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Biggest African Cities by Decade (1950-2040)

Name the top 10 most populous cities in Africa for each decade between 1950 and 2040 according to Imperial Statistics.
M stands for million(s)
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Year
Rank
Population
Answer
1950
1.
2.52M
Cairo
 
2.
1.05M
Alexandria
 
3.
916,054
Johannesburg
 
4.
632,930
Casablanca
 
5.
622,316
Cape Town
 
6.
549,140
Ekurhuleni
 
7.
521,695
Algiers
 
8.
488,352
Durban
 
9.
474,748
Tunis
 
10.
452,223
Ibadan
1960
1.
3.67M
Cairo
 
2.
1.5M
Alexandria
 
3.
1.15M
Johannesburg
 
4.
965,012
Casablanca
 
5.
869,291
Algiers
 
6.
802,415
Cape Town
 
7.
759,646
Lagos
 
8.
681,377
Ekurhuleni
 
9.
676,325
Durban
 
10.
587,704
Tunis
1970
1.
5.52M
Cairo
 
2.
1.97M
Alexandria
 
3.
1.48M
Casablanca
 
4.
1.43M
Johannesburg
 
5.
1.39M
Lagos
 
6.
1.27M
Algiers
 
7.
1.1M
Cape Town
 
8.
1.04M
Kinshasa
 
9.
890,037
Ekurhuleni
 
10.
848,710
Durban
1980
1.
7.29M
Cairo
 
2.
2.52M
Lagos
 
3.
2.5M
Alexandria
 
4.
2.09M
Casablanca
 
5.
2.01M
Kinshasa
 
6.
1.61M
Algiers
 
7.
1.59M
Cape Town
 
8.
1.55M
Johannesburg
 
9.
1.35M
Abidjan
 
10.
1.31M
Kano
1990
1.
10.02M
Cairo
 
2.
4.84M
Lagos
 
3.
3.76M
Kinshasa
 
4.
3.07M
Alexandria
 
5.
2.7M
Casablanca
 
6.
2.17M
Cape Town
 
7.
2.13M
Abidjan
 
8.
2.11M
Kano
 
9.
1.91M
Johannesburg
 
10.
1.81M
Addis Ababa
2000
1.
13.54M
Cairo
 
2.
7.21M
Lagos
 
3.
6.07M
Kinshasa
 
4.
3.53M
Alexandria
 
5.
3.13M
Casablanca
 
6.
3.01M
Johannesburg
 
7.
2.98M
Abidjan
 
8.
2.79M
Luanda
 
9.
2.77M
Cape Town
 
10.
2.6M
Durban
2010
1.
16.82M
Cairo
 
2.
10.36M
Lagos
 
3.
9.3M
Kinshasa
 
4.
5.23M
Luanda
 
5.
4.31M
Alexandria
 
6.
4.22M
Johannesburg
 
7.
3.93M
Abidjan
 
8.
3.82M
Dar es Salaam
 
9.
3.58M
Cape Town
 
10.
3.44M
Casablanca
2020
1.
20.74M
Cairo
 
2.
14.21M
Lagos
 
3.
14.14M
Kinshasa
 
4.
8.23M
Luanda
 
5.
6.58M
Dar es Salaam
 
6.
5.72M
Johannesburg
 
7.
5.24M
Alexandria
 
8.
5.15M
Abidjan
 
9.
4.72M
Addis Ababa
 
10.
4.67M
Nairobi
2030
1.
25.4M
Cairo
 
2.
21.72M
Kinshasa
 
3.
20.44M
Lagos
 
4.
12.03M
Luanda
 
5.
10.68M
Dar es Salaam
 
6.
8.93M
Kampala
 
7.
7.29M
Addis Ababa
 
8.
7.08M
Abidjan
 
9.
6.97M
Nairobi
 
10.
6.95M
Johannesburg
2040
1.
32.13M
Kinshasa
 
2.
30.27M
Cairo
 
3.
27.95M
Lagos
 
4.
17.45M
Luanda
 
5.
16.56M
Dar es Salaam
 
6.
15.38M
Kampala
 
7.
10.72M
Addis Ababa
 
8.
10.23M
Nairobi
 
9.
9.72M
Abidjan
 
10.
7.73M
Johannesburg
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