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15 Largest Cities in Africa With a Map

Using the map, try to name the 15 most populous URBAN AREAS in Africa.
Urban area population, not city proper
According to citypopulation.de, January 2025
Quiz by Quizzer6794
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First submittedAugust 17, 2016
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Population
City
22.8 m
Cairo
21.3 m
Lagos
16.3 m
Kinshasa
14.8 m
Johannesburg /
Pretoria
9.65 m
Luanda
7.20 m
Khartoum
7.05 m
Abidjan
6.90 m
Nairobi
6.80 m
Accra
6.65 m
Dar es Salaam
6.25 m
Alexandria
5.70 m
Bamako
5.35 m
Kano
5.10 m
Cape Town
4.83 m
Addis Ababa
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46 Comments
sillie
+14
Level 76
Aug 17, 2016
Finally acing the 200 biggest cities of the world quiz certainly helps with all the others. 15/15 .. the world one would be cool with a map, although it'd be a massive undertaking to make.
Xenobiologista
+3
Level 59
Jul 23, 2020
Try the one with every city that has a million or more. There's over 500 cities.
Quizzer4life
+3
Level 31
Dec 15, 2020
sometimes I am stupid. I got 13 and missed Kano and wait for it... Algiers. I know.
DocEckleburg
+2
Level 64
Apr 16, 2025
Interesting to hear Algiers was on the list in 2020, it misses out by quite a bit in 2025.

Maybe it would be interesting to see a quiz which looked at city populations every five to ten years or so, it sounds like populations of African cities fluctuates quite a lot quite quickly.

Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Sep 24, 2021
They did better. 500 with a map:

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1260664/500-largest-cities-in-the-world-on-a-map

DonTheLamplighter
+13
Level 86
Oct 2, 2016
Got bailed out on Dar es Salaam. Knew it was Dar-something. Apparently that was good enough. :-)
tshalla
+8
Level 77
Dec 4, 2016
It's an appropriately-allowed abbreviation. People there virtually always call it "Dar".
Roger77024
+2
Level 57
Dec 4, 2016
What about 16-30 quizzes? Then 31-50.
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 66
Dec 4, 2016
I don't think of it concise as I do this top 15 one. If I were to make anything of that it would be 30 largest, 45 largest, e.g. :)
thebest21
+1
Level 66
Dec 4, 2016
Got all of them with 2:29 remaining.
Antofagasta
+1
Level 71
Dec 19, 2016
Fun.
Gigalol12
+4
Level 54
Oct 25, 2017
No Adis Ababa, wow
Shade9099
+1
Level 68
Feb 24, 2018
I'm gonna be honest; I did way worse on this one compared to all of the other continents, which reminds me to touch up on my African, SE Asian, and Pakistani geography.
FlyingG
+1
Level 69
Jul 8, 2020
pakistan? im from there but its not african
StealthyNinja467
+13
Level 26
Apr 26, 2019
Good, good, easy so far. Doing them in order--- wait- that other nigerian city ISNT Abuja!?!? welp there goes my streak. ;(
bentshaggyoil
+1
Level 62
Sep 17, 2022
Yep, me too, I also didn’t get casablanca because the only Moroccan cities that came to mind were Rabat and Fez
eibi
+2
Level 80
May 10, 2019
Check here for a tougher Top 100!
OttoVon
+1
Level 41
May 13, 2019
I think you may have used the pop. of the state of Khartoum, the city itself have ~1.97 mil
barmanitan
+2
Level 82
Aug 28, 2020
They use urban area
Inferno46
+1
Level 54
Aug 21, 2022
It uses urban area, which is over 5 million. Khartoum State has a population of over 7 million.
Jozi
+2
Level 70
May 15, 2019
Would have been 100% but Kano!!!
Quagga50
+1
Level 82
Mar 6, 2022
I got every city right if you don't count the ones I missed.
Tickhu04
+1
Level 50
Aug 20, 2019
What about addis ababa, is it something to do with metro population or something?
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 66
Aug 20, 2019
Yeah, we use urban areas from CityPopulation. Addis Ababa just misses the cut at 3.75 million.
kiwikiwiNZ
+1
Level 39
Oct 27, 2019
i thought addis ababa and mogadishu would be here
Geo1296
+1
Level 46
Sep 18, 2020
I only missed Cape Town because I didn't scroll down!
BestDanishQuizer
+1
Level 15
May 10, 2022
Why
PumpkintheNerd
+3
Level 40
Aug 10, 2022
Accept Joburg.
RJG
+1
Level 63
Feb 12, 2023
15/15 in only 35 seconds.
Zettron
+1
Level 49
May 30, 2023
I misremembered Kano as Kaon,FML💀
ZachBeth
+1
Level 66
Jul 22, 2023
Can you please accept Dar el Beida as an answer for Casablanca?
Jay1234567890
+6
Level 29
Mar 3, 2024
Can you please accept Joburg? It's a well known abbreviation
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 68
Jun 10, 2025
I did try Jburg, would be nice to have that type in haha
AwesomePotato170
+1
Level 62
Mar 5, 2024
Done in 22 seconds
Findlay
+1
Level 81
Oct 31, 2024
Might just be for me, but Cairo didn't go green when guessed....
interopia
+1
Level 88
Mar 11, 2025
I won
jordibabot
+4
Level 67
Mar 11, 2025
What changed?
bacoachi
+4
Level 74
Mar 11, 2025
I think Casablanca got swapped out for Addis Ababa, judging by earlier comments
Yanni47
+3
Level 79
Mar 11, 2025
And Algiers apparently used to be in there, too.
theenforcer22
+1
Level 68
Mar 11, 2025
Full marks for The Robbster.
KeymyYukiEN
+1
Level 17
Mar 15, 2025
Quizzer's alive! Right?
nichster
+2
Level 56
Mar 16, 2025
I suspect Khartoum's current population is actually lower than stated, due to the horrible civil war that is taking place in the country.
eurotec
+1
Level 49
May 14, 2025
GG, great quiz.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 74
May 17, 2025
28 seconds
Snoflakes
+1
Level 71
Jun 10, 2025
Wow Bamako has been making gains
rohitchaoji
+1
Level 27
Jun 15, 2025
I remembered Kano because I remembered that there was a Mortal Kombat character with the same name
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