Decade
|
Population
|
Answer
|
1950
|
8,571,000
|
Cairo
|
|
4,098,000
|
Johannesburg
|
|
3,736,000
|
Alexandria
|
|
3,413,000
|
Cape Town
|
|
3,004,000
|
Algiers
|
|
2,862,000
|
Dakar
|
|
2,699,000
|
Addis Ababa
|
|
2,247,000
|
Lagos
|
|
2,184,000
|
Casablanca
|
|
2,000,000
|
Luanda
|
1960
|
10,893,000
|
Cairo
|
|
4,955,000
|
Johannesburg
|
|
4,162,000
|
Alexandria
|
|
4,000,000
|
Cape Town
|
|
3,649,000
|
Algiers
|
|
3,574,000
|
Addis Ababa
|
|
3,381,000
|
Lagos
|
|
3,231,000
|
Dakar
|
|
2,909,000
|
Luanda
|
|
2,892,000
|
Casablanca
|
1970
|
13,477,000
|
Cairo
|
|
5,832,000
|
Johannesburg
|
|
4,639,000
|
Alexandria
|
|
4,574,000
|
Cape Town
|
|
4,557,000
|
Lagos
|
|
4,451,000
|
Addis Ababa
|
|
4,326,000
|
Algiers
|
|
3,825,000
|
Luanda
|
|
3,600,000
|
Dakar
|
|
3,543,000
|
Casablanca
|
1980
|
16,000,000
|
Cairo
|
|
6,779,000
|
Johannesburg
|
|
6,043,000
|
Lagos
|
|
5,428,000
|
Addis Ababa
|
|
5,361,000
|
Cape Town
|
|
5,267,000
|
Luanda
|
|
5,138,000
|
Alexandria
|
|
5,091,000
|
Algiers
|
|
4,894,000
|
Kinshasa
|
|
4,617,000
|
Khartoum
|
|
Decade
|
Population
|
Answer
|
1990
|
18,953,000
|
Cairo
|
|
9,774,000
|
Lagos
|
|
8,000,000
|
Johannesburg
|
|
6,561,000
|
Addis Ababa
|
|
6,474,000
|
Luanda
|
|
6,398,000
|
Cape Town
|
|
6,331,000
|
Kinshasa
|
|
5,749,000
|
Algiers
|
|
5,603,000
|
Khartoum
|
|
5,587,000
|
Alexandria
|
2000
|
20,436,000
|
Cairo
|
|
13,859,000
|
Lagos
|
|
9,472,000
|
Johannesburg
|
|
8,943,000
|
Kinshasa
|
|
7,895,000
|
Luanda
|
|
7,567,000
|
Addis Ababa
|
|
7,400,000
|
Cape Town
|
|
7,003,000
|
Khartoum
|
|
6,518,000
|
Algiers
|
|
6,466,000
|
Nairobi
|
2010
|
23,000,000
|
Cairo
|
|
16,937,000
|
Lagos
|
|
12,523,000
|
Kinshasa
|
|
10,945,000
|
Johannesburg
|
|
9,388,000
|
Luanda
|
|
8,693,000
|
Khartoum
|
|
8,575,000
|
Addis Ababa
|
|
8,308,000
|
Cape Town
|
|
8,142,000
|
Nairobi
|
|
7,565,000
|
Algiers
|
2019
|
25,284,000
|
Cairo
|
|
20,000,000
|
Lagos
|
|
16,479,000
|
Kinshasa
|
|
11,842,000
|
Johannesburg
|
|
10,946,000
|
Luanda
|
|
10,421,000
|
Khartoum
|
|
9,599,000
|
Nairobi
|
|
9,583,000
|
Addis Ababa
|
|
9,295,000
|
Cape Town
|
|
9,001,000
|
Dar Es Salaam
|
|