Population of African Cities (1950-2035)

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Last updated: Wednesday August 4th, 2021

Annual population of the six largest urban agglomerations in Africa according to the United Nations

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Year	Cairo	Kinshasa	Lagos	Luanda	Dar es Salaam	Khartoum
1950	2494	202	325	138	84	183
1951	2592	217	342	145	93	195
1952	2696	234	359	152	101	208
1953	2802	252	386	159	106	221
1954	2914	272	425	166	112	236
1955	3029	292	468	174	117	252
1956	3150	315	516	182	123	268
1957	3274	339	569	191	130	286
1958	3404	365	627	200	140	305
1959	3539	402	692	210	151	325
1960	3680	443	762	219	162	347
1961	3862	488	840	233	174	369
1962	4065	537	926	251	188	394
1963	4278	591	1021	271	202	420
1964	4502	651	1087	292	217	448
1965	4738	717	1135	315	233	477
1966	4977	790	1186	340	251	509
1967	5122	869	1239	366	270	543
1968	5272	939	1295	395	296	578
1969	5426	1002	1353	426	325	617
1970	5585	1070	1414	459	357	657
1971	5748	1142	1477	489	392	701
1972	5916	1219	1571	514	431	747
1973	6089	1301	1671	541	473	795
1974	6267	1388	1777	569	520	839
1975	6450	1482	1890	599	572	886
1976	6639	1582	2010	630	628	936
1977	6817	1688	2138	662	690	988
1978	6990	1802	2274	697	758	1044
1979	7167	1923	2418	733	807	1102
1980	7349	2053	2572	771	855	1164
1981	7535	2191	2736	811	905	1229
1982	7726	2338	2909	854	958	1298
1983	7922	2496	3094	898	1014	1383
1984	8123	2664	3291	964	1074	1493
1985	8328	2812	3500	1035	1137	1611
1986	8539	2968	3723	1111	1203	1739
1987	8826	3133	3960	1192	1274	1877
1988	9169	3307	4212	1279	1349	2026
1989	9523	3490	4479	1373	1411	2187
1990	9892	3683	4764	1474	1474	2360
1991	10275	3888	5067	1582	1539	2547
1992	10674	4104	5318	1698	1607	2749
1993	11087	4331	5531	1822	1678	2935
1994	11516	4571	5752	1941	1753	3011
1995	11962	4825	5983	2066	1830	3088
1996	12426	5093	6223	2200	1911	3167
1997	12773	5375	6471	2343	1996	3249
1998	13051	5641	6731	2495	2084	3332
1999	13335	5885	7000	2656	2176	3418
2000	13626	6140	7281	2829	2272	3505
2001	13922	6406	7572	3012	2373	3595
2002	14225	6683	7875	3207	2478	3688
2003	14534	6972	8190	3415	2617	3782
2004	14851	7274	8519	3637	2768	3880
2005	15174	7589	8859	3872	2927	3979
2006	15504	7918	9195	4123	3095	4081
2007	15842	8261	9492	4390	3273	4186
2008	16187	8619	9799	4675	3461	4293
2009	16539	8992	10115	4978	3659	4404
2010	16899	9382	10441	5300	3870	4517
2011	17267	9788	10778	5644	4092	4633
2012	17643	10212	11127	6010	4327	4752
2013	18027	10655	11486	6399	4576	4874
2014	18419	11116	11856	6789	4838	5000
2015	18820	11598	12239	7023	5116	5128
2016	19230	12100	12634	7265	5409	5260
2017	19648	12624	13042	7515	5719	5395
2018	20076	13171	13463	7774	6048	5534
2019	20485	13743	13904	8045	6368	5678
2020	20901	14342	14368	8330	6702	5829
2021	21323	14970	14862	8632	7047	5989
2022	21750	15628	15388	8952	7405	6160
2023	22183	16316	15946	9292	7776	6344
2024	22624	17032	16536	9651	8161	6542
2025	23074	17778	17156	10028	8562	6754
2026	23535	18553	17804	10421	8977	6981
2027	24006	19354	18475	10830	9407	7221
2028	24491	20182	19166	11251	9853	7475
2029	24994	21036	19875	11684	10313	7742
2030	25517	21914	20600	12129	10789	8023
2031	26063	22818	21339	12583	11279	8316
2032	26633	23746	22091	13047	11783	8621
2033	27230	24700	22856	13521	12302	8939
2034	27853	25679	23632	14004	12836	9269
2035	28504	26682	24419	14495	13383	9608

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