Ten Most Populated Cities in Africa

Can you name the ten most populated cities in Africa?

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Population	Answer
21,323,000	Cairo
21,320,000	Lagos
17,071,000	Kinshasa
10,050,000	Johannesburg
10,400,676	Nairobi

Population	Answer
8,330,000	Luanda
6,368,000	Dar es Salaam
5,381,101	Alexandria
5,274,321	Khartoum
5,059,000	Abidjan

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Level 63

Apr 25, 2021

Nice Quiz! 10/10

Level 63

Apr 25, 2021

Thanks!

Level 59

Apr 26, 2021

Great Quiz!

Level 63

Apr 27, 2021

Thanks!

Level 63

Apr 26, 2021

Wow! You got this quiz spotlighted! Great Job!

Level 63

Apr 27, 2021

Thanks! I didn’t even notice that it was spotlighted!

Level 67

May 1, 2021

This is a great quiz. Got them all except Luanda, which I should have had. I wonder why Kinshasa's population so vastly outpaces Brazzaville's.

Level 63

May 1, 2021

Thank you! I think the reason Kinshasa is so populated is because of the area of the cities boundaries, and the fact that the D.R Congo is just very populated.

Level 61

May 1, 2021

You might think about sourcing those numbers.

Level 63

May 1, 2021

I went to a reliable source, found the data, then used the metropolitan cities along with some other big cities that wouldn’t have been that high or been there at all otherwise.

Level 40

May 1, 2021

There's a comma missing in the Casablanca figure. :)

Level 63

May 1, 2021

Thanks! This is now fixed.

Level 50

Oct 17, 2022

It’s just a ,

Level 46

May 1, 2021

Cape Town? 🤔 🧐