Biggest Cities in Africa - Extreme

Find the 200 Largest Cities in Africa
Data is from citypopulation.de
Cities below 1m have been estimated based on latest census data and growth rates
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Population
Answer
21.0m
Cairo
19.4m
Lagos
13.9m
Johannesburg
12.4m
Kinshasa
8.15m
Luanda
6.45m
Dar-es-Salaam
6.30m
Khartoum
5.90m
Nairobi
5.80m
Alexandria
5.60m
Abidjan
5.10m
Accra
4.70m
Kano
4.48m
Casablanca
4.23m
Cape Town
3.98m
Algiers
3.80m
Addis Ababa
3.73m
Dakar
3.58m
Ibadan
3.53m
Abuja
3.53m
Bamako
3.53m
Kampala
3.45m
Yaoundé
3.43m
Durban
3.38m
Douala
3.03m
Kumasi
2.68m
Lusaka
2.68m
Tunis
2.63m
Ouagadougou
2.53m
Conakry
2.35m
Port Harcourt
2.28m
Maputo
2.25m
Brazzaville
2.20m
Lubumbashi
2.10m
Lomé
2.08m
Mbuji-Mayi
2.05m
Harare
2.05m
Rabat
1.94m
Mogadishu
1.88m
Kaduna
1.83m
Cotonou
1.79m
Freetown
1.65m
Benin City
1.59m
Monrovia
1.48m
Oran
1.41m
N'Djamena
1.35m
Port Elizabeth
1.34m
Antananarivo
1.30m
Niamey
1.27m
Fez
1.27m
Nouakchott
1.25m
Benguela
1.25m
Tripoli
1.23m
Kananga
1.22m
Mombasa
1.21m
Maiduguri
1.20m
Onitsha
1.19m
Agadir
1.19m
Bangui
1.18m
Kigali
1.18m
Pointe-Noire
1.16m
Kisangani
1.15m
Aba
1.14m
Sousse
1.12m
Marrakesh
1.11m
Tangier
1.08m
Touba
1.07m
Ilorin
Population
Answer
1.06m
Lilongwe
1.03m
Bobo-Dioulasso
1.02m
Jos
1.00m
Warri
1.00m
Zaria
996k
Mwanza
978k
Enugu
915k
Nyala
903k
Oshogbo
896k
Asmara
891k
Sokoto
858k
Constantine
848k
Kolwezi
838k
Bujumbura
829k
Libreville
814k
Hargeisa
800k
Blantyre
793k
Bukavu
762k
Kitwe
760k
Port Said
749k
Sekondi
748k
Banjul
741k
Suez
728k
Arusha
717k
Lubango
711k
Nampula
701k
Huambo
685k
Zanzibar
681k
Bulawayo
681k
Likasi
673k
Mansoura
658k
Abeokuta
654k
Meknes
648k
Cabinda
637k
Djibouti
635k
Benghazi
631k
Beira
630k
Akure
624k
El Mahalla El Kubra
610k
Blida
604k
East London
603k
Asyut
602k
Bouaké
601k
Bissau
595k
Owerri
595k
Tshikapa
578k
Bloemfontein
574k
Ndola
558k
Oujda
557k
Ife
548k
Merca
546k
Sfax
540k
Malanje
538k
Kenitra
538k
Pietermaritzburg
536k
Katsina
533k
Mbeya
529k
Tanta
527k
Bamenda
526k
Gaborone
525k
Rustenburg
518k
Calabar
511k
Ado Ekiti
506k
Gombe
494k
Annaba
489k
El Faiyum
486k
Uyo
Population
Answer
481k
Port Sudan
478k
El Obeid
477k
Tetouan
475k
Kosti
474k
Kikwit
473k
Saurimo
469k
Tamale
466k
Witbank
465k
Ogbomosho
462k
Zagazig
460k
Bauchi
448k
Hawassa
448k
Ikare
448k
Okene
440k
Windhoek
439k
Morogoro
438k
Yola
430k
Luxor
429k
Kuito
426k
Oyo
427k
Gondar
422k
Bafoussam
420k
Goma
418k
Matadi
416k
Mekelle
413k
Mbandaka
411k
Adama
411k
Berbera
400k
Makurdi
397k
Ismaila
397k
Chimoio
396k
Eldoret
395k
Uvira
393k
Kismayo
389k
Sohag
386k
Damietta
384k
Nakuru
382k
Minna
382k
Thiès
381k
Uíge
372k
Wad Madani
371k
Gboko
371k
Juba
368k
Polokwane
366k
M'bour
366k
Welkom
365k
Bida
364k
Maradi
362k
Kassala
361k
Yenagoa
358k
Sagamu
357k
Umuahia
356k
Kisumu
354k
Al Qadarif
353k
Parakou
353k
Tete
348k
Batna
346k
Garoua
341k
Sapele
338k
Jinja
337k
Aswan
337k
Bunia
337k
Zinder
331k
Maseru
325k
Luena
324k
Sétif
17 Comments
+1
Level 82
Feb 12, 2018
Woo, that was fun.
+1
Level 65
Feb 16, 2018
What about Giza
+4
Level 62
Feb 20, 2018
It's considered part of Cairo
+1
Level 66
Aug 2, 2018
Good Quiz
+2
Level 70
Feb 18, 2020
Las Palmas?
+1
Level 62
Feb 20, 2020
Technically correct...........I need to update this quiz. However, it's difficult to find reliable data on Africa
+2
Level 59
Aug 5, 2020
I do think it should be here, since it's not in the Biggest Cities in Europe quiz.
+1
Level 67
Apr 1, 2020
A map would be awesome.
+1
Level 53
Oct 1, 2020
yeah
+1
Level 72
Jun 2, 2021
How is Pretoria not here? Population of approx 2.5 million.
+1
Level 81
Jun 2, 2021
probably considered part of Johannesburg
+2
Level 81
Jun 2, 2021
Dodoma?
+5
Level 62
Jun 6, 2021
Has around 250k. It's smaller than you think
+1
Level 58
Aug 6, 2024
On worldpopulation.review, it has stated a population of 324,997 people in 2024 year
+5
Level 32
Feb 9, 2022
Please, please do one with a map! I have spent years working, travelling and studying in Africa -- this quiz took me down memory lane! Verrrry surprised by some, like Uvira in the DRC. I have passed through Uvira dozens of times, it is a mudhole -- never would have thought it could possibly be considered one of the biggest "cities" in Africa.

I would love to see a shorter one, like 100 countries, and I desperately wish for a map to help the thought process! Otherwise I do not see how it would ever be possible to finish ... especially considering the many, many alternative spellings, both north and south of the Sahara!

Thanks for a fun challenge.

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Level 61
Feb 27, 2024
There's a 100 cities version here.
+1
Level 78
Oct 3, 2022
Timbuktu?