This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa. Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from citypopulation.de. Figures for administrative areas are also given. | Rank | Central City | Country | Administrative area
Latest figures from national census authority | Agglomeration[1]
(2007; UN WUP) | Agglomeration[2]
(2009-01-01; citypopulation.de) | | 1 | Cairo |  Egypt | 7,786,640 (2006)
Governorate | 11,893,000 | 14,800,000 | | 2 | Lagos |  Nigeria | 7,937,932 (2006)
The 16 local government areas of Lagos proper | 9,466,000 | 11,400,000 | | 3 | Kinshasa |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5,528,000 (1998)
Province | 7,843,000 | 8,600,000 | | 4 | Johannesburg-Ekurhuleni |  South Africa | 3,888,180 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality | 3,435,000 | 7,350,000[3] | | 5 | Khartoum-Umm Durman |  Sudan | 2,919,773 (1993)
The three principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration | 4,754,000 | 5,650,000 | | 6 | Alexandria | Egypt | 4,110,015 (2006)
Governorate | 4,165,000 | 4,500,000 | | 7 | Algiers |  Algeria | 2,947,461 (2008)
Wilaya | 3,354,000 | 4,375,000 | | 8 | Abidjan |  Côte d'Ivoire | 4,210,200 (2002)
Département | 3,802,000 | 4,350,000 | | 9 | Casablanca |  Morocco | 3,631,061 (2004)
Région | 3,181,000 | 3,975,000 | | 10 | Cape Town | South Africa | 3,497,097 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality | 3,215,000 | 3,675,000 | | 11 | Durban | South Africa | 3,468,086 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality | 2,729,000 | 3,575,000 | | 12 | Accra |  Ghana | 1,659,136 (2000)
District (Accra Metropolitan Area) | 2,121,000 | 3,475,000 | | 13 | Nairobi |  Kenya | 2,845,353 (2006)
Province | 3,010,000 | 3,350,000 | | 14 | Ibadan | Nigeria | 1,338,659 (2006)
The five local government areas of Ibadan proper | 2,628,000 | 3,300,000 | | 15 | Kano | Nigeria | 2,153,225 (2006)
The six local government areas of Kano proper | 3,140,000 | 3,250,000 | | 16 | Dar es Salaam |  Tanzania | 2,487,288 (2002)
Mkoa | 2,930,000 | 3,125,000 | | 17 | Addis Ababa |  Ethiopia | 2,738,248 (2007)
Astedader | 3,100,000 | 3,025,000 | | 18 | Luanda |  Angola | 1,823,282 (2002)
Provincia | 4,000,000 | 3,000,000 | | 19 | Dakar |  Senegal | 2,452,656 (2005)
Région | 2,604,000 | 2,625,000 | | 20 | Pretoria | South Africa | 2,345,908 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality | 1,338,000 | 2,450,000 | | 21 | Tunis |  Tunisia | 989,000 (2006)
Wilaya | Not listed | 2,300,000 | | 22 | Harare |  Zimbabwe | 1,903,510 (2002)
Province | 1,572,000 | 2,250,000 | | 23 | Douala |  Cameroon | 1,514,978 (2001)
Wouri département | 1,906,000 | 2,100,000 | | 24 | Kampala |  Uganda | 1,337,900 (2005)
District | 1,420,000 | 1,900,000 | | 25 | Maputo |  Mozambique | 1,099,102 (2007)
Province-level city | 1,446,000 | 1,870,000 | | 26 | Rabat | Morocco | 627,932 (2004)
Préfecture | 1,705,000 | 1,850,000 | | 27 | Antananarivo |  Madagascar | | 1,697,000 | 1,820,000 | | 28 | Bamako |  Mali | 1,215,335 (2005)
District | 1,494,000 | 1,800,000 | | 29 | Lusaka |  Zambia | 1,084,703 (2000)
District | 1,328,000 | 1,780,000 | | 30 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 1,248,235 (2001)
Mfoundi département | 1,611,000 | 1,690,000 | | 31 | Conakry |  Guinea | 1,092,936 (1996)
Région | 1,494,000 | 1,650,000 | | 32 | Kaduna | Nigeria | 760,084 (2006)
The two local government areas of Kaduna | 1,442,000 | 1,630,000 | | 33 | Kumasi | Ghana | 1,171,311 (2000)
District (Kumasi Metropolitan Area) | 1,646,000 | 1,580,000 | | 34 | Abuja | Nigeria | 1,405,201 (2006)
Federal Capital Territory | 1,576,000 | Not listed | | 35 | Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | 1,352,000 | 1,510,000 | | 36 | Mbuji-Mayi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | 1,295,000 | 1,470,000 | | 37 | Mogadishu |  Somalia | | 1,100,000 | 1,460,000 | | 38 | Brazzaville |  Republic of the Congo | 1,174,005 (2005)
Province-level city | 1,355,000 | 1,380,000 | | 39 | Ouagadougou |  Burkina Faso | 1,475,223 (2006)
Municipality | Not listed | 1,360,000 | | 40 | Oran | Algeria | 634,112 (1998)
Commune | 798,000 | 1,290,000 | | 41 | Benin | Nigeria | | 1,190,000 | 1,210,000 | | 42 | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 541,116 (2006)
Local government area | 1,020,000 | 1,210,000 | | 43 | Banghazi |  Libya | 685,367 (2005)
Municipality | 1,180,000 | Not listed | | 44 | Freetown |  Sierra Leone | 947,122 (2004)
Western Area province | 827,000 | 1,160,000 | | 45 | Cotonou |  Benin | 665,100 (2002)
Commune | 762,000 | 1,120,000 | | 46 | Monrovia |  Liberia | 1,010,970 (2008)
Municipality | 1,041,000 | 1,090,000 | | 47 | Fès | Morocco | 977,946 (2004)
Préfecture | 1,002,000 | 1,080,000 | | 48 | Vereeniging | South Africa | 800,819 (2007)
District municipality | 1,074,000 | Not listed | | 49 | Maiduguri | Nigeria | 521,492 (2006)
Local government area | 896,000 | 1,070,000 | | 50 | Port Elizabeth | South Africa | 1,050,930 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality (Nelson Mandela Bay) | 1,021,000 | 1,060,000 | | 51 | Tripoli | Libya | 911,643 (2005)
Municipality | 2,189,000 | 1,030,000 | | 52 | Zaria | Nigeria | 408,198 (2006)
Local government area | 889,000 | 1,010,000 | [edit] See also [edit] References |
