Rank
|
Population
|
Answer
|
1
|
15,628,085
|
Kinshasa
|
2
|
15,387,639
|
Lagos
|
3
|
12,230,350
|
Cairo
|
4
|
5,635,127
|
Johannesburg
|
5
|
5,515,790
|
Abidjan
|
6
|
5,483,605
|
Alexandria
|
7
|
5,383,728
|
Dar es Salaam
|
8
|
5,005,524
|
Addis Ababa
|
9
|
4,800,954
|
Cape Town
|
10
|
4,498,518
|
Giza
|
11
|
4,397,073
|
Nairobi
|
12
|
4,103,015
|
Kano
|
13
|
3,651,919
|
Kampala
|
14
|
3,649,023
|
Ibadan
|
15
|
3,639,598
|
Khartoum
|
16
|
3,442,361
|
Durban
|
17
|
3,359,818
|
Casablanca
|
18
|
3,326,001
|
Dakar
|
19
|
3,178,470
|
Ekurhuleni (East Rand)
|
20
|
2,921,488
|
Pretoria
|
21
|
2,853,959
|
Algiers
|
22
|
2,816,943
|
Bamako
|
23
|
2,765,002
|
Mbuji-Mayi
|
24
|
2,731,696
|
Lusaka
|
25
|
2,660,072
|
Accra
|
26
|
2,584,133
|
Lubumbashi
|
27
|
2,577,780
|
Omdurman
|
28
|
2,571,861
|
Luanda
|
29
|
2,497,463
|
Mogadishu
|
30
|
2,439,404
|
Tunis
|
31
|
2,415,266
|
Ouagadougou
|
32
|
2,069,350
|
Kumasi
|
33
|
2,048,525
|
Conakry
|
34
|
1,931,930
|
Rabat
|
|
Rank
|
Population
|
Answer
|
35
|
1,925,517
|
Lomé
|
36
|
1,841,084
|
Benin City
|
37
|
1,796,872
|
Matola
|
38
|
1,696,392
|
Brazzaville
|
39
|
1,693,400
|
Abuja
|
40
|
1,622,582
|
Monrovia
|
41
|
1,592,924
|
Kananga
|
42
|
1,557,740
|
Harare
|
43
|
1,552,630
|
Onitsha
|
44
|
1,541,666
|
N'Djamena
|
45
|
1,431,539
|
Nouakchott
|
46
|
1,388,979
|
Mombasa
|
47
|
1,383,909
|
Niamey
|
48
|
1,366,342
|
Kisangani
|
49
|
1,338,082
|
Douala
|
50
|
1,299,369
|
Yaoundé
|
51
|
1,294,612
|
Pointe-Noire
|
52
|
1,280,550
|
Port Elizabeth
|
53
|
1,275,207
|
Antananarivo
|
54
|
1,272,145
|
Freetown
|
55
|
1,267,317
|
Fez
|
56
|
1,264,636
|
Uyo
|
57
|
1,245,444
|
Mwanza
|
58
|
1,208,296
|
Kigali
|
59
|
1,190,367
|
Bukavu
|
60
|
1,188,736
|
Abomey-Calavi
|
61
|
1,175,830
|
Tripoli
|
62
|
1,170,870
|
Lilongwe
|
63
|
1,158,048
|
Kaduna
|
64
|
1,150,116
|
Aba
|
65
|
1,148,665
|
Port Harcourt
|
66
|
1,139,265
|
Bujumbura
|
67
|
1,138,960
|
Maputo
|
|
Rank
|
Population
|
Answer
|
68
|
1,113,546
|
Nnewi
|
69
|
1,079,377
|
Hargeisa
|
70
|
1,074,309
|
Bobo Dioulasso
|
71
|
1,072,951
|
Shubra el-Kheima
|
72
|
1,041,166
|
Ikorodu
|
73
|
1,034,872
|
Asmara
|
74
|
1,033,050
|
Marrakesh
|
75
|
1,023,575
|
Tshikapa
|
76
|
1,012,312
|
Nyala
|
77
|
1,000,477
|
Ilorin
|
78
|
994,911
|
Blantyre
|
79
|
960,438
|
Agadir
|
80
|
953,472
|
Misratah
|
81
|
947,952
|
Tangier
|
82
|
945,046
|
Owerri
|
83
|
942,683
|
Warri
|
84
|
942,167
|
Jos
|
85
|
933,176
|
Bangui
|
86
|
927,472
|
Nampula
|
87
|
922,302
|
Oran
|
88
|
921,524
|
West Rand
|
89
|
914,456
|
Lubango
|
90
|
861,878
|
Cabinda
|
91
|
860,555
|
Umuahia
|
92
|
856,854
|
Libreville
|
93
|
847,790
|
Benghazi
|
94
|
822,337
|
Maiduguri
|
95
|
819,791
|
Enugu
|
96
|
790,742
|
Lokoja
|
97
|
786,127
|
Vereeniging
|
98
|
776,832
|
Benguela
|
99
|
767,645
|
Bunia
|
100
|
766,392
|
Zanzibar
|
|