Africa metropolitan areas

1 Lagos 29 Million NGA
2 Kinshasa-Brazzaville 17.2 Million COD-CGO
3 Johannesburg 15.4 Million RSA
4 Luanda 9 Million ANG
5 Dar es Salaam 8.1 Million TAN
6 Khartoum 8 Million SDN
7 Nairobi 6.7 Million KEN
8 Accra 6.3 Million GHA
9 Adidjan 6.1 Million CIV
10 Addis Ababa 6 Million ETH
11 Kampala 5.5 Million UGA
12 Kano 5.1 Million NGA
13 Durban-Pietermaritzburg 4.7 Million RSA
14 Yaounde 4.7 Million CMR
15 Cape Town 4.5 Million RSA
16 Kumasi 4.4 Million GHA
17 Bamako 4.1 Million MLI
18 Idadan 4 Million NGA
19 Abuja 4 Million NGA
20 Dakar 3.9 Million SEN
21 Ouagadougou 3.9 Million BFA
22 Mbuji-Mayi 3.8 Million COD
23 Douala 3.7 Million CMR
24 Mogadishu 3.5 Million SOM
25 Lusaka 3.4 Million ZAM
26 Conakry 3.1 Million GUI
27 Maputo 3 Million MOZ
28 Harare 3 Million ZIM
29 Antananarivo 2.9 Million MAD
30 Lubumbashi 2.9 Million COD
31 Lome-Aflao 2.8 Million TOG-GHA
32 Port Harcourt 2.7 Million NGA
33 Cotonou-Porto Novo 2.5 Million BEN
34 Kaduna 2.1 Million NGA
35 Benin City 2.1 Million NGA
36 Monrovia 1.9 Million LBR
37 Ndjamena-Kousseri 1.9 Million CHA-CMR
38 Freetown 1.85 Million SLE
39 Niamey 1.7 Million NIG
40 Bukavu-Cyangugu 1.7 Million COD-RWA
41 Bujumbura-Uvira 1.6 Million BDI-COD
42 Nouakchott 1.6 Million MTN
43 Hargeisa 1.5 Million SOM
44 Mombasa 1.45 Million KEN
45 Onitsha 1.45 Million NGA
46 Lilongwe 1.42 Million MWI
47 Benguela-Lobito 1.42 Million ANG
48 Aba 1.4 Million NGA
49 Goma-Gisenyi 1.4 Million COD-RWA
50 Ilorin 1.37 Million NGA
51 Nsukka 1.35 Million NGA
52 Port Elizabeth 1.35 Million RSA
53 Kananga 1.33 Million COD
54 Maiduguri 1.32 Million NGA
55 Bangui-Zongo 1.32 Million CTA-COD
56 Huambo 1.31 Million ANG
57 Warri 1.3 Million NGA
58 Kigali 1.3 Million RWA
59 Enugu 1.3 Million NGA
60 Pointe-Noire 1.3 Million CGO
61 Jos 1.23 Million NGA
62 Bulawayo 1.23 Million ZIM
63 Bunia 1.2 Million COD
64 Nyala 1.2 Million SDN
65 Kisangani 1.2 Million COD
66 Touba 1.15 Million SEN
67 Lubango 1.13 Million ANG
68 Mwanza 1.12 Million TAN
69 Asmara 1.1 Million ERI
70 Banjul 1.1 Million GAM
71 Zaria 1.09 Million NGA
72 Bobo-Dioulasso 1.09 Million BFA
73 Blantyre 1.08 Million MWI
74 Sokoto 1.07 Million NGA
75 Osogbo 1.05 Million NGA
76 Nampula 0.97 Million MOZ
77 Butembo 0.9 Million COD
78 Uyo 0.86 Million NGA
79 Tshikapa 0.86 Million COD
80 Zanzibar 0.85 Million TAN
81 East London 0.84 Million RSA
82 Dire Dawa-Harar 0.82 Million ETH
83 Cabinda 0.81 Million ANG
84 Kisumu 0.8 Million KEN
85 Libreville 0.8 Million GAB
86 Abeokuta 0.79 Million NGA
87 Takoradi-Sekondi 0.77 Million GHA
88 Bloemfontein 0.77 Million RSA
89 Bouake 0.76 Million CIV
90 Likasi 0.76 Million COD
91 Akure 0.75 Million NGA
92 Kitwe 0.74 Million ZAM
93 Juba 0.72 Million SSD
94 Katsina 0.71 Million NGA
95 Owerri 0.71 Million NGA
96 Bissau 0.69 Million GNB
97 Malanje 0.67 Million ANG
98 Kolwezi 0.65 Million COD
99 Beira 0.64 Million MOZ
100 Djibouti 0.63 Million DJI
101 Bauchi 0.62 Million NGA
102 Nakuru 0.61 Million KEN
103 Hawassa-Shashamane 0.61 Million ETH
104 Lokoja 0.6 Million NGA
105 Ndola 0.6 Million ZAM
106 Ife 0.59 Million NGA
107 Gombe 0.59 Million NGA
108 Calabar 0.57 Million NGA
109 Ogbomosho 0.56 Million NGA
110 Mbeya 0.55 Million TAN
111 Eldoret 0.55 Million KEN
112 Ado Ekiti 0.55 Million NGA
113 Zinder 0.54 Million NIG
114 Tamale 0.54 Million GHA
115 Port Sudan 0.54 Million SDN
116 Adama 0.54 Million ETH
117 Bamenda 0.54 Million CMR
118 Kikwit 0.53 Million COD
119 Arusha 0.52 Million TAN
120 Windhoek 0.52 Million NAM
121 Merca 0.52 Million SOM
122 Maradi 0.5 Million NIG
123 Gaborone 0.5 Million BOT