African Cities in the Top 200 Worldwide

In terms of population, which African urban areas rank in the top 200 globally?

Urban area population, not city proper population

Source: citypopulation.de, 2024

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Rank	Population	Urban Area
10	22.5 m	Cairo
17	20.7 m	Lagos
26	15.6 m	Kinshasa
29	14.6 m	Johannesburg
50	9.35 m	Luanda
72	7.05 m	Khartoum
75	6.80 m	Abidjan
76	6.70 m	Nairobi
78	6.60 m	Accra
83	6.25 m	Dar es Salaam
84	6.20 m	Alexandria
97	5.45 m	Bamako
101	5.20 m	Kano
110	4.97 m	Cape Town
120	4.77 m	Casablanca
122	4.72 m	Addis Ababa
129	4.25 m	Algiers
132	4.12 m	Kampala
138	3.92 m	Dakar
143	3.85 m	Durban
146	3.82 m	Yaounde
150	3.77 m	Douala
171	3.32 m	Ibadan
172	3.30 m	Ouagadougou
189	3.05 m	Antananarivo
197	2.90 m	Abuja
199	2.87 m	Kumasi
199	2.87 m	Conakry

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36 Comments

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Level 68

Jun 1, 2020

Thanks guys for my first feature!

Level 80

Jun 1, 2020

Well done for your first feature!!

Level 73

Jun 1, 2020

Congrats on your first feature!!!

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Jun 1, 2020

Congrats on your feature!!

Level 57

Jun 1, 2020

Congrats on your feature ABC

Level 85

Jun 1, 2020

Good job on your first feature!

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Level 68

Jun 2, 2020

In 50 years the quiz will be "Non-African Cities in the Top 200"

Level 46

Sep 9, 2020

That's true!

Level 65

Jun 4, 2020

~~Felicits~~ on your first feature!

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Level 59

Jun 14, 2020

I opened the comments to see if I find some answers but no... It's so disappointing

Anyway congratulations on your first feature

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Level 63

Jul 15, 2020

Congrats on Feature!

Level 79

Jul 31, 2020

Missed Ibadan, Bamako, Douala and Kumasi. Brain a little slow this morning.

Level 77

Jul 31, 2020

Haha Kalbahamut

Level 63

Jul 31, 2020

I missed Dakar, yaounde, Tunis. My brain just fell off a cliff.

Level 67

Nov 16, 2021

so many answers

Level 57

Sep 27, 2020

I missed Ibadan and Kumasi too.

Level 78

Oct 1, 2021

I missed almost exactly the same thing, minus Bamako, plus Yaoundé.

Level 61

Jul 31, 2020

Wow this could be pretty hard

Level 56

Jul 31, 2020

How many have you been to - in my case, six.

Level 70

Jul 31, 2020

I haven't been anywhere in South America, Africa, Europe, or Oceania.

Level 68

Aug 1, 2020

really? i have been to all except africa and south america

Level 73

Mar 2, 2024

How was Antarctica? I didn’t think it was this popular.

Level 82

Apr 28, 2024

Some people can't really afford to travel further than their own continent.

Level 50

Nov 18, 2024

What was your favorite experience while visiting Mars?

Level 78

Apr 27, 2024

Thirteen.

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Level 65

May 11, 2021

Roses are red, violets are blue, I missed Kumasi, and you did too.

Level 82

Oct 20, 2023

How do you know?!?!?!

Level 51

Aug 14, 2023

The fun thing is that this list keeps on growing while Africa booms :)

Level 74

Apr 14, 2024

Absolutely nothing fun about that.

Level 63

Jul 6, 2024

What's unfun about that? It's the same growth process that happened 150 years ago in Europe

Level 86

Mar 6, 2024

Tricky after you get the big population capitals.

Level 56

Mar 6, 2024

Just missed Ibadan and Kumasi. I was surprised Lusaka, Harare, and Maputo didn't make it

Level 63

Jul 6, 2024

Congrats on your first feature!

Level 60

Jun 7, 2025

Missed Ouagadougou, Antananarivo took some time.

Level 38

Jun 19, 2025

Got 21

Level 52

Sep 19, 2025

This list will keep growing. Fast.