List of urban agglomerations 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.
| City | Country | Administrative area according to local national census authorities | Urban agglomerations United Nations - 2014 | Urban agglomerations citypopulation.de - 2017 | Image |
| 1. Lagos | 13,400,000 | 13,123,000 | 17,600,000 | ||
| 2. Cairo | 7,786,640 Governorate | 18,772,000 | 17,100,000 | ||
| 3. Algiers | 3,915,811 Wilaya | 3,335,418 | 7,796,923 | ||
| 4. Casablanca | 3,359,818 | 6,861,739 | 6,861,739 | ||
| 5. Kinshasa-Brazzaville | 5,528,000 Province 1,373,382 Capital District | 13,475,000 | 12,850,000 | ||
| 6. Johannesburg | 4,434,827 | 9,399,000 | 13,100,000 | ||
| 7. Dar es Salaam | 4,364,541 Mkoa | 5,116,000 | 5,550,000 | ||
| 8. Abidjan | 4,210,200 Département | 4,860,000 | 5,200,000 | ||
| 9. Khartoum-Omdurman | 2,919,773 3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration | 5,129,000 | 5,700,000 | ||
| 10. Alexandria | 4,110,015 Governorate | 4,778,000 | 5,250,000 | ||
| 11. Nairobi | 3,138,295 Nairobi administrative area | 3,915,000 | 5,350,000 | ||
| 12. Cape Town | 3,497,097 Metropolitan municipality | 3,660,000 | 4,050,000 | ||
| 13. Kano | 2,153,225 6 local government areas of Kano proper | 3,587,000 | 4,275,000 | ||
| 14. Dakar | 2,452,656 Région | 3,520,000 | 3,400,000 | ||
| 15. Addis Ababa | 2,738,248 Astedader | 3,238,000 | 3,550,000 | ||
| 16. Ibadan | 2,559,853 | n/a | 3,575,000 | ||
| 17. Douala | 1,514,978 Wouri département | 2,943,000 | 3,000,000 | ||
| 18. Durban | 3,468,086 Metropolitan municipality | 2,901,000 | 3,275,000 | ||
| 19. Ouagadougou | 1,475,223 Municipality | 2,741,000 | 2,150,000 | ||
| 20. Antananarivo | 2,610,000 | 2,275,000 | |||
| 21. Accra | 2,076,546 District | 2,277,000 | 4,700,000 | ||
| 22. Luanda | 1,823,282 Provincia | 5,506,000 | 7,450,000 | ||
| 23. Bamako | 1,215,335 District | 2,515,000 | 3,050,000 | ||
| 24. Abuja | 1,405,201 Federal Capital Territory | 2,440,000 | 2,950,000 | ||
| 25. Port Harcourt | 541,116 Local government area | 2,343,000 | 2,125,000 | ||
| 26. Kumasi | 2,035,000 District | 2,599,000 | 2,750,000 | ||
| 27. Lusaka | 1,742,979 | 2,179,000 | 2,375,000 | ||
| 28. Mogadishu | 3,000,000 | 2,138,000 | 1,770,000 | ||
| 29. Pretoria | 2,345,908 Metropolitan municipality | 2,059,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | ||
| 30. Lubumbashi | 2,015,000 | 1,930,000 | |||
| 31. Mbuji-Mayi | 2,007,000 | 1,910,000 | |||
| 32. Tunis | 911,643 Municipality | 1,993,000 | 2,525,000 | ||
| 33. Rabat | 627,932 Préfecture | 1,967,000 | 1,890,000 | ||
| 34. Conakry | 1,092,936 Région | 1,936,000 | 2,300,000 | ||
| 35. Kampala | 1,337,900 District | 1,936,000 | 3,125,000 | ||
| 36. Harare | 1,903,510 Province | 1,501,000 | 2,350,000 | ||
| 37. Benin City | 1,496,000 | 1,520,000 | |||
| 38. Huambo | 1,269,000 | Not listed | |||
| 39. Monrovia | 1,010,970 Municipality | 1,264,000 | 1,380,000 | ||
| 40. Ndjamena | 1,260,000 | 1,250,000 | |||
| 41. Kigali | 1,257,000 | 1,040,000 | |||
| 42. Maputo | 1,099,102 Province-level city | 1,187,000 | 2,250,000 | ||
| 43. Bujumbura | 1,126,930 | 950,000 | 1,047,000 | - | |
| 44. Fès | 977,946 Préfecture | 1,172,000 | 1,220,000 | ||
| 45. Kananga | 1,169,000 | not listed | |||
| 46. Vereeniging | 800,819 District municipality | 1,155,000 | see Greater Johannesburg | ||
| 47. Marrakech | 1,134,000 | 1,080,000 | |||
| 48. Tripoli | 1,126,000 Mutsarfiyah | 1,126,000 | 1,140,000 | ||
| 49. Onitsha | 1,109,000 | 1,100,000 | |||
| 50. Mombasa | 1,104,000 | 1,150,000 | |||
| 51. Niamey | 2,100,000 Province | 1,090,000 | 2,111,000 | ||
| 52. Kaduna | 760,084 2 local government areas of Kaduna | 1,048,000 | 1,730,000 | ||
| 53. Kisangani | 1,040,000 | not listed | |||
| 54. Hargeisa | 1,035,000 | not listed | |||
| 55. Freetown | 947,122 Western Area province | 1,007,000 | 1,590,000 |