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 | 8,029,200 | 9,123,200 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| Cairo | Egypt | 7,764,700 | 15,546,100 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,301,100 | 7,527,500 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 3 |
| Alexandria | Egypt | 3,806,300 | 4,345,800 | 62 | 39 | 6 | 4 |
| Casablanca | Morocco | 3,344,300 | 3,344,300 | 95 | 49 | 11 | 5 |
| Abidjan | Cote d'Ivoire | 3,310,500 | 3,972,300 | 70 | 51 | 7 | 6 |
| Kano | Nigeria | 3,248,700 | 3,519,500 | 88 | 53 | 10 | 7 |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 3,078,400 | 3,670,400 | 78 | 54 | 9 | 8 |
| Cape Town | South Africa | 2,686,000 | 3,086,600 | 107 | 62 | 12 | 9 |
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 2,638,500 | 2,638,500 | 132 | 67 | 16 | 10 |
| Giza | Egypt | 2,541,000 | 2,541,000 | 140 | 74 | 17 | 11 |
| Nairobi | Kenya | 2,510,800 | 3,043,100 | 108 | 76 | 13 | 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 |
| Tripoli | Libya | 1,890,600 | 2,271,800 | 161 | 108 | 21 | 17 |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | 1,864,400 | 2,264,200 | 162 | 110 | 22 | 18 |
| Algiers | Algeria | 1,696,000 | 3,815,900 | 76 | 121 | 8 | 19 |
| Omdurman | Sudan | 1,670,000 | 1,670,000 | 215 | 124 | 24 | 20 |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | 1,646,400 | 5,014,000 | 54 | 128 | 5 | 21 |
| Accra | Ghana | 1,605,400 | 2,756,100 | 121 | 132 | 14 | 22 |
| Rabat | Morocco | 1,600,700 | 1,600,700 | 227 | 133 | 27 | 23 |
| Conakry | Guinea | 1,595,800 | 1,595,800 | 228 | 134 | 28 | 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 |
| Soweto | South Africa | 1,221,100 | 1,221,100 | 315 | 198 | 36 | 29 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Freetown | Sierra Leone | 1,032,100 | 1,032,100 | 400 | 260 | 47 | 38 |
| 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 |
