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