50 Largest Cities in Africa

Name the 50 largest cities in Africa by population in 2025 according to the United Nations

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Pop (M)	City
25.6	Cairo
12.8	Lagos
11.4	Luanda
10.9	Kinshasa
7.8	Dar es Salaam
7.3	Alexandria
7.1	Johannesburg
6.8	Khartoum
6.7	Addis Ababa
6.6	Abidjan
6.1	Nairobi
5.6	Onitsha
5.6	Accra

Pop (M)	City
5.1	Yaoundé
4.9	Kampala
4.8	Kano
4.5	Cape Town
4.5	Casablanca
4.4	Mogadishu
4.3	Kumasi
4.2	Bamako
4.2	Luxor
4.1	Douala
3.9	Antananarivo
3.9	Dakar
3.8	Owerri

Pop (M)	City
3.7	Ibadan
3.7	Brazzaville
3.6	Mbuji-Mayi
3.5	Lusaka
3.2	Algiers
3.2	Ouagadougou
3.2	Durban
3.2	Maputo
2.8	Lubumbashi
2.7	Conacry
2.5	Cotonou
2.5	Tunis

Pop (M)	City
2.4	Lomé
2.3	Port Harcourt
2.1	Harare
2.1	Banha
2.1	Rabat
1.9	Freetown
1.9	N'Djaména
1.9	Beni
1.9	Kaduna
1.9	Monrovia
1.8	Benin City
1.8	Pretoria

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4 Comments

Level 82

Aug 22, 2020

Great quiz. But Matola is a suburb of Maputo which should be the answer to the dot in the S of Mozambique.

Level 70

Aug 22, 2020

Maputo now accepted for Matola.

Level 79

Jan 28, 2026

Banha is called Benha on most maps

Level 70

Jan 28, 2026

added type-in