African Cities - Of Population

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African Cities - Of Population

African Cities - Of Population

Name

Lagos         Nigeria             8,714,228 (2007)     13,400,000 (2007)     27     15     1     1
Cairo         Egypt                 7,734,334 (2007)     12,200,000 (2007)     10     17     2     2
Kinshasa     Congo        6,301,100     7,527,500     5     24     3     3
Nairobi     Kenya         4,000,911     4,043,100     108     76     7     4
Alexandria     Egypt     3,806,300         4,345,800     62     39     6     5
Addis Ababa     Ethiopia     3,627,934     3,627,934     132     67     16     6
Casablanca     Morocco     3,344,300     3,344,300     95     49     12     7
Abidjan     Cote d’Ivoire     3,310,500     3,972,300     70     51     8     8
Kano     Nigeria     3,248,700         3,519,500     88     53     11     9
Ibadan     Nigeria     3,078,400         3,670,400     78     54     10     10
Cape Town     South Africa     2,686,000     3,086,600     107     62     13     11
Giza     Egypt     2,541,000     2,541,000     140     74     17     12
Dar es Salaam     Tanzania     2,456,100     2,456,100     145     78     18     13
Dakar     Senegal     2,384,000         2,384,000     152     80     19     14
Durban     South Africa     2,354,900         2,354,900     156     82     20     15
Luanda     Angola     2,193,400     2,640,500     131     93     15     16
Conakry     Guinea     2,000,000         2,000,000     228     134     28     17
Tripoli     Libya     1,890,600         2,271,800     161     108     21     18
Harare     Zimbabwe     1,864,400         2,264,200     162     110     22     19
Algiers     Algeria     1,696,000     3,815,900     76     121     9     20
Omdurman     Sudan         1,670,000     1,670,000     215     124     24     21
Johannesburg     South Africa     1,646,400     5,014,000     54     128     5     22
Accra     Ghana             1,605,400     2,756,100     121     132     14     23
Rabat     Morocco     1,600,700         1,600,700     227     133     27     24
Kaduna     Nigeria     1,458,900         1,458,900     259     151     30     25
Khartoum     Sudan     1,244,500         5,862,500     44     190     4     26
Douala     Cameroon     1,239,100         1,449,400     264     193     31     27
Pretoria     South Africa     1,228,200     1,514,800     248     197     29     28
Lusaka     Zambia     1,218,200     1,720,800     205     199     23     30
Mogadishu     Somalia     1,183,100     1,183,100     329     207     38     31
Brazzaville     Republic of the 1,133,800     1,133,800     350     224     40     32
Yaoundé     Cameroon     1,122,500     1,356,600     292     230     34     33
Maputo     Mozambique         1,088,100     1,639,300     219     245     26     34
Lubumbashi ic of the Congo     1,074,600     1,074,600     385     250     43     35
Freetown     Sierra Leone     1,070,200     1,070,200     400     260     47     38
Port Harcourt     Nigeria     1,053,900     1,190,600     324     255     37     36
Benin     Nigeria     1,051,600     1,051,600     392     256     45     37
Subra al-Haymah     Egypt     995,800     995,800     414     269     49     39
Maiduguri     Nigeria     971,700     971,700     428     282     51     40
Kampala     Uganda     953,400     1,146,700     339     289     39     41
Bulawayo     Zimbabwe     927,600     927,600     453     294     53     42
Fez     Morocco     921,200     921,200     457     296     54     43
Bamako     Mali     906,700     1,130,800     353     301     41     44
Mbuji-Mayi     Democratic Republic of the Congo     905,800     1,054,400     91     302     44     45
Zaria     Nigeria     898,900     898,900     469     304     56     46
Antananarivo     Madagascar     875,200     1,359,600     290     309     33     47
Ouagadougou     Burkina Faso     839,800     839,800     493     325     58     48
Port Elizabeth     South Africa     833,900     1,047,600     393     326     46     49
Kolwezi     Democratic Republic of the Congo     803,900     803,900     515     342     60     50