List of most populous cities in Africa

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The following is a list of the 50 most populous cities in Africa. Note that this is a list of city populations and does not indicate urban agglomeration populations.

City	Country	City Population	Urban Area Population	Urban Area Rank (World)	City Population Rank (World)	Urban Area Rank (Africa)	City Population Rank (Africa)
Lagos	Nigeria	8,714,228 (2007)	13,400,000 (2007)	27	15	1	1
Cairo	Egypt	7,734,334 (2007)	12,200,000 (2007)	10	17	2	2
Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6,301,100	7,527,500	5	24	3	3
Nairobi	Kenya	4,000,911	4,043,100	108	76	7	4
Alexandria	Egypt	3,806,300	4,345,800	62	39	6	5
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	3,627,934	3,627,934	132	67	16	6
Casablanca	Morocco	3,344,300	3,344,300	95	49	12	7
Abidjan	Cote d'Ivoire	3,310,500	3,972,300	70	51	8	8
Kano	Nigeria	3,248,700	3,519,500	88	53	11	9
Ibadan	Nigeria	3,078,400	3,670,400	78	54	10	10
Cape Town	South Africa	2,686,000	3,086,600	107	62	13	11
Giza	Egypt	2,541,000	2,541,000	140	74	17	12
Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	2,456,100	2,456,100	145	78	18	13
Dakar	Senegal	2,384,000	2,384,000	152	80	19	14
Durban	South Africa	2,354,900	2,354,900	156	82	20	15
Luanda	Angola	2,193,400	2,640,500	131	93	15	16
Conakry	Guinea	2,000,000	2,000,000	228	134	28	17
Tripoli	Libya	1,890,600	2,271,800	161	108	21	18
Harare	Zimbabwe	1,864,400	2,264,200	162	110	22	19
Algiers	Algeria	1,696,000	3,815,900	76	121	9	20
Omdurman	Sudan	1,670,000	1,670,000	215	124	24	21
Johannesburg	South Africa	1,646,400	5,014,000	54	128	5	22
Accra	Ghana	1,605,400	2,756,100	121	132	14	23
Rabat	Morocco	1,600,700	1,600,700	227	133	27	24
Kaduna	Nigeria	1,458,900	1,458,900	259	151	30	25
Khartoum	Sudan	1,244,500	5,862,500	44	190	4	26
Douala	Cameroon	1,239,100	1,449,400	264	193	31	27
Pretoria	South Africa	1,228,200	1,514,800	248	197	29	28
Lusaka	Zambia	1,218,200	1,720,800	205	199	23	30
Mogadishu	Somalia	1,183,100	1,183,100	329	207	38	31
Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	1,133,800	1,133,800	350	224	40	32
Yaoundé	Cameroon	1,122,500	1,356,600	292	230	34	33
Maputo	Mozambique	1,088,100	1,639,300	219	245	26	34
Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,074,600	1,074,600	385	250	43	35
Freetown	Sierra Leone	1,070,200	1,070,200	400	260	47	38
Port Harcourt	Nigeria	1,053,900	1,190,600	324	255	37	36
Benin	Nigeria	1,051,600	1,051,600	392	256	45	37
Subra al-Haymah	Egypt	995,800	995,800	414	269	49	39
Maiduguri	Nigeria	971,700	971,700	428	282	51	40
Kampala	Uganda	953,400	1,146,700	339	289	39	41
Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	927,600	927,600	453	294	53	42
Fez	Morocco	921,200	921,200	457	296	54	43
Bamako	Mali	906,700	1,130,800	353	301	41	44
Mbuji-Mayi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	905,800	1,054,400	91	302	44	45
Zaria	Nigeria	898,900	898,900	469	304	56	46
Antananarivo	Madagascar	875,200	1,359,600	290	309	33	47
Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	839,800	839,800	493	325	58	48
Port Elizabeth	South Africa	833,900	1,047,600	393	326	46	49
Kolwezi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	803,900	803,900	515	342	60	50