of the Kasai-Central, Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental , Kasaï-Occidental Province. It is ...
, , data-sort-value=558000, , 1,458,000 , 1,210,000 , , - ,
Vereeniging Vereeniging () is a town located in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa, situated where the Klip River empties into the northern loop of the Vaal River. It is also one of the constituent parts of the Vaal Triangle region and was formerly si ...
, , 800,819 (2007)
District municipality , 774,000 , see Greater Johannesburg , , - ,
Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...
, , data-sort-value=560000, , 1,003,000 , 1,130,000 , , - ,
Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to: Cities and other geographic units Greece *Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...
, , 1,126,000 (2006)
Mutsarfiyah , 1,165,000 , 1,290,000 , , - ,
Onitsha Onitsha ( or just ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. A metropolitan city, Onitsha is known for its river port and as an economic hub for commerce, industry, and education. ...
, , data-sort-value=550000, , 1,415,000 , 1,240,000 , , - ,
Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...
, , data-sort-value=550000, , 1,296,000 , 1,250,000 , , - , Niamey , , 2,100,000 (2013)
Province , 1,292,000 , 1,350,000 , , - ,
Kaduna Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade Centre and a major transportation hub as the ...
, , 760,084 (2006)
2 local government areas of Kaduna , 1,113,000 , 1,940,000 , , - , Kisangani , , data-sort-value=500000, , 1,261,000 , 1,150,000 , , - , Hargeisa , , data-sort-value=1000000, , not listed , not listed , , - ,
Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and p ...
, , 1,055,964 (2015)
Western Area province , 1,202,000 , 1,860,000 , , - ,
Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...
, , , 899,000 , 1,510,000 , , - ,
Nouakchott , image_skyline = Nouakchott.jpg , image_caption = City view of Nouakchott , pushpin_map = Mauritania#Arab world#Africa , pushpin_relief = 1 , mapsize = , map_caption ...
, , , 1,315,000 , 1,310,000 , , - ,
Maiduguri Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border form ...
, , , 786,000 , 1,250,000 , , - , Agadir , , , 924,000 , 1,220,000 , , - ,
Bangui Bangui () (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi ...
, , , 889,000 , 1,230,000 , , - ,
Pointe-Noire Pointe-Noire (; kg, Njinji, french: Ndjindji with the letter d following French spelling standards) is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, following the capital of Brazzaville, and an autonomous department since 2004. Before t ...
, , , 1,214,000 , 1,220,000 , , - , Bosaso , , , not listed , not listed ,


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Lists of cities in Africa The following are lists of cities in Africa. Countries *List of cities in Algeria *List of cities in Angola *List of cities in Benin *List of cities in Botswana *List of cities in Burkina Faso * List of cities in Burundi * List of municipalitie ...
, mostly by country *
List of cities in Africa by population The following is a list of the 100 largest cities in Africa by city proper population using the most recent official estimate. This reflects only cities located geographically in Africa including nearby islands. List o ...
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Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
Largest Populous cities in Africa, List of most Cities in Africa