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Biggest Cities in Africa

Name the biggest cities on the African continent.
*2021 Estimates
*City proper, not urban area
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Population
Country
City
13,903,620
Nigeria
Lagos
9,293,612
Egypt
Cairo
7,860,781
South Africa
Johannesburg
7,273,947
DR Congo
Kinshasa
6,759,313
Angola
Luanda
5,107,530
Egypt
Alexandria
4,901,000
Somalia
Mogadishu
4,397,073
Kenya
Nairobi
4,395,243
Cote d'Ivoire
Abidjan
4,364,541
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
4,212,750
Egypt
Giza
3,931,300
Nigeria
Kano
3,430,992
South Africa
Cape Town
3,359,818
Morocco
Casablanca
3,273,000
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
3,034,200
Nigeria
Ibadan
2,786,046
South Africa
Durban
2,646,503
Senegal
Dakar
2,364,230
Algeria
Algiers
2,173,800
Togo
Lomé
2,070,463
Ghana
Accra
2,035,064
Ghana
Kumasi
1,906,962
Cameroon
Douala
1,849,659
Sudan
Omdurman
1,817,524
Cameroon
Yaoundé
1,810,366
Mali
Bamako
1,763,336
South Africa
Pretoria
1,747,152
Zambia
Lusaka
1,680,600
Uganda
Kampala
1,660,973
Guinea
Conakry
1,485,231
Zimbabwe
Harare
1,475,223
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
1,410,858
Sudan
Khartoum
1,373,382
Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville
1,283,380
DR Congo
Lubumbashi
1,275,207
Madagascar
Antananarivo
1,235,880
Nigeria
Abuja
1,213,726
DR Congo
Mbuji-Mayi
1,208,333
Kenya
Mombasa
1,200,000
Somalia
Hargeysa
1,112,072
Morocco
Fès
1,080,277
Mozambique
Maputo
1,055,964
Sierra Leone
Freetown
1,032,197
Mozambique
Matola
1,021,762
Liberia
Monrovia
1,012,211
Sudan
Khartoum North
993,642
Nigeria
Kaduna
989,318
Malawi
Lilongwe
978,029
Niger
Niamey
958,399
Mauritania
Nouakchott
951,418
Chad
N'Djamena
947,952
Morocco
Tangier
928,850
Morocco
Marrakesh
890,403
Morocco
Salé
876,436
South Africa
Port Elizabeth
859,332
Rwanda
Kigali
803,329
Algeria
Oran
800,264
Malawi
Blantyre
792,182
Somalia
Baydhabo
762,719
Nigeria
Benin City
760,152
Egypt
Port Said
753,315
Senegal
Touba
750,000
Somalia
Gaalkacyo
740,874
Egypt
Suez
734,350
Central African Republic
Bangui
720,362
DR Congo
Kananga
715,334
Republic of the Congo
Pointe-Noire
706,453
Tanzania
Mwanza
703,940
Gabon
Libreville
703,421
Nigeria
Port Harcourt
682,599
DR Congo
Kisangani
679,012
Benin
Cotonou
663,212
Mozambique
Nampula
653,337
Zimbabwe
Bulawayo
638,845
Tunisia
Tunis
618,278
Nigeria
Maiduguri
612,257
Nigeria
Zaria
600,751
Angola
Lubango
595,304
Angola
Huambo
592,090
Mozambique
Beira
591,062
Libya
Tripoli
577,827
Morocco
Rabat
570,674
Kenya
Nakuru
570,271
Egypt
Al-Manṣūrah
555,124
Angola
Benguela
550,000
Angola
Cabinda
543,271
Egypt
Al-Maḥallah al-Kubrā
536,719
Cote d'Ivoire
Bouaké
532,089
Nigeria
Ilorin
528,672
Egypt
Ṭanṭā
520,428
Morocco
Meknès
510,300
Nigeria
Jos
501,459
Tanzania
Zanzibar
501,360
Zambia
Kitwe
500,183
Nigeria
Aba
499,000
Somalia
Marka
497,166
Burundi
Bujumbura
494,252
Morocco
Oujda
492,984
Sudan
Nyālā
489,967
Burkina Faso
Bobo-Dioulasso
489,377
Egypt
Al-Fayyūm
480,516
Egypt
Asyūṭ
475,716
Kenya
Eldoret
475,322
Djibouti
Djibouti
475,238
South Africa
Pietermaritzburg
471,789
DR Congo
Bukavu
464,591
South Africa
Bloemfontein
456,446
DR Congo
Kolwezi
455,000
Angola
Malanje
451,246
Zambia
Ndola
448,028
Algeria
Constantine
446,250
Libya
Benghazi
435,547
Cameroon
Kousséri
431,282
Morocco
Kénitra
421,844
Morocco
Agadir
416,442
Tanzania
Arusha
407,756
Nigeria
Enugu
397,957
Kenya
Kisumu
397,446
Egypt
Al-Ismā'īliyah
396,852
Egypt
Az-Zaqāzīq
394,561
Sudan
Port Sudan
393,000
Angola
Saurimo
387,909
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
385,279
Tanzania
Mbeya
380,787
Morocco
Tétouan
380,568
Eritrea
Asmara
377,922
South Africa
Vereeniging
374,000
Somalia
Berbera
371,351
Ghana
Tamale
369,894
Nigeria
Oyo
367,219
DR Congo
Likasi
366,503
DR Congo
Tshikapa
363,382
Nigeria
Warri
363,336
Mozambique
Chimoio
357,950
Angola
Lobito
356,840
Zimbabwe
Chitungwiza
355,423
Angola
Kuito
352,735
Nigeria
Abeokuta
350,280
Nigeria
Onitsha
350,000
Somalia
Burco
345,126
Sudan
Al-Ubayyiḍ
342,703
Algeria
Annaba
337,472
Egypt
Aswān
331,779
Algeria
Blida
330,760
Lesotho
Maseru
329,639
Nigeria
Sokoto
326,286
Madagascar
Toamasina
325,858
Namibia
Windhoek
324,000
Ethiopia
Adama
323,900
Ethiopia
Gonder
323,700
Ethiopia
Mek'ele
322,531
Angola
Uíge
317,763
Senegal
Thiès
313,510
Morocco
Témara
312,775
Nigeria
Okene
311,901
South Africa
Rustenburg
311,657
South Africa
Witbank
311,206
Ghana
Takoradi
310,839
Nigeria
Calabar
308,508
Morocco
Safi
307,338
Mozambique
Tete
305,840
Tanzania
Morogoro
302,926
Egypt
New Cairo
300,100
Ethiopia
Awasa
300,000
Somalia
Beledweyne
298,529
Sudan
Kassalā
295,644
South Africa
East London
294,210
DR Congo
Kikwit
291,484
South Africa
Newcastle
289,504
Algeria
Batna
289,482
Sudan
Wad Madanī
278,413
Egypt
Damanhūr
277,000
Ethiopia
Dire Dawa
275,239
Cameroon
Mokolo
273,675
Angola
Luena
272,801
Tunisia
Sfax
270,000
Somalia
Baardheere
269,530
Cameroon
Bamenda
269,395
Sudan
Al-Qaḍārif
267,249
Niger
Maradi
265,833
Algeria
Djelfa
264,320
Benin
Porto-Novo
262,814
DR Congo
Mbandaka
259,315
Nigeria
Katsina
255,478
Benin
Parakou
255,000
Angola
Moçâmedes
254,523
Egypt
Al-Minyā
252,127
Algeria
Sétif
251,407
Kenya
Thika
251,178
Angola
Menongue
250,951
Nigeria
Oshogbo
250,704
Egypt
Luxor
249,862
DR Congo
Goma
249,611
Egypt
Shibīn al-Kawm
248,174
Egypt
Sawhāj
246,915
Mozambique
Quelimane
246,395
Egypt
Beni Suef
245,862
DR Congo
Matadi
245,592
Madagascar
Antsirabe
245,360
Cote d'Ivoire
Daloa
244,722
Madagascar
Mahajanga
243,300
Ethiopia
Bahir Dar
243,048
Cote d'Ivoire
Korhogo
242,924
South Africa
Uitenhage
242,204
Mozambique
Lichinga
241,422
Egypt
Qinā
239,287
Cameroon
Bafoussam
239,124
Nigeria
Akure
235,996
Cameroon
Garoua
235,605
Niger
Zinder
235,136
DR Congo
Uvira
233,708
Senegal
Kaolack
231,592
Botswana
Gaborone
230,625
DR Congo
Bunia
230,195
South Sudan
Juba
228,342
Ghana
Sekondi
227,407
South Africa
Polokwane
226,618
Mali
Sikasso
225,155
South Africa
Kimberley
221,530
Tunisia
Sousse
221,300
Uganda
Mbarara
221,272
Malawi
Mzuzu
221,127
Tanzania
Tanga
218,111
Cameroon
Bertoua
217,827
Sudan
Al-Fāshir
217,732
(Western Sahara)
Laâyoune
215,616
Somalia
Boorama
215,458
Tanzania
Kigoma
213,636
Tanzania
Dodoma
213,080
Sudan
Kūstī
212,670
Cote d'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro
211,014
South Africa
Welkom
210,146
Algeria
Sidi bel Abbès
209,752
Senegal
Saint-Louis
208,612
Morocco
Mohammédia
206,537
Nigeria
Bauchi
Population
Country
City
206,449
Mozambique
Nacala
205,832
Angola
Sumbe
205,294
Senegal
Ziguinchor
204,661
Algeria
Biskra
203,309
Tanzania
Songea
203,149
Cameroon
Édéa
202,360
Zambia
Kabwe
201,371
Cameroon
Maroua
200,920
Angola
Soyo
200,529
Mozambique
Pemba
200,443
Sierra Leone
Kenema
200,000
Somalia
Buurhakaba
198,444
Kenya
Naivasha
197,735
South Africa
Paarl
196,196
Morocco
Khouribga
195,027
Guinea
Nzérékoré
194,934
Morocco
El Jadida
194,461
Algeria
Tébessa
194,342
Kenya
Karuri
192,676
Morocco
Béni Mellal
191,300
Uganda
Mukono
190,722
Guinea
Kankan
190,000
Somalia
Boosaaso
189,879
Madagascar
Fianarantsoa
189,496
South Africa
Klerksdorp
189,191
Nigeria
Minna
187,900
Ethiopia
Dese
186,856
Nigeria
Ife
186,525
Algeria
El Oued
186,208
Zimbabwe
Mutare
185,246
Zambia
Chingola
184,674
Nigeria
Ikorodu
184,292
Tanzania
Moshi
182,903
Algeria
Skikda
182,186
Egypt
Kafr ash-Shaykh
181,712
South Africa
Botshabelo
178,915
Algeria
Tiaret
178,800
Uganda
Njeru
177,900
Ethiopia
Jimma
177,429
Cameroon
Loum
177,400
Uganda
Gulu
176,139
Algeria
Béjaïa
174,518
Egypt
Banhā
174,369
Sierra Leone
Bo
173,531
Algeria
Tlemcen
171,552
DR Congo
Boma
170,786
DR Congo
Mwene-Ditu
170,785
Egypt
Bilbays
169,928
Algeria
Ouargla
169,894
Ghana
Cape Coast
169,760
Madagascar
Toliara
168,736
Mozambique
Mocuba
167,462
Zimbabwe
Epworth
165,241
Algeria
Béchar
164,944
Cote d'Ivoire
San-Pédro
163,809
South Africa
Middelburg
163,604
Nigeria
Gombe
163,399
Kenya
Garissa
162,885
Algeria
Mostaganem
162,174
Kenya
Kitale
161,726
Morocco
Nador
161,584
Angola
N'dalatando
160,608
Tanzania
Tabora
160,465
Cote d'Ivoire
Gagnoa
159,300
Ethiopia
Jijiga
158,812
Algeria
Bordj Bou Arreridj
157,181
Nigeria
Owo
156,122
Nigeria
Ado Ekiti
155,134
Algeria
Chlef
154,825
Zimbabwe
Gweru
153,479
Algeria
Souk Ahras
153,062
Egypt
Marsā Maṭrūḥ
152,698
Cameroon
Ngaoundéré
151,515
Nigeria
Makurdi
151,345
Tanzania
Iringa
151,309
Zambia
Mufulira
149,567
Egypt
Al-Ḥawāmidiyah
149,065
South Africa
Carletonville
149,041
Cote d'Ivoire
Man
148,804
South Africa
Potchefstroom
148,456
Morocco
Taza
147,931
Réunion (France)
Saint-Denis
147,870
Kenya
Kiambu
147,800
Ethiopia
Shashemene
147,524
DR Congo
Isiro
147,167
Nigeria
Umuahia
147,100
Ethiopia
Bishoftu
146,737
Mauritius
Port-Louis
146,051
Nigeria
Ondo
145,441
Algeria
Médéa
145,380
Algeria
El Eulma
145,100
Ethiopia
Sodo
144,268
Cameroon
Kumba
143,644
Ghana
Obuasi
143,270
Algeria
Touggourt
142,913
Algeria
Ghardaïa
142,900
Ethiopia
Arba Minch
142,497
Algeria
Saïda
142,250
Morocco
Settat
141,724
Nigeria
Jimeta
141,444
Mali
Koutiala
140,622
Egypt
Jirjā
139,794
Egypt
Disūq
139,784
Ghana
Tema
139,445
Nigeria
Ilesha
139,070
Tunisia
Kairouan
138,695
Guinea
Kindia
137,589
South Africa
Mthatha
137,251
Chad
Moundou
137,103
Sudan
Aḍ-Ḍu'ayn
136,917
Tunisia
Bizerte
136,830
Rwanda
Gisenyi
136,788
Sudan
Ad-Damazīn
136,634
Morocco
Berrechid
136,462
Gabon
Port-Gentil
135,534
DR Congo
Kindu
134,773
Nigeria
Ugep
134,372
Algeria
Laghouat
134,349
Zambia
Livingstone
134,327
Tanzania
Musoma
134,264
Sudan
Al-Junaynah
133,800
Ethiopia
Hosaina
133,501
Mali
Ségou
132,975
Algeria
M'Sila
132,884
Mozambique
Xai-Xai
132,440
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
132,393
Nigeria
Gusau
132,235
Equatorial Guinea
Bata
131,542
Morocco
Khémisset
131,513
Algeria
Jijel
131,165
Madagascar
Antsiranana
130,984
Tunisia
Gabès
130,076
Zambia
Luanshya
130,000
Somalia
Jamaame
130,000
Angola
Caála
129,000
Ethiopia
Harer
128,900
Nigeria
Mubi
128,796
Tanzania
Bukoba
128,400
Uganda
Lugazi
127,832
Cabo Verde
Praia
127,513
Nigeria
Shagamu
127,492
Guinea
Siguiri
126,723
DR Congo
Kabinda
126,617
Morocco
Ksar El Kébir
126,319
Mali
Kayes
125,686
Egypt
Bilqās
125,645
Nigeria
Iwo
125,008
Morocco
Larache
125,000
Somalia
Jilib
124,662
Sierra Leone
Koidu
124,634
Sierra Leone
Makeni
124,313
Nigeria
Ijebu Ode
124,204
Tanzania
Sumbawanga
124,176
Central African Republic
Bimbo
123,890
Sudan
Rabak
123,255
Algeria
Relizane
123,158
Sudan
Sannār
122,700
Uganda
Hoima
121,669
Libya
Miṣrātah
121,600
Uganda
Mubende
121,537
Angola
Ondjiva
121,065
Nigeria
Nnewi
120,971
Ghana
Koforidua
120,786
Mali
Mopti
120,170
DR Congo
Gandajika
120,004
Algeria
Guelma
119,859
Kenya
Malindi
119,711
Nigeria
Owerri
119,402
Nigeria
Ikot Ekpene
118,889
South Africa
Embalenhle
118,331
South Sudan
Wau
118,318
Morocco
Guelmim
118,167
Mauritania
Nouadhibou
117,826
Niger
Tahoua
117,824
Benin
Abomey-Calavi
117,558
Algeria
Rouïba
117,510
Morocco
Khénifra
117,197
DR Congo
Bandundu
117,063
Cameroon
Mbouda
116,627
Zambia
Chipata
116,600
Uganda
Masaka
116,500
Uganda
Lira
116,064
Algeria
Aïn Béïda
115,626
DR Congo
Kamina
115,400
Togo
Kara
115,400
Uganda
Kasese
115,000
Somalia
Ceerigaabo
114,718
Kenya
Mandera
114,528
South Sudan
Malakal
114,486
Tunisia
Aryānah
114,472
Algeria
Khenchela
113,879
DR Congo
Gemena
113,368
South Africa
Sasolburg
112,900
Ethiopia
Dila
112,467
Egypt
Kafr ad-Dawwār
112,417
Kenya
Kisii
112,021
Sudan
Aṭbarah
111,787
Algeria
Bou Saâda
111,435
Nigeria
Ikire
111,300
Uganda
Mbale
111,245
Nigeria
Bida
110,640
Ethiopia
Nekemte
110,568
Gabon
Franceville
110,500
Uganda
Masindi
110,497
Niger
Agadez
110,000
Angola
Lucapa
109,576
Nigeria
Sapele
109,237
Morocco
Berkane
109,200
Togo
Sokodé
108,824
Mozambique
Maxixe
108,629
Algeria
Mascara
107,293
Senegal
Tambacounda
107,227
Kenya
Kakamega
106,277
(Western Sahara)
Dakhla
105,881
South Sudan
Yambio
105,397
Cote d'Ivoire
Divo
105,200
Uganda
Mityana
105,075
Nigeria
Suleja
105,013
Malawi
Zomba
104,682
Nigeria
Awka
104,532
Ghana
Ho
104,519
Réunion (France)
Saint-Paul
104,349
Senegal
Louga
104,312
Algeria
Tizi Ouzou
104,050
Cameroon
Nkongsamba
103,795
Tanzania
Shinyanga
103,471
Egypt
Ṭalkhā
103,398
Morocco
Taourirt
103,297
Cote d'Ivoire
Anyama
102,600
Uganda
Entebbe
102,323
Kenya
Ngong
102,100
Ethiopia
Debre Birhan
101,845
Zambia
Kasama
100,910
Cote d'Ivoire
Abengourou
100,900
Zimbabwe
Kwekwe
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