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List of cities in Africa by population
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The following is a list of the 100 largest [[city|cities]] in Africa by [[city proper]] [[population]] using the most recent official estimate.
==List==
''Italics'' represents capital city
'''Bold''' represents largest city in country
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! style="width:4" |Rank
! style="width:60" |City
! style="width:60" |Country
! style="width:40" |Population
! style="width:6" |Population as of
|-
|1
|'''''[[Cairo]]'''''
|
|9,693,612
|2018
|-
|2
|'''[[Lagos]]'''
|
|8,048,430
|2006
|-
|3
|'''''[[Luanda]]'''''
|
|8,040,200
|2019
|-
|4
|'''[[Johannesburg]]'''
|
|7,860,781
|2011
|-
|5
|'''''[[Kinshasa]]'''''
|
|7,273,947
|2004
|-
|6
|[[Alexandria]]
|
|5,107,530
|2018
|-
|7
|'''[[Abidjan]]'''
|
|4,395,243
|2014
|-
|8
|'''[[Dar es Salaam]]'''
|
|4,364,541
|2012
|-
|9
|[[Giza]]
|
|4,212,750
|2018
|-
|10
|[[Cape Town]]
|
|3,430,992
|2011
|-
|11
|'''[[Casablanca]]'''
|
|3,359,818
|2014
|-
|12
|'''''[[Addis Ababa]]''''' <ref>Unofficial estimate for 2015</ref>
|
|3,273,000
|2015
|-
|13
|'''''[[Nairobi]]'''''
|
|3,133,518
|2009
|-
|14
|[[Kano]]
|
|2,828,861
|2006
|-
|15
|[[Durban]]
|
|2,786,486
|2011
|-
|16
|'''''[[Dakar]]'''''
|
|2,646,503
|2013
|-
|17
|[[Ibadan]]
|
|2,559,853
|2006
|-
|18
|'''''[[Algiers]]'''''
|
|2,364,230
|2008
|-
|19
|'''''[[Accra]]'''''
|
|2,070,463
|2010
|-
|20
|[[Kumasi]]
|
|2,035,064
|2010
|-
|21
|'''[[Douala]]'''
|
|1,906,962
|2005
|-
|22
|'''[[Omdurman]]'''
|
|1,849,659
|2008
|-
|23
|''[[Yaoundé]]''
|
|1,817,524
|2005
|-
|24
|[[Bamako]]
|
|1,816,366
|2009
|-
|25
|'''''[[Lusaka]]'''''
|
|1,747,152
|2010
|-
|26
|''[[Pretoria]]''
|
|1,736,336
|2011
|-
|27
|'''''[[Conakry]]'''''
|
|1,660,973
|2014
|-
|28
|'''''[[Mogadishu]]''''' <ref>Unofficial estimate for 2014 using the latest population and population growth statistics</ref>
|
|1,650,227
|2014
|-
|29
|'''''[[Kampala]]'''''
|
|1,650,800
|2019
|-
|30
|'''''[[Harare]]'''''
|
|1,485,231
|2012
|-
|31
|'''''[[Lomé]]'''''
|
|1,477,658
|2010
|-
|32
|'''''[[Ouagadougou]]'''''
|
|1,475,223
|2006
|-
|33
|''[[Khartoum]]''
|
|1,410,858
|2008
|-
|34
|'''''[[Brazzaville]]'''''
|
|1,373,382
|2007
|-
|35
|'''''[[Antananarivo]]''''' <ref>Last census in 1997. 2014 unofficial estimate.</ref>
|
|1,334,300
|2014
|-
|36
|[[Lubumbashi]]
|
|1,283,380
|2004
|-
|37
|[[Mbuji-Mayi]]
|
|1,213,726
|2004
|-
|38
|[[Shubra el-Kheima]]
|
|1,187,747
|2018
|-
|39
|[[Benin City]]
|
|1,147,188
|2006
|-
|40
|[[Fez]]
|
|1,112,072
|2014
|-
|41
|'''''[[Maputo]]'''''
|
|1,080,277
|2017
|-
|42
|'''''[[Freetown]]'''''
|
|1,055,964
|2015
|-
|43
|[[Matola]]
|
|1,032,197
|2017
|-
|44
|'''''[[Monrovia]]'''''
|
|1,021,762
|2008
|-
|45
|[[Khartoum North]]
|
|1,012,211
|2008
|-
|46
|[[Port Harcourt]]
|
|1,005,904
|2006
|-
|47
|'''''[[Lilongwe]]'''''
|
|989,318
|2018
|-
|48
|'''''[[Niamey]]'''''
|
|978,029
|2012
|-
|49
|'''''[[Nouakchott]]'''''
|
|958,399
|2013
|-
|50
|'''''[[N'Djamena]]'''''
|
|951,418
|2009
|-
|51
|[[Tangier]]
|
|947,952
|2014
|-
|52
|'''''[[Tripoli]]''''' <ref>Last census in 1984. 2012 unofficial estimate.</ref>
|
|940,523
|2012
|-
|53
|[[Marrakesh]]
|
|928,850
|2014
|-
|54
|[[Mombasa]]
|
|915,101
|2009
|-
|55
|[[Salé]]
|
|890,403
|2014
|-
|56
|[[Port Elizabeth]]
|
|876.436
|2011
|-
|57
|'''''[[Kigali]]'''''
|
|859,033
|2012
|-
|58
|[[Jos]]
|
|821,608
|2006
|-
|59
|[[Oran]]
|
|803,329
|2008
|-
|60
|[[Blantyre]]
|
|800,264
|2018
|-
|61
|[[Ilorin]]
|
|777,667
|2006
|-
|62
|''[[Abuja]]''
|
|776,298
|2006
|-
|63
|'''''[[Asmara]]''''' <ref>The latest census estimate was in 1997 which would provide a very inaccurate source of information. There has been a population estimate for Asmara for 2014 however the figure is only a very rough estimate</ref>
|
|775,000
|2014
|-
|64
|[[Port Said]]
|
|760,152
|2018
|-
|65
|[[Kaduna]]
|
|760,084
|2006
|-
|66
|[[Touba]]
|
|753,315
|2013
|-
|67
|[[Hargeisa]] <ref>Unofficial estimate for 2014 using the latest population and population growth statistics</ref>
| /
|741,000
|2014
|-
|68
|[[Suez]]
|
|740,874
|2018
|-
|69
|[[Soshanguve]]
|
|728,063
|2011
|-
|70
|[[Enugu]]
|
|722,664
|2006
|-
|71
|[[Kananga]]
|
|720,362
|2004
|-
|72
|[[Pointe-Noire]]
|
|715,334
|2007
|-
|73
|[[Mwanza]]
|
|706,453
|2012
|-
|74
|'''''[[Libreville]]'''''
|
|703,940
|2013
|-
|75
|[[Zaria]]
|
|695,089
|2006
|-
|76
|[[Kisangani]]
|
|682,599
|2004
|-
|77
|'''[[Cotonou]]'''
|
|679,012
|2013
|-
|78
|[[Nampula]]
|
|663,212
|2017
|-
|79
|[[Bulawayo]]
|
|653,337
|2012
|-
|80
|'''''[[Tunis]]'''''
|
|638.845
|2014
|-
|81
|'''''[[Bangui]]'''''
|
|622,771
|2003
|-
|82
|[[Evaton]]
|
|605,504
|2011
|-
|83
|[[Beira]]
|
|592,090
|2017
|-
|84
|''[[Rabat]]''
|
|577,827
|2014
|-
|85
|[[El Mansoura]]
|
|570,271
|2018
|-
|86
|[[Benghazi]] <ref>Last census was in 1984. 2012 unofficial estimate.</ref>
|
|562,067
|2012
|-
|87
|[[Warri]]
|
|557,398
|2006
|-
|88
|[[El Mahalla El Kubra|El Mahalla el-Kubra]]
|
|543,271
|2018
|-
|89
|[[Maiduguri]]
|
|543,016
|2006
|-
|90
|[[Bouaké]]
|
|536,719
|2014
|-
|91
|[[Ikorodu]]
|
|535,619
|2006
|-
|92
|[[Aba, Abia|Aba]]
|
|534,265
|2006
|-
|93
|[[Tanta]]
|
|528,670
|2018
|-
|94
|[[Meknes]]
|
|520,428
|2014
|-
|95
|[[Ife]]
|
|509,035
|2006
|-
|96
|[[Zanzibar]]
|
|501,459
|2012
|-
|97
|[[Kitwe]]
|
|501,360
|2010
|-
|98
|[[Nansana]]
|
|499,900
|2019
|-
|99
|'''''[[Bujumbura]]'''''
|
|497,166
|2008
|-
|100
|[[Bobo-Dioulasso]]
|
|489,967
|2006
|}
==Sources==
www.citypopulation.de
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_cities_by_population (only for Nigeria)
==List==
''Italics'' represents capital city
'''Bold''' represents largest city in country
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! style="width:4" |Rank
! style="width:60" |City
! style="width:60" |Country
! style="width:40" |Population
! style="width:6" |Population as of
|-
|1
|'''''[[Cairo]]'''''
|
|9,693,612
|2018
|-
|2
|'''[[Lagos]]'''
|
|8,048,430
|2006
|-
|3
|'''''[[Luanda]]'''''
|
|8,040,200
|2019
|-
|4
|'''[[Johannesburg]]'''
|
|7,860,781
|2011
|-
|5
|'''''[[Kinshasa]]'''''
|
|7,273,947
|2004
|-
|6
|[[Alexandria]]
|
|5,107,530
|2018
|-
|7
|'''[[Abidjan]]'''
|
|4,395,243
|2014
|-
|8
|'''[[Dar es Salaam]]'''
|
|4,364,541
|2012
|-
|9
|[[Giza]]
|
|4,212,750
|2018
|-
|10
|[[Cape Town]]
|
|3,430,992
|2011
|-
|11
|'''[[Casablanca]]'''
|
|3,359,818
|2014
|-
|12
|'''''[[Addis Ababa]]''''' <ref>Unofficial estimate for 2015</ref>
|
|3,273,000
|2015
|-
|13
|'''''[[Nairobi]]'''''
|
|3,133,518
|2009
|-
|14
|[[Kano]]
|
|2,828,861
|2006
|-
|15
|[[Durban]]
|
|2,786,486
|2011
|-
|16
|'''''[[Dakar]]'''''
|
|2,646,503
|2013
|-
|17
|[[Ibadan]]
|
|2,559,853
|2006
|-
|18
|'''''[[Algiers]]'''''
|
|2,364,230
|2008
|-
|19
|'''''[[Accra]]'''''
|
|2,070,463
|2010
|-
|20
|[[Kumasi]]
|
|2,035,064
|2010
|-
|21
|'''[[Douala]]'''
|
|1,906,962
|2005
|-
|22
|'''[[Omdurman]]'''
|
|1,849,659
|2008
|-
|23
|''[[Yaoundé]]''
|
|1,817,524
|2005
|-
|24
|[[Bamako]]
|
|1,816,366
|2009
|-
|25
|'''''[[Lusaka]]'''''
|
|1,747,152
|2010
|-
|26
|''[[Pretoria]]''
|
|1,736,336
|2011
|-
|27
|'''''[[Conakry]]'''''
|
|1,660,973
|2014
|-
|28
|'''''[[Mogadishu]]''''' <ref>Unofficial estimate for 2014 using the latest population and population growth statistics</ref>
|
|1,650,227
|2014
|-
|29
|'''''[[Kampala]]'''''
|
|1,650,800
|2019
|-
|30
|'''''[[Harare]]'''''
|
|1,485,231
|2012
|-
|31
|'''''[[Lomé]]'''''
|
|1,477,658
|2010
|-
|32
|'''''[[Ouagadougou]]'''''
|
|1,475,223
|2006
|-
|33
|''[[Khartoum]]''
|
|1,410,858
|2008
|-
|34
|'''''[[Brazzaville]]'''''
|
|1,373,382
|2007
|-
|35
|'''''[[Antananarivo]]''''' <ref>Last census in 1997. 2014 unofficial estimate.</ref>
|
|1,334,300
|2014
|-
|36
|[[Lubumbashi]]
|
|1,283,380
|2004
|-
|37
|[[Mbuji-Mayi]]
|
|1,213,726
|2004
|-
|38
|[[Shubra el-Kheima]]
|
|1,187,747
|2018
|-
|39
|[[Benin City]]
|
|1,147,188
|2006
|-
|40
|[[Fez]]
|
|1,112,072
|2014
|-
|41
|'''''[[Maputo]]'''''
|
|1,080,277
|2017
|-
|42
|'''''[[Freetown]]'''''
|
|1,055,964
|2015
|-
|43
|[[Matola]]
|
|1,032,197
|2017
|-
|44
|'''''[[Monrovia]]'''''
|
|1,021,762
|2008
|-
|45
|[[Khartoum North]]
|
|1,012,211
|2008
|-
|46
|[[Port Harcourt]]
|
|1,005,904
|2006
|-
|47
|'''''[[Lilongwe]]'''''
|
|989,318
|2018
|-
|48
|'''''[[Niamey]]'''''
|
|978,029
|2012
|-
|49
|'''''[[Nouakchott]]'''''
|
|958,399
|2013
|-
|50
|'''''[[N'Djamena]]'''''
|
|951,418
|2009
|-
|51
|[[Tangier]]
|
|947,952
|2014
|-
|52
|'''''[[Tripoli]]''''' <ref>Last census in 1984. 2012 unofficial estimate.</ref>
|
|940,523
|2012
|-
|53
|[[Marrakesh]]
|
|928,850
|2014
|-
|54
|[[Mombasa]]
|
|915,101
|2009
|-
|55
|[[Salé]]
|
|890,403
|2014
|-
|56
|[[Port Elizabeth]]
|
|876.436
|2011
|-
|57
|'''''[[Kigali]]'''''
|
|859,033
|2012
|-
|58
|[[Jos]]
|
|821,608
|2006
|-
|59
|[[Oran]]
|
|803,329
|2008
|-
|60
|[[Blantyre]]
|
|800,264
|2018
|-
|61
|[[Ilorin]]
|
|777,667
|2006
|-
|62
|''[[Abuja]]''
|
|776,298
|2006
|-
|63
|'''''[[Asmara]]''''' <ref>The latest census estimate was in 1997 which would provide a very inaccurate source of information. There has been a population estimate for Asmara for 2014 however the figure is only a very rough estimate</ref>
|
|775,000
|2014
|-
|64
|[[Port Said]]
|
|760,152
|2018
|-
|65
|[[Kaduna]]
|
|760,084
|2006
|-
|66
|[[Touba]]
|
|753,315
|2013
|-
|67
|[[Hargeisa]] <ref>Unofficial estimate for 2014 using the latest population and population growth statistics</ref>
| /
|741,000
|2014
|-
|68
|[[Suez]]
|
|740,874
|2018
|-
|69
|[[Soshanguve]]
|
|728,063
|2011
|-
|70
|[[Enugu]]
|
|722,664
|2006
|-
|71
|[[Kananga]]
|
|720,362
|2004
|-
|72
|[[Pointe-Noire]]
|
|715,334
|2007
|-
|73
|[[Mwanza]]
|
|706,453
|2012
|-
|74
|'''''[[Libreville]]'''''
|
|703,940
|2013
|-
|75
|[[Zaria]]
|
|695,089
|2006
|-
|76
|[[Kisangani]]
|
|682,599
|2004
|-
|77
|'''[[Cotonou]]'''
|
|679,012
|2013
|-
|78
|[[Nampula]]
|
|663,212
|2017
|-
|79
|[[Bulawayo]]
|
|653,337
|2012
|-
|80
|'''''[[Tunis]]'''''
|
|638.845
|2014
|-
|81
|'''''[[Bangui]]'''''
|
|622,771
|2003
|-
|82
|[[Evaton]]
|
|605,504
|2011
|-
|83
|[[Beira]]
|
|592,090
|2017
|-
|84
|''[[Rabat]]''
|
|577,827
|2014
|-
|85
|[[El Mansoura]]
|
|570,271
|2018
|-
|86
|[[Benghazi]] <ref>Last census was in 1984. 2012 unofficial estimate.</ref>
|
|562,067
|2012
|-
|87
|[[Warri]]
|
|557,398
|2006
|-
|88
|[[El Mahalla El Kubra|El Mahalla el-Kubra]]
|
|543,271
|2018
|-
|89
|[[Maiduguri]]
|
|543,016
|2006
|-
|90
|[[Bouaké]]
|
|536,719
|2014
|-
|91
|[[Ikorodu]]
|
|535,619
|2006
|-
|92
|[[Aba, Abia|Aba]]
|
|534,265
|2006
|-
|93
|[[Tanta]]
|
|528,670
|2018
|-
|94
|[[Meknes]]
|
|520,428
|2014
|-
|95
|[[Ife]]
|
|509,035
|2006
|-
|96
|[[Zanzibar]]
|
|501,459
|2012
|-
|97
|[[Kitwe]]
|
|501,360
|2010
|-
|98
|[[Nansana]]
|
|499,900
|2019
|-
|99
|'''''[[Bujumbura]]'''''
|
|497,166
|2008
|-
|100
|[[Bobo-Dioulasso]]
|
|489,967
|2006
|}
==Sources==
www.citypopulation.de
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_cities_by_population (only for Nigeria)
July 14, 2019 at 01:36AM
