Largest cities in Africa
Up to 500 most populous cities in countries classified under Africa (UN region).
Cities shown
500
Population
342M
Countries represented
49
Countries
Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Djibouti DR Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Republic of the Congo Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe
Frequently Asked Questions
We show 500 cities from all countries in the Africa continental group, ordered by population. This covers the largest urban areas with available data.
The largest city in Africa by population in our database is Kinshasa with 16M residents.