Top 20 Most Populated Cities In Africa

Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.2 million km2 (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers six percent of Earth’s total surface area and 20.4 percent of its total land area. With 1.1 billion people as of 2013, it accounts for about 15% of the world’s human population. Here are the most populated cities in the African continent.

1. Lagos – Nigeria (21,029,000)

2. Cairo – Egypt (7,764,700)

3. Kinshasa – Congo Democratic Republic (6,301,100)

4. Alexandria – Egypt (3,806,300)

5. Casablanca – Morocco (3,344,300)

6. Abidjan – Cote D’Ivoire (3,310,500)

7. Kano – Nigeria (3,248,700)

8. Ibadan – Nigeria (3,078,400)

9. Cape Town – South Africa (2,686,000)

10. Addis Ababa – Ethiopia (2,638,500)

11. Giza – Egypt (2,541,000)

12. Nairobi – Kenya (2,510,800)

13. Dar Es Salaam – Tanzania (2,456,100)

14. Dakar – Senegal (2,384,000)

15. Durban – South Africa (2,354,900)

16. Luanda – Angola (2,193,400)

17. Tripoli – Libya (1,890,600)

18. Harare – Zimbabwe (1,864,400)

19. Algiers – Algeria (1,696,000)

20. Omdurman – Sudan (1,670,000)

Extract from Howafrica.com