Largest cities in Africa
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City | No | Country | Population | Continent |
Lagos | 1. | Nigeria | 15,388,000 | Africa |
Cairo | 2. | Egypt | 9,606,916 | Africa |
Kinshasa | 3. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7,785,965 | Africa |
Abidjan | 4. | Ivory Coast | 6,321,017 | Africa |
Johannesburg | 5. | South Africa | 5,635,127 | Africa |
Dar es Salaam | 6. | Tanzania | 5,383,728 | Africa |
Alexandria | 7. | Egypt | 5,263,542 | Africa |
Cape Town | 8. | South Africa | 4,710,000 | Africa |
Giza | 9. | Egypt | 4,367,343 | Africa |
Kano | 10. | Nigeria | 4,103,000 | Africa |
Ibadan | 11. | Nigeria | 3,649,000 | Africa |
Casablanca | 12. | Morocco | 3,144,909 | Africa |
Durban | 13. | South Africa | 3,120,282 | Africa |
Luanda | 14. | Angola | 2,776,168 | Africa |
Addis Ababa | 15. | Ethiopia | 2,757,729 | Africa |
Nairobi | 16. | Kenya | 2,750,547 | Africa |
Mogadishu | 17. | Somalia | 2,587,183 | Africa |
Dakar | 18. | Senegal | 2,476,400 | Africa |
Algiers | 19. | Algeria | 1,977,663 | Africa |
Khartoum | 20. | Sudan | 1,974,647 | Africa |
Accra | 21. | Ghana | 1,963,264 | Africa |
Camayenne | 22. | Guinea | 1,871,242 | Africa |
Kakamega | 23. | Kenya | 1,867,579 | Africa |
Port Harcourt | 24. | Nigeria | 1,865,000 | Africa |
Benin City | 25. | Nigeria | 1,782,000 | Africa |
Conakry | 26. | Guinea | 1,767,200 | Africa |
Soweto | 27. | South Africa | 1,695,047 | Africa |
Rabat | 28. | Morocco | 1,655,753 | Africa |
Pretoria | 29. | South Africa | 1,619,438 | Africa |
Kaduna | 30. | Nigeria | 1,582,102 | Africa |
Onitsha | 31. | Nigeria | 1,553,000 | Africa |
Harare | 32. | Zimbabwe | 1,542,813 | Africa |
Kumasi | 33. | Ghana | 1,468,609 | Africa |
Antananarivo | 34. | Madagascar | 1,391,433 | Africa |
Lubumbashi | 35. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,373,770 | Africa |
Kampala | 36. | Uganda | 1,353,189 | Africa |
Abobo | 37. | Ivory Coast | 1,340,083 | Africa |
Douala | 38. | Cameroon | 1,338,082 | Africa |
Yaounde | 39. | Cameroon | 1,299,369 | Africa |
Bamako | 40. | Mali | 1,297,281 | Africa |
Brazzaville | 41. | Republic of the Congo | 1,284,609 | Africa |
Lusaka | 42. | Zambia | 1,267,440 | Africa |
Shubra al Khaymah | 43. | Egypt | 1,240,289 | Africa |
Abuja | 44. | Nigeria | 1,235,880 | Africa |
Mombasa | 45. | Kenya | 1,208,333 | Africa |
Bulawayo | 46. | Zimbabwe | 1,200,337 | Africa |
Omdurman | 47. | Sudan | 1,200,000 | Africa |
Maputo | 48. | Mozambique | 1,191,613 | Africa |
Tripoli | 49. | Libya | 1,150,989 | Africa |
Kigali | 50. | Rwanda | 1,132,686 | Africa |
Ouagadougou | 51. | Burkina Faso | 1,086,505 | Africa |
Matola | 52. | Mozambique | 1,032,197 | Africa |
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