# List of cities in Africa by population

The following is a list of the 100 largest cities in Africa by urban population using the most recent official estimate. This reflects only cities located geographically in Africa including related islands.

## List

Bold represents largest city in country. Italic represents capital city.
| City | Rank | Country | Population | Year of estimate |
| Kinshasa | 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17,032,322 | 2024 |
| Lagos | 2 | Nigeria | 16,536,018 | 2024 |
| Cairo (al-Qāhirah) | 3 | Egypt | 10,100,166 | 2022 |
| Giza (al-Jīzah) | 4 | Egypt | 9,250,791 | 2021 |
| Luanda | 5 | Angola | 8,952,496 | 2022 |
| Dar es Salaam | 6 | Tanzania | 7,404,689 | 2022 |
| Khartoum (al-Khurṭūm) | 7 | Sudan | 6,344,348 | 2023 |
| Johannesburg (eGoli) | 8 | South Africa | 6,065,354 | 2022 |
| Abidjan | 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5,515,790 | 2022 |
| Alexandria | 10 | Egypt | 5,483,605 | 2022 |
| Addis Ababa | 11 | Ethiopia | 5,227,794 | 2022 |
| Nairobi | 12 | Kenya | 5,118,844 | 2022 |
| Cape Town (iKapa) | 13 | South Africa | 4,800,954 | 2022 |
| Yaoundé | 14 | Cameroon | 4,336,670 | 2022 |
| Kano | 15 | Nigeria | 4,219,209 | 2022 |
| Ekurhuleni (East Rand) | 16 | South Africa | 4,045,000 | 2022 |
| Durban (eThekwini) | 17 | South Africa | 4,034,678 | 2022 |
| Douala | 18 | Cameroon | 3,926,645 | 2022 |
| Casablanca (al-Dār al-Bayḍā) | 19 | Morocco | 3,840,396 | 2022 |
| Ibadan | 20 | Nigeria | 3,756,445 | 2022 |
| Antananarivo | 21 | Madagascar | 3,699,900 | 2022 |
| Abuja | 22 | Nigeria | 3,652,029 | 2022 |
| Kampala | 23 | Uganda | 3,651,919 | 2022 |
| Kumasi | 24 | Ghana | 3,630,326 | 2022 |
| Dakar (Ndakaaru) | 25 | Senegal | 3,326,001 | 2022 |
| Port Harcourt | 26 | Nigeria | 3,324,694 | 2022 |
| Ouagadougou | 27 | Burkina Faso | 3,055,788 | 2022 |
| Lusaka | 28 | Zambia | 3,041,789 | 2022 |
| Algiers (al-Jazāʾir) | 29 | Algeria | 2,853,959 | 2022 |
| Bamako | 30 | Mali | 2,816,943 | 2022 |
| Omdurman (Umm Durmān) | 31 | Sudan | 2,805,396 | 2022 |
| Mbuji-Mayi | 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,765,002 | 2022 |
| Pretoria (Tshwane) | 33 | South Africa | 2,739,768 | 2022 |
| Lubumbashi | 34 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,695,331 | 2022 |
| Accra | 35 | Ghana | 2,605,402 | 2022 |
| Brazzaville | 36 | Republic of the Congo | 2,552,813 | 2022 |
| Mogadishu (Xamar) | 37 | Somalia | 2,497,463 | 2022 |
| Tunis | 38 | Tunisia | 2,435,961 | 2022 |
| Conakry | 39 | Guinea | 2,048,525 | 2022 |
| Rabat (ar-Ribāṭ) | 40 | Morocco | 1,931,930 | 2022 |
| Lomé | 41 | Togo | 1,925,517 | 2022 |
| Benin City | 42 | Nigeria | 1,841,084 | 2022 |
| Matola | 43 | Mozambique | 1,796,872 | 2022 |
| Monrovia | 44 | Liberia | 1,622,582 | 2022 |
| Kananga | 45 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,592,924 | 2022 |
| Harare | 46 | Zimbabwe | 1,557,740 | 2022 |
| Onitsha | 47 | Nigeria | 1,552,630 | 2022 |
| N'Djamena | 48 | Chad | 1,532,588 | 2022 |
| Nouakchott (Nwākshūṭ) | 49 | Mauritania | 1,431,539 | 2022 |
| Mombasa | 50 | Kenya | 1,388,979 | 2022 |
| Niamey | 51 | Niger | 1,383,909 | 2022 |
| Kisangani | 52 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,366,342 | 2022 |
| Pointe-Noire | 53 | Republic of the Congo | 1,294,612 | 2022 |
| Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) | 54 | South Africa | 1,280,550 | 2022 |
| Tangier (Ṭanjah) | 55 | Morocco | 1,277,242 | 2022 |
| Freetown | 56 | Sierra Leone | 1,272,145 | 2022 |
| Fez (Fās) | 57 | Morocco | 1,267,317 | 2022 |
| Uyo | 58 | Nigeria | 1,264,636 | 2022 |
| Mwanza | 59 | Tanzania | 1,245,444 | 2022 |
| Lilongwe | 60 | Malawi | 1,222,325 | 2022 |
| Kigali | 61 | Rwanda | 1,208,296 | 2022 |
| Bukavu | 62 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,190,367 | 2022 |
| Abomey-Calavi | 63 | Benin | 1,188,736 | 2022 |
| Nnewi | 64 | Nigeria | 1,176,550 | 2022 |
| Tripoli (Ṭarābulus al-Gharb) | 65 | Libya | 1,175,830 | 2022 |
| Kaduna | 66 | Nigeria | 1,158,048 | 2022 |
| Aba | 67 | Nigeria | 1,150,116 | 2022 |
| Bujumbura | 68 | Burundi | 1,139,265 | 2022 |
| Maputo | 69 | Mozambique | 1,138,960 | 2022 |
| Hargeisa (Harjīsā) | 70 | Somalia ( Somaliland) | 1,079,377 | 2022 |
| Bobo Dioulasso | 71 | Burkina Faso | 1,074,309 | 2022 |
| Shubra el-Kheima | 72 | Egypt | 1,072,951 | 2022 |
| Ikorodu | 73 | Nigeria | 1,041,166 | 2022 |
| Asmara | 74 | Eritrea | 1,034,872 | 2022 |
| Marrakesh (Murrākuš) | 75 | Morocco | 1,033,050 | 2022 |
| Tshikapa | 76 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,023,575 | 2022 |
| Nyala | 77 | Sudan | 1,012,312 | 2022 |
| Ilorin | 78 | Nigeria | 1,000,477 | 2022 |
| Blantyre | 79 | Malawi | 994,911 | 2022 |
| Agadir | 80 | Morocco | 960,438 | 2022 |
| Misratah | 81 | Libya | 953,472 | 2022 |
| Owerri | 82 | Nigeria | 945,046 | 2022 |
| Warri | 83 | Nigeria | 942,683 | 2022 |
| Jos | 84 | Nigeria | 942,167 | 2022 |
| Bangui | 85 | Central African Republic | 933,176 | 2022 |
| Nampula | 86 | Mozambique | 927,472 | 2022 |
| Oran (Wahrān) | 87 | Algeria | 922,302 | 2022 |
| West Rand | 88 | South Africa | 921,524 | 2022 |
| Lubango | 89 | Angola | 914,456 | 2022 |
| Cabinda | 90 | Angola | 861,878 | 2022 |
| Umuahia | 91 | Nigeria | 860,555 | 2022 |
| Libreville | 92 | Gabon | 856,854 | 2022 |
| Benghazi | 93 | Libya | 847,790 | 2022 |
| Maiduguri | 94 | Nigeria | 822,337 | 2022 |
| Enugu | 95 | Nigeria | 819,791 | 2022 |
| Lokoja | 96 | Nigeria | 790,742 | 2022 |
| Vereeniging (Emfuleni) | 97 | South Africa | 786,127 | 2022 |
| Benguela | 98 | Angola | 776,832 | 2022 |
| Bunia | 99 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 767,645 | 2022 |
| Zanzibar | 100 | Tanzania | 766,392 | 2022 |