List of metropolitan areas in Africa

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 City Country Administrative area[1] Agglomeration Image
(2010; UN WUP)[2] (2010-01-01;
citypopulation.de)[3]
1 Lagos  Nigeria 13,400,000 (2007)[4] 17,578,000 21,000,000[5]
2 Cairo  Egypt 7,786,640 (2006)
Governorate		 11,001,000 15,200,000
3 Kinshasa-Brazzaville  Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Republic of the Congo		 5,528,000 (1998) Province (Kinshasa)[6]
1,373,382 (2007) Capital District (Brazzaville)		 8,754,000 11,300,000
4 Greater Johannesburg  South Africa 3,888,180 (2007)
2 adjoining Metropolitan municipalities		 3,670,000 7,550,000[7]
5 Mogadishu  Somalia 2,855,800 (2011) 6,346,000 5,845,000
6 Khartoum-Omdurman  Sudan 2,919,773 (1993)
3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration		 5,172,000 4,975,000
7 Dar es Salaam  Tanzania 4,364,541 (2012)
Mkoa		 4,364,541 4,700,000
8 Alexandria  Egypt 4,110,015 (2006)
Governorate		 4,387,000 4,575,000
9 Abidjan  Ivory Coast 4,210,200 (2002)
Département		 4,125,000 4,400,000
10 Casablanca  Morocco 4 055 807(2012)
Région		 3,284,000 3,975,000
11 Cape Town  South Africa 3,497,097 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality		 3,405,000 3,775,000
12 Durban  South Africa 3,468,086 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality		 2,879,000 3,650,000
13 Accra  Ghana 1,659,136 (2000)
District (Accra Metropolitan Area)		 2,342,000 3,575,000
14 Nairobi  Kenya 3,138,295 (2009)
Nairobi administrative area		 3,523,000 3,500,000
15 Kano  Nigeria 2,153,225 (2006)
6 local government areas of Kano proper		 3,395,000 9,383,682
16 Ibadan  Nigeria 1,338,659 (2006)
5 local government areas of Ibadan proper		 2,837,000 3,375,000
17 Algiers  Algeria 2,947,461 (2008)
Wilaya		 3,100,000 3,175,000
18 Addis Ababa  Ethiopia 2,738,248 (2007)
Astedader		 2,930,000 3,100,000
19 Luanda  Angola 1,823,282 (2002)
Provincia		 4,772,000 3,100,000
20 Dakar  Senegal 2,452,656 (2005)
Région		 2,863,000 2,675,000
21 Pretoria  South Africa 2,345,908 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality		 1,429,000 2,525,000
22 Tripoli  Libya 2,222,000 (2006)
Mutsarfiyah		 2,267,000 2,325,000
23 Harare  Zimbabwe 1,903,510 (2002)
Province		 1,632,000 2,300,000
24 Douala  Cameroon 1,514,978 (2001)
Wouri département		 2,125,000 2,200,000
25 Niamey  Niger 2,100,000 (2013)
Province		 2,110,000 2,111,000
26 Hargeisa  Somalia 1,414,978 (2011) 1,340,000 2,290,000
27 Abuja  Nigeria 1,405,201 (2006)
Federal Capital Territory		 1,995,000 Not listed
27 Lusaka  Zambia 1,742,979 1,799,682 [8] 1,985,733 [9]
28 Kampala  Uganda 1,337,900 (2005)
District		 1,598,000 1,970,000
29 Bamako  Mali 1,215,335 (2005)
District		 1,699,000 1,920,000
30 Maputo  Mozambique 1,099,102 (2007)
Province-level city		 1,655,000 1,910,000
31 Rabat  Morocco 627,932 (2004)
Préfecture		 1,802,000 1,890,000
32 Antananarivo  Madagascar 1,879,000 1,860,000
33 Yaoundé  Cameroon 1,248,235 (2001)
Mfoundi département		 1,801,000 1,750,000
34 Ouagadougou  Burkina Faso 1,475,223 (2006)
Municipality		 1,908,000 1,700,000
35 Conakry  Guinea 1,092,936 (1996)
Région		 1,653,000 1,690,000
36 Kaduna  Nigeria 760,084 (2006)
2 local government areas of Kaduna		 1,561,000 1,670,000
37 Kumasi  Ghana 1,171,311 (2000)
District (Kumasi Metropolitan Area)		 1,834,000 1,630,000
38 Lubumbashi  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,543,000 1,570,000
39 Mbuji-Mayi  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,488,000 1,520,000
40 Oran  Algeria 634,112 (1998)
Commune		 770,000 1,260,000
41 Benin  Nigeria 1,302,000 1,240,000
42 Port Harcourt  Nigeria 541,116 (2006)
Local government area		 1,104,000 1,230,000
43 Tunis  Tunisia 911,643 (2005)
Municipality		 1,108,000 1,210,000
44 Freetown  Sierra Leone 947,122 (2004)
Western Area province		 901,000 1,200,000
45 Cotonou  Benin 665,100 (2002)
Commune		 844,000 1,150,000
46 Vereeniging  South Africa 800,819 (2007)
District municipality		 1,143,000 Not listed
47 Fès  Morocco 977,946 (2004)
Préfecture		 1,065,000 1,110,000
48 Maiduguri  Nigeria 521,492 (2006)
Local government area		 970,000 1,100,000
49 Monrovia  Liberia 1,010,970 (2008)
Municipality		 827,000 1,080,000
50 Port Elizabeth  South Africa 1,050,930 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality (Nelson Mandela Bay)		 1,068,000 1,070,000
51 Huambo  Angola 1,034,000 Not listed
52 Ogbomosho  Nigeria 1,032,000 Not listed
53 Zaria  Nigeria 408,198 (2006)
Local government area		 963,000 1,030,000
54 Ndjamena  Chad 829,000 1,020,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ Latest figures from national census authority
  2. ↑ United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision)
  3. ↑ Thomas Brinkoff, The Principal Agglomerations of the World
  4. ↑ "The largest cities in the world by land area, population and density". City Mayors. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ↑ cfr.org
  6. ↑ http://www.statistiques-mondiales.com/congo_kinshasa.htm
  7. ↑ Includes Ekurhuleni, which is listed separately by the UN with a population of 3,157,000
  8. ↑ geohive.com
  9. ↑ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_phc/Zambia/PreliminaryReport.pdf

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